“because I love you so much” reminds me of how retail companies will be like “it’s employee appreciation week! here’s a 20% coupon for all of your hard work!” thank you for appreciating me so much that you’re giving me the opportunity to hand back over my paycheck.
Omg 🙌🏻 💯 This past Christmas they only gave us coupons to use in the store 🤦🏻♀️😂 after employees raised $45 million dollars in donations. They only donate 10% of that. Pay attention when making donations!
I remember the Jenna Julien podcast where Jenna talked about how giveaway requirements are BS because there’s no way for them to know if you’ve done most of those things. That was YEARS ago. I can’t believe people still enter these giveaways.
I really can't believe anyone buys sponsored products tbh. You literally cannot know if they are 100% honest when there is monetary incentive to lie... I can't stand influencer marketing and it's really made some disgusting people famous.
This loop entry bullshit is why I stopped doing sweepstakes. I’m not gonna follow FIFTY people/companies, share and tag ALL THEIR SHIT CONTENT just for a CHANCE at something. Used to be all you had to do was name address age submit, maybe an essay or game. SM ruined that 😂
I'm autistic and used to participate in trying to win these giveaways, because I take everything very literally and think that everyone is always as honest as can be and I forget that people will make complex scams like these. Thank you for creating an in depth explanation and now that I'm more aware I won't be participating in them anymore!
I'm also autistic, the safest thing to do online is to assume everything is fake first, and then prove it's real later. I know it's really weird and confusing, but think of it like a fun mystery instead, and then you can protect yourself from things like this. Stay safe!
I don't want to use the expression "De-influencing" because it is so trendy, but girl, you are one of the ORIGINALS...love that you expose dishonest "influencing" but yet you still stand up for giving certian products a chance like the Wants/Needs pallets. Keep doing you girl!
I hate the term de-influencing. It implies that influencing is just buying things, when really an influencer should be giving you recommendations and telling you to stay away from things. That is why I love influencers like Kylie who keep things real all of the time.
I found her because I really love EmilyNoel and the positive channel she has so when she stuck up for the Wants/Needs palette I saw what kind of person she is. I love this about her.
I agree with you. Actually jazupmystyle recently did a video on de-infuencing that made a lot of sense. She breaks it down in such a way that made me think about our fellow larger creators online that just sell us product.
This is exactly why the makayla lash gate thing was so big. People were surprised by how much an influencer can lie and act like they care about their followers when in reality the only thing that matters to them is money. Period. Money is number one for them and mikayla made that extremely clear.
This is exactly why the makayla lash gate thing was so big. People were surprised by how much an influencer can lie and act like they care about their followers when in reality the only thing that matters to them is money. Period. Money is number one for them and mikayla made that extremely clear.
Who was surprised by this? Please, just speak for yourself. You were surprised by this. You shouldn't be surprised that anyone is lying to you, much less total strangers on the Internet. Do you know why they call them influencers? 👀
It might be the messed up childhood speaking but everytime someone says "because I love you so much, I will ____" I'm instantly suspecting everything that comes after that.
The thing is that posting the winners could be dangerous for them. People have been robbed and probably even killed after winning a big prize and having their names announced publicly. It's a bad idea to post their names, especially without their permission, and it's sadly also a good excuse for scammers. It's sad how many shitty people exist in the world.
(posting before finishing, sorry if you cover it) One thing to also note is that they don't actually "randomly" choose their winners. They find another small influencer in the pool with followers and they ~magically~ win. This way, that influencer will post about winning and get them more attention/content. I've seen it several times and experienced it first-hand -- I never won a single giveaway until I had a heftier following.
We have an off grid farm. Years ago I tried doing social media and a RU-vid channel about what life was really like offgrid and homesteading. Let's just say it didn't last long. For one the marketing company I was talking with literally told me to just lie. Outright lie, that my customers are stupid and don't know the difference, just give them want they want. That's the first thing that pissed me off. BUT.... THEY WERE RIGHT!! People didn't like the reality. 98% of offgrid & homesteading channels are blowing smoke up everyone's ass, and the viewers love it.
@@user-pc2ql8rk1w The real perspective is it's hard. Takes money, lots of money. Look up @Homesteadyshow they have the most honest take on what going offgrid looks like in the beginning. They did a whole series on it. It's the most honest one I've seen so far. Most folks that go offgrid don't stay off grid. You still have to work, you still have bills and everyday stuff that needs to be done.
@@user-pc2ql8rk1w I have been offgrid for 12 yrs. OFF GRID COSTS MONEY! car insurance, cell phone, gas, propane, taxes. Literally the only bill you may not have being offgrid is rent or a mortage. Adding livestock... ohhh that bill is about to skyrocket. Yes you can do cheap solar but it isn't going to last before those batteries don't hold a charge as good. YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO WORK. You still need money. Money for lots of infrastructure, money for constant repairs. You will be upgrading your solar. Our first system only cost 6k. Our second one we had to install to power our growing farm costs 20k and still wont power the entire farm. Want to hunt, raise animals, have your own meat, produce, milk? All of that takes a lot of electricity. More refrigeration, more freezers. You will be running a generator and in extended bad weather you can expect to spend $100 a week running that generator. Never mind the fact you have to listen to it all day and night. You will still be buying food. There's no way around it. Seriously folks I'm not trying to be mean or confrontational. Just trying to point out the realities of offgrid living.
please do. not enough parents understand the depths of tiktok and social media in general. it’s not the fun it used to be. they try to make you insecure and have fomo (intentionally) while doing it.
I gave my God daughter a new notebook for this last Christmas and it had a page of fatherly wisdom. One of the things it said was that "network marketing" is just a rearranged pyramid scheme.
It kind of comforts me that my teen grew up with influences, I think after a certain age they don't trust these people anymore than I really believed Britney Spears used Herbal Essences. But I know my daughter knows because she has a mom who likes to rant. About financial scams specifically and especially.
Please more unhinged influencer/social media culture content! You are one of the few people who actually gives this topic as much outrage as it truly deserves, especially at a time when we seem to be becoming more desensitised to the actual dystopia that so much social media has become. Thank you!!
Please more unhinged influencer/social media culture content! You are one of the few people who actually gives this topic as much outrage as it truly deserves, especially at a time when we seem to be becoming more desensitised to the actual dystopia that so much social media has become. Thank you!!
My question is… does anyone ever actually “win”? 😂 I’ve seen a LOTTT of these giveaways but have never seen a “winner” post. Nor have I seen a “giveaway closed” post. Which means that people can just eternally be “entering” the contest. It never expires and no one knows if someone was already chosen to win. Which means an endless stream of emails and surveys being answered… as long as people are seeing that post, they’re entering.
I don’t think so..there’s a problematic influencer family who was giving away a Tesla and then after months of not receiving the won prize the winner announced sued and a lot came out
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the amount of investigative journalism this girl does? She's becoming a master of her craft way beyond being an influencer.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the amount of investigative journalism this girl does? She's becoming a master of her craft way beyond being an influencerer.
That’s why there is a term called “informed consent”. With the full information we can make our own decisions, but if these influencers with hold any information, then legally we can not give informed consent. Thank you for highlighting these very shady dealings these already super rich and spoiled individuals are trying to pull.
That’s why there is a term called “informed consent”. With the full information we can make our own decisions, but if these influencers with hold any information, then legally we can not give informed consent. Thank you for highlighting these very shady dealings these already super rich and spoiled individuals are trying to pull.
I don't think I'd ever heard the phrase survivorship bias but I looked it up and you're so right! Thanks for introducing new vocabulary into my life. ❤
Well it all began when we developed tools to produce more than we could consume thus giving rise to private property and accumulation of or hoarding goods. This gave rise to classes. Classes described the relationship to production that people have. I.e. working-class (the who work in the production and distribution of products, or services). The first classes arose in the slavery epoch. This is when slavery was the dominant mode of production, think ancient Egypt. And then there was the fuedalism epoch. Think peasants which were distinct from slaves because rather than being owned by individual slave owners, they were more so tied to the land that they worked which might go through many different property owners hands. And finally we arrive at capitalism where the working class is exploited for profit by the bourgeoisie, the ruling imperialist class. And then they turn around and profit again after us buying their bullshit. A better question is how do we get rid of it. And the answer is socialist revolution. A violent overthrow of the ruling class and abolition of class. Sorry I am a history and economics teacher. ❤
Yeah, my husband gets discouraged because his channel gets so few followers and views when such shallow content by influencers gets millions of subscribers. I keep telling him it's because he has ethics.
People focus on followers too much. Just focus on making content you enjoy and have fun with it. Followers come as a by product. But if you’re doing this to get more followers, you’ll be miserable.
Most of the time, the influencers doing these giveaways make it seem like they are the ones that bought the prizes and are giving them away because like you said it’s always “I’m doing this because I love you all”. So it’s not obvious that it’s actually the marketing agency handling all of that on the backend and the influencer is just the face of it. I feel like these influencers are taking advantage of the parasocial relationships with their followers.
Simple I stop following.delete them yes plus call them out as well you tube tries to block you as a person to not comment their actions is about money.
The argument you brought up about "People can make decisions for themselves" or "free will" etc is basically a last ditch argument these sort of people make to justify behavior they know is at very best borderline ethical. If they had a better argument they would use it.
@@bleeka325 Very true. I was only addressing that argument that is made pretty frequently amongst those who take advantage of naivite of their fanbases.
@@nyandmu oh I totally agree with you that it’s a last ditch argument. Im adding that I think it’s pretty terrible considering these people are still wrong in using that argument.
@@bleeka325 The argument is the reason why we pass laws to prevent such behavior as much as we can, because you can literally justify ANY bad behavior with that logic. Agreed.
Lol I just an English assignment where we had to read from three scholarly articles and then write if social media “influencers” are actually helping people or just self-promoting. I found out that only a small portion of people who make money on social media are actually helping people. It is pretty sad, but also I think social media “influencing” is on the out. I see more people finding it cringy nowadays and a total scam.
The irony is that there is NEVER a winner picked (or atleast announced). The influencers probably keep all the “prizes” for themselves as part of the payment
The irony is that there is NEVER a winner picked (or atleast announced). The influencers probably keep all the “prizes” for themselves as part of the payment
There's this chick I used to know that participated in SO many loop giveaways on instagram back in 2016-2018 (ish). She went from like 500 followers to like 5000 from doing that and then joined Young Living right after that. She's now like at one of the top tiers of the company, 15k insta followers and she makes reels like "you don't have to be spammy, you don't have to send 'hey girl' messages!" Well, yeah, but you still have to grow a following in a crummy, scammy way.
I knew a few bloggers/influencers who went from 30 followers to 30,000 in less than 3 months.content was the generic basic b aesthetic, think snl big dumb hat sketch. And I was like ,girl, it is obvious that you bought followers. Engagement was like 20 likes a picture. The same like 10 people commenting . I was flabbergasted when she was getting brand deals. But they see the followers. Not thinking about the obvious fact they bought the following. And they bought into the giveaway loops.
Thank you. I had no idea. I watch RU-vid, I’m not really on social media otherwise but I’m so glad to know now. You really do make so many important waves and are a great model for bring a human with integrity and making choices in the best and most honest ways.
I am so grateful idgas about social media and never post now, lol. I remember being tempted by these "giveaways" and wondering, "where are the real winners, though?" 😅 but was too lazy to follow through...NOW I know better! All I need is my husband, cat, and family 🤷🏻♀️❤️❤️
This is why I will always support my favorite micro influencers who are honest and humble. What would lizzy do and jazupmystyle are both incredible, underrated gems in the beauty industry.
QUEEN!! Where have you been? Girl I missed you omg ❤❤ edit: I also assumed that the hashtag sponsored on giveaways meant that the product or whatever is being “given away” is being provided by the brand, not that the influencers get paid for hosting. It makes so much sense though! Such a misleading tactic. Glad you always come to expose this shit ❤
@@tennysonparks2059 I completely agree! I only just discovered her when she did the hidden cosmetics video and watched almost every MLM video on her channel after that. She’s so knowledgeable and passionate on subjects like this and I love how she isn’t afraid to talk about these crazy internet scams! Plus she’s definitely a real one. Love her and her videos, just wish she would post more often!
Another great video to help snap people out of the perpetual manipulation cycle that is so easy to fall for when on the internet. I appreciate someone bringing these "tricks" that influencers use to swindle people.
been here since the Taurus driving days and I just wanted to say im so proud of you Kylie and the life you’ve built for yourself. It’s super inspiring for me. Love you girl
Thank you for bringing light to this! I used to enter these all the time and had no idea how they actually worked. I thought all of the people in the loop pitched in to get the gifts 😅. Thank god I started to get sketched out by it and stopped entering them!
I'm OK with when a giveaway is for a product/service the person or company I follow normally offers. Like, when the cross stitch "influencer" I love offers a giveaway promotion for one of her kits, I'm excited! But you'll never see me following 100+ accounts for crappy headphones 🤣
I always know when you’re ‘heated’ and troubled by what you’re talking about, because you start saying “okay” multiple times, like you are so upset by whatever you’re talking about that you need to make sure it’s being understood and comprehended by us, the viewers, which conversely while loving WHY you’re saying it, it’s also extremely jarring to hear “okay” multiple time at the end and/ or during sentences lol!! You’re definitely a unique person, in a great way (for a change lol)
This was a great video describing something I had no knowledge of. Your video made me very happy that I don't put "influencers" on a pedestal and could care less about giveaways, name brands, or celebrities. Thanks for the info, though 🙂
I would consider myself a micro influencer, and they number of emails I get from marketing companies that want me to pay somewhere around 3K for a spot in a loop giveaway is WILD. 😂 Right to spam! 😂😂
@@LisaHarvey16 yeah you usually have to pay, they market it as a way for you to gain followers so you pay to be added to a loop giveaway are the more followers the main person has, the more money it is to be added to the loop
"Do you put any thought into what you do?" With the angry shoulder movements, was just a complete yes for me. 🤣 just yes to everything that was happening there, the anger, the shoulder shrugs, the point. Yes.
Not only all of these things they push on people but🗣🗣💯 "They DO NOT CARE about anyone that follows them or buys into what they are being paid to sell." STOP supporting these fake influencers! Save your money ❤️
It’s the same as an MLM boss babe saying she will have a giveaway for free product but then never announces a winner or announces a fake winner. It’s all a way to generate more business for the influencer.
Yes! I see those giveaways and seems excessive to follow all those other accounts just to win something if you actually do. Thank you for always calling these jokers out!
I actually had no idea influencers got paid to host those giant giveaways, or that others paid for potential winners to follow them!! I see these types of giveaways all the time as a mom, baby brands do these like crazy. Super super cringy
These giveaways are fake. They want you buy or give money to be “entered into the giveaway.” You’ll never know who won if anyone at all. And if they do announce a name, who’s to say it’s not some fake name or their family member?? It’s a scam
Love you & your honesty. I wish your videos were closer together. I binged them all then patiently wait 😊 for your next one. Keep up the great work keeping us informed on many very interesting topics.
This was so interesting! I've seen those giveaways loads from influencers I follow from reality TV and always wondered how they worked! I've never entered because I always thought they looked like a scam and never saw anyone ever announced as a winner so seemed really sketchy!
Was so excited to see one of these investigative type clips from you!! Love them. Watched all your MLM ones. I learnt a lot in this vid. Thanks for sharing!!
I just started watching your channel and I love it. I saw this video today and then saw the Kylie Jenner is doing a giveaway with Crumble. This is really interesting.
First few times you said LOOT I thought you said LUBE and I was like omfg it’s come to this, influencers pushing lube on their followers well of course.
I mean I’ve seen a lot of influencers pushing intimate toys so it’s not a stretch. I actually love that we are now being so open about our sexuality and desires in a safe way.
This is wild! My experience with loop giveaways has been so different than what you’re describing! As a small business, I’ve been part of a few with like only 6 small artists to follow. And we each make something to add to the giveaway. Sometimes the winner gets all the items. Sometimes we split them up for multiple winners. It felt genuine since there is no “influencer” involved and no pay in whatsoever. Plus, often there is a huge crossover of audience in the sustainable small biz scene. What you’re describing is 👀👀👀! I’ve never seen any of these shady ones before! And would never follow 75 random accounts 😂
@18:13 I agree. That seems like blaming the victim for being preyed upon by a greedy scammer hiding behind pretty pictures and tons of followers 🤔🤔🤔 doesn’t seem fair to blame them for someone else’s shitty behavior
The infamous Jessie "Boss" Lee does these too. Hence her large follower count with abysmal engagement. I think we will see a lot of new legislation for internet/social media in the coming years. Great video!
I love gour integrity. I often think I am the only person on Earth with integrity, it is very nice to know that I'm not. Thank you, Keep shining light into the horrible dark places.
I agree with you to an extent. I’ve been an influencer for over 8 years. I don’t do the loop giveaways (those are terrible) but I do post giveaways every now and then where I partner with a brand. And when I say partner, I mean that they provide the product. I do not get paid for it and it’s a lot of work. I actually do these out of the kindness of my heart. I don’t do them often but my followers do look forward to them and I always make sure that it’s with a brand that I have a long standing relationship with (usually many years, I don’t do one offs) and that the prize is something that would truly benefit my community. Just saying - not all influencers are money crazed maniacs and not all giveaways are done with ill intentions. I truly do care 💖 And yes, people do win. I personally go through entries, contact and announce the winner and follow up to make sure they received their prize. I also try to keep it fair for my followers so every one gets a chance to win. I have heard horror stories about how other influencers run their giveaways, but I try my best to do it correctly and ethically.
Thank you so much for talking about this. I had no idea. I think that it says a lot about your character and who you are as a person that instead of agreeing to these deals, you instead went to your channel and warned others about this. I commend that
You know what I've always wondered ON TOP of all this?? Which would add yet another layer to the scam?? Does anyone actually WIN the giveaway??? I know they ACT LJKE somebody wins. But does anybody TRULY even win?? I would not be a single bit surprised if the answer is no. Just a whole scam all the way through. Smh.
Jaclyn Shill has been doing those “follow X people for a giveaway” a lot lately. Also- I always wondered how people “tracked” the “post to your story” blah blah blah giveaways.
You know, I never thought about it this much bc I’m not the biggest influencer fan. However, I love this video for being such an eye opener of the business side behind this!
Love your channel. Really. You were the first person I found that helped me snap out of the “knowledge broker” machine. It’s just another pyramid scheme. Thank you!
You’ve done well because you stick to what you believe, expand what you know, and deliver to anyone who wants to hear it (and hopefully follow up with their own research) 😅
as someone working in marketing agencies, we have tools to track every like, follow, tag,... as easily as a few clicks and we have all data we need. Not because we have to find the winner of the giveaways, but because we have to send the data to our clients (brands) to let them know we have accomplished the work. And, as unfair as it sounds, sometimes, the winner is someone in the team or their moms, sisters, cousin, their clone accounts..
