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I can't be the only person who looks at influencers and thinks 'glad it's not me' - at first it's usually a bit of envy or disbelief, but once I think about the

I can't be the only person who looks at influencers and thinks 'glad it's not me' - at first it's usually a bit of envy or disbelief, but once I think about the effort to maintain an appearance indefinitely for thousands to millions of people .... any envy disappears immediately and I instead get the sense of dread they must feel every day

rchaud 5y ago
To add to that, their audiences' tastes and the algorithm itself change way too fast for them to keep up. It is impossible to understand why something 'worked' i.e. went viral. So too many TT'ers focus on content that's not true to themselves, thinking it's what will juice those numbers. The result is a deeply insincere and mechanical production.