Many people and businesses hate the term "influencer." Especially those individuals who attach it to themselves and start demanding rather than negotiating. However, the growth of influencer marketing often means they're still getting offers they do not want. To deter them away, people have begun to voice their disapproval both online and in real life. Whether it's a humorous post on Facebook or a stingy sign next to their establishment, one thing is clear: influencers have to adapt their strategies and communication methods in order not to lose potential customers.
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Lots of work doesn't mean that they aren't insufferable. Also, the term "influencer" makes me cringe. But at the same time, I'd like to get $500k for a single social media post.
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Even I can feel the bruning insult at the suggestion to deliver tons of excellent food that was produced with much work and love, just to have it thrown away.
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When you have only 8k followers, you have no right asking for something for free and should just gratefully accept it if some company does want to work with you. Sure it's different when you have a million followers and an ad would reach a large number of people, but with 8k it's not worth it for any company
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The level of self-absorbent attitude is so incredible with these people. I almost have a sort of grudging respect for the kind of chutzpah that it requires to make these sort of requests.
Yeah I Need Exposure, But Not This Way, Also I Think The Amount Of Emojis He Used Is Scary
This sounds like some fort of scam more than a legit influencer (if there is such a thing). The grammatical errors and how the sender is trying to create a sense of urgency regarding the money being sent smacks of scam. Plus, it's not audacious enough to be a real thing. $10 is enough to make a quick scam worth your time but not enough that it'll be too hard to get people to pay.
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The cancer argument is just...ugh. Awful. And I have a problem to believe it to be true.
Um, yes! Especially as the wedding is TWO YEARS OUT!
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That grammatical abomination needs to trigger a kick in the face
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They just throw out that the Mom has cancer, so they need to do this for free, but yet she's waiting until 2021 for the wedding. I hope her Mom gets well fast, but if it's such a big issue, shouldn't they move the wedding up?
Cancer, really? I hate people who just throw that out there casually, especially as my son has gone through lymphoma twice and I would NEVER use that as an excuse for anything
It’s “could have” and “would have” not “could of” and “would of”. They got it right once or twice and gave up. Pffft
LOL, what a self-entitled little s**t Melissa is. By 2021 her fiance might have realised this and dumped her! Unless of course, he is as much of a bludger as she is.
"we will have to name and shame you if you continue with this abuse" you'll HAVE to??? REALLY??? how stupid IS this generation
While we're on it, *what* abuse? The photography place was a lot more polite than I'd have been at that point. I'll bet she tried for free flowers, cake, catering, wedding gown, hairdresser and anything else her mercenary little 'heart' desired.
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Does the influencer realize that "gyp" is a racial slur? Doesn't help their cause.
It would HAVE been a great opportunity for some proper grammar too......
BS, MS and Phd. (B******t, More S**t ans Piled higher and deeper.) Yes, Let Someone Else Pay For A Wedding I Will Get A Divorce From In The Following Year. Wonder if she'll try to get a divorce lawyer for free by offering to promote his services? Then I wonder who'd take her up on that.
Reminds me of all those bridezillas demanding expensive presents and themed dress codes beyond the standard wedding outfits. One bridezilla decided to steal rare flowers from somebody's front garden.
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Wait a sec. Her mom has cancer, but she's waiting 2 years for the wedding?
That's not the whole story. Boredpanda made a whole article about this and the photographer sends another email back. Link: https://www.boredpanda.com/wedding-influencer-services-exchange/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
These people keep accusing others of being unprofessional... it seems they keep using a word when they have NO IDEA what it means!
If she truly had been diagnosed with cancer then I would have moved my Wedding forward and paid anything asked to have my mother there. Of course I soeak as a person who lost her mother at 17 and never got to share such things with my mother.
Using the word "gyp" and calling the other person unprofessional and appalling? What a gross individual.
Are we sure this is the agent and not the influencer writing? It seems quite unprofessional to have that many syntax and grammar faults. Just saying...
i don't really like that the photography place raises rates for certain customers, i think that pretty sh!t, but the rest is great
That was snark for snark. Not only did she want free, but she expected her 'followers' to get a break, too. For 'exposure'.
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It could of been arranged if they only could by the product 💁♀️
Why Is It That When You Turn Down "Promotion!!!" In Exchange For Real Hard Work, These People Instantly Do A 180?
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And even a quick drawing does not take into account the years of education, training, and practice that led to the ability to create it.
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Well, at least these influencers were polite when their request was rejected.
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Just last week I witnessed an 'influencer' get blasted at our favorite Italian restaurant. This place is always busy, packed with the line out the door. The girl in front of me wanted to speak to the owner (he's also the head chef). This guy is old-school Italian, and doesn't play around. She tells him she's an influencer, and wants a 'sample of everything ' . He directed her to the girl taking orders. No, she wanted it comped for a review. He yelled, "How's everyone enjoying your meals?" Cheers . "That's all the reviews I need". I thoroughly enjoyed watching her stand there looking like she got slapped in the face.
Even the mommy bloggers who display stolen recipes on their blogs and are a type of influencer. They get paid a huge fortune to be sponsored by food companies and manufacturers of cleaning products. I thought they did it for fun and recognition. There was an Australian psycho thriller about a mommy blogger who was pregnant and engineered envy in a single woman who worked in the local supermarket. Called The Secret She Keeps. The supermarket employee admired her and put her on a pedestal. She should have hated her instead for her boring blog and ripping off food companies.
Load More Replies... If you want to shame those parasites you shouldn't blur their names. They have made themsleves known as "Influenza" so let them face the consequences of their entitlement.
"Influencer" = lazy narcissist using Photoshop-level filters. "Collaborate" = free load. No, they are not working "hard af" as one of those people said. Scroll through Insta in "lifestyle" and it's all a blur of "GIVE ME! Or else". When my toddler godson says that, he gets a time-out. So... *click* or *swipe* and on to actual web content like, y'know, cat pictures!
I guess I lead a sheltered life. The only influencers I've ever run across have been on posts like this on Panda.
I don't even have an Instagram account to influence or be influenced.
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As a graphic designer I get asked to do free or deeply discounted work regularly. If I won't do it for the average Joe, who doesn't make much money, I'm sure as hell not going to do it for someone who chooses not to work and is only exchanging services with a post (that might only be up for an hour or two??). My time, equipment and needs are too important to just give away free to just anyone who asks. That being said I won't get rude with someone who does ask. That's equally as wrong. But when someone simply tells you no, they can't, don't go into a tizzy because you think you are entitled. I assure you, you're not.
People seem to think that since art is a creative product, that they shouldn't have to pay for it. I do photography, and have done it professionally in the past and am familiar with what you describe.
Load More Replies... I’m sorry. I don’t get the “influencer” thing. Who exactly are these people? And who are they influencing? Why do they feel entitled to free goods & services? I noticed that most of the “influencers” got really nasty when businesses politely told them that they need to be paid for their time/products. Can there be that many entitled narcissistic a-holes out there? Haven’t these people ever heard the word NO before?
Each and every post I wanted to comment "Wow...WTF?" I would have to type it out a lot so I decided to just say it here instead lol
Surely these 'influencers' would have companies approaching them if they seriously had the power to bring in that many customers for the business?
I thought that was the idea and probably was the case when instagram and the mommy blogs started. But there are too many influencers now and they are getting desperate.
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People have way too much time to answer these jerks asking freebies. Just done' answer the email and move on. They don't deserve your time.
Yeah I don’t like influencers either but just “no thank you” works. People who write these long winded responses are just looking for exposure and aren’t different from the influencers. Everyone is lame in these situations
Load More Replies... We need to stop calling these people "influencers" and instead call them what they are. Scammers.
Anyone else ever successfully pay a bill with "exposures" instead of dollars? Yeah, me, either.
Is being an "influencer" some type of new mental illness? From what I could understand from this, is every single one of them are bat s**t crazy....
Badmouthing companies who don't give into their demands for freebies and payments is certainly a mental illness. There's a term for that and it's 'protection racket'. Instead of the business owner having their windows smashed in they have their business badmouthed on Instagram and TikTok.
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Being an "influencer" on social media doesn't give you the right to demand free products and services from people and businesses. The fact that so many of these people think that just having followers on Instagram is enough to get free services is appalling. I am not on Instagram and even if I was I would not demand freebies in exchange for exposure. These people need to get a real job and stop their entitled whining.
By reading the follower counts on the influencers profiles looks like I'm more of a influencer than they are
There are so many REAL influencers (funny how spell-check says it's not a word...) on Youtube these days that these self-entitled fakes are not even a thing for me to consider. There are enough REAL influencers who show us how to file taxes, put on makeup, how to grow and care for various plants, how to assemble that piece of furniture you bought from IKEA, etc, etc, etc. There are people who give honest real-world reviews on products. These people are real "influencers". They give and give and eventually become popular enough to have a following, which they then get sponsors. People who actually WANT to advertise their products on their videos. So, when you want something for free, self-described influencers, please remember you have to earn things. America is a capitalist nation. In other words, it is a meritocracy.
Their videos are usually monetized with advertising and they usually have qualifications or experience in what they demonstrate.
Load More Replies... One again, I know why I also read bad reviews - often enough it's jsut somebody complaingin about something totally stupid. The visciousness in some posts is a bit shocking. I do think some of the asked peeps are overreacting, though. Just say No. No need to write half a page of indignant insults and call people Brats. But trying to destroy a business just because they don't give you freebies shoudl actually lead to a lawsuit.
They probably get tired of it and snap, like most people Would after a while.
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I cannot believe how many spelling errors, and grammatical errors there are in this post...Did any of these people pay attention in school? And how many lazy, self-entitled people there are...Unbelievable..
Every time I say the word ‘influencer’ it always comes out as ‘influenza’; considering influenza’s an unwanted virus that plagues people, perhaps I’m saying it right?
Influencers may have taken freebies too far, but to be fair, they didn't come up with this idea on their own. Before social media, I worked as an arts and culture journalist for 11 years in a small city. Definitely NOT a major influencer, and yet hotels, restaurants, and vendors constantly offered me free this and that. I only accepted freebies if I really felt there was a possibility I would write about their space, and even that was very rare. Sometimes vendors were offended and downright catty when I declined. Just saying, media quid pro quid has gone on a long time and it's always been a two-way street.
Your difference he is between 'they offered' and 'you gotta give me because I'm special'. If I say, give me specifics to I can write intelligently about you, that's one thing. To say, give me free stuff and I'll put in a good word for you (unasked) is something quite different.
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I guess that, like in many other situations, this market, because it is a market whether we like it or not, will clear itself in a few years. The many will vanish and the few, more professionals in a good meaning, will continue.
Yep couldn't say it better. There is a market for influencers. This list is just the equivalent of basement bands wanting to get booked but only havin 2 fans
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This generation has ruined media for those of us who actually ARE proper journalists and photographers and editors etc. It's such a gong show out there now it's not even very interesting anymore to be part of a legit magazine. But to be fair, they can't get jobs because my parents generation ruined everything... so...
I'm an artist on Instagram and I'm pretty small rn, so no influencers have asked me for stuff like this yet. But I do follow a lot of other, bigger, artists and I hear about these kinds of things all the time. It's really annoying because people don't take artists, musicians, designers, and other related businesses seriously enough. There's this whole stigma that they're not "real" professions and it makes me really angry. People work hard to achieve their skill.
People who can't even influence their own spelling and grammar are automatically worthless on social media.
It's wonderful to see so-called influences get owned! They are lazy bums who want to get their money for nothing and their chicks (or dudes) for free. I suspect a lot of these "influencers" are liars, claiming to be influencers in hopes of getting free stuff. You want stuff, do some honest work and earn money to spend.
My friend worked at the tulip festival recently. SOooooo many influencers were taking glamour photos inside the fields of colourful tulips. He was telling me all about it. So I went one day to see the flowers etc. Bunch of certain nationality were in the field. Having clearly been told by the staff (and my friend who was staff that day too) to get out. It is clearly marked to not enter the fields. Staff left, in their high viz jackets. Influencers mutter and giggle and climb right on back in. I turn and say, "Are you totally deaf? GET out of the field before I call the police." HUGE bright red faces. One pretends not to speak English. I say, "I lip read, coz I am partially deaf, I know you speak English, stop acting dumb." All get out of the field looking positively chastised. I explain to them the flowers only last a very short time, and once damaged by all the photographing influencers they are no longer! Bright red faces, lots of sorry sorry. I stood there and waited. They left.
Influencer my a*s.. Don't get me wrong, I know there's bunch of actual influencers who act just like a good infuencer supposed to be. But these people, are incredibly disgusting human beings with no humility and humble traits whatsoever. What I'm saying, it's a shame that the terms of 'influencer' now becomes something that sounds toxic.
Rule number one: If you need to go around calling yourself "an influencer," you're not. Rule number two: if you have to ASK for free stuff to promote to your social media followers, you are not "an influencer." Rule number three: if you don't understand rule number two, see rule number one.
In the mid-2000s, in my early 20s, I started a food blog for fun. "Influencers" weren't a thing then, so when businesses started reaching out to me for exposure in exchange for meals I was ecstatic! You want to give me food and I just have to write about it?! Unreal in my mind. I think where influencer culture and I split was in how I viewed the site. I was just doing it for me. If I had modest success with it, hooray, but I'd never ask a business for free anything. I wrote plenty of articles where I paid for the food gladly. I was the one wanting to write about it, no one asked me to, so why should I expect anything in return?
The all-important difference is that THEY asked YOU to write for them for a free meal. No reason to turn down a freebie someone offered you.
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Normally I click to see all the images. Couldn't do it this time. Influencers are brats that received too many participation ribbons in their childhood
Do you ever get the feeling that society is descending into hell? Hopefully, all these twats will get publicly shamed and crash horribly and then this whole idea will be dead by next year.
Did your comment arrest this ‘descent into hell’ or accelerate it? Also, drama much?
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we need to expose their act and their influencer social media so people know how cheap they are..
Bloggers and vloggers are just lazy a*s idiots looking for easy monsy and free stuff. Fuxking pests....
I have to know, does asking for free service in exchange for social media posts REALLY work for someone other than famous folks? I mean I would think if you are famous, clients would come to you-especially of you have 1.5mil followers.
Can anybody imagine where we would be if myspace/facebook which led to this obsession with likes and followers on all platforms was never invented? I bet we would be partying on Mars right now...although I guess it wouldn't matter because we wouldn't make our Earth people jealous with pictures haha
Well it is funny but I’m too lazy to read this all. That’s my own problem 🤣
I am a local guide on google. I paid for food the service and food was lovely. So i posted a good review and than was that. They knew i was a local guide and did check in on me but i wanted to pay like a decent human being and they asked me nicely how my evening was like a decent human being. I work my butt of a*s a chef and im nit doing it for 'exposure' i want to have enough money to live of off. Like they do
Whoever wrote this post: no-one deserves public shaming. it can ruin lives and drive people to suicide
This seems to be a difference in generational thought. I own a restaurant in Ecuador. Among other things we have vegan and vegetarian option. In our marketing plan, we have included inviting vegan and vegetarian "influencers" to our restaurant to try our vegan and vegetarian meals. We intend on giving them their meals for free because we understand that the people that follow them like them and trust them. We also understand that the most important aspect of any relationship is trust. We do not feel that we can establish the same level of trust that the "influencers" can. I have used influencers in other business endeavors with great success. We have gotten a ton of exposure for very little money which has translated into business. Like anything marketing related, you have to be selective about the influencers you use and make sure they are "targeting" your audience. In our minds, it isn't any different than bartering with the local media.
What in the everloving f**k... This is what I hate about this era we're living in.
There are only a few "real" influencers in the world: Madonna, Kim Kardashian and Chiara Ferragni.
I don't get it. Don't they make money with views of their postings? I've watched a video recently about Youtubers. It seems they make a lot of money just by people watching their videos. And then to have the audacity to ask for free stuff is beyond me.
I guess it's just an internet thing that these self absorbed, self entitled munchkins think so much of themselves because they have access to a computer and can get 'lots' of sychophantic other munchkins to worship the ground they walk on, that they think everybody else will feel the same. Talk about an echo chamber. Maybe there was a pre internet equivalent, but then they were just called scams and done with it.
I have a suspicion that there is a marketing company offering these companies the contact by influencers, and advising on how to post a sarcastic response that will go viral. Considering that the viral response seems to offer free advertising for the restaurant/photographer etc.
Hi bored panda. Pay me $500 and I will tell people in email you're a great site! (Signed) totally realistic and non-entitled person.
So bloody cheeky practically begging for free stuff. They have no morals at all
Who compares a profiteer with a martyr also compares a satanist with a saint. This whole place is a murderous and corrupting lie.
Personally, I avoid places that cater to "influencers". All having an influencer translates to is "their costs have been transferred to paying clients." But then, I try to avoid name brands for the same reason. Advertising costs are ultimately paid by the customers.
I'm a bit worried that some of the pictures don't make it clear whether they're stock photos or actually attached to the original post, there's some innocent models out there who might get attacked because of some of this rubbish :-(
Here's more reasons I dislike 'influencers ' and and YouTubers: Giving food, money, or a place to live, to the homeless... while recording it. One guy (recently) wanted to buy all of the bottled water in a store (prior to a hurricane warning) so he could record himself giving it away. The store manager refused. They don't do it out of compassion, but for views. Views = money.
lol i do commissions and i' so glad i've never seen anything like this or id go insane with laughter XD
mindboggling stuff - the sense of entitlement is ... actually - I am lost for words
half of them are rude too. One of the "influncers" i follow on instagram asked in the caption of her post "Any good albums come out recently?" and I commented "I've been streaming 'fandom' by waterparks! I recommend them!" (i've been listening to waterparks for like 6 years so-) and she responded said "it sucks sorry" and ????? i'm friends with the members and gonna see them for the 20th time but yknow 1 "influncer" is gonna change my 6 years of loving them lmao
This entire post upsets me. I have to wonder at the maturity of some of these "managers" and "business owners." Customers are customers - whether they are asking for freebies or asking for cold soup to be warmed up. It doesn't matter. What matters in the end is the reputation of your business. You want to keep it up, keep your customers happy. Some of these responses are just out and out rude - not considering the fact that in 20-30 years, these "influencers" and their generation are going to be the main clientele. A pro-tip for every business owner... just be kind. Your business depends on it. That said, nobody should slam a business for not wanting to give freebies. Respect should be both ways.
I have 23 followers across social media but I influence thousands annually to never return to my posts again.
Step 1) Find some irritating women Step 2) Show them being ‘punished’ Step 3) Complain about them Step 4) Go to step 3 At least it’s better than the straight-up incel posts, but it’s still misogynistic when you focus on punishing harmless but annoying women and never criticize men for the c**p they do
I've not down voted before, but your post is so far reaching and makes no sense in connection to the article that I really felt it was necessary.
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Just last week I witnessed an 'influencer' get blasted at our favorite Italian restaurant. This place is always busy, packed with the line out the door. The girl in front of me wanted to speak to the owner (he's also the head chef). This guy is old-school Italian, and doesn't play around. She tells him she's an influencer, and wants a 'sample of everything ' . He directed her to the girl taking orders. No, she wanted it comped for a review. He yelled, "How's everyone enjoying your meals?" Cheers . "That's all the reviews I need". I thoroughly enjoyed watching her stand there looking like she got slapped in the face.
Even the mommy bloggers who display stolen recipes on their blogs and are a type of influencer. They get paid a huge fortune to be sponsored by food companies and manufacturers of cleaning products. I thought they did it for fun and recognition. There was an Australian psycho thriller about a mommy blogger who was pregnant and engineered envy in a single woman who worked in the local supermarket. Called The Secret She Keeps. The supermarket employee admired her and put her on a pedestal. She should have hated her instead for her boring blog and ripping off food companies.
Load More Replies... If you want to shame those parasites you shouldn't blur their names. They have made themsleves known as "Influenza" so let them face the consequences of their entitlement.
"Influencer" = lazy narcissist using Photoshop-level filters. "Collaborate" = free load. No, they are not working "hard af" as one of those people said. Scroll through Insta in "lifestyle" and it's all a blur of "GIVE ME! Or else". When my toddler godson says that, he gets a time-out. So... *click* or *swipe* and on to actual web content like, y'know, cat pictures!
I guess I lead a sheltered life. The only influencers I've ever run across have been on posts like this on Panda.
I don't even have an Instagram account to influence or be influenced.
Load More Replies... As a graphic designer I get asked to do free or deeply discounted work regularly. If I won't do it for the average Joe, who doesn't make much money, I'm sure as hell not going to do it for someone who chooses not to work and is only exchanging services with a post (that might only be up for an hour or two??). My time, equipment and needs are too important to just give away free to just anyone who asks. That being said I won't get rude with someone who does ask. That's equally as wrong. But when someone simply tells you no, they can't, don't go into a tizzy because you think you are entitled. I assure you, you're not.
People seem to think that since art is a creative product, that they shouldn't have to pay for it. I do photography, and have done it professionally in the past and am familiar with what you describe.
Load More Replies... I’m sorry. I don’t get the “influencer” thing. Who exactly are these people? And who are they influencing? Why do they feel entitled to free goods & services? I noticed that most of the “influencers” got really nasty when businesses politely told them that they need to be paid for their time/products. Can there be that many entitled narcissistic a-holes out there? Haven’t these people ever heard the word NO before?
Each and every post I wanted to comment "Wow...WTF?" I would have to type it out a lot so I decided to just say it here instead lol
Surely these 'influencers' would have companies approaching them if they seriously had the power to bring in that many customers for the business?
I thought that was the idea and probably was the case when instagram and the mommy blogs started. But there are too many influencers now and they are getting desperate.
Load More Replies... People have way too much time to answer these jerks asking freebies. Just done' answer the email and move on. They don't deserve your time.
Yeah I don’t like influencers either but just “no thank you” works. People who write these long winded responses are just looking for exposure and aren’t different from the influencers. Everyone is lame in these situations
Load More Replies... We need to stop calling these people "influencers" and instead call them what they are. Scammers.
Anyone else ever successfully pay a bill with "exposures" instead of dollars? Yeah, me, either.
Is being an "influencer" some type of new mental illness? From what I could understand from this, is every single one of them are bat s**t crazy....
Badmouthing companies who don't give into their demands for freebies and payments is certainly a mental illness. There's a term for that and it's 'protection racket'. Instead of the business owner having their windows smashed in they have their business badmouthed on Instagram and TikTok.
Load More Replies... Being an "influencer" on social media doesn't give you the right to demand free products and services from people and businesses. The fact that so many of these people think that just having followers on Instagram is enough to get free services is appalling. I am not on Instagram and even if I was I would not demand freebies in exchange for exposure. These people need to get a real job and stop their entitled whining.
By reading the follower counts on the influencers profiles looks like I'm more of a influencer than they are
There are so many REAL influencers (funny how spell-check says it's not a word...) on Youtube these days that these self-entitled fakes are not even a thing for me to consider. There are enough REAL influencers who show us how to file taxes, put on makeup, how to grow and care for various plants, how to assemble that piece of furniture you bought from IKEA, etc, etc, etc. There are people who give honest real-world reviews on products. These people are real "influencers". They give and give and eventually become popular enough to have a following, which they then get sponsors. People who actually WANT to advertise their products on their videos. So, when you want something for free, self-described influencers, please remember you have to earn things. America is a capitalist nation. In other words, it is a meritocracy.
Their videos are usually monetized with advertising and they usually have qualifications or experience in what they demonstrate.
Load More Replies... One again, I know why I also read bad reviews - often enough it's jsut somebody complaingin about something totally stupid. The visciousness in some posts is a bit shocking. I do think some of the asked peeps are overreacting, though. Just say No. No need to write half a page of indignant insults and call people Brats. But trying to destroy a business just because they don't give you freebies shoudl actually lead to a lawsuit.
They probably get tired of it and snap, like most people Would after a while.
Load More Replies... I cannot believe how many spelling errors, and grammatical errors there are in this post...Did any of these people pay attention in school? And how many lazy, self-entitled people there are...Unbelievable..
Every time I say the word ‘influencer’ it always comes out as ‘influenza’; considering influenza’s an unwanted virus that plagues people, perhaps I’m saying it right?
Influencers may have taken freebies too far, but to be fair, they didn't come up with this idea on their own. Before social media, I worked as an arts and culture journalist for 11 years in a small city. Definitely NOT a major influencer, and yet hotels, restaurants, and vendors constantly offered me free this and that. I only accepted freebies if I really felt there was a possibility I would write about their space, and even that was very rare. Sometimes vendors were offended and downright catty when I declined. Just saying, media quid pro quid has gone on a long time and it's always been a two-way street.
Your difference he is between 'they offered' and 'you gotta give me because I'm special'. If I say, give me specifics to I can write intelligently about you, that's one thing. To say, give me free stuff and I'll put in a good word for you (unasked) is something quite different.
Load More Replies... I guess that, like in many other situations, this market, because it is a market whether we like it or not, will clear itself in a few years. The many will vanish and the few, more professionals in a good meaning, will continue.
Yep couldn't say it better. There is a market for influencers. This list is just the equivalent of basement bands wanting to get booked but only havin 2 fans
Load More Replies... This generation has ruined media for those of us who actually ARE proper journalists and photographers and editors etc. It's such a gong show out there now it's not even very interesting anymore to be part of a legit magazine. But to be fair, they can't get jobs because my parents generation ruined everything... so...
I'm an artist on Instagram and I'm pretty small rn, so no influencers have asked me for stuff like this yet. But I do follow a lot of other, bigger, artists and I hear about these kinds of things all the time. It's really annoying because people don't take artists, musicians, designers, and other related businesses seriously enough. There's this whole stigma that they're not "real" professions and it makes me really angry. People work hard to achieve their skill.
People who can't even influence their own spelling and grammar are automatically worthless on social media.
It's wonderful to see so-called influences get owned! They are lazy bums who want to get their money for nothing and their chicks (or dudes) for free. I suspect a lot of these "influencers" are liars, claiming to be influencers in hopes of getting free stuff. You want stuff, do some honest work and earn money to spend.
My friend worked at the tulip festival recently. SOooooo many influencers were taking glamour photos inside the fields of colourful tulips. He was telling me all about it. So I went one day to see the flowers etc. Bunch of certain nationality were in the field. Having clearly been told by the staff (and my friend who was staff that day too) to get out. It is clearly marked to not enter the fields. Staff left, in their high viz jackets. Influencers mutter and giggle and climb right on back in. I turn and say, "Are you totally deaf? GET out of the field before I call the police." HUGE bright red faces. One pretends not to speak English. I say, "I lip read, coz I am partially deaf, I know you speak English, stop acting dumb." All get out of the field looking positively chastised. I explain to them the flowers only last a very short time, and once damaged by all the photographing influencers they are no longer! Bright red faces, lots of sorry sorry. I stood there and waited. They left.
Influencer my a*s.. Don't get me wrong, I know there's bunch of actual influencers who act just like a good infuencer supposed to be. But these people, are incredibly disgusting human beings with no humility and humble traits whatsoever. What I'm saying, it's a shame that the terms of 'influencer' now becomes something that sounds toxic.
Rule number one: If you need to go around calling yourself "an influencer," you're not. Rule number two: if you have to ASK for free stuff to promote to your social media followers, you are not "an influencer." Rule number three: if you don't understand rule number two, see rule number one.
In the mid-2000s, in my early 20s, I started a food blog for fun. "Influencers" weren't a thing then, so when businesses started reaching out to me for exposure in exchange for meals I was ecstatic! You want to give me food and I just have to write about it?! Unreal in my mind. I think where influencer culture and I split was in how I viewed the site. I was just doing it for me. If I had modest success with it, hooray, but I'd never ask a business for free anything. I wrote plenty of articles where I paid for the food gladly. I was the one wanting to write about it, no one asked me to, so why should I expect anything in return?
The all-important difference is that THEY asked YOU to write for them for a free meal. No reason to turn down a freebie someone offered you.
Load More Replies... Normally I click to see all the images. Couldn't do it this time. Influencers are brats that received too many participation ribbons in their childhood
Do you ever get the feeling that society is descending into hell? Hopefully, all these twats will get publicly shamed and crash horribly and then this whole idea will be dead by next year.
Did your comment arrest this ‘descent into hell’ or accelerate it? Also, drama much?
Load More Replies... we need to expose their act and their influencer social media so people know how cheap they are..
Bloggers and vloggers are just lazy a*s idiots looking for easy monsy and free stuff. Fuxking pests....
I have to know, does asking for free service in exchange for social media posts REALLY work for someone other than famous folks? I mean I would think if you are famous, clients would come to you-especially of you have 1.5mil followers.
Can anybody imagine where we would be if myspace/facebook which led to this obsession with likes and followers on all platforms was never invented? I bet we would be partying on Mars right now...although I guess it wouldn't matter because we wouldn't make our Earth people jealous with pictures haha
Well it is funny but I’m too lazy to read this all. That’s my own problem 🤣
I am a local guide on google. I paid for food the service and food was lovely. So i posted a good review and than was that. They knew i was a local guide and did check in on me but i wanted to pay like a decent human being and they asked me nicely how my evening was like a decent human being. I work my butt of a*s a chef and im nit doing it for 'exposure' i want to have enough money to live of off. Like they do
Whoever wrote this post: no-one deserves public shaming. it can ruin lives and drive people to suicide
This seems to be a difference in generational thought. I own a restaurant in Ecuador. Among other things we have vegan and vegetarian option. In our marketing plan, we have included inviting vegan and vegetarian "influencers" to our restaurant to try our vegan and vegetarian meals. We intend on giving them their meals for free because we understand that the people that follow them like them and trust them. We also understand that the most important aspect of any relationship is trust. We do not feel that we can establish the same level of trust that the "influencers" can. I have used influencers in other business endeavors with great success. We have gotten a ton of exposure for very little money which has translated into business. Like anything marketing related, you have to be selective about the influencers you use and make sure they are "targeting" your audience. In our minds, it isn't any different than bartering with the local media.
What in the everloving f**k... This is what I hate about this era we're living in.
There are only a few "real" influencers in the world: Madonna, Kim Kardashian and Chiara Ferragni.
I don't get it. Don't they make money with views of their postings? I've watched a video recently about Youtubers. It seems they make a lot of money just by people watching their videos. And then to have the audacity to ask for free stuff is beyond me.
I guess it's just an internet thing that these self absorbed, self entitled munchkins think so much of themselves because they have access to a computer and can get 'lots' of sychophantic other munchkins to worship the ground they walk on, that they think everybody else will feel the same. Talk about an echo chamber. Maybe there was a pre internet equivalent, but then they were just called scams and done with it.
I have a suspicion that there is a marketing company offering these companies the contact by influencers, and advising on how to post a sarcastic response that will go viral. Considering that the viral response seems to offer free advertising for the restaurant/photographer etc.
Hi bored panda. Pay me $500 and I will tell people in email you're a great site! (Signed) totally realistic and non-entitled person.
So bloody cheeky practically begging for free stuff. They have no morals at all
Who compares a profiteer with a martyr also compares a satanist with a saint. This whole place is a murderous and corrupting lie.
Personally, I avoid places that cater to "influencers". All having an influencer translates to is "their costs have been transferred to paying clients." But then, I try to avoid name brands for the same reason. Advertising costs are ultimately paid by the customers.
I'm a bit worried that some of the pictures don't make it clear whether they're stock photos or actually attached to the original post, there's some innocent models out there who might get attacked because of some of this rubbish :-(
Here's more reasons I dislike 'influencers ' and and YouTubers: Giving food, money, or a place to live, to the homeless... while recording it. One guy (recently) wanted to buy all of the bottled water in a store (prior to a hurricane warning) so he could record himself giving it away. The store manager refused. They don't do it out of compassion, but for views. Views = money.
lol i do commissions and i' so glad i've never seen anything like this or id go insane with laughter XD
mindboggling stuff - the sense of entitlement is ... actually - I am lost for words
half of them are rude too. One of the "influncers" i follow on instagram asked in the caption of her post "Any good albums come out recently?" and I commented "I've been streaming 'fandom' by waterparks! I recommend them!" (i've been listening to waterparks for like 6 years so-) and she responded said "it sucks sorry" and ????? i'm friends with the members and gonna see them for the 20th time but yknow 1 "influncer" is gonna change my 6 years of loving them lmao
This entire post upsets me. I have to wonder at the maturity of some of these "managers" and "business owners." Customers are customers - whether they are asking for freebies or asking for cold soup to be warmed up. It doesn't matter. What matters in the end is the reputation of your business. You want to keep it up, keep your customers happy. Some of these responses are just out and out rude - not considering the fact that in 20-30 years, these "influencers" and their generation are going to be the main clientele. A pro-tip for every business owner... just be kind. Your business depends on it. That said, nobody should slam a business for not wanting to give freebies. Respect should be both ways.
I have 23 followers across social media but I influence thousands annually to never return to my posts again.
Step 1) Find some irritating women Step 2) Show them being ‘punished’ Step 3) Complain about them Step 4) Go to step 3 At least it’s better than the straight-up incel posts, but it’s still misogynistic when you focus on punishing harmless but annoying women and never criticize men for the c**p they do
I've not down voted before, but your post is so far reaching and makes no sense in connection to the article that I really felt it was necessary.
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