To think influencers lack of safety is frustrating

[Collectivethoughts]

I follow an influencer on instagram. She actually lives local to me and seems to be a nice person. However she's moved home and just done a complete home tour and put this on youtube.
She went into every single room and described where the room was. She is going to continue uploading videos around how they are decorating and furnishing the rooms. The house is very grand and lovely so I would imagine the items in the house will also be that.
She is not the only one who has done this. Mrs Hinch has previously and other influencers.
Do they not think about theirs and their children's safety. Do they not think people may try to burgle their homes. They have just given them the blue print to the home. Do they not worry they tell strangers what room their child is sleeping in, that their back garden has no fence. I just don't get it? Is money and views more important than safety?

AIBU for thinking this?

Well yes it seems odd to me but then I dont do it so I dont need to think about them doing it why are you taking on this issue for them?

What about the ones who put their children online?

I don’t think she’s taking the issue on for them? Just saying she finds it frustrating

I don't think burglars generally put a lot of thought into it. They just chucked a brick through my front door then rifled through my things. They used my pillowcase to carry my jewellery out. They headed straight upstairs and started emptying drawers. It was shit and definitely didn't need thought or blueprints.

A lot of them seem to lack any common sense. Someone I know IRL is trying to be an influencer and repeatedly showed massively unsafe environments that they have their child in and were surprised when social services knocked on the door. (No I did not report them, but I didn't find it as shocking as everyone else did that somebody might raise a concern, it could have also come from school). Their response to this BTW was to pause uploading videos for a couple of days and then make a hasty video showing how they had addressed the specific concerns SS had (but no mention of them in the video) and then immediately returned to the status quo of children in completely unsafe environments, just minus the specific ones which had been pointed out to them. Absolutely batshit.

Sorry to hear this it must’ve been really hard, but how much jewellery did you have for them to need to use a pillowcase ?!

How is it any different to videos and photos on Rightmove?

Do you genuinely believe that a burglar is going to decide to turn over a house because they've seen it on YouTube?

Most burglaries are smash and grab. On the rare occasion that a property is targeted specifically because it contains a high value item, then they already know where that item is.

I think the bigger danger is if the video gives away their exact location, allowing weirdos to find them.

i understand your point but then some would say is this not victim blaming etc ?

Not the biggest problem with so called "influencers" in my opinion. "get a proper job" I'm inclined to say

Why are you following her then?

I actually do think a burglar might burgle a house they’ve seen on YouTube. I remember an influencer about 10 years ago who was burgled because she’d put something about her schedule online. Her house tour was online and I’m sure her videos would’ve shown her filming equipment, fancy clothing, valuables. There are a couple of influencers near me who take photos of the view from the front window and I want to message them telling it’s such a small town that it’s so easy to work out their road and house number

I agree with this. It’s very similar to other crimes where some suggest women should or should not behave in certain ways to avoid being victims of crimes. Very “what was she wearing”

Most burglars aren’t scouring instagram for houses to burgle. Your own house probably has a floor plan and photographs of the layout visible on Zoopla or Rightmove. I’m more concerned about the people who post their children online.

Why would they do this when many of them make millions of pounds a year?

Many will make more in 5 years than you will make in your entire working life!

@Collectivethoughts

Unless anyone knows her exact address, then how can she be burgled?

Unless she lives in the louvre, a burglar doesn't need a blueprint, and if they did need help locating the master bedroom they can proaby find a floorplan and photos on rightmove.

That said I think influencers are pretty tedious so I'd be happy if they stopped showing us around their houses/recent adhd diagnoses/fitness routines/beauty regimes

My biggest worry would be random people turning up to nosy about and say hi. There was an influencer in my city one of my friends was following and when they visited they were going to go to some of his reccomendations. They showed me the video- even in a big city I immediately knew what street he lived on and his front door which he had posted was the only one of that colour on the street. Took about two minutes on google street view to work out which house it was. (And sure enough when my friend strolled past that weekend they saw him through the window 😳).

That type of behaviour would be creepy enough, but it just takes one crazy to take it too far, let themselves in, think you are friends etc. And yes, much worse if your children are posted online.

I remember there being an issue with footballers’ homes targeted for luxury goods a few years back and it was suggested that social media posts by their partners and families made it easy for would be bad guys. Obviously that’s a job where it’s fairly easy to work out their working schedule too so their homes would be hit while the player was off training or playing elsewhere.

Lots of us give away too much on social media and just have to hope nobody is paying particularly close attention to us for nefarious reasons. Unlikely in my own, perfectly ordinary case!

I vaguely follow Mrs Hinch, and I know her kids names, ages, vocabulary levels, medical history, pets names, holiday locations, family members names, home address, bedroom decor and layout of their house.

I can’t stress how little effort I’ve put in for this information to cross my consciousness. It blows my mind that any adult would be that irresponsible.

What's not 'proper' about content creation?

The biggest ones are essentially operating their own production studios and market agencies, employing massive teams of people.

The smaller ones are doing it all themselves, or with a skeleton crew. Coming up with ideas for multiple videos every week. Scouting locations, scripting, shooting, editing and post production. Brand partnerships. Managing multiple social media accounts, mastering algorithms, reacting to trends and monetization policies.

The days of being able to make money from just being on social media are long gone. Anyone making decent money these days is very much doing a proper job.

your very naive if you really believe this

A burglar doesn’t burgle a house because they saw it on Instagram. They burgle it because it’s in a certain area and it’s an easy place to break into. And in any normal house - ie not a mansion owned by a billionaire - they don’t care or need to know what the layout is in advance. A house burglary isn’t like a museum heist. You’re vastly overestimating the amount of planning that goes into a burglary. Most burglars are just opportunists.

Believe what?

All influencers are grifters who think of nothing but the profits they make off the stupid people that buy into their brand. They consider it their job and choose to monetise every personal detail of their life and exploit their children for likes, follows and brand deals with crap products. If there’s consequences to that, so be it. I have no sympathy for them.