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This is fantastic. A Khardashian-esk clone seeking a free hotel weekend in Ireland gets told to fcuk-off by the hotel she's soliciting.

https://www.facebook.com/White...sts/2048406742106598
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Dear Social Influencer (I know your name but apparently it’s not important to use names),

Thank you for your email looking for free accommodation in return for exposure. It takes a lot of balls to send an email like that, if not much self-respect and dignity.

...


Now it looks like the vLogger in question is claiming she was bullied. No shit.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...el-bullying-her.html
 
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Good Lord, don’t read the FB posts. The number of folks standing up for the millennial “influencer” against the hotelier is astounding.

Roll Eyes

-Rob




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Good Lord, don’t read the FB posts. The number of folks standing up for the millennial “influencer” against the hotelier is astounding.

Roll Eyes

-Rob


As for the people supporting her, they're her age, and understand that people get free stuff by reviewing it.

"Influencers" are real. Logan Paul someone you've probably heard of but would certainly never actually watch. Made 12 million dollars a year making stupid videos that featured products. I mean STUPID. A good example is a seven second video for Bud Light on his cell phone that he got $20,000 for.

Then he recently posted a tasteless video and got his monetization pulled by YouTube. Live by the stupid video, die by a stupider video.

It's no different than any other celebrity endorsement, except that these people (paradoxically) are "celebrities" you've never heard of.

As far as the girl is concerned, it seems like this is a case of "it never hurts to ask". The Hotel owner should have just politely declined. The fact that anyone is siding with her (millennial or not) shows that she won the social media equation, and he lost.

Which is what she wanted in the first place.
 
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Bath YouTuber Elle Darby shamed by notorious White Moose Cafe ownerFor those without FB (like me), here's the princess.

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Ms Darby claimed that comments calling her a “freeloader” were bullying her and added that most of them came from a group of people who “don't understand the social media world”.


Eh, I think the hotel owner does understand social media-he simply didn't buy into her "raising awareness" and trading free lodging for favorable reviews.
 
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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Good Lord, don’t read the FB posts. The number of folks standing up for the millennial “influencer” against the hotelier is astounding.

Roll Eyes

-Rob


As for the people supporting her, they're her age, and understand that people get free stuff by reviewing it.

"Influencers" are real. Logan Paul someone you've probably heard of but would certainly never actually watch. Made 12 million dollars a year making stupid videos that featured products. I mean STUPID. A good example is a seven second video for Bud Light on his cell phone that he got $20,000 for.

Then he recently posted a tasteless video and got his monetization pulled by YouTube. Live by the stupid video, die by a stupider video.

It's no different than any other celebrity endorsement, except that these people (paradoxically) are "celebrities" you've never heard of.

As far as the girl is concerned, it seems like this is a case of "it never hurts to ask". The Hotel owner should have just politely declined. The fact that anyone is siding with her (millennial or not) shows that she won the social media equation, and he lost.

Which is what she wanted in the first place.


Or, for example, the 5 yr old boy who started playing with toys on you tube and now makes $11 million opening toys and reviewing games. My son loves him. I don’t get it...and I think that Ryan is just starting to realize that he is an “influencer”..
I’m with the hotelier. It’s one thing to identify oneself and hope for the best, it’s another to expect free room and board for just being you. Good grief.


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The fact that she wanted to stay there says something good about the place. The fact that he doesn't want her there says something good about the place. I think the hotel wins.
 
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One has to wonder if such people as that twit (or is that twat?) actually believe that shit, or they are just stupid.

OTOH, they seem to be remarkably successful at getting their way, often enough that they continue to use that tactic.


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The multiple follow-up posts from Paul at the White Moose Cafe are a riot, and he's obviously enjoying it.

Kind of reminds me of Mike Rowe.
 
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I thought this seemed familiar. The Hotelier has used this tactic before.

“To all the enraged breastfeeding mothers who are planning to protest outside our cafe by 'getting your tits out', please be advised that our café is open from 7:30 - 15:00 daily. The brain dead vegans came at 7:30pm when we were closed. Please don't make the same mistake.”

You could say he’s standing by his principles. But the cynic in me thinks he’s as much of an attention whore as the blogger. Either way, I’ll be engaging with neither of them.

Edit to add: Both parties in this “feud” knew exactly how this would unfold. I don’t like being played.
 
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Nobody should be mad here. Everyone should just laugh their asses off and both win. I now know who Elle Darby is. I can assure you I would have never stumbled upon her channel other wise. God do I feel stupider after watching a couple of minutes of her videos. But she got two view counts out of someone who doesn't give a crap about her or the products she pitches. The hotel also got a ton of social media and real media exposure. It's a win for everyone. Just a bigger win for the hotel because he's better at social media than she is.



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hahahahahahaha

poor little butthurt millennial freeloader, hahahahahaha

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Both parties in this “feud” knew exactly how this would unfold. I don’t like being played.
Good grief. Someone stands up to some stupid, entitled millennial freeloader, and this is your reaction?

Oh, yeah, you're being "played", man. Roll Eyes

Jesus, man.
 
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I’m surprised at your reaction Para. Seeing as the whole situation reeks of clickbait for all parties.
 
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I am sick of seeing idiots like this everywhere trying to get free stuff like they deserve it. I am all for giving reviews on how you like something but don't expect free stuff. You are a nobody and in a couple years people will see this and forget all about you. Too many young people today who have "friends" for parents and the parents are not doing their job to raise them. We have rich and poor people whose parents have failed.
 
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I’m surprised at your reaction Para. Seeing as the whole situation reeks of clickbait for all parties.
I don't see it that way. We'll have to agree to disagree.
 
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I’m surprised at your reaction Para. Seeing as the whole situation reeks of clickbait for all parties.
The hotelier withheld the name of this shameless beggar. She, OTOH, tried to make lemons from lemonade and go for sympathy clicks.

I might be wrong, but I don't think it was public knowledge until she made her video outing him. So he gave his side of matters and it is generating clicks. I doubt he cared, as he had more FB followers than her, from what I gather.
 
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Sounds to me like the twit tried to get free lodging and when denied she tried to blackmail him with her influence and threats of bad reviews. Typical liberal bullshit move.


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I love this response from White Moose Cafe:

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**OFFICIAL APOLOGY TO BLOGGERS**

Dear bloggers,

Following the incident today in which one of your members was clearly hurt and distressed about having to pay for something like everyone else, I would like to make a statement.

I am so sorry that I have waited until now to mobilise you in numbers and I am kicking myself that I didn’t think about you before now. If each one of you is pissed off, and you all have your individual following (no matter how small), there is a fair chance that you will all speak badly to your followers about us which will result in a huge number of people hearing about our brand collectively.

I am so sorry that I didn’t think of you guys until now. You are a much more lucrative group of people to piss off than the vegans and the gluten intolerant combined.

Thank you for all your hard work and don’t forget to continue to spread the word about our business!

Many thanks,

Paulie
www.whitemoosecafe.ie

P.S. I hope all your followers are real and not bought! No point speaking to Mohammad in Istanbul about how horrible we are! Cheers!




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We'd better tread lightly here. There could be some epic pouting across the snowflake generation if we don't. Think of the children!



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The fact that anyone is siding with her (millennial or not) shows that she won the social media equation, and he lost.

Sure it did...



I don't think so, Tim. Hahahaha!

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Good Lord, don’t read the FB posts. The number of folks standing up for the millennial “influencer” against the hotelier is astounding.

Roll Eyes

-Rob

Not any more. The only ones agreeing with the freeloader is other bloggers. Real people are rooting for the Inn.

Whatever you do: DON'T try to watch her Youtube! video where she outs herself. My Lord. She just blathers on and on and on and on and on... ad nauseam. I had to shut it off when my brain tried to escape through one of my ears.



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