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I hate that "influencer" is even a thing.
by groffee 4y ago
I hate that "influencer" is even a thing.
- bcraven 4y agoWould you prefer "advertiser"? I would suggest there's no boundary between the two terms.
- Karupan 4y ago“Marketing shill” sounds better
- vidanay 4y agoIs "douche bag" not accurate?
- MichaelCollins 4y agoIt's accurate but imprecise.
- teddyh 4y agoThey used to be called “celebrities”. But words die out and are replaced with the generations, like the word “rave” replaced “disco”, even though they are essentially the same thing.
- mod 4y agoI doubt the GP is taking offense to the term influencer. I'm also disappointed influencers exist (in their current social media state, anyway), but I'm glad we have a term for it. I don't especially care which term we use.
- ausbah 4y agoI don't think so. the audience size most influencers cater to is miles smaller than anything you'd consider to be a celebrity's stuff in the range of 10k-1M IG follower tops or something
- teddyh 4y agoSo, like minor or local celebrities, then? Or celebrities in decades past?