To wonder why so many influencers…

[Strangermanger]

Feel entitled to give long and regular missives on financial ‘wellness’ when they admit they’re often thousands of pounds in debt, can’t stop spending on clothes and holidays and live month to month?

It’s Jan so there’s obviously an increase in this stuff but I don’t understand how someone that’s got themselves in £40k debt in a YEAR feels entitled to dole out advice to try to recruit followers. These are the type of people you want to stay away from if you’re trying to manage better financially, surely?!

Pyramid schemes.

I'm not sure she's had much success in the life coaching business as a result.

The most clueless, privileged, sheltered person I know is a life coach. It really needs some kind of regulation and qualification.

Even people who follow them to slag them off give them attention. Just stop watching them.

Never heard of her but you must follow her to know so much about her.

Because they are paid to shill any of crap to the morons who follow them.

I'm an adult so I don't take any notice of "influencers"

@Isometimeswonder I know you’re trying to be smart/ cute but these people have millions of adult followers. Being an adult doesn’t make you intelligent unfortunately.

I watch an influencer. She tries to project an image of wealth but her behaviour is not that of a financially literate person. I find it fascinating. The content is extremely dull and repetitive. The influencer films herself unloading a dishwasher and then puts on a new top. The comments are all very positive and the commenters all seem to regard the lifestyle as one to aspire to. It's so strange.

There's talk of manifestation. The person is clearly not financially comfortable. The commenters clearly see the influencer as wealthy and living the dream.

I've never watched any other influencers so I don't know if they are all like that.

I used to follow her, I don’t anymore. I unfollowed when she had the debt magically paid off for her and started giving out dodgy financial advice she’s not qualified to give. Unfortunately the way social media works, her content still ‘pops up’ hence me being able to see she’s spunked all her money up the wall again

The ones who pimp out their children for likes are the ones I find despicable. I wonder how many of these children will,be so happy about their lives being totally online when they get older. It’s such personal stuff.

The only “influencers” I follow are dog people. This.is.tatum and bulldogpabs are the only reason I log into insta

Sometimes the information they peddle, is correct they just dont use the information themselves. @Strangermanger

Stopped clocks…

Oh boy, I have a young’ish man as neighbour who happens to be a popular dating coach for straight men on YouTube, sometimes I engaged in friendly chit chat with him as I was curious and like to make friends with my neighbours. One day I asked him out to the local pub for a drink (it was not a date, just for some friendly banter) and he ran away in the opposite direction. He later confessed me he suffers from social anxiety and doesn’t go for drinks with women. He’s been my neighbour for 5 years, single and never seen him with a woman.

Go figure. He gives advice to men on how to be a “ladies man”. 🤣

@Mudflapflat Who? What a random thing for an influencer to post. I'm out of touch!

? im puzzled

Oh god not the feminine energy woman. I follow her because she has a relaxing voice but holy crap she spouts some regressive garbage. 'create warm space for him to step in and step up'. I just keep picturing that man from Wife Swap shouting CAROL when his pudding basin of porridge was empty.

There is a saying that "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" which is used as an analogy to the fact that even someone you think is full of shit will occasionally say something you can't help but agree with.

true and much apricated

I doubt for one minute they believe the shite that they are talking, all they are doing is trying to earn a few quid.

Think of it like people on TV adverts. Most of them will not give two shits about the goods or services that they are promoting. It's only a job.

I used to go to school with a fairly big influencer and her online persona is so different from how she used to be.

She’s either changed A LOT over the years or she is very fake.