“Influencers”

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by fired, Oct 19, 2020.

  1. fir

    fired Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2007
    Messages:
    15,826
    Likes Received:
    10,675
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    What is this even about?!!

    People have jobs called “influencers”
     
  2. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    40,989
    Likes Received:
    26,876
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Some of us provide such service free gratis
     
  3. Burgundy Red

    Burgundy Red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2008
    Messages:
    4,415
    Likes Received:
    1,907
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ninja (retired)
    Location:
    Somewhere between Heaven and Woolworths
    Style:
    Barnsley
    To whom?
     
  4. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    40,989
    Likes Received:
    26,876
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    To who sir, to who.
     
  5. Tarntyke

    Tarntyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 29, 2005
    Messages:
    13,774
    Likes Received:
    11,613
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Stairfoot, b4 famous rahnderbart
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    My 9 year old daughter pretends to be one of these You Tube influencers. Her constant babbling is made even worse by often adopting an American accent
     
    Jimmy viz, budmustang and Austiniho like this.
  6. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2005
    Messages:
    53,975
    Likes Received:
    21,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    DB3K Towers
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Generally a job reality TV people do for easy cash. If you've over a million followers on Instagram they get big companies offering them good money and free gifts to do a post on there with the gifts to make it look like they love what they have been given. Then the company makes back more than it cost them when a percentage of the followers order it for themselves to be more like the 'celebrity' they are fond of.
     
    GudjonFan likes this.
  7. Marc

    Marc Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2012
    Messages:
    26,403
    Likes Received:
    19,046
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    probably not much different from endorsement, just has a trendy name. if Ronaldo says 'these boots are brilliant', shed loadsa kids go out and buy em. same thing really. I think people become influencers as a result of having followers (for whatever reason). they don't start as one
     
  8. Brush

    Brush Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 16, 2005
    Messages:
    15,317
    Likes Received:
    13,889
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Ex-IT professional
    Location:
    Swadlincote, South Derbyshire
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I can understand somebody famous (for actually doing something like being a good sportsman etc) can make money out of endorsements, but these influencers are literally nobodies they only became known by being an influencer or gaining some spurious popularity on youtube. It's a proper chicken and egg situation but without the salmonella.
     
    churtonred likes this.
  9. upt

    upthecolliers Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 11, 2015
    Messages:
    2,401
    Likes Received:
    2,749
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Barnsley
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Dominic Cummings is one.
     
  10. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2017
    Messages:
    7,839
    Likes Received:
    14,444
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    You sound like an owl. :)
     
    Feffered and TitusMagee like this.
  11. Marc

    Marc Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2012
    Messages:
    26,403
    Likes Received:
    19,046
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Isn’t that just down to your definition of ‘famous’ though? As an example, there are 10s of millions of kids who sit watching people play computer games on YouTube. My boy hasn’t got a clue who John Lennon is. He knows who LogDotZip is though. Horses for courses innit.
     
    Brush and JamDrop like this.
  12. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    40,989
    Likes Received:
    26,876
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    An owl I'll take, usually it's a c*#$ a t^@) or a f*[{1#G A/53#0L3
     
    Old Goat likes this.
  13. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2017
    Messages:
    7,839
    Likes Received:
    14,444
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    They like you really. I only call people names like that if I like them. If I don't like them I use idiot or wazzock.
     
  14. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    40,989
    Likes Received:
    26,876
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    I think this is genuine genius

    You gret useless spawny eyed parrot faced wazzock

     
  15. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    40,989
    Likes Received:
    26,876
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    "We'd lots of things in them days we haven't got today: rickets, diphtheria, Hitler"

    Every single line is quotable and perfect. It is the best thing I've ever known. It's just so good.
     
    Redhelen likes this.
  16. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2017
    Messages:
    7,839
    Likes Received:
    14,444
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Love that. I haven't heard it in donkeys years, but I could hear the words in my head before Tony spoke them. I don't even remember hearing it that often, to be honest, so it must have left a lasting impression.
     
  17. budmustang

    budmustang Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2007
    Messages:
    5,097
    Likes Received:
    2,406
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Engineer
    Location:
    Adelaide, SA
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    Popularity on YouTube isn't generally spurious. It's often on merit as opposed to being at the mercy of who production companies, record labels, media companies and so on decide will be famous. There are ways to cheat the algorithms of course.

    That said, influencers make me wretch. Almost always they have no responsibility to their fans if something goes wrong. Quick money with few ethics. Little enforceable regulation.
     
  18. Jack Tatty (Formerly LouisBalfour)

    Jack Tatty (Formerly LouisBalfour) Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2011
    Messages:
    19,964
    Likes Received:
    12,912
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Stanley,Wakefield
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Is someone who reacts to an influencer called.a gullibler?
     
    Tobys Knackers likes this.
  19. SFOTyke

    SFOTyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2005
    Messages:
    4,061
    Likes Received:
    4,891
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired (Early)
    Location:
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    It amazes me about these young kids who live in multi-million dollar houses over here, whose job is an Influencer.

    I, on the other hand, make nothing by being an Under the Influencer.
     
    Redhelen and JamieBreweryStander like this.
  20. Shy Talk

    Shy Talk Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2005
    Messages:
    7,626
    Likes Received:
    4,239
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Tarn
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    No he's a dictator
     

Share This Page