Ooh Lily is in Borough Market on a Friday afternoon - I’m sure we’ll get an insta story soon about this well-kept secret among Londoners, and how it’s totally on her doorstep, so convenient!
I would give a thousand thumbs ups to this if I could! So true! She's basically asking her followers what ads they want to see. Who would want more ads in their face? We have adblockers for a reason. And if I wanted something from a brand, I'd just go buy it. I don't need a smelly influencer to link it to me.I don’t usually comment on the influencer nature of the job. It’s a job that’s developed in modern times. But this really does take the biscuit. She gives zero shits about helping anyone. This is the most blatant call for her followers to do her job for her, and then link it back to them so they give her cash for affiliate links. It’s gross. She could at least have the nerve to have an opinion and like things which her followers can choose to click if they resonate with them. But this is just so lazy, so lacking in effort and thought. It’s mind blowing these people can make a living from this. It reeks of her not wanting to put her opinions out there as she’ll possibly get less clicks, as it may not appeal to the greater majority. How she can post this and not feel ashamed.
I mean what she's saying is do you want a tiny discount on something I'm being paid much more/receiving a much bigger discount, and how can I make sure the free shit I want aligns with what you wantI would give a thousand thumbs ups to this if I could! So true! She's basically asking her followers what ads they want to see. Who would want more ads in their face? We have adblockers for a reason. And if I wanted something from a brand, I'd just go buy it. I don't need a smelly influencer to link it to me.
my first thought at the Oxford St announcement was omg the tubes will be a fecking MARE with all the flatpack toting puntersMassive eye roll at her being excited for an easy to get to Ikea in central London. Imagine taking all your impulse purchases back home on the tube! I thought there was a reason ikeas all had massive car parks.
LIly used to give her honest opinion and create content that she had to come up with when she first started but now with so much competition, she'd rather just do content that her followers will watch and possibly engage in so she can continue making money. She's feeding into the parasocial relationship bc by soliciting advice from her followers, she's feeding into the illusion (and really delusion) to her followers that they're "friends" even though that couldn't be further from the truth.I don’t usually comment on the influencer nature of the job. It’s a job that’s developed in modern times. But this really does take the biscuit. She gives zero shits about helping anyone. This is the most blatant call for her followers to do her job for her, and then link it back to them so they give her cash for affiliate links. It’s gross. She could at least have the nerve to have an opinion and like things which her followers can choose to click if they resonate with them. But this is just so lazy, so lacking in effort and thought. It’s mind blowing these people can make a living from this. It reeks of her not wanting to put her opinions out there as she’ll possibly get less clicks, as it may not appeal to the greater majority. How she can post this and not feel ashamed.
I'd love to know why she thinks she's having to put "ad when it's not really an ad". Shes making money from products she is recommending in all of these examples (either directly in payment or indirectly through a saving) and they all sound like pretty simple definitions tbh, she just doesn't want to disclose it.I hate it when influencers do this, act like marking things as an AD is such an inconvenience and really confusing for their followers to understand! It’s not hard! They just don’t like doing it as it shows just how much free stuff they are getting
The only confusion stems from her unwillingness to state how much she gets away with, and the only surprising thing is how much she still gets from brands despite being terrible at influencing anything positive.I hate it when influencers do this, act like marking things as an AD is such an inconvenience and really confusing for their followers to understand! It’s not hard! They just don’t like doing it as it shows just how much free stuff they are getting
I normally just lurk on this thread so sorry for barging in, but this has made me so mad. Why are none of them open about the affiliate link being valid for eg 30 days on that website, even if you don't buy anything when you initially click through? It is SO sneaky. No wonder so many of them pop handy Amazon links to things.I hate it when influencers do this, act like marking things as an AD is such an inconvenience and really confusing for their followers to understand! It’s not hard! They just don’t like doing it as it shows just how much free stuff they are getting
Yes, it's that time of year again where Lily posts her condescending 'you guys just don't understand, it's not always an ad, sometimes it's a pr discount'. No, Lily, whenever you post something about a brand and get something in return, whether it's money, a discount, free products or a combination of any of those, IT'S AN AD!!I hate it when influencers do this, act like marking things as an AD is such an inconvenience and really confusing for their followers to understand! It’s not hard! They just don’t like doing it as it shows just how much free stuff they are getting
Absolutely! Also 7-11% is not a small commission in my eyes, that's quite a large % especially when you know about the fact that it remains active for that website.I normally just lurk on this thread so sorry for barging in, but this has made me so mad. Why are none of them open about the affiliate link being valid for eg 30 days on that website, even if you don't buy anything when you initially click through? It is SO sneaky. No wonder so many of them pop handy Amazon links to things.
I neverrrr click on a link posted by an 'influencer' for that very reason. I'll just look for the item myself. It's quite disgusting how long they remain active, and at 'a very small percentage' at a time, that soon ads up. I'd love to see just how much she makes from the numerous links she posts every month.Absolutely! Also 7-11% is not a small commission in my eyes, that's quite a large % especially when you know about the fact that it remains active for that website.
Plus it's a conscious choice to do an aff link - she is choosing to share an item in order to make money from it, not just because she fancies posting about it. You can't deliberately monetise something and then complain that you're having to disclose itI normally just lurk on this thread so sorry for barging in, but this has made me so mad. Why are none of them open about the affiliate link being valid for eg 30 days on that website, even if you don't buy anything when you initially click through? It is SO sneaky. No wonder so many of them pop handy Amazon links to things.
And let's not forget she supposedly only uses an aff link for things she feels comfortable linking to, but then links to "dupes" that she doesn't even own!!! Make it make sense.Plus it's a conscious choice to do an aff link - she is choosing to share an item in order to make money from it, not just because she fancies posting about it. You can't deliberately monetise something and then complain that you're having to disclose it
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