Just ten years ago the very top Youtubers on the platform were mostly filming out of modest apartments, doing average skits, and living lives pretty similar to you.
Almost all of them had regular day jobs and posted to the internet because they found it fun, or at the very most because it could earn them a little extra side money.
Contrast that with today where some Influencers have the same reach, notoriety and income as top athletes, singers and movie stars.
It’s crazy to think that there are people who are getting rich by literally existing and having a fan base of people who just like them. They don’t play a sport, they don’t make music, act, or create any type of art or provide a service, they just brand their life and people pay for their lifestyle because of who they are. It’s like if the most popular kids in school were paid by the school to attend because a lot of regular kids liked them or knew and talked about them. Except the school is the world, and the school kids are every human.
Now with the crypto shakeout and more shenanigans most people would like to see some of these “influencers” go to jail for pumping shit coins to retail investors, at least the ones that were obvious scams and fraudulent.
No one trusts influencers anymore period! Most of the big influencers today will be back working in a 9 to 5 in less than ten years.
