Miscellaneous Influencers - can't live with them, can't live with them.

[Pete Thomas]

There are very few things in life that I actually hate, but a pet peeve is so-called influencers.

These seem to be people who are endorsers (aka shills) masquerading very often as "just a happy customer" or else someone who is actually quite good at being an advertiser, while all the time hiding the fact that that's what they are and appearing to just innocently be imparting useful expert information.

I know what you are thinking, "who am I to say that?" Me having been an endorser of various products - fair cop. I think the biggest pet peeve is the Youtube vid that inevitably starts "Hey guys what's up?"

We also have had a few members here who finagle their way in to the Cafe as a "normal" member, then post videos (or just posts on the Café, perporting to just be a "happy customer") without disclosing that they are monetising their channel or got the product free or at a discount.

We are proud that the Café is not a commercial site (we are non-profit) and anyone who does post commercially discloses that fact and contributes to our fund.

End of rant.

 

[mizmar]

I actually don't mind influencers so much. They're upfront, easy to id, easy to avoid; and SoMe doesn't push them towards me, not being a 14 year old as I'm not.

But, yeah, the more clandestine info-advertisers are annoying. And it's a shame because, actually, I'm not all that bothered about someone slinging in an affiliate link to make few quid here and there as an independent who just likes something - it comes out of Amazons cut anyway, no?

 

[Pete Effamy]

The thing that I absolutely loathe is a "Think Tank".

"oh, you're a group of people and you do what?"
"we think.."
Oh, ok. That's new. I don't know anyone else who thinks. Certainly not when they get together in a business meeting. Or maybe a creative meeting..."

LOATHE!

Plonkers.

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[mizmar]

The thing that I absolutely loathe is a "Think Tank".

Me too, but for a different reason. Most think-tanks are a means for a political or industrial interest to finance (clandestinely) "research", which wouldn't pass scrutiny let alone peer-review; they then use to support their case.
Not that academics are always pure of heart, but stil.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Young people promoting wrinkle cream.
Happy people promoting coffin saving schemes.
Thin people promoting weight loss products.

Women saying Lizzo is beautiful but get mad when you say "You look like Lizzo."

Big and tall sales that only have short and thin sizes left.

Fridge full of food but nothing to eat.
Oh wait... I've gone off piste.

 

[jonf]

I agree with what you say, @Pete Thomas about 'influencers'. There are also a couple of other equally annoying varieties. There's the type who posts 'reviews' on YouTube in which they massively criticise a product on the market. They do this as a way to try to stimulate demand for their own product, which, of course, has none of these flaws. Then there's the person who does a video of some clown telling you why you've always been doing something wrong - 'You have been riding your motorcycle wrong all this time' sort of nonsense. This sort of thing often comes from people whose own experience is laughably thin.

 

[Ivan]

The solution?

Leave influencers behind and fill a quiet place with sounds from brass, ebonite and cane

 

[Pete Thomas]

The solution?

Leave influencers behind and fill a quiet place with sounds from brass, ebonite and cane

Well unless I was playing my Grafton with my PPT and a Legere.

Managed to get a teeny bit of marketing in there.

 

[Ivan]

Well unless I was playing my Grafton with my PPT and a Legere.

Managed to get a teeny bit of marketing in there.

Takes one to know one

 

[thomsax]

Without influencers or influencing persons, nerds, enthusiastic honkers, wannabe players ..... Pete Thomas & Co can pull the plug from the wall. Forums like CS is influencers paradise. Something we have to live with.

I'm a influencer. I want every saxophone player to become Rock & Roll Saxophonist. That's my mission! And I sometimes used tricks that I learned when I was studying economics/marketing to get more honkers to join the RockSax collective. Successful? Depends what we means with successful. I met many interesting honkers. Played more than I did before. Spread Rock & Roll Saxophone to papers, radio ..... .

Rock & Roll Saxophone is an emotional state. That is luxury as well. Not so much about money. It's luxury to play easy horn lines to an easy blues on a cheap Amati or Bundy II sax. Fun on your own, but even better in a group.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Without influencers or influencing persons, nerds, enthusiastic honkers, wannabe players ..... Pete Thomas & Co can pull the plug from the wall.

Quite the opposite. We pride ourselves on the site not being inundated with commercial posts, shill posts etc. I would not be interested in continuing the site if it was like that. But I think you are using a different interpretation of the word. (see my first post)

Nerds, Enthusiastic honkers, wannabes OK. I am talking about the social media influencers who are endorses (with blatant or covert/shills). These are people who get free or discounted items in return for posting, or else they have monetised channels.

 

[turf3]

In a way I feel anyone dumb enough to be influenced by what some 20 year old nincompoop says on Youtube tiktock instaflash or what have you, deserves what they get.

Unfortunately when they run themselves into bankruptcy it's good ol' John and Jane Q Public who take it in the shorts, just like always.

 

[Phil]

Its best to make decisons when you are not under the influence.

 

[Ivan]

Its best to make decisons when you are not under the influence.

I'll drink to that