Instagram models

take everything · 20-05-2019 1:22am #1

What's the story with Instagram models and endless thirsty guys drooling over them and posting cringy comments.

This phenomenon (seemingly a naked narcissistic supply) where any decent looking woman has hundreds of guys fawning over her, is it new.

Or has it been going on for a while now.

The world is seriously ****ed.

tuxy · 20-05-2019 1:25am

20-05-2019 1:26am

The world is seriously ****ed.

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 1:27am

take everything wrote: »

What's the story with Instagram models and endless thirsty guys drooling over them and posting cringy comments.

This phenomenon (seemingly a naked narcissistic supply) where any decent looking woman has hundreds of guys fawning over her, is it new.

Or has it been going on for a while now.

The world is seriously ****ed.

They do it for money.

For those living in the states there is a lot of money in it. Or they do it to promote themselves etc.

They will post about a club or a new drink that has come out or a product or a store etc ...some models will ask for a dollar per every like.

The might need someone to help mod it though. Then there is twitch youtube etc.

jimbobaloobob · 20-05-2019 1:31am

Influencers isnt that the term.

Does anyone check how effective it might be?

20-05-2019 1:42am

You'd fear for the coming generations..

jimbobaloobob · 20-05-2019 2:06am

Not so sure CQD there was nutjobs in every generation.

Not sure how many people watch them and think they speak the truth or how many watch in disbelief or amusement. Then I'm sure there's many that just perv on them.

whisky_galore · 20-05-2019 2:27am

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Influencers isnt that the term.

Does anyone check how effective it might be?

They're not influencing me.

Shower of eejits.

20-05-2019 3:41am

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Not so sure CQD there was nutjobs in every generation.

Not sure how many people watch them and think they speak the truth or how many watch in disbelief or amusement. Then I'm sure there's many that just perv on them.

Yeah, but the nutjobs weren't something to which the kids aspired to be previously..every young one wasn't hoping to become a nutjob in her teens like..

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 3:56am

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, but the nutjobs weren't something to which the kids aspired to be previously..every young one wasn't hoping to become a nutjob in her teens like..

My primary ambition in life has always been to become a complete and utter nutjob and safe to say mission completed!

20-05-2019 3:59am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

My primary ambition in life has always been to become a complete and utter nutjob and safe to say mission completed!

Well done..I've succeeded in this regard myself, even if it wasn't something to which I aspired..I suppose you could say I just had a natural talent..

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 4:01am

Deleted User wrote: »

Well done..I've succeeded in this regard myself, even if it wasn't something to which I aspired..I suppose you could say I just had a natural talent..

TEACH ME MASTER!

tuxy · 20-05-2019 4:02am

I have seen many people on Facebook whos profession is full time mad bastard that's the same thing as nutjob, isn't it?

Brendog · 20-05-2019 4:04am

Its all marketing. The more people you have following you, the broader your audience. Easiest way to get that is to flaunt/ expose yourself.

I know someone who hired a professional photographer for 6 months and did multiple shoots to catalog 500 pics. She posted about 50 and her followers jumped immensely then started posting 1 per week.
She has 42K followers and contacts start up clothing and make up brands who will pay to advertise on her page.

She gets free merch and the more her following grows the more money these brands offer.

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 4:04am

tuxy wrote: »

I have seen many people on Facebook whos profession is full time mad bastard that's the same thing as nutjob, isn't it?

I think it's very very different.

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 4:05am

Brendog wrote: »

Its all marketing. The more people you have following you, the broader your audience. Easiest way to get that is to flaunt/ expose yourself.

I know someone who hired a professional photographer for 6 months and did multiple shoots to catalog 500 pics. She posted about 50 and her followers jumped immensely then started posting 1 per week.
She has 42K followers and contacts start up clothing and make up brands who will pay to advertise on her page.

She gets free merch and the more her following grows the more money these brands offer.

A lot of Make up artists or MUAS etc do it ..or collab with people.

tuxy · 20-05-2019 4:07am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

A lot of Make up artists or MUAS etc do it ..or collab with people.

Is it not the same thing just different generation?

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 4:08am

tuxy wrote: »

Is it not the same thing just different generation?

I guess so

I mean even vogue sometimes collabs with them.

Naomi Campbell made a video with Partick Star!

Dirkziggler · 20-05-2019 4:13am

It gets worse 2 particular "influencers" in my group of friends or distant group have set up a recruitment agency on Instagram no CV required just follow them and fill in a survey they will match your job to you. Now this is the beauty, there is no training, Qualifications or anything for the girls both have never worked in the field and now they are directing people's future aspiration. Madness.

20-05-2019 4:15am

Dirkziggler wrote: »

It gets worse 2 particular "influencers" in my group of friends or distant group have set up a recruitment agency on Instagram no CV required just follow them and fill in a survey they will match your job to you. Now this is the beauty, there is no training, Qualifications or anything for the girls both have never worked in the field and now they are directing people's future aspiration. Madness.

Taking the 'influencer' concept a bit far alright maybe..

Dirkziggler · 20-05-2019 4:16am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Taking the 'influencer' concept a bit far alright maybe..

Oh you have no idea. It is a shambles and somebody is gonna be burned.

ILoveYourVibes · 20-05-2019 4:33am

Dirkziggler wrote: »

Oh you have no idea. It is a shambles and somebody is gonna be burned.

BRING IT!

Ah good for them ...at least they are trying

Dirkziggler · 20-05-2019 4:38am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

BRING IT!

Ah good for them ...at least they are trying

Trying what? They are in fantasy land.

Pac1Man · 20-05-2019 4:49am

It's quite hard to form a proper opinion without actually seeing the subject matter.

Is there a way we can populate this thread with images of such people from a number of angles? I would then be better equipped to make suggestions on how each model could live a more fulfilling life.

AlphabetCards · 20-05-2019 5:13am

I dated an instagram 'model' briefly. It was an interesting time in my life. Let alphabetcards highlight his findings.

1) Whatever you think they are making from their posts, unless they are turning 25,000 likes each post they aren't making a living out of it.
2) If they have numerous cities listed in their bio, they escort in one of those cities.
3) Webcamming takes minutes to arrange but can haul in cash every week.
4) They love ritalin and modafinil.
5) Most get too comfortable and fall for some silly trap - like a sugardaddy providing them with an apartment... until 4 months later the landlord is knocking in, asking why the rent has been behind for 2 months. It's actually a dude bailing on his last few months rent and leaving the deposit, but gives them about 8/9 weeks of being a total baller with some thot. Easy to pull off in London apparently, where one can slip into anonymity in minutes.

jimbobaloobob · 20-05-2019 9:48am

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I dated an instagram 'model' briefly. It was an interesting time in my life. Let alphabetcards highlight his findings.

1) Whatever you think they are making from their posts, unless they are turning 25,000 likes each post they aren't making a living out of it.
2) If they have numerous cities listed in their bio, they escort in one of those cities.
3) Webcamming takes minutes to arrange but can haul in cash every week.
4) They love ritalin and modafinil.
5) Most get too comfortable and fall for some silly trap - like a sugardaddy providing them with an apartment... until 4 months later the landlord is knocking in, asking why the rent has been behind for 2 months. It's actually a dude bailing on his last few months rent and leaving the deposit, but gives them about 8/9 weeks of being a total baller with some thot. Easy to pull off in London apparently, where one can slip into anonymity in minutes.

Is that your personal experience of someone? Jaysus it sounds like a horrible way to have to live. We king out a living based on people's fickle opinions of what you do.

the_syco · 20-05-2019 10:05am

tuxy wrote: »

I have seen many people on Facebook whos profession is full time mad bastard that's the same thing as nutjob, isn't it?

"full time mad bastard" = dole4life.

jam_mac_jam · 20-05-2019 10:07am

Fair play to them, if you can make a load of money through being good looking then why don’t you. Has ruined Instagram though, would be nice to have a site that was about nice photographs instead of people’s arses popping up all over the place but sex sells.

Boom_Bap · 20-05-2019 10:18am

Deleted User wrote: »

You'd fear for the coming generations..

Well, the current generations are also being massively impacted.

Bob Harris · 20-05-2019 10:26am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I guess so

I mean even vogue sometimes collabs with them.

Naomi Campbell made a video with Partick Star!

The starfish from Spongebob?

20-05-2019 10:29am

The models themselves don't bother me; as someone mentioned, it's the middle-aged men with the cringe-inducing comments that are the real tragedy here.

I follow someone on Insta who isn't a model, but she's fairly well known and is good-looking. Guys are always leaving vaguely seady comments about her appearance, even if it's just a picture of a mates' birthday event or whatever.

For sure, everybody loves compliments, but I'm amazed that some people don't have the self-awareness to suspect that they might come-off a little leery. "Ur looking gud, wouldn't mind a bit of that", for example -- FFS, man, you're about 45, bald and probably impotent, and your profile pic is of your children.

What do they even think is going to come of it?

victor8600 · 20-05-2019 10:32am

tuxy wrote: »

Is it not the same thing just different generation?

Exactly. Somebody has to peddle stuff to the public. I do not know about you, but I do not watch TV, nor do I buy papers or glossy magazines (though I am still subscribed to a popsci magazine).

So how do adverts reach me? Through Youtube, Google search, FB etc. Instagram would be the equivalent of a glassy magazine of old, with some articles in-between full page ads sporting young women in sparse clothing.

Bob Harris · 20-05-2019 10:39am

I have a word game app with a chat feature. My profile pic is of the dog and every so often I'll get a game invite then a message often asking if I'm male or female. If I answer and say male then I'm blocked straight away. Wrong answer it seems. I've had one fella ask where I am, telling me I'm a beautiful woman, blah, blah, blah.

If anyone is surprised by women flaunting themselves on Instagram getting messages then you'll surely be amazed at the sleazy messages men send on word games.

victor8600 · 20-05-2019 10:46am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

......."Ur looking gud, wouldn't mind a bit of that", for example -- FFS, man, you're about 45, bald and probably impotent, and your profile pic is of your children.

What do they even think is going to come of it?

Well said. This behaviour is just stupid. What if some google algorithm is tracking his activities online, building his profile based on what he posts and then selling the data to insurance companies and to his wife's divorce lawyer.

If the governments would allow it, it is possible now to build a person's profile, calculate how much money can be squeezed out of him and automatically e-mail the details of his sleazy behaviour to his wife's solicitor alongside with the case revenue projections.

Sugar Free · 20-05-2019 11:05am

As someone else alluded to, I feel for the vast majority of them their photos rarely accurately represent their actual income. I’m sure if you’re Emily Ratajkowski with millions of followers then you can legitimately make a good income off Instagram alone. For many though I was always under the impression that Instagram was just a landing page for their other activities which were the real earners i.e. modeling/escorting.

There was a reddit ama with a fitness model who was very up front that the vast bulk of her income came from sex, then modeling and only a small portion directly from Instagram. And this was someone with followers in the hundreds of thousands. I think there’s a huge underbelly to a lot of Instagram models’ profiles that people don’t realize.

Personally I’ve no problem with it. It’s undoubtedly a very limited shelf life for a lot of these girls and if they’re comfortable with what they’re doing and able to make a good living from it then so be it. My only fear is for the young teenagers that lack the maturity to question how so many people without an obvious income source can have such a great apparent lifestyle and as a result, may feel that they must somehow measure up to this.

20-05-2019 11:08am

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Influencers isnt that the term.

Does anyone check how effective it might be?

if companies are willing to boost the economy by throwing money at marketing in any form, let them do so.

its good for the economy

jimbobaloobob · 20-05-2019 11:38am

Deleted User wrote: »

if companies are willing to boost the economy by throwing money at marketing in any form, let them do so.

its good for the economy

Is it though? What economy is it helping?
I'm not arguing the point by the way. It's something I never got involved with as in online marketing.

Bobblehats · 20-05-2019 11:40am

Instagram. Sounds like a dietary supplement for these waifs!

jimbobaloobob · 20-05-2019 11:47am

What are waifs?

razorblunt · 20-05-2019 11:49am

victor8600 wrote: »

Well said. This behaviour is just stupid. What if some google algorithm is tracking his activities online, building his profile based on what he posts and then selling the data to insurance companies and to his wife's divorce lawyer.

If the governments would allow it, it is possible now to build a person's profile, calculate how much money can be squeezed out of him and automatically e-mail the details of his sleazy behaviour to his wife's solicitor alongside with the case revenue projections.

That's eh ... that's not how data collection works.

victor8600 · 20-05-2019 12:10pm

razorblunt wrote: »

That's eh ... that's not how data collection works.

That's not how it works only because we have controls like GDPR in place. If those controls slip, or if we allow a company as powerful as Google but less scrupulous to exist, then it is possible. Given the access to Google's data, I personally can develop a program to mine enough data to know how much your earn, what you spend your money on, what are your social media handles and what you post and so on, unless you are really careful about how you use the internet.

But I may be mistaken. Please do tell me how data collection works.

Bobblehats · 20-05-2019 12:14pm

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

What are waifs?

Sorry, friend I’ll have to waif you on.

razorblunt · 20-05-2019 12:30pm

victor8600 wrote: »

That's not how it works only because we have controls like GDPR in place. If those controls slip, or if we allow a company as powerful as Google but less scrupulous to exist, then it is possible. Given the access to Google's data, I personally can develop a program to mine enough data to know how much your earn, what you spend your money on, what are your social media handles and what you post and so on, unless you are really careful about how you use the internet.

But I may be mistaken. Please do tell me how data collection works.

Excellent, we're in agreement.

bodice ripper · 20-05-2019 1:51pm

Vacuous nonsense, lapped up by equally vacuous fools. May their whole sordid subculture crumble around them.

Fitz* · 20-05-2019 1:59pm

This isn't even the worst of it.

There is a subscription site called OnlyFans that a lot of 'instagram models' are now using, which charges users a set fee to subscribe to their posts every month. Can be anywhere from $5 - $20 per month just to see them post pictures or videos of them and their daily life. There are a lot of 'regular' girls now promoting their sites on instagram etc to get people to sign up to them. There is no censorship on that platform so you can imagine what type of images / videos are being published. I have read that the 'regular' girls who are publishing content are as young as 20 and choosing to pursue that as a career rather than normal jobs as the income is so high, regular and easy.

Now I appreciate what instagram does and I use and enjoy the app myself but I really hate how it became monetized and all these 'influencers' have started a career of just talking sh1te into a phone camera and expect to get paid for it and receive everything for free. It's so fake with all the fake reviews etc. And what's worse is that young minds genuinely think that this is a viable career path to go down. And now with further subscription sites, it's going to get even worse.

Wabbit Ears · 20-05-2019 2:51pm

Instagram models are just the modern version of strippers. No contact teasing to desperate men who are happy to pay to ogle.

Assetbacked · 20-05-2019 2:52pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The models themselves don't bother me; as someone mentioned, it's the middle-aged men with the cringe-inducing comments that are the real tragedy here.

I follow someone on Insta who isn't a model, but she's fairly well known and is good-looking. Guys are always leaving vaguely seady comments about her appearance, even if it's just a picture of a mates' birthday event or whatever.

For sure, everybody loves compliments, but I'm amazed that some people don't have the self-awareness to suspect that they might come-off a little leery. "Ur looking gud, wouldn't mind a bit of that", for example -- FFS, man, you're about 45, bald and probably impotent, and your profile pic is of your children.

What do they even think is going to come of it?

In reality, they are courting this attention on purpose. The lure of attention is too much for them and it is clear that girls are looking to be creeped on by posting up skimpy outfits and suggestive poses.

take everything · 20-05-2019 4:07pm

What happens to these people in 15-20 years time when their looks fade and guys no longer salivate over them.

tuxy · 20-05-2019 4:09pm

take everything wrote: »

What happens to these people in 15-20 years time when their looks fade and guys no longer salivate over them.

They retire just like you would from any other job. If they have done well then they will be married to a man who's at least reasonably wealthy.

take everything · 20-05-2019 4:22pm

tuxy wrote: »

They retire just like you would from any other job. If they have done well then they will be married to a man who's at least reasonably wealthy.

Retire at forty? I wish I could.

That they find a wealthy man? I'm sure not everyone will be able to do that (although given the multitude of rich saps out there, they probably will).

Kinda sad that that's now an aspiration for a lot of young women.

Unless they start learning new skills.
Are they learning new skills and diversifying. Maybe they are.

kowloon · 20-05-2019 4:34pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

For sure, everybody loves compliments, but I'm amazed that some people don't have the self-awareness to suspect that they might come-off a little leery. "Ur looking gud, wouldn't mind a bit of that", for example -- FFS, man, you're about 45, bald and probably impotent, and your profile pic is of your children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8f7hcVG4E

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