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Most Instagram influencers want you to know how awesome their body is. They want you to sign up for their fitness program or purchase (and envy) the latest fash
by MuffinFlavored 7y ago
Most Instagram influencers want you to know how awesome their body is. They want you to sign up for their fitness program or purchase (and envy) the latest fashion they are wearing.
If you don't follow their fitness program or purchase their fashion, you're polarized against them, right? Because their lifestyle is the one with millions of followers and likes, not yours.
Does that make sense?
- mulmen 7y agoNo, that doesn’t make sense. Polarization is a fundamental disagreement on some issue or set of issues. People pick sides for whatever reason and they are unlikely to ever change their beliefs. An influencer is just a marketer selling a personal brand for profit. It’s entirely different.
- MuffinFlavored 7y ago> Polarization is a fundamental disagreement on some issue or set of issues I feel like "I have 1m followers and you don't" polarizes people into two separate groups?
- mulmen 7y agoNo, it doesn't. That's just jealousy. The 1m followers do not themselves have 1m followers and yet they still follow the influencer. You could make some argument that this is analogous to a religion and if the influencer pushes an agenda that could lead to polarization but is also probably bad business. I don't see social media influencers pushing anything controversial, they're marketers, they want to appeal to everyone. Polarization is when one politician says we should tax rich people but another says we shouldn't. It's a fundamental disagreement on a personal belief. Not a statement of fact. The belief may be informed by facts but polarization comes from a disagreement on a course of action.