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They are not promoting to their friends. Most have different accounts for talking to friends. The accounts with 8 thousand, or 20 thousand, or 50 thousand follo

They are not promoting to their friends. Most have different accounts for talking to friends. The accounts with 8 thousand, or 20 thousand, or 50 thousand followers are obviously not all close friends. They are people following the child's internet persona.

ionforce 8y ago
But what if you're a crappy social media maven and you HAVE conflated your fake friends and real friends? What if you had no real friends at all...
- wmeredith 8y ago
  Then you likely learn a tough lesson. This is called growing up.
gone35 8y ago
Yeah: the account 'for friends' is called "frinsta" (or something) nowadays.
- 394549 8y ago
  > Yeah: the account 'for friends' is called "frinsta" (or something) nowadays. rinsta = real instagram = public, heavily managed to project an image, for acquaintances and others finsta = fake instagram = private, informal, for real friends https://thetechieguy.com/what-is-finsta-and-rinsta-and-why-do-teens-have-these/ https://thetechieguy.com/what-is-finsta-and-rinsta-and-why-d...
  - village-idiot 8y ago
    Welp, I feel old.
    - mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
      Don't worry buddy, my guess is 95% of us are in the same boat.
      - ryandrake 8y ago
        Plus, it's information with short-term relevance. Think Beanie Baby jargon. Does anyone really think "having an Insta" or knowing the vernacular is going to be relevant in 10 years? Any more relevant than knowing your way around MySpace is today?
        village-idiot 8y ago
        Tangent: When I was younger, I assumed that old (well, “old”, like 45) people couldn’t figure out how to use technology. So I’d roll my eyes as some adult seemed confused about Facebook or whatever. Now that I’m aging out of the “young adult” category, I realized I had it wrong: I can still figure out how to use the new hot new social media app, I just don’t see why I should give a damn about any of it.
  - nitemice 8y ago
    Those terms seem to mean the opposite of what they should. Shouldn't you be "real" with your friends, and "fake" with the public? The sheer fact a 'rinsta' is "heavily managed to project an image" means that it is fake. I guess it's just another example of language evolving counter to logic and original meaning.
    - erik_seaberg 8y ago
      Maybe because it has your True Name, rather than a pseudonym to disclose to good friends?
    - gammatrigono 8y ago
      The idea is that the fake account is known to be you by only a few people that you chose.
thirdsun 8y ago
Who are these 20k people and why would they be interested in following an account being paid for promoting products in a very obvious way? Of course the ideas of advertisement aren’t lost on me and I can see how a product mentioned on Gruber’s blog or podcast would be somewhat persuading, but the difference is that Gruber seems to be curate and select advertisers he actually cares for and enjoys, products that are actually relevant to its audience. The sponsored content on instagram however looks rather random and open to any advertiser - I don’t see the appeal to the followers of said accounts. Maybe I’m just too narrow-minded.

ionforce 8y ago

But what if you're a crappy social media maven and you HAVE conflated your fake friends and real friends? What if you had no real friends at all...

wmeredith 8y ago
Then you likely learn a tough lesson. This is called growing up.

gone35 8y ago

Yeah: the account 'for friends' is called "frinsta" (or something) nowadays.

394549 8y ago
> Yeah: the account 'for friends' is called "frinsta" (or something) nowadays. rinsta = real instagram = public, heavily managed to project an image, for acquaintances and others finsta = fake instagram = private, informal, for real friends https://thetechieguy.com/what-is-finsta-and-rinsta-and-why-do-teens-have-these/ https://thetechieguy.com/what-is-finsta-and-rinsta-and-why-d...
- village-idiot 8y ago
  Welp, I feel old.
  - mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
    Don't worry buddy, my guess is 95% of us are in the same boat.
    - ryandrake 8y ago
      Plus, it's information with short-term relevance. Think Beanie Baby jargon. Does anyone really think "having an Insta" or knowing the vernacular is going to be relevant in 10 years? Any more relevant than knowing your way around MySpace is today?
      - village-idiot 8y ago
        Tangent: When I was younger, I assumed that old (well, “old”, like 45) people couldn’t figure out how to use technology. So I’d roll my eyes as some adult seemed confused about Facebook or whatever. Now that I’m aging out of the “young adult” category, I realized I had it wrong: I can still figure out how to use the new hot new social media app, I just don’t see why I should give a damn about any of it.
- nitemice 8y ago
  Those terms seem to mean the opposite of what they should. Shouldn't you be "real" with your friends, and "fake" with the public? The sheer fact a 'rinsta' is "heavily managed to project an image" means that it is fake. I guess it's just another example of language evolving counter to logic and original meaning.
  - erik_seaberg 8y ago
    Maybe because it has your True Name, rather than a pseudonym to disclose to good friends?
  - gammatrigono 8y ago
    The idea is that the fake account is known to be you by only a few people that you chose.

thirdsun 8y ago

Who are these 20k people and why would they be interested in following an account being paid for promoting products in a very obvious way? Of course the ideas of advertisement aren’t lost on me and I can see how a product mentioned on Gruber’s blog or podcast would be somewhat persuading, but the difference is that Gruber seems to be curate and select advertisers he actually cares for and enjoys, products that are actually relevant to its audience. The sponsored content on instagram however looks rather random and open to any advertiser - I don’t see the appeal to the followers of said accounts. Maybe I’m just too narrow-minded.