Authenticity is the last thing an influencer needs to go viral. This seems to be the conclusion of the sudden push towards AI-generated influencers and their apparently limitless growth capabilities. As AI visuals get more difficult to detect and a larger audience gets more relaxed towards the idea of being entertained by artificial intelligence, the …
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‘Creators sell things they would never use’: Overconsumption is on the rise and influencers are to blame
We have seen it all! Some of you will remember an «incident» that occurred a couple of weeks ago involving singer Tate McRae and the makeup and skincare brand Neutrogena. If you aren’t aware, the singer filmed a sponsored video cleaning her face after a concert with their products, but in the video, it was …
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‘Two main characters from different generations crossing paths’: Influencer tries to film at art museum, older woman teaches her a lesson by standing in the shot
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Sometimes our best-laid plans are foiled in an instant. We set out to do something and then are quickly humbled by the world. This happens to me all the time. I’ll make some grand plan to go to a coffee shop and get all this …
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Why ‘Template Slop’ Is Making Every Influencer’s Posts More Beautiful and Less Interesting
Much of internet culture has been one long sales pitch to people who want to carve out their own piece of the attention economy. The World Wide Web gave us access to an audience of just about anyone, anywhere; social media showed us that anyone can make themselves a minor celebrity if they play their …
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Barista refuses to give free coffee to ‘micro-influencer’ during rush, she drags him on social media
Do influencers deserve free stuff? There is no denying the power of social media in today’s world. It’s hard to run a business without it. And the influencer economy is nothing to sneeze at. If the right person makes the right video about your coffee shop, it’s only a matter of time before people are …
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‘We’ve officially hit the downfall of influencer culture’: Influencer’s influence has run dry since becoming paid actors and sellouts
Look! It’s yet another influencer pitter-pattering her acrylic nails against a tube of Korean sunscreen on your social media feed. Scrolling past eerily glazed, dead-eyed sponsored content day in and day out, it’s clear that our consumer-centric, ASMR-obsessed, three-second-attention-span society is utterly enthralled with deep-seeded marketing. Like sleeper agents activated by a sponsorship check in …
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Influencers Have Belittled Alpinism, Making the World’s Highest Peaks More Dangerous Than Ever
Alpinists once studied a mountain peak for several years before ever attempting to summit. Practicing ice pick falls, complicated rope knots, and quick-release oxygen mask techniques, becoming a true alpinist required more than just physical strength and route memorization, it demanded respect for Mother Nature herself. Good alpinists, like Nirmal Purja, Conrad Anker, and Will …
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‘The barista gave me a cookie and said I handled it better than most’: So-called ‘micro-influencer’ tries to kick out paying cafe customer from their window seat for a photoshoot
It seems like everyone is an influencer nowadays. We’ve all seen how seemingly easy it is to go viral, and it’s hard to pass up the chance to make «easy» money by making videos. Of course, it’s not as easy as it looks, but it’s definitely easier than a lot of other jobs. But the …
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Corporate Influencers are Trying to Romanticize the 9-to-5, and It’s Not Working
Social media is full of aspirational content: Extensive beauty routines, constant travel, and suites of pricey products flood our feeds. But what about all of us with regular, unglamorous jobs? Turns out there are influencers for that too. So-called «9-to-5 influencers» like Davis Clarke and Connor Hubbard. They do their best to show that the …
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The ‘Da Vinki Twins’ Are the Only Good Influencers On the Internet
When two cartoonish-looking blonde twins on TikTok answered the question «Who painted the Mona Lisa?» with «Da Vinki?» The internet was quick to embrace them as a punchline with their absurd mispronunciation of the famous Italian master, Leonardo da Vinci. «Da Vinki» became the earworm meme of the moment. It could be heard across the …
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