Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one’s posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

  • AnonTwo@kbin.social
    157·
    2 years ago

    I mean I think it’s a fine career, it’s the name that’s dumb.

    For the most part they’re just entertainers. The “influencer” name suggests way more than should be.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      223·
      2 years 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?”

      The worst problem is that these influencers do gain huge amounts of followers, but rarely fact-check or do hard sciences needed to ya know, give information to viewers? See Linus Tech Tips and the whole crap they’re into right now.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        61·
        2 years 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.zoneEnglish
          21·
          2 years ago

          Exactly. And the fact that people have large amounts of followers mean that plenty of people find them entertaining.

      • AnonTwo@kbin.social
        4·
        2 years 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.

        And really, the issue with LTT, is an issue. But keep in mind on the internet we largely mock news sites in general for being uninformative and many being glorified blogs. It’s not as uncommon as we unfortunately may think.

        But basically a lot of what is souring you on influencers, either has already happened in other careers or is currently happening to others as well, just we don’t think about it as much.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Like they could be a video journalist or a nature photographer or a lifestyle model. All those would be more descriptive than just influencer.

    • Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      I prefer "content creators. " Sametimes they can be very educational or entertaining. (I watch a lot of comedy, travel, and home workout content.)