• Zier@fedia.io
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    6 months ago

    Stop calling them “influencers”, they are Sales People. They influence nothing, they sell you the same crap any ad does. Sales people, advertisers, spam, all the same thing.

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      6 months ago

      Not even sales people, just marketing people without a fixed affiliation. The only people they influence are the people for whom the name influencer is not a red flag that they’re being lied to.

      Having said that, “influencer” is a lot shorter than that, and at least everyone will know what you mean.

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      6 months ago

      I never understood how people like this got that title. They don’t influence shit, except maybe consumerism and the dumbing down of society.

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        6 months ago

        it’s actually already a sales term in ABM - you have the decision maker, blocker, influencer, end user/stakeholder etc

        the term has been around longer than the internet

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        6 months ago

        They pander to the less informed, shove confirmation bias into everything, and pretend to sound like an 'expert" on what they spew. Basically a con artist. And they really want to be famous, but have zero talent. Again, con artist.