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Originally posted by frayedends:
I don’t think so poorly of these people/influencers. It’s a free market. They are basically selling advertisements. If they have enough followers it can be a worthy investment. If they get all doughy demanding free shit then fuck ‘me. But otherwise good luck.

It's $4 and they're threatening the owner over $4. In other words, they've valued their dignity at $4.

Pass out bagsful of Haribo Sugarless Gummy Bears and Fiber One bars.

Too bad he didn't record the production assistant. The studio would have canned his ass on the spot.

He needs to put up security cameras to record these assholes and out them.

I'm willing to bet they are within the bounds of extortion and can be charged for it.

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Originally posted by OneWheelDrive:
I will gladly post about you on Tuesday for a free ice cream today.

That was a wimpy post.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
A gentleman who works with me has been known to say, "A fucking job, why don't you get!"

You work with Yoda?

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by frayedends:
I don’t think so poorly of these people/influencers. It’s a free market. They are basically selling advertisements. If they have enough followers it can be a worthy investment. If they get all doughy demanding free shit then fuck ‘me. But otherwise good luck.

It's $4 and they're threatening the owner over $4. In other words, they've valued their dignity at $4.

He can post/advertise whatever he wants - not an issue until he actually charges them.

Those bitch influencers must be hard off trying to get a free $4 ice cream.

I first heard this term working in Public Relations for Cheyenne Frontier Days a couple of years ago. I was told that this guy showing up was an “influencer” and had a shitload of followers. “What?!?” was my reply. I guess he did, there were people that knew of him and thought it was a big deal that he was there mingling with him. I still don’t get it.

The kids who swarm to the products these influences post will soon learn they’re being used. Notice in the gun community, we call these people shills, not influencers. You buy stuff they post pics with? Why? After buying garbage for a while they’ll soon realize they and their dollars are being used by these influencers to get free stuff.

Read reviews, do your research and don’t trust anyone who is being paid or given products for free. Consumer research really isn’t that hard.

I had one of these fucktwits try to hold me hostage last year but the mistake she made was that she signed a contract BEFORE she tried to play the influencer card.

I was doing a series of shoots for a national brand I work with and they wanted to feature real customers and their stories. In exchange for time/exposure the customers would receive a Yeats wort of goods/services which they was actually a very generous deal. Upon agreeing and booking they signed a release form agreeing to the deal and also allowing what we shot to be used for marketing. Well, one little skank decided that her play was to let us travel to her state, meet in the missile of nowhere then, about 45 minutes before cameras rolled, tell us she was an "influencer" and would need an additional XXX in compensation. My client flipped out so I quickly took her off alone (with my assistant as a witness) and told her that she had signed a contract which was binding and that if she pushed this my client would. out like sue (no idea if they would). She was not happy but understood and we got through the day.

Kevbo, they shoulda just packed up, right then. and since no filming was done, no years worth of services would need be provided.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by frayedends:
I don’t think so poorly of these people/influencers. It’s a free market. They are basically selling advertisements. If they have enough followers it can be a worthy investment. If they get all doughy demanding free shit then fuck ‘me. But otherwise good luck.

It's $4 and they're threatening the owner over $4. In other words, they've valued their dignity at $4.

He can post/advertise whatever he wants - not an issue until he actually charges them.

You completely missed my point. The social media influencers threatened to ruin the guys business because they couldn’t/wouldn’t fork over $4.

I think the owner’s responses are great- tell the free loaders to fuck off and charge them double

Nice ice cream truck you have there, Joe......be a shame if something happened to it.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Nice ice cream truck you have there, Joe......be a shame if something happened to it.

It's a shakedown no matter how it's sliced.

I know I'm getting old because this influencer stuff is pretty alien to me. My wife has a big family, however, and two of my nieces are social media influencers of some sort.

One is constantly "posing" her kids for cute pictures like they were props, taking selfies of herself, never stops checking her smartphone, etc. She used to be a great young lady. Now I can't even talk to her.

The other is quiet and friendly. I'm told she has a blog that has thousands of followers. But, when I see her at family events, her phone stays on the table, and she is a pleasure to talk to.

how many people are out there that can be influenced by people who can not afford an Ice creme ?

Influencer = I don't want to get a real job.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Influencer = I don't want to get a real job.

Influencer = Unemployed (Too lazy to go pursue an actual career)

There were articles in the past that spoke how hot women posing as "Professional Instagram Models" were trying the same thing - except extorting tropical resorts etc to get free room/board so they can take photos for their followers. The managers of the hotels got smart really quick and knew these were fake ass people who are generally worthless to society.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
I'm willing to bet they are within the bounds of extortion and can be charged for it.

I've read that Yelp has already been to court over this and won.

Extortion by any other name is a problem with these online, foo-foo companies that offer feedback on businesses.

A lot of people have started giving them the finger.

V.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by frayedends:
I don’t think so poorly of these people/influencers. It’s a free market. They are basically selling advertisements. If they have enough followers it can be a worthy investment. If they get all doughy demanding free shit then fuck ‘me. But otherwise good luck.

It's $4 and they're threatening the owner over $4. In other words, they've valued their dignity at $4.

He can post/advertise whatever he wants - not an issue until he actually charges them.

You completely missed my point. The social media influencers threatened to ruin the guys business because they couldn’t/wouldn’t fork over $4.

I think the owner’s responses are great- tell the free loaders to fuck off and charge them double

Yeah, I was speaking about the general disdain for "influencers", not necessarily this particular story. I also noticed how my phone screwed up my spelling. It should have said if they get "douchy then fuck 'em." I think maybe my point was lost because of the typos. My phone doesn't think douchy is a word.