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I mean I think it's a fine career, it's the name that's dumb.
For the most part they're just entertainers. The "influencer" name suggests way more than should be.
Entertainers are supposed to be entertaining though.
These people have all the "entertainment" value of a late-night infomercial at best. "Oooh, watch me get excited about unboxing this item. Whatever could have Disney sent me this week?"
The worst problem is that these influencers do gain huge amounts of followers, but rarely fact-check or do hard sciences needed to ya know, give information to viewers? See Linus Tech Tips and the whole crap they're into right now.
You are watching the wrong persons on youtube.
Aaaand: The thing you think is unfunny might be the funbiest thing since forver for another.
Exactly. And the fact that people have large amounts of followers mean that plenty of people find them entertaining.