Having a large following for its own sake, rather than as a consequence of some significant achievement or contribution to the wider world is compensatory in nature.
It seeks to compensate for a lack of substance or meaning and instead to game social networks to create the ‘illusion’ of fame.
Influencers are often young people with little or no experience, training, or expertise in the subjects upon which they comment.
Having millions of followers is not a substitute for years of real-life experience, nor a guarantee of emotional maturity, spiritual insight, or high intelligence.
In today’s world, a large following doesn’t necessarily mean anything, except that you spend a lot of time online!
So?
I remember seeing young girls screaming at the Beatles and other bands in the Sixties. It’s the same thing.
It’s all part of the ‘Bread and Circuses’ phase at the end of an empire.
I agree, it’s obnoxious, but most things are at the end. It’s just part of the degeneracy.
You’d better get your old tin foil hat out again Christian.
Its been working overtime lately.
I think ‘influencers’ can be well summed up as follows.
Shallow, vacuous dizzy starlets who can barely string a few words together.