Impeccable vibes. No seriously - this is tremendous work. You’ve put into words and data so much of what many of us have suspected and intuited for years
The influencer circle of likes is something I’ve long suspected. It seems to be the same no matter what sphere of ‘influencer’, fashion, running etc, people liking & recommending each other and I’ve noticed it happening with Substack now too
This is excellent work. I wonder if this circle of mutual congratulation is self perpetuating as it serves as a way to exclude any challenger with a new and interesting take that may threaten the status quo.
“If you are not paying for the product, you are the product being sold” is a saying as old as the hills. Influencer is a job selling clicks. I wonder if the profits are declared as income to HMRC?
This reminded me of that old Vice article about The Shed! But yeah it's pretty grim out there, especially for restaurants that are already in a tough spot.
Wow Meg, what a lot of work, bravo. I can understand why at points you felt depressed. Not sure how much it added to actually name people here, but that’s your editorial decision. Looking forward to part 2
Outstanding work, thank you. Well I never, social media and the internet enabling dishonesty and misrepresentation for personal gain. Who’d have thought it 😂😂
I was talking to a friend recently about the influencer scheme of liking and writing quick cringey fake one liners to promote each other’s posts. The problem is it’s soo obviously fake. Amongst other things. Nice piece.
Good stiff. Looking forward to reading part two — and then I might chip in my tuppence worth about this sort of shit based on more than 15 years of writing about food in Barcelona. All the best
a full on Bristol influencer circle jerk I did not have on my bingo card, but here it is
Impeccable vibes. No seriously - this is tremendous work. You’ve put into words and data so much of what many of us have suspected and intuited for years
We knew we were right, but now we've got evidence our hours of WTFing over the grift industries were merited
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The influencer circle of likes is something I’ve long suspected. It seems to be the same no matter what sphere of ‘influencer’, fashion, running etc, people liking & recommending each other and I’ve noticed it happening with Substack now too
This is excellent work. I wonder if this circle of mutual congratulation is self perpetuating as it serves as a way to exclude any challenger with a new and interesting take that may threaten the status quo.
Fantastic article. Can’t wait for part 2!
I can't imagine the number of hours you've put into this project but thank you. Absolute banger in too many ways to list. Can't wait for part two.
A great piece of journalism. Thank you
“If you are not paying for the product, you are the product being sold” is a saying as old as the hills. Influencer is a job selling clicks. I wonder if the profits are declared as income to HMRC?
This reminded me of that old Vice article about The Shed! But yeah it's pretty grim out there, especially for restaurants that are already in a tough spot.
It’s been happening in Manchester for years and it’s only getting worse. Great work, this.
Wow Meg, what a lot of work, bravo. I can understand why at points you felt depressed. Not sure how much it added to actually name people here, but that’s your editorial decision. Looking forward to part 2
Outstanding work, thank you. Well I never, social media and the internet enabling dishonesty and misrepresentation for personal gain. Who’d have thought it 😂😂
A really first class piece of work, Meg. Congratulations
Thank you that’s very kind!
I was talking to a friend recently about the influencer scheme of liking and writing quick cringey fake one liners to promote each other’s posts. The problem is it’s soo obviously fake. Amongst other things. Nice piece.
I’d been waiting to sink my teeth into this article properly. It did not disappoint.
Hungry for part 2… 🍽️
😍😍😍😍 this IS EVERYTHING (we'll discuss my fee later)
Good stiff. Looking forward to reading part two — and then I might chip in my tuppence worth about this sort of shit based on more than 15 years of writing about food in Barcelona. All the best