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It's not accurate to say influencers don't work very hard. Some of them are also genuinely talented. It's just that they're talented at and work hard at somethi
by seventhtiger 7y ago
It's not accurate to say influencers don't work very hard. Some of them are also genuinely talented. It's just that they're talented at and work hard at something people here don't value: popularity. The illusion that popularity is just a byproduct of important work matters to the credibility of being famous. Influencers just throw that away.
When I asked my sister why she just called a girl at her school "famous" she said because she has 100k+ followers. So she is famous for being famous.
- buboard 7y ago> It's just that they're talented at and work hard at something people here don't value: popularity. Rightly so. It is easy to gain popularity by appealing to people's lower insticts or by being ridiculous. Maybe the top 10 "famous for being famous" persons really did put extraordinary effort , but i think it's much less true for everyone else, otherwise they would be famous for something else. And even if it is true, it's not the kind of work that ppl value a lot. It's one thing to be famous as a Kardashian, another to be famous as Maria Callas or Madonna
- seventhtiger 7y agoAs devil's advocate, think of how many women have sex tapes out there, and think of how many of them built a billion dollar empire on it. What is being one more pop star in comparison? There are types of great effort which produce zero value and are only judged subjectively. I really respect the guy putting Doom on his microwave, but to most people that is a completely pointless exercise. I suspect popularity is like that. I laugh at the girls taking 400 selfies standing in front of a bridge, to post just one on Instagram, but I can't deny there is some effort and skill going on there.