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Re:Two Celebrities Charged with Unlawfully Touting Coin Offe... by pizza on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:20AM (#18567811)
You might be interested in reading the 1928 book "Propaganda" by Edward Bernays, the so-called "father of public relations". It describes at length how, among many other techniques, paid influencers are effective for making people value your product more (e.g. invite the top fashion blogger to wear your hat at an event, then the secondary influencers will take note, and then the proles will note after the secondary influencers, etc.). Quite creepy but eye-opening book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book)

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Re:Two Celebrities Charged with Unlawfully Touting Coin Offe... by usrusr on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:12AM (#18568791)
What he probably did not predict is just how many of today's influencers are famous for very little besides getting paid for influencing.

I guess we all are a bit guilty of giving our attention in part because we'd like to be like those who receive it, and getting money for what others have to pay for, . It's most visible in networks with a follow/follow-back economy like Instagram, but bloggers, conference speakers, anywhere a personal brand has wider reach than friends and family.

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