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50 Infuriating “Influencers” Who Took Things Too Far And Got Shamed Online
It seems some people will do just about anything for five seconds of fame, a lot of likes, a little bit of fortune. And maybe even a free lunch or lipstick. We often read or hear about social media influencers behaving badly. Or having bouts of insanity. There are those who think the rules don’t apply to them, ones who blatantly ask for free stuff, and others who expect princess treatment because “Do you know who I am?” I think it’s safe to say, regardless of your job, whether you’re a doctor or an “influencer,” there’s a certain level of professionalism with which you should conduct yourself. Unless of course, you don’t want to be taken seriously.
People have been sharing photos of influencers in the wild, caught in acts that, quite frankly, they should be ashamed of. From flattening fields of daisies for the perfect pic, to renting sets so they can pretend to take private jet flights... Yes, really. Some of the behavior truly boggles the mind.
Bored Panda has managed to unearth receipts of the utmost acts of influencer insanity, just in case you needed any more proof that the world is going bananas. We also spoke to influencer marketing expert Olivia Savage about the correct way to conduct yourself in the industry. She’s the Senior Marketing Strategist of Creator Growth and Engagement for partnership management platform impact.com.
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#1
I Get A Lot Of Dms Daily From Teen TikTok “Stars” Asking For Free Stuff From My Business, And Here’s An Example
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#3
Local 15 Year Old “Tik Tok Influencer” Wants A Free Pair Of Hand Painted Customized Air Force 1s. I’ve Been Waiting For This Moment
#4
My Friend Got Shorted By A Pretty Major Influencer
Simeon Nevel 1 year ago
The proper response to the "you'll get exposure" is to ask the person who drew the portraits on the 1, 5, 10 or 20 dollar bill. I bet the person has handled one of those bills hundreds if not thousands of time. All the exposure you could want, up close and personal and I bet not 1 person in a 1000 could name any of the artists involved without using google.
#5
This Girl Makes TikTok Videos Of Her Forcibly Hugging, Touching Or Trapping Korean Men. This Is Not Okay Behaviour. In All Videos The Men Are Visibly Uncomfortable
Bored Potato 1 year ago
This is sexual harassment, put plainly. If the roles were reversed in this picture, the internet would cancel this man, and in fact asian men, into oblivion.
#6
"Influencer" Leaves Small Business 1-Star Review For Not Delivering Free Products
#7
My Mum Is An Artificial Florist And Had An ‘Influencer’ With 70k Followers Ask For Free Wedding Flowers For Exposure
#8
Was Told To Post This Here. Woman Stomped All Over The Plants In This Conservatory For Instagram Shots Despite Staff Repeatedly Asking Her To Stop
#9
What A Loser
#10
These Social Media Influencers Are Destroying California’s Super Bloom
Verena 1 year ago (edited)
Happens to our tulips every year, mostly foreign influencers. Some of the massive fields are now fenced off, which costs the owners a fortune, and police is in action, because they climb the fences. What people don't understand: The tulip onions [bulbs] are a farm product like potatoes or corn. In order to "ripen" the onion [bulb], so they can be sold, the tulips have to bloom. If the flower is picked too early, the onion [bulb] dies. In short, the process is a bit more complex.
#11
Being This Desperate For Attention
#12
Entitled Influencer Trash Talks Asian Restaurant After They Politely Refuse To Give Him A $100 Discount
#13
Signs Are Not For Me
Jrog 1 year ago
That's Schloss Schönbrunn in Wien, specifically the Parade Court Fountains (Ehrenhofbrunnen). It's just outside the perimeter of the building, in the entrance court, so enforcement is not a strict as it is inside. The photographer is also dumb, just to the left of the shot there is the actual baroque palace, the building here is just an administrative dependance...
#14
I Took Some Advice That Were Given After Posting The Conversation I Had With A TikTok “Influencer” Yesterday. This Is What The First Person I Made The Offer To Said
#15
When Influencers Completely Ignore Signs In Nature And Then Proudly Brag About It To Hundreds Of Followers
#16
My God. The Entitlement And Self-Centeredness Is Boundless
#17
"Influencers" Blocking Traffic On The Brooklyn Bridge For The Photos
Mobey Drunk 1 year ago
Who took the second picture? Is Spider-Man fighting influencers now? TBH I'd love to read that book.
#18
Influencer Gets Defensive Over Comment On ‘Making Money For Doing Nothing’, Gets Called Out For Entitlement
#19
Came Across A Influencer That Promotes Injecting Coffee Up Your Rectum
#20
Instagram "Influencers" Are Renting Sets To Pretend They Take Private Flights
Kristy Marion 1 year ago (edited)
This is so sad and desperate. I mean it all is, but I understand actual location shots a lot more than hiring a fake set and acting like it’s real to your easily influenced followers.
#21
Ok…. Out Of Touch
Luisa Villafane. Sorry but this is just inconsiderate as hell. Taking pictures in the middle of a crowded street and making people wait…could’ve at least waved the people through if you saw them standing there. All for taking pictures I really don’t care but stop inconveniencing everyone else
#22
"Influencer" Using A Municipal Fountain For Her Photo Shoot
#23
This Group Photo
#24
Influencer Using The Black Lives Matter Protests For Clout Gets Called Out In Her Comments And In A Video
#25
She Spent $7 On An Ice Cream Cone For An Instagram Picture Then Threw It Away
#26
Influencer Wants Free Food Because Her Staff Is On Leave
Regina Holt 1 year ago
Tell me you don't know how to make a sandwich without telling me you don't know how to make a sandwich.
#27
This Instagram “Influencer” That Went Full On Tropic Thunder With The Black Face
#28
Influencer In Banggood
#29
Pretending To A Chess Player Without Learning A Single Rule Of The Game. All For The Gram
#30
To Get Free Food As An “Food Influencer”
#31
I Love Instagram Influencers
#32
To Have An Influencer Perk
#33
Fashion Influencer Caught Adding Material To Art Gallery For Picture
Hell'n Damnation 1 year ago
Is it comedy? because I'd laugh right out loud at anyone wearing that.
#34
Influencer Bragging That She Still Uses Her Own Line Of Old, Contaminated Lipsticks, Which Caused Injuries And Infections Upon Product Launch
#35
Influencer Wants To Collaborate For Her Wedding And Gets Called Out By The Designer
#36
TikTok Influencer Who Live In An NYC Luxury Apartment Wants Free Labor
#37
An 'Influencer' I Know
#38
Thinking You Deserve Free Jewelry From A Small Antique Seller Because Of Your Whopping 1100 Followers
#39
Yelper Gives A Pizzeria 1 Star Because They Wouldn't Give Her A Discount Even Though She's An Influencer
#40
This “Fitness Influencer” Posing With His Bare Feet On Dumbells. Motivational Quote Included
#41
Entitled Instagram “Influencer” Calls 911 To Get The Cops To Go To The Store For Her At 2am To Get Formula For Her Baby
#42
Instagram Influencers Offer The Best Incentives To Work For Them
#43
Ah, The Good Old Exposure Pay We All Know And Love
#44
"My House Was Broken Into And I Am Suffering From Sleepless Nights And Terrified For My Life But Heres A Product That Promotes Radiant Skin Anyway. Quote My Name For A Special Discount" #selfcare #healing #influencer #skincare (I Love Sharon Au But This Seems... Wrong?)
#45
Choosing Beggar Is A “Micro Influencer” Who Will Pay You When She Gets Endorsed
#46
Wellness Influencers Need To Be Stopped
#47
This Loser Doing A P Diddy Baby Oil Prank On These Retail Workers And Holding Up The Queue
#48
Don't Sell Your Limited-Edition, Pricey, High-Abv Beer To Paying Customers! Give It To Us For Free
#49
AI Influencers Taking Over
#50
Honestly, This Is The Worst Behavior I’ve Ever Seen On A Flight. Fart In My Nose Instead. Lick The Back Of My Neck. That Poor Old Woman Next To Her
#51
Why Do Influencers Have To Beg For Donations For Their Own Lives ??? What
#52
Tiktokers Promoting Potential Cancer Causing And Kidney Damaging "Skin Darkening Nasal Spray" In Exchange For Free Products ($11 USD)
#53
Woke Up To This Message From A Colleague In Our Group Chat. She Started Prank Videos And Has Received A Warning From Work About Some Of Her Content Too
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
Many years ago, in New Zealand, there was a serious raffle. Second prize was a Jaguar XJ 6. First prize was a Citroen 2CV. This prize reminds me very much of that raffle.
#54
Sure Jan
#55
Yelper Is Mad Because Restaurant Didn't Them Free Meal In Exchange For Potential Ig Exposure
#56
Hopeful Instagram Influencer Is A Douche
#57
Luxury Gym (Not A Joke From An Instagram I Follow She Is Serious....)
#58
So, I Make Clothes And This Dude Really Wanted Them For Free So This Is What Happened (Mind You This Guy Was By No Means An Influencer And Had No More Than 100 Followers, Which Unfortunately Matters In This Case
#59
They Were Doing TikTok In The Water Fountain
#60
Influencer Bride-To-Be Begging For A Free Artwork
An influencer bride-to-be reached out to me, offering me a once in a lifetime opportunity to get my work in front of her 250k followers. She won’t be able to make any payments to me though
#61
Meta’s AI-Generated Profiles Are Starting To Show Up On Instagram
#62
"Influencer" Upset Our Tiny Business Didn't Send A Freebie In A Timely Manner
#63
Influencer Asks A Rescue Group For Dogs For A Free Puppy Of Their Choice, In Exchange For Exposure On Instagram
Regina Holt 1 year ago
This person should go onto a list of banned folks, and circulated to every shelter in the area.
#64
Ever Wondered Why The Clothes You Ordered Don’t Fit You Like They Do The Models?
#65
Instagram "Entrepreneur Influencer" Using Bots
Heir of Durin 1 year ago
Your entire job as an influencer is to influence on social media but you don’t have time to reply to comments????
#66
Streamer Loses 1mil Gambling And An Influencer Is Asking His Followers To Help Repay Him
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
He has done great deal for others. Giving 1 million away is very philanthropic.
#67
Using The Queens Death As A Way To Promote Your Onlyfans
#68
Instagram “Influencer” Fakes Motorcycle Crash And Appears To Include Product Placement
#69
“Influencer” Tries To Make A Deal With Me For $2,800 Computer
#70
Another "Influencer" Who Fits Right In
#71
“No Filter” But Instagram Says Otherwise At The Top
#72
It Should Be Illegal For Influencers To Post Before And After Pics To Promote Their Apps Without Specifying That The Before Is Right After Giving Birth
#73
Chase Attempting To Avoid Paying Rent By Becoming "Live-In Social Influencer"
#74
Who Is This? Saw On A Zoo Trip Yesterday In Johnson City Texas
First time seeing an influencer in the wild, don’t know anything about her, just weird to see in person.
I find this hysterical and embarrassing. That’s on a group trailer zoo tour so she’s fully doing this with a bunch of other ppl on this thing unless she reached out to get a private tour but since you were on this too I’m assuming she’s just doing her thing on a public tour with other people and her tripod set up in front of everyone
Regina Holt 1 year ago
This would be a great time for an animal to come up behind her and either bite her or spit on her.
#75
Positivity "Influencer" Using Fans To Bash A Restaurant Because He Lost Stuff And Won't Just Ask For It Back. His Post An Hour Before This Is About How The Cops Were Called On Him For Punching Holes In The Walls
He posted this weirdly vague story and asked follows to leave reviews to this restaurant about his things, without any actual description of his things.
#76
The Amount Of, "You’re Getting Paid By Exposure" Cb’s These Days... She Has Less Than 60k Followers, Most Of Which Seem Purchased
#77
TikTok Compilation Channel Openly Trying To Get Free Work From Me Because Theyre "A Huge Social Media Influencer"
#79
TikTok Compilation Channel Openly Trying To Get Free Work From Me Because Theyre "A Huge Social Media Influencer"
#80
This Has So Much To Do With Facts
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Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago
We all hate influencers, they're annoying-entitled-choosing-beggar-turds but sadly they'll never dissapear.
Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago
We all hate influencers, they're annoying-entitled-choosing-beggar-turds but sadly they'll never dissapear.
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