Creig Luke
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The fake life of Social Media influencers
Social Media has made our lives much simpler.
With the touch of a button, we can send our message across the world.
With the help of social media, it is much easier to connect to people.
Social Media has brought the world to our fingertips. With the advent of Social media came the influencers.
Influencers are popular celebrities with a huge fan following, more prominently, actors.
The main job of a Social Media influencer is to get more followers to whom they can advertise their endorsed products.
They also get paid by the Social Media platforms for the advertisements their viewers see.
Lives of Influencers
On face value, the lives of Social Media influencers look flamboyant and luxurious.
They seem to have the ‘Picture Perfect’ lives, with a fixed schedule, a perfect professional and personal life, and all the luxuries that a person wishes for.
People envy their perfect lives, their good looks and wish they also lived a life like the influencers.
Sometimes, people obsess over celebrity lives so much that they try to imitate them, and then become sad and anxious when it does not work out properly.
Their videos and cringe dances become popular overnight.
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There is another side of these Social Media Influencers.
They are the best examples for the “fake it till you make it” attitude.
Even though their lives look ideal from the outside, in reality, their lives are far from ideal.
They suffer from substance abuse, family issues, or personal issues, which are usually well hidden from the outside world.
Sometimes, they become too egoistic due to their popularity, that they end up in unwanted scandals and controversies.
One must always remember that influencers are paid for looking at acting perfect.
They extract revenue from each and every fan of theirs.
Toxic Fan Following
They also know that their followers and fans will go to any extent to support them.
Hence, they try to polarize their fans by endorsing a particular ideology.
These influencers sometimes endorse controversial skincare, beauty and wellness products that have skewed views on the ideal body size and skin colour.
Their followers look at their advertisements and promotions and get carried away by the idealism these influencers market.
People start hating their bodies and have a negative body image.
But the truth is that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.
Beauty does not mean a pretty face and a size zero figure; beauty is the idea of accepting oneself.
The skewed beauty standards in our country are due to these ‘fake’ influencers.
Follow Motivational Speakers instead!
It’s high time we stop following these fake influencers.
Instead of following these fake Social Media influencers, we must follow entrepreneurs and scholars.
Following entrepreneurs gives us a sneak peek on their business lives, and scholars give us the inspiration to perform better.
One can also follow prominent sportsmen of various different sports, and learn life lessons from them.
Nowadays, Motivational Speaking is gaining traction.
There are numerous Motivational Speakers, holding events in TED, TEDx and various other platforms.
By following them, we can bring positive improvements to our lives.
There are YouTubers that cover topics such as Geography, Business, Yoga, Wellness, etc.
Start following them. They usually cover important abstract topics that will be very useful to you.
very helpful and informative…keep it up
keep up the good work!
really true! a unique article indeed
A very important issue that we need to look at.
Thanks a lot!
well written!
Informative!
Nice revelation of the reality of the lives of social media influences. Well written.
Reality very beautifully told. Loved it. Keep it up.
The work and the life of the social media influencers are correctly pointed out in the start. The issues they face tell us that they are humans at the end, like all of us. Appreciated how you mentioned how their toxicity and actions impacts the lives of others. The solutions at the end, are very useful.
Great work Creig. I really appreciate how you have bought the toxic side of social media influencers. I agree with you that it’s better to follow motivational speakers instead. However there are really good social media influencers out there who are doing actual good work through the platform they have. Again, therevis always an imbalance between actual influencing and creating a toxic environment. I personally think it’s really about who we choose to follow on social media so that they have a positive influence on us and how we let them influence us. Thank you for the amazing work. I look forward to read and learn more from you!
loved how you redirected the getting influenced part to the motivational speakers. Although i’d still appreciate all the work social media influencers do. they don’t let their personal issues come in the way of their work. you should atch “the social dilemma’ on netflix to understand social media better. amazing work!!
Nice article, in detail describes how the illusion of perfect lives on social media leads us to making comparisons and having feelings of jealously. However, what is imp is for us to understand that we shouldn’t be unduly influenced by these creators and their lives are more or less similar to ours, they are normal people like us. Quite an informative piece!
The truth has been revealed. Wanted to read an article on it so bad. This was everything I wanted to know.
very informative
Nicely written
keep it up
very good article!
Well done
Good work
will share
a must read
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thanks for writing …this is so wonderful article..loved it 🙂
I feel that even some motivational speakers have a level of controversy surrounding them, it seems hard to trust anything online!
very very informative … keep writing:)
Crisp and to-the-point!!! You’ve beautifully unveiled the ugly truth.
In recent times, the impact of social media influencers has become a very important topic of discussion. It is really great of you to shed light on such issues!
I think you did a great job!
Absolutely loved this! I really liked how instead of simply pointing out the toxicity of social media influencers, you also humanized them – talked about the personal issues that they might be going through. Many a time people pretend to live a life that others want so that others won’t discover the fact that their life isn’t really as conventionally “perfect” as they make it seem, it stems from insecurity mostly. It was a wonderful read!
Such an honest and we’ll written article. I am glad that you brought up the toxic life of social influencers into light. We often tend to blindly follow people without thinking through. We are blinded by the outer image of people and gets carried away by their external appearances. We should learn to focus more on productive and motivational TED talks as it can be very useful for us in the future. I am waiting for more such informative writeups from you.
Hey Creig, loved how you took up this issue, whether its their perfect lives or toxic fan following or the unsavory practices they follow!
If you could have elaborated on how to spot a fake influencer, that would have been great!
Also, trying to find authentic information about an influencer beyond social media would help us to know their authenticity, wouldn’t it? Just a thought.
You could have also elaborated a little on how an influencer’s daily routine is difficult to carry, even if he or she is authentic, so people thinking to become one would know the reality.
It’s an interesting topic that you have choosen to write about. While I agree that there is indeed a toxic side to social media influencers, i believe there are a whole lot of influencers who genuinely work for the betterment of people. Similarly there is a toxic side to motivation speakers. I believe it has more to do with how much we let ourselves be influenced by either side. Moderation is extremely important especially when consuming social media and related stimulants.
You have added great points to the article and the issue that you have brought out is very very important. Our lives are entangled in this web called social media. Even if we try to come out of it, sometimes we fail. You are right, there are various toxic social media influencers but we cannot forget the fact that there are various positive and good social media Influencers as well. Like you said, they are imposing a personal or particular ideology on people. In this article, you have not given the other perspective which does not give the reader a choice to choose or prepare a solution for themselves.
You can improvise your article by adding both perspectives and leave it on the reader’s part.
Really an amazing article. You presented it nicely and clearly. Keep doing. All the best.
Good topic chosen however it was not elaborate properly i felt. Try including more topics next time. ❤️
informative.
Practical!
Informative!
Keep it up!
Great job!
Keep writing!
Keep posting!
Kudos!
People envy their perfect lives, their good looks and wish they also lived a life like the influencers. Sometimes, people obsess over celebrity lives so much that they try to imitate them, and then become sad and anxious when it does not work out properly. Their videos and cringe dances become popular overnight.Nice information.