Bloody influencers

[cottontail24]

I don't mean this to sound horrible at all as I actually like Stacey Solomon as a person. She seems sweet and genuine and I get she's worked hard to get where she is.

However seeing photos of her daughter's first birthday - massive flower displays, oversized cakes, personalised clothing for the baby and all of her siblings. It's lovely but does it never occur to her that her followers are predominantly made up of people who will never be able to afford this kind of stuff?

To me it's the very worst side of social media. Boastful and making everyone else feel inadequate. I'm not saying that's her intention but fuck me, she must realise that the vast majority of her followers are looking and thinking 'that's amazing but I could never do it for my kid.'

I think I need to quit the internet.

I couldn't agree either you more, well said

I think you need to quit the internet too. She bought dresses from primark and her sister who owns a label business made labels to go on them, it’s not designer fashion. She made the displays herself - it’s part of her job, crafting shows etc. But if it makes you sad just don’t follow her. She can celebrate her child’s birthday however she wants.

It's just rich people doing rich people things isn't it? I don't really see it as any different to your neighbour being able to afford an extension and you can't or a kid at school having their birthday party at whatever expensive activity while you can't. It's just life. People know that Stacey is rich, it should follow that she will do rich people things.

She has money and wants you to treat her child on her birthday. You'd be the same if you were rich. Famous or not. Don't like it don't follow rich ppl.

The ridiculous advert she does on YouTube keeps popping up for me.

"this is when your kids get into your box before you" or some such rubbish and then she removes some toys from it.

FFS, it's so cringy. Does my head in.

Of course she can. I repeatedly said it's lovely. I'm happy she can do it for her kids. And I do like her, as I said.

We choose who to support and what to consume. I dont consume "influencers" content at all. It doesn't bother me.

As for what people think. Some moght be inspired and some love the escapisim from their own lives.

She sells her children’s privacy to pay for it. All the flower displays in the world would not be enough to make me do that.

If you are happy for her then why make a thread to slag her off? You just said she’s the worst of the internet, now you say it’s lovely. She’s made a cake for her kid and celebrated her birthday - there are worse celebs out there

Good point I guess.

I think she's made a lot of her humble beginnings though. And being the girl next door type of thing. Plus being genuinely nice so people feel they can relate to her which I guess is partly why she has so many followers.

I'm not saying she's wrong, we all want to give our kids the best we can. Which in her case is much more than the majority of her followers I'd guess.

She made a cake, made a flower display from cheap fake flowers, and a giant cupcake out of a bin and some draught excluder. Hardly big ticket items. She supports/champions a lot of small businesses along the way. She's pretty harmless really.

I dont think people just like people they can relate to either though, they also like a little bit of escapism, a bit of aspiration or inspiration. Would as many people really follow her if she lived in a 3 bed end of terrace with dated decor and wore 2 year old clothes from Primark? I don't think they would.

she must realise that the vast majority of her followers are looking and thinking 'that's amazing but I could never do it for my kid’

What she realises, is that the vast majority of her followers are happy with that content. Otherwise they wouldn’t be following.
Some will be able to afford to copy.
Others will afford to do cheaper versions.
Others will just do some of it to be in budget.
And some will just be odd types who are just into this weird celebrity voyeurism 🤣

She’s not responsible for people feeling bad if she’s not forcing anyone to follow. Which she’s not!

People need to take responsibility for themselves. When I pass the expensive restaurant in my town on the way to Tesco for my budget dinner ingredients, I choose not to press my nose against the window and make myself feel jealous or bitter or just sad.

You need to take responsibility for your choices, and stop blaming her.

It needs to be said, don't read/look at them

I hate/dislike certain people in the news and certain stories, all i do is skim the headlines and move on

These 'influencers' some make loads of money

She's obviously doing rich people's things. But she's also an influencer with a following to maintain - they watch her precisely to see what she's going to do and they wouldn't be satisfied with seeing mundane trappings they could do for themselves.

Some people are just 'fans' who think she's wonderful, others are living a vicarious existence through her. But if you're the sort of person who's wont to draw comparison then you're invariably going to find your own existence comes up short, and it will eat in to your self-esteem. We all know what the solution to that is...

I’d rather give my kids a low key life, a small birthday party, modest holidays and keep their privacy tbh.

People like Stacey Solomon who sell their children from the moment they’re a line on a positive pregnancy test disgust me. The children can’t consent to what’s happening to them but no one seems to care about that. The sooner this, and family vloggers, are stopped the better imo.

Exactly this!!!!

She makes her money because people follow her. Every follower has a price on their head. Don’t follow her. Don’t pay.

Her followers choose to follow her though knowing that she very likely has more money than them. If they don't like it, they can simply unfollow her can't they?

Not seeing the issue other than as pp's have pointed out, using her children on SM.

I used to follow SS until I realised her so called normal life was really basically all just promotional reels, for products/concepts she was associated with/planning to make money from. I wish her and her family well, good on her for making herself into a brand, but I'm no longer interested in that brand.

You sound very envious.
If you don’t like the content just stop following her 🤷🏻‍♀️

Well at least she keeps her clothes on and is family orientated I'll give her that.

She has a partnership with Primark.

https://www.primark.com/en-ie/a/inspiration/fashion-trends/stacey-solomon-x-primark

OP I see what you’re saying and I think quite a few posters here are missing the point.
All this consumerism on SM - personalised t shirts for birthdays, etc - fuels feelings of inadequacy in a lot of the people that follow it. Some have the insight to realise that and step away. Others don’t and it can affect mental health quite badly.
(Others of course think it’s a crock of wasteful shit.)

I’m not blaming Stacey Solomon particularly , she’s part of a much bigger picture. Though I also agree that selling your kids’ privacy and bringing them up with a worldview in which getting likes and follows is of the utmost importance is nothing to envy whatsoever.

https://www.ymugroup.com/entertainment/

https://www.ymugroup.com/talent/stacey-solomon/

They are saleswomen (and men) for hire. Companies approach their agency - Stacey's is the same one as Mrs Hinch and a bunch of mum-influencers like Emily Norris - and then they all push the same thing. Sky TV, Hello Fresh, whatever. Most of them put out stories saying "Any recs for a balloon arch?" and voila, #gifted balloon arch for the kid's birthday. It is all, entirely, bollocks.