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Those are questionable parallels. Music, acting, sports, writing, etc are human practices many millenia old, recognized as such by universities, labor unions, etc.

Influencing on the other hand is primarily about being an intermediary for platform/advertiser relationships. If one were to stretch things a bit, I guess you could say they're performers deriving their income from private companies.

But even then there's probably still a little bit of a difference between a theater actor performing a role in MacBeth and a teen getting a commission off sneakers they advertise on Tiktok.



Why do people watch them? Because they're acting, singing, performing stunts, telling jokes, modeling, etc.

The guy who will play Macbeth in 2042 is doing TikTok dances now (or he was a couple years ago I'm behind on the trends).


> Those are questionable parallels. Music, acting, sports, writing, etc are human practices many millenia old, recognized as such by universities, labor unions, etc.

We’re they delivered to us by aliens? Of course not, people thought the same of those at the time of their inception.


Do you really think over produced pop idols of yesteryear actually had talent?

They also shilled like nothing else. Hell, late night shows were basically exercises in shilling with some jokes stuffed between.




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