How Instagram Influencers LIE to You
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, I provide many reasons for Instagram being full of fraudulent behavior, what that fraudulent behavior is, and its effect on our society.
The theme of this video relies on this definition of fraud: “a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.”
Deception for personal gain is the reason why Instagram is full of frauds.
I uncover how Instagram affects the mental health of men, women, and our youth. Many influencers use deception to have you believe that what you see is reality, when in fact, it's quite the opposite.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Chapter 1: The Influencer
1:38 - Chapter 2: Body Image Issues - Women
5:02 - Chapter 3: Body Image Issues - Men
6:24 - Chapter 4: Fake Gurus
6:48 - Chapter 5: Instagram Reality
7:18 - Chapter 6: The Royal Family
8:08 - Chapter 7: Pay for Fame
10:12 - Conclusion
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According to social media you are never attractive enough, rich enough, have enough stuff or achieve enough - only follow your friends and few other people you like, not the influencer nonsense
And your self worth is based on how many followers you have and how many likes you get smh
Dont follow friends neither
Your friends aren't magically exempt from the bad incentives of social media. Normal people lie & exaggerate (or sometimes even fake) stuff ALL THE TIME for social media -- even if it's just for a stupid like from their old high school buddies.
You are commenting on a channel run by an INFLUENCER. 🙄
Or Woke enough.
Our generation is so sick that trying to remain sane is a mark of bravery.
I am stronger than the entire fucking technological system
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell, allegedly
planet earth has always been this way
@@fremthemukanasatalharajajn4526 that's what I'm talking about.Welldone son. Long Live Old School.
Social engineering 101.
The number 1 health issue in society is most likely mental health.
People are becoming so brainwashed that they barely have a authentic core personality/ psychology.
Best thing a parent can do in order to have a healthy child is limit there media consumption to a small degree and have them involved in real life.
I am so proud to say that no influencer has ever influenced me to do shit.
Everyone is influenced by someone to some extent whether you like it or not.
Good don't listen to the bs
@@burner0821 yes, people they respect n love. Not some dipshits on the interwebs. If u let some random ass "influence " u, ur a goof
Did you ever wear a mask during the fake pandemic? Maybe social distance or self-isolate? Then you were influenced!
They influenced me to travel,thats it lol
I'm telling people mid life crisis for this era is gunna be crazy !
What do you think will happen?
I’d say they’re already having quarter-life crises!
@@jadeyasm suicides and divorces are at record numbers, a bunch TikTok and IG users who have nothing to offer to the world other then their looks will become old and unattractive. The couples created then will dissolve quickly, drug overdoses run rampant, the rich lifestyles they had as teen disappear before their 30s and they become a lost generation who must try to find meaning in their young lives.
I need to figure out which antidepressant company to invest in...💊 😬
@@TheUnnamedAssailant Pretty much. I'm glad I never even had a MySpace... I'm a regular 9-5 square with a pension and other benefits who has little friction in my life and no need nor want for an ego boost because I can see how in this generation, that need has been maaaagnified. Higher the rise with an unsustainable foundation, that falls gonna be uuuuuglyyy.. No thanks....😬
What's sad is when you personally know these kind of people and know they're living a lie. A double life
Don't take this the wrong way....
But how is it like to be around such people
@@heyasmusic7553 depends. Sometimes they are chill who are extremely introverted. While those who play innocent online tend to be the biggest manipulator and very destructive ppl. That’s my experience with IG famous ppl.
Facts
I wish I knew one of these lying ppl!!
My gf is one of these girls and looks way skinnier and smaller in person lol
Instagram is a mess! My life is now so easy and peaceful without it.♥️
See this
Agreed
Yes same
This!
This right here!!!!
I would love to see instagram and tiktok just completely shut down out of nowhere.
Yes!
They have before- or other SMs like Facebook, Amazon and Reddit....
People freak out when it happens for like a few houra
For sure
i remember hearing about a social media blackout back in 2020 or 2021, still waiting for it but it could possibly happen soon, probably will tie in with the government's plan to "expose aliens" but really just cause panic worldwide.
Yeah that would be a dream come true 🤘🏻
I’m actually glad I never had social media. My mom wouldn’t let me when I was younger and as I got older I just didn’t want it
TH-cam is a form of social media
@@kylejj4802 lol tell him 😂
@@kylejj4802 it is but it’s not as bad as the other ones to me
@@kay19977 yes true and good
TH-cam is different
i wish more young people ages 13-24 see this
For real, but they never watch channels like this.. youtube would rather promote the scams, to get more adclicks and ad money
They don't care. These kids like what they like and most are just too far gone
There on tictok ):
I don't think the issue is age ,more the type of content they consume
I'm 18 and big into the finance world
and I've seen some 30 year olds obsessed with cringey content on tiktok
@@gidd you're right , social media is actually the one to blame , perfect example is they promote kendall jenner rather than Alyssa Carson.
“and here’s my favorite natural bodybuilder” LOL
😂😂😂
Classic 🤣😂😂
I didn't get the joke? I feel so dumb rn what have i missed?
@@freakyferret8308 basically 99% of fitness influencers take some chemical compounds that allow their muscles to have high volume, while at the same time having a very low body fat percentage. And since this social media exposure grants them a lot of monetisation opportunities, they have an incentive to lie about being natural. There are TH-cam channels dedicated to exposing such assholes. Check Shredded Sports Science or Philion. You can thank me later.
@@CoHuTo Also mention Kenny KO
I had an instagram for like 6 months when I was 17. Deleted it cause everything on there was so unbearably repetitive. I can't imagine how bad it is now. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need social media to survive.
Yeah but you need social media to meet people who you don't work or live with these days. Community doesn't exist anymore. Unless it's on discord, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter 😢
@@moisesaguirre515 I think that's more true for gen-z and younger. The only person in my life I haven't met organically is my girlfriend, and that was through Bumble.
That's why I try to stay away from Instagram as much as possible. It gets repetitive and it's nothing but one huge advertisement in a nutshell. If I wanted to post it's never for self absorbed reasons. And all in all its just bad for my mental well being.
@@moisesaguirre515 yes but all those communities are superficial and add no value to my life. So I tend to stay away from those groups.
@@coffintears5821 then there's no real community left. How could there be? Do we live in a country where we can meet our friend on the town square or conversate with them on pubic transportation on the way home from work? Then what's left?
I deleted all my social medias and it is the greatest thing I ever did. These people and their fake lives can go fly a kite.
When you understand human nature you will realizes their are no hero's, I've never found anybody to look up to, I simply acquire nuggets of wisdom from the successful accomplishments of others, but no hero's!
In short the old adage, "Never meet your heroes"...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 correct! truer words have never been spoken
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 my heroes are dead so maybe in the next life if I have one.
Yup, heroes are Psychological metaphors. They're like works of art, a person cannot BE a work of art, but can always learn and be inspired from them. That's what those stories are for; the passing of wisdom.
Nelson Mandela Martin Luther King Edward Carpenter Henri dunant James Connolly if you can't find people to look up to Heroes inspiring people and such you probably live in the wrong culture. I'm considering you're talking about Heroes on this video I dare say you do live in the wrong culture there are plenty of good people out there most in fact but if you are attracted by glistening trinkets I guess that's all you think you need.
this is why i take a break from using social media cause seeing all of these images are so toxic for your mental health
But I like looking at images of fake attractive people more than real unattractive ones.
I dont understand this. If you know that these images are faked/altered, how does it still bother you? It's just a case of "yeah this guy/girl is full of BS LOL, next" and then just move on something else like memes. I don't understand why you have to take a full "break".
Why do you follow these kind of people on social media if it's toxic to your mental health? I follow friends and architecture accounts on insta and I'm just fine
@@kiiltochii1607 I suspect loneliness plays a large part for many. I've been very active on forums and social media sites because I had such very limited interaction with humans in real life. Without social media I might have been far more isolated. I think this especially applies to people who are 'different' in some way from the people around them: neurodivergent, lgbtq+, highly intelligent, learning difficulties, elderly without family, niche hobbies, mentally ill, night shift workers, etc. But this also makes them very vulnerable to the negative effects of social media and the toxic people that operate in that space.
@@thatsreallyamoon well simply because it distorts your sense of reality.
If you watch "models on instagram" with altered facial structures, using lights and camera angles to get the best shot and then using post production to edit the pictures to look the best they can look, then you will assume most people are that "beatiful" and that you shouldn't settle down for a ugly person when in fact that ugly person is just the average of humans. It's not necessarily a conscious thing, your subconscious will instantly make you unattracted to the average human and consider them ugly or down right repulsive.
That's how it affects people.
I know i assume you watch and follow models on social media, but i'm generalizing, believe it or not people do this, else there wouldn't be "influencers" in bodybuilding or "models" in their ho phase asking for money on only simps.
We went from a society of having, aspiring, to pretending.
Nothing new under the sun.
Nothing’s new
While throughout history we always have this Image of Wealth, Power and Natural Beauty is better than the real thing, (for example Elisabeth the 1st was so obsesed with old timy anit aging make up it burned her face and she repeats doing it)
Its only now becoming this Viral and exposed.
Man how right you are. Social media wants you to hate the reality you have, and instead embrace the fakeass utopia they present you
i deactivated my accounts back in march and honestly i’ve grown a lot. instagram really fed into my insecurities , and not being on it really made me realize how bogus all that shit is. ur feeling insecure over a person who’s insecure about themselves. it’s just a cycle. ur feeling behind in life , but some of these people aren’t actually living the life they promote.
Respect. I deleted my accounts 2 yrs ago. Social Media is really unnecessary unless you're following up on family or friends. I actually still use twitter now to follow up on global news and IT news as I'm a data engineer but that's it.
As a photographer I can tell you the key to a good photo is to master light and composition. With the wrong light and angle anyone can look bad. With that being said I also tell any potential clients that I will not heavily edit them as I dont believe it to be a genuine representation of themselves.
YES 🙌 thank you for this! I am also a professional fashion photographer and completely agree with you and believe in authenticity in my photo work too 💯💯
Funny how I lost all my clients because I wouldn’t heavily photoshop people 😂🤦🏽♀️ well that’s the world for ya
@@treytrey31 i know of a studio that has like a 13 step post processing list. By the time they are done it's basically not the same people anymore.
@@VoidShepherd that’s INSANE. I worked at a photography spot at the mall. Those places are the WORST. Coming out looking like a whole Michelin man 😕 all fake and pasty or white washed.
@@treytrey31 Yeah, it's pretty crazy.
That's why I quit IG permanently and tbh feel better. People are mad and they will eventually pay the price of all their crap.
I quit Twitter, and i only have Facebook to look good deals on car’s. But for me Twitter was a cesspool of hate and hypocrisy. Good riddance
That’s why I don’t have any social media at all and I haven’t for over 3 years!
@@adilenesanchez5715 I hope that rock is big enough to fit a family..
Good job, you guys should read Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts it's even more eye opening
I got rid of social media around a year ago. When I kick it with friends they’re all talking about the lasting updates from IG, Twitter, etc. and I’m just over hear in the moment. They always seem shocked I don’t know anything about their pointless internet drama
Ooof,
I'm 25 years old (Gen Z-ish), and I'm having to cleanse myself of these "influencers."
I drank the influencer kool-aid a while ago because I wanna be rich and have nice cars and whatever,
although I realize I was doing by following some of these people was just helping them get theirs.
Thanks for these videos, dude
The road to riches has been paved in many different directions and the one(s) you choose is up to you. That said, being able to get a nice, restful sleep every night knowing you arent doing damage to yourself is the first step to becoming truly wealthy as a person.
Start saving your money and investing in good companies as a side gig, you'll be amazed at how fast the money piles up.
I am 45 and because of Michael Jordan's work ethic I saw in his games, I got amazing near straight As in college in 2000. he was an influencer too. IG is just too toxic but influencers do and have always existed
I had to get off Instagram for this reason, seeing all these girls and women looking absolutely flawless made me feel like garbage knowing I could never look like that no matter how much I work out or eat healthy.
And now that your off of it, hows your fitness journey?...You're confusing low self-esteem with frauds and a rigged algorithm. Deciding you will never be as good looking as someone else will always be correct. Be as good looking as what YOU can be. Don't compare to others.
I'm willing to bet there is at least one guy that is crazy about you but you havent given him the time of day nor the chance to show what a great addition/person in your life he could be. Too often when looking for love we dont see who's right in front of us.
@@id10t98 couldn’t be farther from the truth. I’m actually in a relationship with a pretty great guy. That doesn’t fix my self worth, anxiety or depression. Also no one has to give any one the time of day romantically if they’re not interested in them.
The true substance of the person, is on the inside, beautiful people are rarely beautiful on the inside, be what makes you happy and the others around you happy, you are beautiful .x
i feel u. i’ve been picked on my whole life for being super skinny. now that everyone is getting BBLs and thick women are the standard it’s even worse
The funny thing is, actual rich people who have CLASS try to be humble and not show off.
It's very much the return of the Gilded Age where the Noveau riche (who became millionaires within 40 years) are flaunting their egregious wealth to the consternation of the established elites. Back in the 1870's, families like the Vanderbilts and Astors flaunt their wealth by building very garish mansions in Fifth Avenue against the backdrop of humble brownstone houses...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 I just started that unit in class, crazy how it all repeats
depends on the rich person tbh
that isn't good though. They still suck. Class consciousness, bud
Except Elon Musk
"Social media is a representation of reality, not reality itself" - arthur schopenhauer
"Jay Money is a fake natty"- Friedrich Nietzsche
" What people reply to your instagram comment is beyond your personal scope of control "
- Marcus Aurelius
I don't think there was social media when Arthur was around
Stfu biatches there ain’t nobody that can break my stride, I’m from bk son- Socrates
Did Arthur schopenhauer have social media in his time??
*i only have TH-cam..i rather spent my whole day watching informative documentaries, commentary channels, random cat videos..than scrolling through IG and seeing all the fakery.*
Be wary, lots of documentaries on current events tend to be propaganda
You have chosen wisely!
You watch cat videos too, I thot I was a freak or abnormal for loving that
💯
As a retired Photographer for old days of film as digital was just coming in, I have to thank you for exposing the scammers. I spent a good bit of time working with both professional and amateur modles on Advertsing and Promotional Shoots. Even back then we used lighting, and poses to make figures look better than they were, a twist here and a lean their a waist is thinner, a hips shaplier. I also spnt a lot of time letting models know that trends change quickly, whats the hottest today is old hat tomorrow, so be ready to keep changing and take breaks till the trends come back to your look. The software and digital revolution makes me glad I'm out and I feel sorry for all the young people who are sold that they have a look a certain way, that no one actually looks without the software filters and enhancements! I've seen far too many models who if they were not cosmetically enhanced, they were photo shopped!
Keep up the great work and keep slamming the fakes! I've turned down clients over the years who wanted to use total photpshoped images to convince their target audience that they had a exercise program that was going to give the small chested a girl a huge busty, or a chunky girl a tiny waist. Real is good, faked is stupid, no 20 year old needs to be thinking about getting implants unless she wants a career as an Adult Entertainer. Help these kids keep it real.
So happy I deleted my social media almost 2 years ago🙏🏽 it’s extremely detrimental and unrealistic
Praying on people’s desire to get rich and insecurities is the lowest of the low.
I've never had Instagram, being 29 and male and traveling around the world taking pictures without uploading them anywhere. That's lovely to be without the external validation. Unfortunately women tend to be IG addicted and it's a bit of a problem for me
If you can get over not being contactable 24/7 or feeling like you are excommunicated, removing all social media will make you much happier and stable.
It's where the most vain flock so it's normal that it's targeted by grifters and scammers
I'd say the opposite, lots of insecure people to make feel worse about themselves as they scroll through photoshopped pics. Easy targets
@@nikio8384 don't talk back to the black man nigga
@@alainportant6412 yes sir
@@finnwerder9089 you're a good kid, you can go finn weirder
And narcissists
You summed up why I’ve deleted every social media app off my phone
Fuck these new people. Being non thinkers
I think social media is fine as long as you're aware that everyone out there is just showing their best selves and best moments but not the entire story.
I once read on a comment way back to then saying "We live in a narcissist era" and I believe they are right on the money on that.
The person not capping it getting bad
Love these video. Did you see Dan Bilzerian photoshopping women in his photos but not himself? Lol
That's hilarious. Dan lives all kinds of lies.
@Who wants to be a millionaire? you obvi don’t know daduska Nash
tom and spencer and coffiezilla what a trio damn
Tom, why would Dan Photoshop himself? He is the most perfect man ever created by God. 😁 😁 😁
Thats hillariously pathologically narcissitic
In terms of the fitness industry as someone who has been going to the gym for five years, It’s not that the physiques are necessarily unattainable but they definitely lie about the time frame and level of consistency in all aspects in your life it will require. It takes crazy discipline. From curling 15 pounds to curling 55 pounds, as someone who hasn’t supplemented on my fitness journey, all I have to say is be consistent. Don’t even focus on a physique. At the end of the day it’s your health and your body that’s the focus not a look. You wanna be in the best shape you have to feel in the best shape. First emotionally; you looking at yourself and the mirror and you might be fat as hell but you gotta see your potential. Or you might be skinny as shit and feel weak. But y’all gotta think to y’all selves in a year where do I wanna see myself. In the industry people who been doin this shit for years will tell you you can get like them in months smh. Not with all the other shit most people gotta balance. At the end of the day just be consistent in your energy in the things you want. The fastest route will demand the highest discipline✍🏾
Agreed
Going to share your comment with a friend who needs to hear this
They're unattainable for most women though. Losing fat and keeping breasts? Not possible for most women. All female trainers at my gym have fake boobs.
@@bambina5604 i wouldn't say its unattainable I've seen some of the realest girls who are natural but you would think they are on something, trust me
@@rodrigolucas8369 it is unattainable if you don't have big breasts in you genes. Also, sorry but even you can't trust your judgement as the new methods of breasts enlargement make it impossible to spot if they are all natural, eg. fat transfer to breasts.
I feel both thankful that I had a childhood before all this nonsense existed and frightened for the sanity of my 6 year old son at the same time.
I’m on Instagram twice a month and I limited my time and post. It’s a cesspool pool. The people who use filters are so obvious ❗️It’s ok to touch up, but not look like a different person.
"Eat Clen, Tren Hard, Anavar give Up" IDK why I laughed so hard at this 😄😆😆
Me too haha. It's a classic meme for the "fake natties" so I absolutely LOLZ when Spencer mentioned it
Did he say it like that on purpose 😂😂😂
Influencer revenue has gone up in proportion to the level of people’s stupidity
I have absolutely no desire to be "insta famous". I feel bad for the people who do and fall victim to this cycle of fame, bragging, lying, self loathing, manipulation, addiction to ur phone and social media. It's disgusting
Something that I'm starting to see is that the trend of having "the perfect instagram body" is starting to die down amongst the earlier half of gen z, as people started to give less of a fuck about the influencers who started these trends themselves. Many of them have stopped to copy everything their favorite influencers do and try to become their own person with unique interests and unique style. That said, there's a LONG way to go before this toxicity of an industry ends
Yesss!! But this also depends on the person. What I mean is I know girls and guys who call natural looking people lame because they don't follow the trends
Are you sure about that 2023 you pretty sure
You should go watch Jonathan Haidt’s talk on the negative effects of social media. It opens your eyes even more, and it’s honestly sad how the worlds becoming. I’m 22 right now and I’ve already seen plenty girls who, although look perfectly fine and pretty enough already, are ridden with anxiety and depression because they hate how they look. They follow these influencers on social media and always compare themselves to them. My little female cousin already started stating she’s depressed and she’s only in 7th grade. It’s gonna be a hard time being a father of a daughter in the future, and it looks like it’ll just get harder.
thats there fault, if they can't take the heat get out of the kitchen, I've been on social media for long time, and im perfectly fine, cause im not dumb enough to believe in peoples bullshit
This contributes to the already declining birth rate
Yup social media is a psychological weapon. All run by the same elitist people who are detached from the rest of us. Same people promoting the injection incessantly today.
The reason your generation is having "anxiety and depression" is because you are a bunch of spoiled children that think the world revolves around them, social media has nothing to do with this it only gives you what you want. Suicide rates have been steady for years among the 10-19-Year-Olds for years but telling people you have anxiety and depression is on the rise because people get more attention for saying this more then ever before, and in fact boys are some 2x to 3x times more likely to kill them self. And the total number of teen suicides is extremally low compared to other age groups Dumb teenagers have always been and will always be dumb because they are teenagers that don't understand the world, this is just the mental health industry traying to sell products by telling them they have a problem only the products they sell can solve.
@@FilipCordas I agree with you, but social media is definitely a significant factor in all of it. And detaches these young generations more from reality than they already are
Thanks for showing the reasons why I deleted my social media, specially Instagram. I got sick of the fake people that brags about their fairy style life and postíng pictures full of filters and photoshop
Thanks for covering this topic! I wish more people realized the how fraudulent the ideology behind IG is. It’s very damaging to people’s self esteem and overall quality of life. Many people compare their lives to “influencers” not realizing that many of their favorite influencers are dishonest
All social media is fake, I feel sorry for my children growing up in this world of social media bullshit
Most of them are
These are exactly the reasons I don't sign up for instagram, twitter, and others. Thx for the cold hard facts!!
Jokes on you Spencer, Lamar didn't walk out of that brothel.
Give this comment an award.
Savage
This deserves a solid W
These are some of the main cons that comes with being a girl in this era. Not to mention the extra forces of hair & makeup advertisements that push you to spend your money to look like these edited women. If you fall into the trap not only are you severely depressed because you feel super ugly, but you're broke spending your money trying to fix it. Went through this in middle school. I hope many of these young girls continue to focus on their mental health 🙏🏾 I manage to escape these traps and am much happier because of it! I focus my money on business, not products.
Right
@@therealsouthernbelles men suffer too actually worse than women you gotta be 6ft sharo jawline abs money etc or ekse the average woan looks at you like a peasant.
@@omniscientnegro6585 it ain’t no competition 😐
@@mirmirg898 he never said it was, he just pointed something out, doesn't diminish what the original post was trying to say
That’s cause girls choose to be competitive, the truth is you don’t have to feed into the pressure like this video claims
I’m really grateful social media wasn’t a big thing when I was a teen, I sure would’ve been sucked into it’s irresistible claws destroying my self esteem. But even as a young adult, I find myself getting influenced by negative self esteem and it’s something I’m constantly working on. I have cousins who are younger than me who are teens and getting too caught up and influenced by likes and followers. It can be destructive when ppl are so easily impressionable. But I do appreciate the more positive content on social media. The kind that brings out the best in us, the kind of content that uplifts us instead of making us feel a certain way negatively. The wholesome and positive side of it that’s not fake. The one which spreads truth instead of lies.
We reward this behaviour as a society and that is why it will continue to proliferate in society.
i am glad my childhood was before social media took over. I am born in 1990 - on the border. Glad i got to grow up normally and didn't have these mental issues. 🙏
On the border... haha. Me too. Same time. Its amazing how we have a step in both words which gives us more perspective. I fear for the next gen.
@@Gouthamedara it's true and it seems to me they are getting less smarter.
Influencer is the new term for door to door salesman. “Avon calling”
100% on this. Saw a so called Bikini / IG model who was on steroids/anavar for years and become overweight after having 1 kid. Lost all her gains overnight after years of "hard work and great dieting". She did it for the sponsors and quick buck
Thank you for pointing out the fact that things aren't exactly pressure free for men, despite how it's portrayed. Men are lessened if they don't have an unattainable v-shape, thick dark hair, flashy clothes, lots of available cash, and are over 6" tall. It's not called tall, dark, and handsome for nothing.
Sad thing is they’re relatable when they show themselves with no makeup in order to sell themselves (we are walking products)
Yes. So what?
@@rockon8174 every thing is fake, you are the product
@@babitapandhare1889 So what? 😐
We have the same pfp
What an important message! Sometimes when I look at IG, subconsciously I will start admiring those ladies who are really good-looking and slim. Yes.. I agree that we need to choose who to follow for our mental health!
Nothing wrong with admiring others as long as it doesn't take your eyes off the goal of your own life.
I appreciate this video and channel because I’m tired of this fake ass world. It upsets my spirit and makes my soul cringe.
Before i stopped working (not by choice) i was actually partly into Things like SEO/SEA, social media use to grow audiences that engage and ARE potential customers. I did this for the company (Travel agency in a specific niche/part of the globe, specialized in custom travels) i worked at and only for that. From day 1 i did it the “good” way, white hat if you will, never worked with clickfarms and follower packages etc. Now, i remember vividly that in the early days where my focus was on relevant/Unique content, optimize our websites(main and satelite) and slowly build the socials. I was critized and laughed at by competitors and relations in the industry, that i was stupid for not going for easy, fast tricks to shoot up numbers instantly, this would never work for us and would be bankrupt for not attracting many visitors and followers. On several occassions i had to explain myself and defend my way of doing things because someone had been in my employers ear again or after a slow week he’d seen competition ranking higher all of a sudden in Traffic all around. Everytime i told the same, organically growing, not using these cheap packages and “hacks” to score is going to to do us more benefit, deliver us more paying customers etc. I even threatened once or twice that i’d walk when he tried to make me do these “hacks” and tricks, find someone to replace me who would do those, i don’t want to be around when it (inevitably) bites you in the ass, big time. Explaining what being found out, certainly by Google for black hat SEO would mean, complete removal from the search results.(don’t know if that is still going on, but around 2012 it definitely was)
It was after a while when the results started to show and steadily rose from barely first page to top 3 Organic results on Mayor search words, socials grew with people engaging and interacting, the works, that finally it was appreciated what i did, raking in more potential and actual paying customers then the team could handle. Competition started to wonder, what hacks i did use, this can’t be yadayada. And, around that time the biggest mouth in the industry (who was just a real small player really) got hit with penalties and dropped off the search results. Wich was a bittersweet ‘i told you so ‘ and example to really drive home the point a always made, that hit my employer and made him real thankfull i stuck through.
But man, it is hard to sell when there’s these easy quick schemes and packages that do deliver short term for relatively small imvestments. I do understand why a lot, certainly those that don’t have a dedicated person on staff that does this fulltime.
“And here’s my favorite natural body builder.” 😂🤣 *DEAD*
That Lamar odom joke was ruthless 😂😂😂😂
I never seen a jab like that 😂😂😂
He said that joke right when I scrolled past this comment 😂
Curse of the kardashians
My favorite part about IG is ppl will troll and bully you and when you fight back they make you feel like you’re the one who is wrong.
Its coming to a time where nothing on Instagram is real
This man just described the bad side of social media in less than 15:00 minutes, New subscriber ✅.
A teacher of mine in college once said, the average IQ of a social media user is around 90. These people will have countless followers......
urs is not higher, if u believe everything ur teacher says. u are basically the same as those followers on insta, the only difference is that u blindly trust different people.
Just like journalists.
Fun fact is, weight lifting is great for mental health. When you do it for yourself and not for the image.
Good work my man. One of the extremely rare channels actually doing a public service. You deserve any money you receive from TH-cam. Keep waking up these kids.
Nice haircut btw....
I pride myself on always noticing people's haircuts it seems to make them feel very special and I'll enjoy that it makes me feel good 🤓
Love it
“Eat Clen Tren Hard Anavar give up!” 😂 did i hear that right? - I rewound and caught the graphic! 😂 good job!
That shit what he said was clever had to replay that .
Its nothing new here, definitely funny tho
@Alex ' I died
@Alex ' omg lol I haven’t heard this before!
I'm really glad I don't use social media
The fact that this is happening is extremely disheartening
I'll be looking at IG differently now. Thanks for exposing this!
Shouldn’t be looking at it at all.
@WorldFlex yep I deserve that one 😆
What I HATE about IG is when ppl make accounts using celebrities ' profiles and pics
@@robertfstrickland6207 I fell for one of those once then realized it was fake
Say it ain’t so Spencer! Next thing I know; you’re gonna tell me I can’t build muscle without working out thanks to “this one simple trick”....
I been getting an ad on youtube about taking bacteria to grow bigger balls... I wish there was an opt out for the more idiotic ads
simple tricks are one thing but what about all these "odd tricks" like who is actually believing this?
@@jbbrolic I think that's the same guy trying to warn us about toxic poop. Man is on a mission.
„Trainers don’t like him“
Yeah 600 mg of tren daily
Love your honest approach to these fake scenarios - keep up the good work, Spencer!
It is still beyond me how one can seek validation even via fraudulence and still feel good about receiving it.
Thank you very much for this video, bro.
Honestly the “attainability” is kind of a symptom of a far greater societal issue. Which is that everyone is a “winner” everyone is “beautiful”. Meaning those that aren’t feel more obligated to try to alter there bodies. Honestly when we come to terms with the fact that some just aren’t beautiful. They will feel better in there own body. Essentially “yes you are ugly, but that’s just what you look like. How about doing other things to be more appealing?”
Great video. Like always. You're really probing the depths of how lost we are as a society and what potential implications our consumerism and unhinged materiality is having on our youth. We need more content like this.
Thank god I had a normal childhood with normal hobbies, interests and passions as I was growing up in the late 2000s/early 2010s. It makes me appreciate my life even more since I was never into social media or all the fabricated things you see on instagram that is made to get views, likes or followers or scam people out of their hard earned money. At the same thing, it makes me feel bad to be part of a generation whose mocked for being obsessed with social media when not everyone is a fraud, an egomaniac or even obsessed with social media. Guess it’s better being a no one who was human decency and dignity than being a somebody on the internet who has none.
Spencer.
Best video, Thank god someone speaks the thrush about this.
Society is falling apart due to this BS and it’s so refreshing to hear someone intelligent like you that explains about this horrible situation.
Keep up the excellent work you are doing.
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Hope TH-cam won’t be on sum weird stuff and put strikes on my guy Spencer. You doing your stuff man.... keep telling the truth
That's why I just have fun on instagram and support the people that I care about! It's all about showing love with me on social media!! Love is everything!! ❤🤙
You have fun??? You row a boat???
Really enjoying your content but my favorite part is the TH-cam ads are for these Shopify and Amazon store front scams teaching me how to make money doing it. Lol I LOVE it!
Thank you! This video deserve far more view than it ihas at this current moment!! I SHALL share this video with my teenage kids!
That Lamar Odom burn was ruthless and I'm here for it lol
I just can't imagine how these people justify this, you can't really live hating yourself, so they must, somehow, think that this is okay..
I had to shoot a wedding that was out of town. I had only seen the bride through her social media account. I could clearly see that she was using filters on her photos and by filters I mean multiple filters to the point that she looked cartoonish. When I met the bride in person, I didn't even recognize her as the same person as her social media images because the bride was very dark skinned and had moles on her face with hair growing out of them. The person portrayed on her social media accounts was white as snow and had smooth unblemished skin.
I knew this was going to be a problem because it doesn't cost all that much to have a mole removed and there is makeup that can put a beautiful glow on any skin color. That this woman didn't do any of that meant that her physical form was just an avatar for her digital persona and as a photographer, how do I reconcile this?
Long story short, I refused to edit the bride's photos to match how she portrayed herself on social media and she used that same social media to tell everyone how I personally ruined her wedding. Seriously, why hire a photographer that is going to bring great gear and experience when you can just do a selfie on your iPhone and use some free filter that will make you look like a fool?
Turn on your comment monitoring. You've got several trolls playing on your feed talking to each other with phony conversations. Great content and much needed!
5:33 into the video and you got me as a follower. Only the truth was spoken and it was refreshing.
LMFAO the moment you finished reading the reddit post i got an ad for Instagram bots
Im glad you made this video. NOTHING on that platform is real.
I got rid of Instagram a long time ago and I am never going back to that delusional mind set. Its so fake its tacky.
2:34 That side by side comparison looks like two different people 😂😂😂
Lifted for three years and started wondering if i’d ever look like Arnold only for my friend to tell me that he used steroids
It's kinda common sense
@@koba2160 it's not, not to young people that follow these "natties" who claim to be natural and you only didn't get that body because you don't have "enough motivation bruh" all of which actually used steroids or other substances.
The devastating truth when you know by your own journey that the bodies you had admired was never naturally attainable without the used of steroids. Then you realized to become pro bodybuilders steroids are requirements before hard work with smart programming.
If u are looking to be a pro bodybuilder u are in for a big surprise my man. The amount u will have to sacrifice too make it on IFBB level will make your head spin. You have to eat sleep and breath bodybuilding to make it. Even beside the obvious drug intake which needs to be on point with doctors assistance you have to eat and work out all day every day its a full time job with no room to do much else. Not to mention all the money u gotta spend to maintain the physique. People love to just chalk it up to OH THOSE GUYS ARE JUST ON DRUGS SO THATS WHY THEY MAKE IT Its a grind and its very difficult to do otherwise every gym bro would do it. Genetic make up top notch muscle insertions play apart too. Very difficult way to make a living.
Do you even lift bro
You're a breath of fresh air on the internet Spencer - keep it up mate
Never had Instagram, best decision ever
I am a simple man I see a new video from Spencer I click
Be like David everyone. David is a smart man.
Imagine a law the required a link to an unaltered photo!
It felt like I just read a book. Thank you so much for this
I love these kinds of channels exposing frauds.
This world is fading away along with everything it craves but if you do the will of God you will live forever.
We are living in the last days like the Bible said
Amen heaven and earth will pass but his words will remain
In Jesus Name, Amen🙏🏾
Always remember that an image is only a representation of an object, never the object's true self.
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Thank you for your professional and respectful work this are the videos that deserve million views.
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
It is indeed very important to be very selective of the people you follow on Instagram, and maybe social media in general.
Thank you once again! Many blessings!!!