People who copy influencers are shallow

[Fiis]

your thoughts

Influencers are shallow as are the sheeple who follow them. Next question?

The OP's inability to construct an interesting post suggests she's a dedicated follower of vacuous influencers.

Perhaps they are just sad and insecure.

You could have a philosophy degree and work for MSF and follow influencers. They're just another form of entertainment.

My husband followed an influencer for a while. He had no dress sense but was starting a new job where a smart but casual look was needed and someone recommended an influencer who blogged about style and building capsule wardrobes.

It helped him enormously and even though he no longer follows her he keeps to her simple rules when buying clothes. He's not shallow , has loads of interests and a great job and no longer has to ask me what he should wear ( this used to drive me nuts as he was properly hopeless )

There is a place for influencers and if they help people then they are providing a useful service.

The whole point of being an influencer is to have people follow and be influenced by you.

The content creator medium is a shallow as fuck. I think that’s why it’s so successful. ‘Influencer’ is basically a euphemism for an unemployed freeloader.

My niece is one. She’s not worked a day in her life since she left her top uni. She’s having a marvellous time largely duping her gullible followers, travelling all over the world and making about £250k per year. She’s 23 and about to buy her first house in London, on her own. It’s bloody amazing and I can’t see the bubble bursting any time soon.

@PinkArt agree with this. I don't see the difference between 'copying' Cliff Richard in his hey days, The Cure, Prince (showing my age!), etc etc and influencers today.

It depends what they’re doing and why.

Copying clothes and style is surely no different than copying a manican (sp?) on a show display.

Copying household management or cleaning is no different than reading a magazine or asking Aunty Linda’s advice.

Copying holiday ideas is no different than asking a travel agent or getting recommendation from Jenny on the school
run.

The only person I know who has something like "content creator/public figure" on her instagram is a raging narc. She pays for likes and randoms with fake accounts send flame emoji's and call her a "babe" in the comments. It's actually terribly sad. She forgot to pay a couple of months ago and didn't get a single like for 2 weeks, then presumably she did and it went up to the usual number within a day... I think it's had it's time and people who are still doing it (and heavily editing pictures to the point it's obvious) should be on people's "watch list" for mental health issues with a view to supporting them with their sense of self.

My niece is one. She’s not worked a day in her life since she left her top uni. She’s having a marvellous time largely duping her gullible followers, travelling all over the world and making about £250k per year. She’s 23 and about to buy her first house in London, on her own. It’s bloody amazing and I can’t see the bubble bursting any time soon.

Maybe we are the fools and not people like your niece. I can see why people aspire to be an influencer.

@Fiis good luck on your assignment. When is it due in?

I don't dislike influencers because of those things. I dislike them because I dislike the whole concept of influencers.