you're on to something, but are missing an important part of the equation instagram influencing is now a business. it's advertising without the clear disclaime

you're on to something, but are missing an important part of the equation instagram influencing is now a business. it's advertising without the clear disclaimers or statements for who is paying for that advertising and why a lot of this advertising requires traveling to cool/famous/chic/rugged locations and taking photos or videos there, so that followers feel they are also there, and get to see a cool place through the eyes of their "friends" it's more than just social points gamification, it's a business, it's advertising with real money involved, and these natural settings are becoming the new ad studios that it's cool to shoot in (besides places like venice beach and rue cremieux) and when businesses/money get involved, the natural respect for the environment/others using the space disintegrates in the face of profit and time maximization