Irish "influencers"

TrampFighter · 04-05-2021 1:10pm #1

Can someone please explain to my they are all so cringy and annoying.

the wife follows some of them on Insta and that Kieran Corrigan lad is the absolute pits.

Every day hes on the beg, forever looking for free stuff. and his voice like nails on chalkboard.

anyone else fed up with the influencer types at this point?

bertsmom · 04-05-2021 1:26pm

There are some that I follow and find brilliant but these are all people running a business and using their Instagram profile for marketing whilst giving advice and tips on what they sell ie. A paint shop that recommends which product for which job etc BUT there's others like one Dublin girl who is an absolute shambles always giving out wrong information and always on the beg. Her latest thing was saying this particular brand of hot chocolate could increase the size of your heart by up to thirty per cent!!! This kind of rubbish is very dangerous and I think should be dealt with by immediately taking down the account not a weak half assed apology.
They are so quick to say they are being bullied or trolled then when people call out their lies or complete misinformation. Definitely needs a lot more regulation and stricter standards for all the 'lifestyle and makeup' and health and fitness instahuns.

cafflingwunts · 04-05-2021 1:27pm

As the aul Nanny used to say; it'll all end in tears.

Autosport · 04-05-2021 1:40pm

Ah I love Kieran Corrigan, he’s quite funny and as he says Up and At it

A legend

Some are useless though

davo2001 · 04-05-2021 1:46pm

Attention seekers seeking attention.

I pay no heed to it, but then again, I'm not their target demographic. (male, mid-30's).

04-05-2021 1:47pm

I don’t get it but each to their own.

timeToLive · 04-05-2021 1:48pm

Anyone who isn't a teenager and follows these influencer types needs their head checked!

04-05-2021 1:48pm

davo2001 wrote: »

Attention seekers seeking attention.

I pay no heed to it, but then again, I'm not their target demographic. (male, mid-30's).

Hopefully just a passing fad in time.

Similar to Tik Tok, for me that was the worst thing about 2020.
I suppose the issue is seeing it on IG, don't come across it otherwise.

bertsmom · 04-05-2021 1:50pm

I think Instagram is great to research an area or set of products and prices of items your actually interested in but the ones that have made Insta their job and don't have any other source of income are absolutely painful and I think their reviews are totally untrustworthy.
I am slowly doing up my house so I'm following businesses in that area and it's so useful but some fool who spends his or her time trying to convince people that if they hadn't already been gifted this meal or skincare or makeup by the company would buy it from their own pocket....not a chance! I avoid companies who use instagrammers by giving them freebies and expecting their followers to pay for the advertising no way thanks!
Sinead from The Beaut Truth is the only fashion/makeup page I would actually trust because she says very clearly when paid for advertising and her reviews are always honest and not always glowing.

Joe Don Dante · 04-05-2021 1:52pm

James Kavanagh is one insufferable c**t

gormdubhgorm · 04-05-2021 1:52pm

TrampFighter wrote: »

Can someone please explain to my they are all so cringy and annoying.

the wife follows some of them on Insta and that Kieran Corrigan lad is the absolute pits.

Every day hes on the beg, forever looking for free stuff. and his voice like nails on chalkboard.

anyone else fed up with the influencer types at this point?

I don't pay attention to any of them for the reasons you state.
I clicked on one once out of curiosity to see what an 'influencer' was.

To me it translates as very needy individual who craves attention. Who uses this attention to get sponsored to 'name drop' products and make a living. That is what an 'influencer' is as far as I see it.

Basically a 21st century version of an infomercial.

dmn22 · 04-05-2021 1:53pm

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Hopefully just a passing fad in time.

Similar to Tik Tok, for me that was the worst thing about 2020.
I suppose the issue is seeing it on IG, don't come across it otherwise.

Not the worldwide pandemic and endless lockdowns, nope, a social media site that you can easily avoid

J. Marston · 04-05-2021 1:59pm

Every male one does that wide-eyed shock smile thing.

Every female one does a pout.

How the fúck do people get so wrapped up in people whose job is to just advertise shít to you? It's literally in their name, influencers, all they're trying to do is influence what you think and buy.

04-05-2021 2:32pm

I think the time of influencers is coming to an end. The general public seemed to be pissed off with these narcissists as they throw casual insults to a huge portion of their followers in the middle of a pandemic with their living different bolloxology.

James Smith and Siobhán O'Hagan are two i have noticed had a big following and are gradually becoming despised.

Trigger Happy · 04-05-2021 2:42pm

I just dont understand why businesses give these morons free products. Would they ever make a return on their money?
Some of these influencers have no shame when it comes to asking for free stuff too. Free hotel rooms, free meals...all for a favorable review.

Orange Tiny Terror · 04-05-2021 2:45pm

Sickening these useless no talent narcissists make a living from being good at social media. Meanwhile people who put in years of work to become artists or musicians struggle. Too many stupid people around.

biko · 04-05-2021 2:46pm

I'm still waiting to be influenced.

Snickers Man · 04-05-2021 2:48pm

What's Instagram?

FTA69 · 04-05-2021 2:53pm

It’s all sh*te. A load of narcissistic nonsense driving people to acquire more and more and feel worse about themselves. That Instagram and the behaviour it generates is a curse. Honestly sick to death of celebrity culture, ‘influencers’ and that whole cultural morass.

JimmyVik · 04-05-2021 2:55pm

I was reading a finance blog from a girl who fancies herself as an expert on making money.
She was telling everyone how she built an extension on her house and it cost her €70k and she has it rented as a self contained flat with its own door.
She had spreadsheets and workings with payback period etc on it.
I really hope noone takes her advice.
Because revenue have surely taken note and will come knocking on her door in 10 or 15 years looking for their half of the rent plus interest and penalties.

Kevhog1988 · 04-05-2021 2:57pm

JimmyVik wrote: »

I was reading a finance blog from a girl who fancies herself as an expert on making money.
She was telling everyone how she built an extension on her house and it cost her €70k and she has it rented as a self contained flat with its own door.
She had spreadsheets and workings with payback period etc on it.
I really hope noone takes her advice.
Because revenue have surely taken note and will come knocking on her door in 10 or 15 years looking for their half of the rent plus interest and penalties.

i regularily read her stuff actually. Not sure on the tax implications of a self contained flat but i had assumed she was paying tax.

JimmyVik · 04-05-2021 2:58pm

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

i regularily read her stuff actually. Not sure on the tax implications of a self contained flat but i had assumed she was paying tax.

She thinks its covered by the rent a room scheme and she doesnt have to pay tax on it. Its not. There are rules to the rent a room scheme that she has totally missed.

Kevhog1988 · 04-05-2021 2:59pm

The missus follows Faces by Grace and i have to say i cant stand her. Ive never seen someone so lazy in my life and shes constantly caught lying and photo shopping. Her cat went "missing" last year and a psychic found it via some sort of voodoo lol

Sky King · 04-05-2021 3:01pm

I love James Kavanagh. The sound of his voice emanating from my OH's phone is like sweet, sweet music to my ears.

yourdeadwright · 04-05-2021 3:02pm

You'd want tpo be some mug to let any of them effect your life ,
Who has the time to be listing to them ,

They where grand for a bit but you have to laugh how every single influencers is now an expert in mental health when it became the "thing " to talk about ,

As someone has already pointed out I think its the being of the end for them being a thing just a fad that will be quickly forgotten ,

Just be your self captions with 7 thousand filters ,fake lips, tits and whatever else ,
Independent women, who also need everyone's approval insta before they get out of bed in the morning

04-05-2021 3:10pm

FTA69 wrote: »

It’s all sh*te. A load of narcissistic nonsense driving people to acquire more and more and feel worse about themselves. That Instagram and the behaviour it generates is a curse. Honestly sick to death of celebrity culture, ‘influencers’ and that whole cultural morass.

After my modelling career wound down, I joined the intellectual vanguard by setting up an Instagram account. Obviously food is my expertise, well the PR advisor suggested as such so who am I to argue. It's called "Eat yourself stupid", with a drizzle of tulip. Mastered pizza in the toaster this week, now it's time to start hawking my blueberry and almond smoothie at the competitive price of €12.99. Superfoods that will invest you with superpowers, and did I tell you about the novel coming out next week. Those ghostwriters are spooky, they pinched my name and disappeared.

A cultural vacuum and racket for gullible imbeciles.

jk23 · 04-05-2021 3:15pm

Unfortunately like the previous posters have said there will be always people who will be gullible to follow or buy these things no matter what.

Basically a modern version of buying self help books or exercise videos or books in the 90s

twiddleypop · 04-05-2021 3:20pm

They are all harping on about sustainability whilst advertising fast fashion and other crap no one needs...

Several have left good careers such as nurses, accountants to "influence" full time. Madness.

Glad the tide is turning now. A lot of them are getting absolutely slated on a certain forum and their friends and family get dragged in too which is really unfair.

silliussoddius · 04-05-2021 3:28pm

Deleted User wrote: »

After my modelling career wound down, I joined the intellectual vanguard by setting up an Instagram account. Obviously food is my expertise, well the PR advisor suggested as such so who am I to argue. It's called "Eat yourself stupid", with a drizzle of tulip. Mastered pizza in the toaster this week, now it's time to start hawking my blueberry and almond smoothie at the competitive price of €12.99. Superfoods that will invest you with superpowers, and did I tell you about the novel coming out next week. Those ghostwriters are spooky, they pinched my name and disappeared.

A cultural vacuum and racket for gullible imbeciles.

Sounds like you need a cleanse after all that.

04-05-2021 3:45pm

Every time I read these threads though I wonder why people who don’t like influencers are affected by influencers. This isn’t a broadcast situation, you have to choose to follow them.

billyhead · 04-05-2021 3:47pm

Eejits is what they are. I've no interest personally.

Beechwoodspark · 04-05-2021 3:52pm

That Kieran corrigan guy is so irritating

Constantly begging for companies to send him anything (once it’s free)

A lot of the stuff he “promotes” are low level local products/services

Surely to fcuk he can’t be much of a success on it and it’s only a matter of time before he quits??

Keano · 04-05-2021 3:58pm

fvp4 wrote: »

Every time I read these threads though I wonder why people who don’t like influencers are affected by influencers. This isn’t a broadcast situation, you have to choose to follow them.

They are annoyed by influencers who don't influence them!

Wheety · 04-05-2021 4:15pm

Have any of ye seen tattle.life? Just a bunch of people bitching about influencers. Some nasty stuff on there. I know an Irish influencer and some of the comments about her being a Mother and things like "I hear she doesn't even talk to her stepfather" are a bit much. You can not like the business of influencers but to go on that website and spend your time actually digging into their personal lives is a bit too much.

Google your favourite influencer and site:tattle.life and you'll see what I mean

yourdeadwright · 04-05-2021 4:15pm

fvp4 wrote: »

Every time I read these threads though I wonder why people who don’t like influencers are affected by influencers. This isn’t a broadcast situation, you have to choose to follow them.

People have wife's , husbands, siblings, kids, friends who fall for the nonsense there pedalling that's probably why ,

While they constantly go on about Mental health they are the very people that put pressure on young women (mostly) to be a certain way ,

I hope to god my daughters have the sense not be "influenced " by them

One week there fitness guru's and life's about keeping in shape and your body is a temple , its frees the mind,
A year down the line they have partied to much and put on a stack of weight and all of a sudden life's about being yourself and not worrying about personally appearance. Would ye ever F*CK off with yourself

04-05-2021 4:17pm

I joined Instagram to have a look at different wedding suppliers and to get ideas. My feed is now full of elaborate OTT US weddings, babies, pregnant women, engagement rings, and teeny tiny clothes from French vintage shops.
So I click on stuff like food in an effort to get rid of the above.

The majority of them are an endless stream of posing and fakery. None are relatable to me. I'm neither overweight or model thin or full of fillers or rich or poor or "mama to x amount of kids/dogs/budgies". It is a fascinating world though. These people are stealing a living from how they look, where they live and what they buy.

I believe many of them require constant external validation in order to bolster wafer thin self esteem.

rob316 · 04-05-2021 4:34pm

Anyone under 100k followers really isn't making that much unless they have brought out a brand themselves and using that social media presence to market it. I have a friend who would have north of 50k followers, he started out as an internet funny man but now he specifically creates content for brands, he doesn't just hawk low level brands on his page. He gets sent stuff almost daily from brands though he tells me, small brands with probably a lower presence than his.

Instagram is absolutely toxic though, it is the epitome of fake. From people posing next to luxury cars they don't own, trying on designer clothes and posting pictures of them in it, to beauty filters, airbrushed photos.

04-05-2021 6:27pm

I have a totally different view of Instagram, but I follow normal people I know and one or two celebs, and a hashtag for my local area. That's it.

buried · 04-05-2021 6:48pm

Irish Instagram influencers seem to be the sort that would love to be on the likes of RTE, or maybe already are. Once any sort of camera is shoved in front of their face they go into this sort of TV presenter craic shtick that died out a lame death 40 years ago.

growleaves · 04-05-2021 6:51pm

bertsmom wrote: »

There are some that I follow and find brilliant but these are all people running a business and using their Instagram profile for marketing whilst giving advice and tips on what they sell ie. A paint shop that recommends which product for which job etc BUT there's others like one Dublin girl who is an absolute shambles always giving out wrong information and always on the beg. Her latest thing was saying this particular brand of hot chocolate could increase the size of your heart by up to thirty per cent!!! This kind of rubbish is very dangerous and I think should be dealt with by immediately taking down the account not a weak half assed apology.
They are so quick to say they are being bullied or trolled then when people call out their lies or complete misinformation. Definitely needs a lot more regulation and stricter standards for all the 'lifestyle and makeup' and health and fitness instahuns.

Well make-up has to abide by very strict EU regulation to make it onto the market at all, so I wouldn't be too worried about what make-up these influencers are recommending.

But I agree with your general point, they don't necessarily know what they're talking about.

04-05-2021 6:56pm

have no instagram,just not for me

But my understanding is,its essentially similar to an adult late-late toy show....where they give stuff to "influencers" to review

Is buff egan an influencer??

Beechwoodspark · 04-05-2021 6:58pm

buried wrote: »

Irish Instagram influencers seem to be the sort that would love to be on the likes of RTE, or maybe already are. Once any sort of camera is shoved in front of their face they go into this sort of TV presenter craic shtick that died out a lame death 40 years ago.

Well said. The likes of that dose James kavanagh does this really dated mid 80s presenting style. It’s utter sh1te.

Boscoirl · 04-05-2021 7:14pm

On of the saddest things I saw was one Irish influencer, can’t remember her name but she went out with an Irish rugby player, was on the cover of one of those news paper magazines. And the caption was something like “I didn’t know how to tell my followers my father had cancer”

04-05-2021 7:51pm

Boscoirl wrote: »

On of the saddest things I saw was one Irish influencer, can’t remember her name but she went out with an Irish rugby player, was on the cover of one of those news paper magazines. And the caption was something like “I didn’t know how to tell my followers my father had cancer”

Vogue apparently on one of her awful "documentaries" stated she was depressed as her post didn't get enough likes.....ffs

gormdubhgorm · 04-05-2021 8:12pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I just dont understand why businesses give these morons free products. Would they ever make a return on their money?
Some of these influencers have no shame when it comes to asking for free stuff too. Free hotel rooms, free meals...all for a favorable review.

I looked it up before as I was baffled by it. But these people get views and are niche markets advertisers are after.
Fools and their money - broadly speaking..

04-05-2021 8:28pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I looked it up before as I was baffled by it. But these people get views and are niche markets advertisers are after.
Fools and their money - broadly speaking..

You had to look it up? Obviously someone with a few hundred thousand followers has some "influence". The cost of giving them some free merchandise for.a mention is a pretty trivial cost in the long run of things.

Actually one of the celebs I follow on Twitter, a TV actress, occasionally promotes stuff. She says when it is paid though.

Lmkrnr · 04-05-2021 8:37pm

I Just hate the word influencer. They a promoters of product's that used to be on shop Windows and adds. Now they are on social media which is the way its gonna be.

Would big media call themselves influencers ie promoting one side of a story in a war or pro Democrat Pro republican.

bunny_mac · 04-05-2021 8:43pm

Boscoirl wrote: »

On of the saddest things I saw was one Irish influencer, can’t remember her name but she went out with an Irish rugby player, was on the cover of one of those news paper magazines. And the caption was something like “I didn’t know how to tell my followers my father had cancer”

:facepalm:

Burt Renaults · 04-05-2021 8:48pm

Whenever I hear a grown man talking about "influencers", positively or negatively, whatever respect I had for him (usually very little, to be fair) drops considerably.

Potential-Monke · 04-05-2021 8:56pm

I love how they constantly incorrectly spell chancer as influencer.

BeginnerRunner · 04-05-2021 9:02pm

Influencers are just people who were influenced by others on the dream of getting paid to be on instagram who now the sell the dream of getting paid to be on instagram to other people who someday hope to get paid to be on instagram.

It's the same with online business coaches. Their only business is selling business coaching to people who want to become business coaches despite never running a business.

Irish "influencers"

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