I am not totally sure how the whole “influencer” thing start or how you achieve “influencer” status. Is it something you aspire to or do you just fall into it by having something go viral? I guess it doesn’t matter as I haven’t much desire to be an influencer, though having money for seemingly doing nothing would be nice.
A couple things that I have noticed about influencers:
- Female influencers tend to
- Post a lot of clothing “fit check” photos
- Post videos of their makeup/skincare/hair routines
- Show more skin to get more clicks/looks/views/likes/shares
- Share a lot of food videos/pictures
- Shopping “haul” videos
- Product reviews…solicited and unsolicited
- Male influencers tend to
- Post a lot of car videos photos
- Post a lot of prank videos
- Post “fit check” photos
- Share food and alcohol videos/photos
- Generally are way shallow in content
Did I miss anything? Is this how you get to be an influencer?
Anyway, I don’t know why I wrote about this today. I guess it was just on my mind and was wondering what others thought about the trend of “influencers.” Do you foresee a future with this trend continuing or do you think it will eventually tire itself out?
Piss and Moan 
I firmly believe that those who call themselves influencers, aren’t.
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Well, that may be for some but as far as I can tell from the younger people I know, there is some influencing being done, good and bad.
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Agreed, but I still believe “influencer” is a title that should be imposed by others. I sometimes see people imposing it upon themselves, which strikes me as something other than influence.
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Oh, yes, I totally agree with that sentiment. You can’t just call yourself an influencer, though many do in hopes that they really achieve that status.
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