Like they could be a video journalist or a nature photographer or a lifestyle model. All those would be more descriptive than just influencer.
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AnonTwo@kbin.social 1 year agoI mean I think it's a fine career, it's the name that's dumb.
For the most part they're just entertainers.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 11 months ago
I prefer "content creators. " Sametimes they can be very educational or entertaining. (I watch a lot of comedy, travel, and home workout content.)
dragontamer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Entertainers are supposed to be entertaining though.
These people have all the “entertainment” value of a late-night infomercial at best. “Oooh, watch me get excited about unboxing this item. Whatever could have Disney sent me this week?”
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
You are watching the wrong persons on youtube.
Aaaand: The thing you think is unfunny might be the funbiest thing since forver for another.
veroxii@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Exactly. And the fact that people have large amounts of followers mean that plenty of people find them entertaining.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 1 year ago
I mean, they're mostly indie and could probably easily be compared to stand-up comedians.
Which if we look at it's history is a very crash-and-burn career itself. I think a lot of them are entertaining. But it's certainly a saturated market where it can feel like a needle in a haystack at times.
TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Well “entertaining” is subjective. If these people weren’t entertaining, they wouldn’t have so many followers.
There are absolutely a ton of people out there taking advantage of certain people and manipulating them as opposed to actually being entertaining, but that’s not an “influencer” problem, that’s just a people problem. That happens in every industry with human interaction.
Plenty of influencers just post content they think their followers will like and use that following to make money as well. And a lot of the time, their followers actually enjoy the things they advertise.
And the great thing is if you don’t like the concept, you can just not follow them.