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Gen Z mostly doesn't care if influencers are actual humans, new study shows (mashable.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I dont get why people would care for influencers

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't get how people can watch reality shows but apparently they do.

Plus entertainment is a great control tool. Give people enough entertainment and they will never revolt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If the only way to a revolution is making lives more miserable, is the revolution even worthy? Something, something, accelerationism...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

One is temporary, the other is perpetuated for eternity through atrocities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

why do people care for Shrek? Or Walter White? Or Antigone?

The concept of caring for fictional narratives is ages old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

And that makes it right?

Anyway the difference now is that peoples opinions are amplified and spread quickly. Combine that with sponsorships and uninformed takes and you are in trouble. It Aldo doesn't help that people these days are lazy and dopamine junkies.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Wheel is excellent entertainment, and far more human than most of these pretenders.

I make the distinction among “streamer” who is doing a play by play similar to sportscasting, “presenter” is showing facts or teach a lesson like online learning, “op ed” to explain an opinion or parody, and “influencer” as someone trying to be center of attention but usually brings no value and has no reason to be famous except from being famous.

Maybe it’s just my own biases, but

I can listen when my kids watch e-sports, recognize it as sportscasting
I appreciate how “Everyday Astronaut” explains things
I’ll go with Jon Stewart for presenting news topics with a sense of the absurd because I don’t have the patience to find a streamer equivalent
somehow people like the Jenners, Lindsay Lohan, Kardashians, are famous for being famous, and supposedly “influence” people? Some of these really seem like the worst of humanity and ought to just be ignored.