Sarah would be the first one to snatch up these shoes and tell everyone how incredible they are and what a big deal she is for getting a pair.

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Yet another reason to ignore influencers…

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I agree. Nothing they do is genuine and they only do what they think will make them popular. I’m glad that more people are realizing this before wasting their hard earned money.

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This would be like if someone took a house in the middle of nowhere in like a little tiny town with lake known for algae, with like no parking and no clean drinking water that and then painted it pink and we’re trying to sell each night at over 600$ - oh wait…

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🎯

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How they got the term influencers is still beyond me…

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10 points

join me in pushing the idea that it derives from “influenza”

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I will hop on that train!

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Marketers figured out if you massage these people’s egos a little bit, they’ll bend over backwards for you.

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As if the Fyre Festival nearly a decade ago wasn’t enough of an excellent reason.

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Paymóre

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Explóite Lę Richendom

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Peimoire

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Gonna end up in a marketing textbook lol

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They are just like the snake oil salespeople who pressed sugar into pills and made the magic tonics and charged people far above what they were worth.

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Didn’t this happen years ago? Did they do it again recently or what?

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No it’s not new. Talking about Sarah’s “fashion “ always makes me think of this. She has no style of her own and always hops on whatever is trending for teens or with other influencers.

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Hello new Lemmy friends!

Word on the street tells us our community is regularly making it the all page. While this is very cool news to hear, we can see how the sudden emergence of our posts in your feed might feel jarring and probably raises some questions. And also how, without knowing the backstory, our community might appear less than virtuous, so here’s a very brief introduction which hopefully will clear a few things up.

The woman we’re discussing is a body positive influencer and media personality who has gained fame and wealth by lying, manipulating, exploiting her children for content, plagiarizing BIPOC creators and blaming her BIPOC content editor for it (thereby ruining her career), among other things. Her fraudulent behavior is no different (I’d argue worse) from the likes of Jay Shetty (google him if you don’t know who he is or what he did). She’s the latest in a long line of grifting influencers who are abusing their power, taking advantage of their position and exploiting their followers. The difference is that she’s Canadian. Our laws around social media and advertising aren’t as clear (and where they are she’s disobeyed them), add to that, our mainstream media has protected her from those who’ve tried to expose her grift and silenced/intimidated anyone who’s tried to speak out.

Our Reddit sub was taken down due to reports of copyright infringement, which is unfounded and categorically untrue as no one ever tried to steal her work and pass it off as their own. The mods have made an appeal. While at first glance it may seem like we’re just “shitting on her” the sub has been more devoted to investigation and posting proof of her lies than just bitching for the sake of bitching. The reality is that she’s hurt, manipulated and let down a lot of people. She stole intellectual property and employment, caused mental distress and has repeatedly told lies to boost engagement and profit off her audience, so people are understandably upset that their voices are being silenced.

We’re grateful to have been welcomed so kindly by so many of you, and to those sticking around to watch the drama unfold, we’re glad to have you!

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-No snarking on the character or appearance of any of the children. This is a site dedicated to Sarah Landry.

-No posting information that is not readily available online/NoDoxxing: Influencers post an abundance of personal information online. Examples of doxxing include:

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