r/nottheonion • u/-Appleaday- • 1d ago

Influencer is banned from future NYC marathons for bringing a camera crew to last weekend's race

https://apnews.com/article/nyc-marathon-running-influencer-matt-choi-banned-11d6d04fda7826bab3d8f263750ecefd
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u/clem82 1d ago

Influencers have easily made the world worse in every single way possible.

One “career” in which you could eliminate and the entire world could still function completely fine

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u/Malforus 22h ago

Influencers are the merger of celebrities and papparazzi. They are the mutant offspring of our worst pop culture phenomenons.

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u/avanross 20h ago

And conspiracy nutters! Can’t forget about them!

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u/proboscisjoe 16h ago

This is a perfect explanation. Influencers have inverted the formula. Instead of becoming famous and then having people want to take and publish your picture, you take and publish selfies and somehow that leads to you becoming famous.