It's total bs. It only means there are a bunch of folks who are dumb enough to listen to you, whether you know what you're talking about or not. And I know they're dumb because they need a bs artist to tell them what to think. The Influencees.

Perfect!

Because that's basically what they are - they make videos about their exciting, glamorous lives that purport to offer expertise or advice, and incidentally include products that the huckster gets paid for using or displaying. The only difference from traditional advertising is that influencers use social media to create direct audience interaction to get "followers."

Tucker...Ben Shapiro...Candice Owens...Bannon...Laura Ingraham... etc...all "PROStitutes.

They are hucksters able to convince the really stupid. Oh, wait a minute, we are living in the era of Trump. How did this country become so moronic?

How far we have fallen.

Jimmy and the head of liberty university.

They're everywhere now...we're not spared.

was removed by a jury. I do not remember the charge.

“He has a million followers”, was the explanation.

Many influencers and content creators

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219365275

Talentless people peddling crap to the rubes, sucking the corporate...faucet

Many younger YouTubers such as Adam Mockler are sometimes called influencers.

Which of the "influencers" do you refer to?

get a job" or Parker Short who debates Republicans. It is getting irritating now though because they are just so damn stupid and he lets them hang on for too long in my opinion.

I also like watching Youtubes with people who travel the world and go to places like "The number 1 hotel in the world" and show you what they are like. I don't know if they get paid but if I were one of those places I might want to help them out if they came to my facility.

my gag reflex.

Having people visit their sites is their only means of self esteem. It’s pitiful.

Peace ☮️

Many make well over a million dollars a year.

This is their only source of income.

And it's not gauranteed income and they have to put their own money into it.

This is different from the traditional ways where people would get paid a certain amount and things like travel and other things for the work is covered.

A lot of these people made money during covid becsuse people were stuck at home. But when things got better and places opened up they were not getting as many views anymore. And they blamed Biden and put out a bunch of shit blaming democrsts pushing Trump.

For every successful "influencer" there are thousands of rather pathetic failures.

I apologize.

However, tons of people make decent money doing it.
https://www.business.com/articles/social-media-stars-how-much-do-they-really-make/
Social Media Stars: How Much Do They Really Make?

as some extra side money in addition to a regular job. Most people that do well have personalities that are appealing and much of the money comes from brand deals. They might have some talent or something from things like cooking or crafts or doing makeup which they can continue doing to make money.

But my comment was more towards the many many people that are hoping to become wealthy and not have any other job. These people resort to click bait. Another problem is that the money they make is not guaranteed. Views can go down and there is always competition. These are the people that started pushing MAGA shit .

Of a single one of these people. 👆👆👆

I always thought it took a lot of chutzpah to label oneself an "influencer", a title that sets my teeth on edge. Now what happens when AI bots start influencing other AI bots? Oh, I know...

A lot of the stuff they touted was ugly and useless then, and it is still ugly and useless now. I try to avoid
"influencer" recommended stuff like the plague just like i tried to avoid "trendy" stuff when I was younger.

No, not part of the Thursday Murder club. Influencers are being recruited to promote.. stuff but really are being used to smuggle money. And then are publicly murdered to punish competing organizations.

Small time influencers who are hoping to make it big.

(I am still in the middle of the book so don’t know how it ends)

one syllable away from Influenza, both make you sick and usually with nasty symptoms of diarrhea.

I do watch some computer reviews sites, with people that get products to review but they are not paid to review them, or so they claim.

Jeff Geerling and Christopher Barnatt both do an entertaining job with my home hobby of building Single Board Computers.

If those are considered "Influencers", then I admit to following them and watching their videos.

I also watch some of the videos by Anastasiia Nosova, a micro chip design expert.