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Mrs hinch and Stacey Solomon

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midnightblue12 · 29/04/2023 22:14

Ok so going to start off saying I follow Mrs H and I enjoy her content.

But.... I just find their social media friendship SO annoying... the montages, the reels, the "I love yous". I just find it really annoying.
Like do they only talk about their celeb pals like this is?! What about their other friends?
I don't know, I just feel like all their catch ups turn into a dramatic reels/paragraphs and I don't find it genuine.

Am I alone 🙈

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GeneHuntsCowboyBoots · 30/04/2023 11:29

I understand what you were trying to say OP. I also think it’s funny that as soon as anyone says anything against these types, you’re accused of being jealous. It’s tiresome! And that seems to come from a certain type of person too.

I mean, yes, I wouldn’t mind being a penny behind H or SS but I wouldn’t sacrifice what they do for all their money. Theirs and their kids’ privacy for starters. I don’t have any strong feelings on either of them either way and I suppose fair play to them for doing what they do if that’s what they want and makes them happy. But to pretend it’s anything but contrived to sell is just silly.

As for the Tattle comments…I’m a member, though I don’t post often and if I do it’s mainly on one other grifter’s thread. I’ve seen far worse in this section of MN than I’ve seen on there to be fair.

LolaSmiles · 30/04/2023 14:07

I understand what you were trying to say OP. I also think it’s funny that as soon as anyone says anything against these types, you’re accused of being jealous. It’s tiresome! And that seems to come from a certain type of person too.

I mean, yes, I wouldn’t mind being a penny behind H or SS but I wouldn’t sacrifice what they do for all their money. Theirs and their kids’ privacy for starters. I don’t have any strong feelings on either of them either way and I suppose fair play to them for doing what they do if that’s what they want and makes them happy. But to pretend it’s anything but contrived to sell is just silly
Agree with this. It's false and a brand they are creating.
It baffles me that people fanclub over influencers and get very defensive if anyone is critical of their favourite accounts.
On the other hand it shows why some influencers make big money because some of their fan club are so invested that they'll accuse strangers online of being jealous if they don't tow the fangirl line.

I don't have strong opinions on either of them, some content is good and some is drivel. They're good at what they do and more fool anyone who falls for it.

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 14:11

It baffles me that people fanclub over influencers and get very defensive if anyone is critical of their favourite accounts

Yep; I’m getting all this one a different thread at the moment because I said I don’t think taking a 1 month old baby to Abu Dhabi is a great idea. Absolutely I expected disagreement but the sheer rage and personal attacks from the responses are 🤯 I didn’t even name the influencer but I’ve been called a bitch, an idiot, jealous, nasty etc

PollyPeptide · 30/04/2023 14:18

dropping shit content about how to butter bread in a bid to become a chef

😂😂😂

MelsMoneyTree · 30/04/2023 15:05

You use 'influencer' because you think it hides your sexism. It doesn't. Everyone can see you actually mean 'woman or mum who has the temerity to be in the public eye and earn an income.
Go back to Tattle with your regressive, sexist harrassment.

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 15:11

Well how many men sell their kids in this way versus women? I can only think of FoD and he is equally criticised on here

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 15:34

I'm just baffled that people actively follow and adore someone who claims to be a cleaner, yet I've never seen her clean anything that is actually dirty. All she does is Hoover up crumbs and wipe down clean surfaces and make a few beds.

And their friendship just appears like an insta friendship, can't imagine either of them rocking up in the middle of the night if the other one needed help (and we would know about it because everything they do is for likes and followers)

The whole influencer thing is just bizarre. I get its another form of advertising but it's weird how they gain these cult followings that buy cleaning sponges by bulk because Hinch has them or buy t shirts with Wow on because Part Time Working Mummies son said it as his first word

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 15:52

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 14:11

It baffles me that people fanclub over influencers and get very defensive if anyone is critical of their favourite accounts

Yep; I’m getting all this one a different thread at the moment because I said I don’t think taking a 1 month old baby to Abu Dhabi is a great idea. Absolutely I expected disagreement but the sheer rage and personal attacks from the responses are 🤯 I didn’t even name the influencer but I’ve been called a bitch, an idiot, jealous, nasty etc

Come on now, that's a bit misleading. Not one person on that thread called you a bitch did they?!

They said you were bitching about an influencer and hoping to start a bitchfest but no one directly called you a bitch.

At least be truthful and own the post you started and that it was done deliberately to bitch about Mollie Mae.

Booklover40 · 30/04/2023 16:01

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 29/04/2023 22:52

Maybe take this thread to Tattle? Seems like the sort of place that’d like to bitch about influencers

The threads on Tattle re Mrs Hinch are hilarious - I highly recommend OP!

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 30/04/2023 16:13

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 14:11

It baffles me that people fanclub over influencers and get very defensive if anyone is critical of their favourite accounts

Yep; I’m getting all this one a different thread at the moment because I said I don’t think taking a 1 month old baby to Abu Dhabi is a great idea. Absolutely I expected disagreement but the sheer rage and personal attacks from the responses are 🤯 I didn’t even name the influencer but I’ve been called a bitch, an idiot, jealous, nasty etc

You started a thread to bitch about Molly Mae for absolutely no reason. People take their newborn child on holiday all the time, what’s the issue?

tennesseewhiskey1 · 30/04/2023 16:16

I don’t even know who Mrs Hinch is - know SS from a factor tho. .

MelsMoneyTree · 30/04/2023 16:21

Lots of men write columns about their DCs or have them in their videos and social media. All of those DCs you pretend to be concerned about - they all have dads too. But not a peep about them. Because really what you care about - is harassing women.
It might be worth remembering that MN isn't Tattle. MN won't hide your identity if they're contacted by lawyers pursuing harassment cases.

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 16:53

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 30/04/2023 16:13

You started a thread to bitch about Molly Mae for absolutely no reason. People take their newborn child on holiday all the time, what’s the issue?

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My post wasn’t even about Molly Mae 😂 you lot are nuts!

WildFlowerBees · 30/04/2023 16:59

'My post wasn’t even about Molly Mae 😂 you lot are nuts!'

😆

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 30/04/2023 17:01

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 16:53

My post wasn’t even about Molly Mae 😂 you lot are nuts!

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bye!

dig135 · 30/04/2023 17:06

I agree their friendship come across as very fake and OTT.

Influencers intrigue me. They're mostly sales people. Nothing wrong with that, but I find some of the loyal followers' behaviour a little strange at times. It's like the influencers are messiahs that can do no wrong rather than total strangers trying to sell you things. They're not your best friends, whatever they may like you to think.

In term of revenue, the unwavering loyalty is probably a marketeer's dream. But if you put your family life on public display, not everyone will like you. That's life, it's not trolling. If you want the money and gifts, accept that as the downside.

I'd also feel very uncomfortable if strangers knew my kids' names, where they go to school, personal medical details etc. I wouldn't give this information to random strangers on the street so I wouldn't put it on public social media platforms either.

As for Mrs Hinch, the ostentatious consumerism and overuse of chemicals isn't for me. If others find her motivating, good for them.

CarpetSlipper · 30/04/2023 17:18

Of course it’s contrived. They make a living off social media. Every single one of their posts is “for likes”. I don’t really understand how these kinds of people have such a following but you have the option to not engage with the post.

WildFlowerBees · 30/04/2023 17:29

I look forward to the day people see 'influencers' for what they are and they become extinct. No one needs as much crap as she has.

LolaSmiles · 30/04/2023 17:37

Influencers intrigue me. They're mostly sales people. Nothing wrong with that, but I find some of the loyal followers' behaviour a little strange at times. It's like the influencers are messiahs that can do no wrong rather than total strangers trying to sell you things. They're not your best friends, whatever they may like you to think.

In term of revenue, the unwavering loyalty is probably a marketeer's dream
Agreed.

Off the back of this thread I've just had a look at Mrs Hinch's Instagram. Of the two advert posts in her top 6 posts, they're both adverts for pink-i-fied cleaning products. It's totally about suggesting to the fan club that they'll be just like her if they also have pretty pink cleaning product. It's a genius marketing strategy if your aim is to target people who are gullible enough to believe that a fantasy and staged persona on social media is like a friend giving recommendations.

The idea that grown adults leap to shouting 'you're just jealous " when anyone criticises their beloved influencers hilarious and concerning in equal measure.

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 17:42

MelsMoneyTree · 30/04/2023 16:21

Lots of men write columns about their DCs or have them in their videos and social media. All of those DCs you pretend to be concerned about - they all have dads too. But not a peep about them. Because really what you care about - is harassing women.
It might be worth remembering that MN isn't Tattle. MN won't hide your identity if they're contacted by lawyers pursuing harassment cases.

Its.mainly the Moms that are pushing the children out there though. Look at all the Mommy blogger types.

And the Dads arent much better for allowing it to happen.

And idle gossip threads about influencers wont get anyone in trouble for harassment, what a ridiculous thing to say!

Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 17:54

The idea that grown adults leap to shouting 'you're just jealous " when anyone criticises their beloved influencers hilarious and concerning in equal measure.

I didn’t think that happened on here, I thought it was the remit of Internet huns rather than the (what I consider to be) quite smart women of Mumsnet - I assumed they knew how ‘influencing’ works, but obviously not. It’s really very odd.

dig135 · 30/04/2023 18:08

The idea that grown adults leap to shouting 'you're just jealous " when anyone criticises their beloved influencers hilarious and concerning in equal measure.

Absolutely agree. I'm also not quite sure what we are meant to be jealous of. Shock horror, some of us are fortunate to have nice houses and lifestyles. There's literally not a single thing that SS and Mrs Hinch have that makes me jealous.

I am bloody relieved that I don't have to live my family life on Instagram though. I couldn't imagine anything worse than taking, editing and uploading videos of my kids like the Truman show. Or filtering myself so I look nothing like I do in reality.

If I'm honest, I do wonder if some of the Insta huns are possibly being exploited in a way they can't afford. They don't look to have a lot of money and they're being encouraged to post cupboards overflowing with cleaning products and splurging on the latest homeware ranges. Maybe not and it's their choice to spend their money as they choose.

MelsMoneyTree · 30/04/2023 19:06

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 17:42

Its.mainly the Moms that are pushing the children out there though. Look at all the Mommy blogger types.

And the Dads arent much better for allowing it to happen.

And idle gossip threads about influencers wont get anyone in trouble for harassment, what a ridiculous thing to say!

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Maybe you're in the US (by your spelling of moms) but there have been a few high-profile cases in the UK that have ended up with lawyers involved because of harassing threads like this on Tattle.
The sort of posters who start these threads (and they've started at least three on MN this weekend) start literally hundreds of threads on Tattle and then they start calling people's work, doxing them, reporting them to SS. Again, proving they don't care about DCs. They just really hate women and especially mothers.
Then the people who have been targeted get the police involved because it is harassment (and sometimes its defamation).
It's just Tattle users expect Tattle to hide their identities for them so they can attack women with impunity. MN won't.

LolaSmiles · 30/04/2023 19:15

If I'm honest, I do wonder if some of the Insta huns are possibly being exploited in a way they can't afford. They don't look to have a lot of money and they're being encouraged to post cupboards overflowing with cleaning products and splurging on the latest homeware ranges. Maybe not and it's their choice to spend their money as they choose

You're probably onto something there.
There's something a bit MLM-esque about it, all smoke and mirrors, create your personal brand, invest time and effort (and probably money) making sure that your followers see a highly curated version of you, then flog stuff to other people who have less money than you.

Like MLMs a lot of it is women targeting other women too.

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 19:23

MelsMoneyTree · 30/04/2023 19:06

Maybe you're in the US (by your spelling of moms) but there have been a few high-profile cases in the UK that have ended up with lawyers involved because of harassing threads like this on Tattle.
The sort of posters who start these threads (and they've started at least three on MN this weekend) start literally hundreds of threads on Tattle and then they start calling people's work, doxing them, reporting them to SS. Again, proving they don't care about DCs. They just really hate women and especially mothers.
Then the people who have been targeted get the police involved because it is harassment (and sometimes its defamation).
It's just Tattle users expect Tattle to hide their identities for them so they can attack women with impunity. MN won't.

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Surprisingly the word "Moms" is also used in the UK and is regional dialect here too.

Which high profile cases? I've not seen any in UK news where influencers have taken people passing comment on them on public forums to court?

Genuinely asking as I thought I would have seen it on the news because what your describing isnt illegal.

Neither Hinch or Soloman or anyone else can take someone to court for passing comment on them