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I think you can say the same for nearly all social platforms in the new age of internet. “influencers” generate “content” for their “followers”

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It sounds so dirty, doesn’t it?

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Nowadays, yes. Go back 10-15+ years and it was quite a different experience.

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I’d argue that it was the same, but now it’s more efficient and optimized.

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Nah. People uploaded content they thought was interesting or funny, simply things they wanted to share with others, they weren’t thinking how to milk the most engagement out of you for monetary reasons.

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