Influencer entitlement and digital harassment
I saw a local influencer post whining about a newly opened business.
From what I can tell, he’s mad because he thinks he got them 2k followers and the owners/manager/workers didn’t give him 100% of the credit of the new followers. The owners said they’ve been working hard too, which is completely fair, and apparently that was enough to set him off.
He says he supports local businesses, but it seems like he really wants credit and attention. The second he doesn’t get it, he turns bitter. Like in this case.
Now his followers are going after the business on review sites, and every time someone calls him out on his social, it suddenly becomes “an attack” on him. It’s the same tired influencer behavior. Everything is about them until somebody pushes back.
This influencer says he supports local businesses. That’s not supporting local. That’s being entitled and sending your audience after a small business because your feelings got hurt.
I hate how these local influencers act like they’re helping the community when all they really do is ruin it the second they don’t get their way. Rant over.