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Really love Rebecca’s positivity. I don’t choose my friends based on diet


I thought you said you stopped following me after the deliveroo #ad 🤷🏻‍♀️ Have no idea which toddler group we went to and have no clue who you are



porn , really .... we are wearing coats and why is a kiss revolting 🤷🏻‍♀️
Fair play for coming on and answering comments so well and coming across as such a decent well meaning human!
I do find the photos of you and Matt overly intimate and the kiss made me feel queasy, I don’t need that from anyone on the grid! But I’ve stuck following as you have lovely kids and a great outlook 😊
 
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Fair play for coming on and answering comments so well and coming across as such a decent well meaning human!
I do find the photos of you and Matt overly intimate and the kiss made me feel queasy, I don’t need that from anyone on the grid! But I’ve stuck following as you have lovely kids and a great outlook 😊
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I can’t please everyone. So kind of you to say that my children are lovely. I do love looking back at these photos of Matt and I it’s far from porn, we are fully dressed. I will continue to post photos like that on my grid as I love them and I want them on my feed as a memory of moments in our life. I know my feed is public but it’s just as much for me as it is for the people that want to follow along on our family journey. For every negative I have so many more people write positively about what they get out of following my account. If it doesn’t work for you , you don’t connect with me and don’t like my style or the photos I post it’s easy enough to unfollow. I would rather 10 followers that connect with what I’m about than 60k who I offend by what I’m posting. If my children were watching a child a similar age to them on YouTube or following them on Instagram and they were upset irritated by what they were posting I would tell them to unfollow. I would be disappointed in my children if they chose to use that upset or annoyance to air their voices online in forums because I would feel the main person it would effect would in the end be themselves . I would want them to use their time to either not be on social media at all if they were finding it was irritating them. I would ask them to choose to do something else with their time or find accounts that they love and feel inspired by. Not everyone will like, agree with you, enjoy what you do but that’s ok because the world is full of people and we can chose who we want to connect with and who makes us feel good. What would you say to your kids if they were feeling irritated by someone they followed online ? Would you simply tell them to unfollow?
 
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Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I can’t please everyone. So kind of you to say that my children are lovely. I do love looking back at these photos of Matt and I it’s far from porn, we are fully dressed. I will continue to post photos like that on my grid as I love them and I want them on my feed as a memory of moments in our life. I know my feed is public but it’s just as much for me as it is for the people that want to follow along on our family journey. For every negative I have so many more people write positively about what they get out of following my account. If it doesn’t work for you , you don’t connect with me and don’t like my style or the photos I post it’s easy enough to unfollow. I would rather 10 followers that connect with what I’m about than 60k who I offend by what I’m posting. If my children were watching a child a similar age to them on YouTube or following them on Instagram and they were upset irritated by what they were posting I would tell them to unfollow. I would be disappointed in my children if they chose to use that upset or annoyance to air their voices online in forums because I would feel the main person it would effect would in the end be themselves . I would want them to use their time to either not be on social media at all if they were finding it was irritating them. I would ask them to choose to do something else with their time or find accounts that they love and feel inspired by. Not everyone will like, agree with you, enjoy what you do but that’s ok because the world is full of people and we can chose who we want to connect with and who makes us feel good. What would you say to your kids if they were feeling irritated by someone they followed online ? Would you simply tell them to unfollow?
I don’t think it’s irritation. I think if someone is posting an unrealistic life/body/image then of course I would advise them to unfollow. If your account was just photos of you and Matt then your right, I wouldn’t follow. I follow because I found your travels with 5 fascinating and your account different and fresh. It’s not become a never ending circus of brand events with other influencers, I find it very positive. You share your children but I don’t feel I ‘know’ them and everything they like and do, like so many who’s accounts sell out their children. I found some of the ads surprising (the nick jr I know you’ve explained but it didn’t come across like that-I don’t catch every story) it seemed like we don’t have a tv, working with nick jr, which was odd. The work with Cadbury, Cadbury have sold out to an American firm and to me don’t fit with the ethos of a predominantly vegan family, however it is kid friendly. I think also when you see influencers working with the same brands as Mrs Meldrum it can put you off. I personally would prefer your account to be the relatable account it’s been and to see you as Faye not ‘an influencer’ but ads affect this.
The problem with the ‘just unfollow’ is very often you follow people and become part of that online community, enjoy the content. When an account or influencer changes dramatically you are still following as you really liked them for a reason and you still look for that.
On the whole I like your content, seeing the countryside, the beaches, the kids outside, the amazing life they are offered, your house, shopping etc it’s quite motivational and inspiring (although that sounds 🤮) I have a big family and it’s good to see. Do I find staged loving photos and kisses a bit much? Yes. Might I have moaned about it on a gossip site? Yes. But I wouldn’t have come here to moan about it, I came here after the ruthless behaviour of the likes of Mrs Meldrum and mother of daughters shamelessly blagging free lifestyles and flogging it to those less fortunate and blocking any kind of discussion.
 
Really value you hanging around to debate this. The whole #ad thing is new to me. The reason I do ad’s is because I left mine and Matt’s joint finance freelance business as we decided to not put the boys back into school. The money we lost from me leaving I make up in advertising. I can see how that is a privileged position to be in and I agree. I can also see how that could be seem as annoying to some. I agree it’s definitely not hard and doesn’t take forever to get a photo, it’s not as hard as being in a office all day missing your kids and definitely not as hard as any job I’ve done before. If I had to go back to work the account would likely not be there so I hope people get something from it. I don’t seek out ad’s. Companies email me and I have a process I go through to see if the company and brand are who I want to work with. I receive so many more opportunities from brands than I go ahead and work with. Two recent examples are Nestle , I didnt want to work with Nestle as a company. You only have to google why are nestle the most hated company to find out why. Another was babybel as we rarely eat cheese and I wouldn’t buy babybel. Obviously I’m not going to explain every advert and why I have decided to go ahead , so from the past comments I can see why people might find things a contradiction like Cadbury’s. I get offered to go to events, they are all in London and I don’t have the time and I’m not a massive fan of social interaction if I can help it. I tend to go to events if they will benefit the boys like a movie they want to see or a festival or a day at a theme park. I totally get this can seem unfair , but we are living in an age where anyone can do this, it’s not just open to the privileged few the rich and famous, which is how it used to be. Anyone can make an account create content find your niche it’s free to do it’s just whether you want to or not. I’m sorry that you don’t like staged photos but they are some of my faves. One of my fave accounts is dirtyhairmessyboots , it’s part of what I’m into so it’s just content I enjoy it’s not for everyone. There will be other account that show a similar lifestyle to mine without couple photos like I do so you might prefer one of those account . Thanks for chatting. I’m always open to debate . X
 
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I started following when she was preg with the twins as i too am a twin mummy 😉
I love their lifestyle and that they have no school stress and she is so laid back etc
Not saying i could do the same but i like watching them.
Its all very carefree. Kids are happy tho and you can tell they love everything they do and when I compare to other kids who are “sold out to Instagram “ cough cough then im all for it.
And i love her house.
And her eyebrows.
Sorry.



No i think they are getting one the other day she mentioned the boys are getting one for their room

Squealing...... its Faye!!! 😊😊

But seriously i love that you have the decency to come on and answer comments.
Still loving those brows 😉
 
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Squealing...... its Faye!!! 😊😊

But seriously i love that you have the decency to come on and answer comments.
Still loving those brows 😉
Ha I am still loving my brows. They have saved me so much time and some days they would look good others they would look terrible so it’s saved that 😂

It being a way to put money on the table (ie why we all do whatever job we do) doesn’t make you immune to criticism though. If you don’t like that people have strong feelings to you or the ‘content’ you post, maybe social media isn’t for you? Unless of course the £££ is just too lucrative?
I personal don’t have a problem with it, that is why I’m here, I’ve never blocked anybody . I am open to criticism / feedback... I understand it doesn’t make me immune, but nobody is, whether it’s bitching in the kitchen about mums on the school run , or getting to be a fly in the wall to people bitching in a forum. We will never escape people not liking what we do, you will never be everyone’s taste and that ok but maybe it’s time to start unfollowing people that lead us to feel negative and follow people who inspire us. ♥
 
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Really value you hanging around to debate this. The whole #ad thing is new to me. The reason I do ad’s is because I left mine and Matt’s joint finance freelance business as we decided to not put the boys back into school. The money we lost from me leaving I make up in advertising. I can see how that is a privileged position to be in and I agree. I can also see how that could be seem as annoying to some. I agree it’s definitely not hard and doesn’t take forever to get a photo, it’s not as hard as being in a office all day missing your kids and definitely not as hard as any job I’ve done before. If I had to go back to work the account would likely not be there so I hope people get something from it. I don’t seek out ad’s. Companies email me and I have a process I go through to see if the company and brand are who I want to work with. I receive so many more opportunities from brands than I go ahead and work with. Two recent examples are Nestle , I didnt want to work with Nestle as a company. You only have to google why are nestle the most hated company to find out why. Another was babybel as we rarely eat cheese and I wouldn’t buy babybel. Obviously I’m not going to explain every advert and why I have decided to go ahead , so from the past comments I can see why people might find things a contradiction like Cadbury’s. I get offered to go to events, they are all in London and I don’t have the time and I’m not a massive fan of social interaction if I can help it. I tend to go to events if they will benefit the boys like a movie they want to see or a festival or a day at a theme park. I totally get this can seem unfair , but we are living in an age where anyone can do this, it’s not just open to the privileged few the rich and famous, which is how it used to be. Anyone can make an account create content find your niche it’s free to do it’s just whether you want to or not. I’m sorry that you don’t like staged photos but they are some of my faves. One of my fave accounts is dirtyhairmessyboots , it’s part of what I’m into so it’s just content I enjoy it’s not for everyone. There will be other account that show a similar lifestyle to mine without couple photos like I do so you might prefer one of those account . Thanks for chatting. I’m always open to debate . X
I don’t have an issue with doing ads, I really like motherpukka and papapukka etc. There are those that do it well. I totally get your reasoning on here (I avoid nestle too!) and it’s so refreshing to have discussion. I’m happy to just skim past couple photos 🙈 this is just a chat site and like I say I would not have looked for a site like this to discuss your account at all. You don’t need to be sorry I ‘don’t like’ staged couple photos, it’s a minor point. Lots of comments say they don’t like sleeping baby photos etc, I don’t mind those really, we are all different.
I’ve unfollowed lots of old faves because they changed so much. I’m sure if you stay open to discussion and in such a lovely way, and remain yourself, you won’t find much negativity. And for those who moan about intimate photos, well like you say, you love them and do them for you, it’s your account. X
 
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Huge respect to you Faye for coming on and talking about it in a mature way. I don’t like that everyone who talks about influencers on this forum seems to get labelled a ‘troll’, as I certainly don’t feel like a troll. I think this forum almost provides a safe space for people to openly discuss those they watch and consume, I would never leave negative comments on people’s own online space but I do pass comment on here because I enjoy the conversation. I don’t mind ads at all, I totally appreciate that this is how you guys turn it into a job. It’s a fine line though I think, there is lots of channels and influencers who I really like and enjoy watching them, but I feel that they have begun to become greedy with ads and this is a turn off for me, perfect example is Emily Norris. I think Emily has tipped the balance now sadly to where she seems to do more ads than organic content and as a result I have stopped watching her. It’s a shame for us viewers when that happens. Anyway keep doing what your doing you have so many people who enjoy your content and I still follow because I would just love to live in Cornwall!
 
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Huge respect to you Faye for coming on and talking about it in a mature way. I don’t like that everyone who talks about influencers on this forum seems to get labelled a ‘troll’, as I certainly don’t feel like a troll. I think this forum almost provides a safe space for people to openly discuss those they watch and consume, I would never leave negative comments on people’s own online space but I do pass comment on here because I enjoy the conversation. I don’t mind ads at all, I totally appreciate that this is how you guys turn it into a job. It’s a fine line though I think, there is lots of channels and influencers who I really like and enjoy watching them, but I feel that they have begun to become greedy with ads and this is a turn off for me, perfect example is Emily Norris. I think Emily has tipped the balance now sadly to where she seems to do more ads than organic content and as a result I have stopped watching her. It’s a shame for us viewers when that happens. Anyway keep doing what your doing you have so many people who enjoy your content and I still follow because I would just love to live in Cornwall!
I agree. We’re not all “trolls” altho tbh i hate that word and label anyway. Even on the “more fast moving of late threads”😉 its not nastiness its constructive criticism. Its a discussion forum and thats it.
I dont follow anyone i dont like and i follow very few really as i stick to those i really like and can relate to in some ways like i do with Faye as i am also a twin mum with older children.
 
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Huge respect to you Faye for coming on and talking about it in a mature way. I don’t like that everyone who talks about influencers on this forum seems to get labelled a ‘troll’, as I certainly don’t feel like a troll. I think this forum almost provides a safe space for people to openly discuss those they watch and consume, I would never leave negative comments on people’s own online space but I do pass comment on here because I enjoy the conversation. I don’t mind ads at all, I totally appreciate that this is how you guys turn it into a job. It’s a fine line though I think, there is lots of channels and influencers who I really like and enjoy watching them, but I feel that they have begun to become greedy with ads and this is a turn off for me, perfect example is Emily Norris. I think Emily has tipped the balance now sadly to where she seems to do more ads than organic content and as a result I have stopped watching her. It’s a shame for us viewers when that happens. Anyway keep doing what your doing you have so many people who enjoy your content and I still follow because I would just love to live in Cornwall!
Huge respect to you Faye for coming on and talking about it in a mature way. I don’t like that everyone who talks about influencers on this forum seems to get labelled a ‘troll’, as I certainly don’t feel like a troll. I think this forum almost provides a safe space for people to openly discuss those they watch and consume, I would never leave negative comments on people’s own online space but I do pass comment on here because I enjoy the conversation. I don’t mind ads at all, I totally appreciate that this is how you guys turn it into a job. It’s a fine line though I think, there is lots of channels and influencers who I really like and enjoy watching them, but I feel that they have begun to become greedy with ads and this is a turn off for me, perfect example is Emily Norris. I think Emily has tipped the balance now sadly to where she seems to do more ads than organic content and as a result I have stopped watching her. It’s a shame for us viewers when that happens. Anyway keep doing what your doing you have so many people who enjoy your content and I still follow because I would just love to live in Cornwall!
I find the greed comment an interesting debate. When Jenifer Aniston gets paid millions for a movie and then does a shampoo ad would you call her greedy? Everyone has a different line for what they would perceive as greed, some would call it ambition. Why do you think tattle life uses all get labelled as trolls? Reading some threads I can see a few constructive comment but would you agree they are far outnumbered by personal insults directed at a particular person. Which I don’t see can be labelled as constructive. As I read my own thread ‘ she doesn’t have a tv and now is doing a nick junior ad , I’ve unfollowed’ fair enough. Then to read ‘She has an annoying voice’ doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than school playground gossip.

I agree. We’re not all “trolls” altho tbh i hate that word and label anyway. Even on the “more fast moving of late threads”😉 its not nastiness its constructive criticism. Its a discussion forum and thats it.
I dont follow anyone i dont like and i follow very few really as i stick to those i really like and can relate to in some ways like i do with Faye as i am also a twin mum with older children.
Very similar to my last reply , do you think it’s a shame there are so many personal insults alongside the criticism often outweighing the criticism?
 
I find the greed comment an interesting debate. When Jenifer Aniston gets paid millions for a movie and then does a shampoo ad would you call her greedy? Everyone has a different line for what they would perceive as greed, some would call it ambition. Why do you think tattle life uses all get labelled as trolls? Reading some threads I can see a few constructive comment but would you agree they are far outnumbered by personal insults directed at a particular person. Which I don’t see can be labelled as constructive. As I read my own thread ‘ she doesn’t have a tv and now is doing a nick junior ad , I’ve unfollowed’ fair enough. Then to read ‘She has an annoying voice’ doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than school playground gossip.


Very similar to my last reply , do you think it’s a shame there are so many personal insults alongside the criticism often outweighing the criticism?
I can perhaps agree with you about it being ambition rather than greed. The influencer does have a responsibility to retain the trust and respect of their viewers, because otherwise those viewers would turn off or unfollow and then the offer of ads would be less abundant because their numbers would not be as attractive to brands looking to collaborate. I feel that it’s in the influencers interest especially to maintain that balance. I suppose it depends on what the aim of the channel or account is - make as much money as possible in a short space of time, or try and make as long of a career as possible. If it’s the latter I think keeping the ads to a minimum and only collaborating with brands whereby the relationship is authentic is very important.
 
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I can perhaps agree with you about it being ambition rather than greed. The influencer does have a responsibility to retain the trust and respect of their viewers, because otherwise those viewers would turn off or unfollow and then the offer of ads would be less abundant because their numbers would not be as attractive to brands looking to collaborate. I feel that it’s in the influencers interest especially to maintain that balance. I suppose it depends on what the aim of the channel or account is - make as much money as possible in a short space of time, or try and make as long of a career as possible. If it’s the latter I think keeping the ads to a minimum and only collaborating with brands whereby the relationship is authentic is very important.
Completely agree, would you agree it’s more effective to just unfollow rather than sharing personal insults on a forum ?
 
I find the greed comment an interesting debate. When Jenifer Aniston gets paid millions for a movie and then does a shampoo ad would you call her greedy? Everyone has a different line for what they would perceive as greed, some would call it ambition. Why do you think tattle life uses all get labelled as trolls? Reading some threads I can see a few constructive comment but would you agree they are far outnumbered by personal insults directed at a particular person. Which I don’t see can be labelled as constructive. As I read my own thread ‘ she doesn’t have a tv and now is doing a nick junior ad , I’ve unfollowed’ fair enough. Then to read ‘She has an annoying voice’ doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than school playground gossip.


Very similar to my last reply , do you think it’s a shame there are so many personal insults alongside the criticism often outweighing the criticism?
I’m not keen on personal insults regarding looks/body etc. Many on here are not.
Your point regarding Jennifer Anniston doesn’t really apply to ‘influencers’ trying to make a career flogging stuff to people. Many influencers use their children, completely unregulated. Many have no boundaries and contradict social media guidelines and safety advice given out by various bodies including police. Jennifer Anniston is flogging herself. I also don’t see her as ambitious. And I think it’s bizarre to equate fame and flogging on Instagram with ambition! Fair enough boost your income and make money but if your ambition is to sell crap on the gram it’s sad, you are worth so much more than selling your amazing family.
That’s how I feel about MOD, I really looked up to the relatable nhs midwife she was, not the ‘influencer’ that has a self entitled attitude and unpleasant manner.
Also I’ve no issues with being called trolls, it’s just a silly word. Most people here aren’t trolls at all. It makes ‘influencers’; who’ve no wish to accept that the ‘trolls’ were part of their success and have a valid viewpoint are just ‘bitter or twisted or jealous’. Most are not. Trolls is the equivalent of flogger or influencer. I think those words as description are far worse.

Completely agree, would you agree it’s more effective to just unfollow rather than sharing personal insults on a forum ?
If you don’t like an account, unfollow. I have unfollowed many. Discussing content put out there, is not necessarily ‘sharing insults’ at all.
At the end of the day, you are happy to put pictures of your children, home, relationship, out for public consumption to thousands, you compromise their safety and privacy, they are known by name to many, you feel that is an acceptable way to make money, and that’s your choice. Some others who keep their children’s lives private and prioritise their safety and spend some time discussing accounts on forums think that’s ok. We are all different.
 
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Fair point that she is only using herself (Jennifer) if including children is something you have a problem with but I don’t know why you can see that it’s a very similar thing...
she makes entertaining content (on other channels, TV / Movies) but then chooses to also endorse a number of products as well, Instagram is simply a very micro version of that scenario.
At the end of the day these accounts are entertaining you all, whether you choose to be positive or negative... a view is a view and you’re adding to their bank balance (well done is you’ve personally unfollowed accounts) but we are talking about tattle in general as well and I can’t imagine how many view and impressions this website had added to the few accounts you all say you hate the most, it’s a funny contradiction when you think about it.
 
Completely agree, would you agree it’s more effective to just unfollow rather than sharing personal insults on a forum ?
I do agree, partially. There is a few accounts I have unfollowed because I simply wasn’t getting anything positive from their account. But there is a lot of accounts that I still get something positive from, but there is things about them that frustrate or annoy me. Hence why I discuss them here. I suppose it’s like having a family member or friend that gets on your nerves at times, I wouldn’t cut them out of my life because they bring me joy as well as annoying me. It’s not as black and white as love/hate for me in terms of influencers.
 
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Fair point that she is only using herself (Jennifer) if including children is something you have a problem with but I don’t know why you can see that it’s a very similar thing...
she makes entertaining content (on other channels, TV / Movies) but then chooses to also endorse a number of products as well, Instagram is simply a very micro version of that scenario.
At the end of the day these accounts are entertaining you all, whether you choose to be positive or negative... a view is a view and you’re adding to their bank balance (well done is you’ve personally unfollowed accounts) but we are talking about tattle in general as well and I can’t imagine how many view and impressions this website had added to the few accounts you all say you hate the most, it’s a funny contradiction when you think about it.
My main issue with influencers is transparency and use of children. I have teenagers and it concerns me greatly these young children being used in this way by some accounts.
I’m well aware a view is a view and I have very limited time as a busy mum to devote to many accounts. It’s well known that any publicity is good publicity and of course this will drive traffic to the accounts that are discussed, it’s not a contradiction at all. I also don’t hate any. There’s nothing to ‘hate’, it’s not my children or my life being aired for public consumption.
There are some who won’t follow but go and view and those who hate follow, but these are not the majority. I wouldn’t follow someone and then complain about their voice or hair.
One of my early favourites was chloeandbeans and I really like what they share and how they’ve made a business out of their passion. I no longer watch vlogs and I do wonder about all these kids being put out there. But with your account Faye it’s early days in terms of monetising the account. I’ve no reason to unfollow. Chloe and beans works with Disney (?) and they rarely watch tv. It can work well.
But to compare the situation to Jennifer Aniston is bizarre. Jennifer is selling herself as a brand, she wants to sell a movie she’s in or she’s in an advert, but everything else is private. Influencers are selling their privacy and kids and themselves for money and fame. Kids on tv and films are regulated and the earnings are theirs. Jennifer is just Jennifer. Your entertainment content is your life and your children’s privacy. You may try to tell yourself it’s a micro version of Jennifer aniston choosing to work with L’Oréal. But it really isn’t. It’s actually just like reality stars flogging their lives and earning off it. Actual stars like Jennifer aniston, David tennant, Georgia tennant, Dawn O porter etc do not show their children’s faces and value and protect their privacy in their homes etc. What most influencers are doing is the opposite.
 
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This ad 3 days ago. I picked up a really positive vibe from you guys, travelling with 1 case, not having mountains of throwaway fashion, healthy eating and healthy living. I could just about see an ad for these drinks fitting if it was tied into being on the move and travelling, but to sit in your home promoting a drink sold in a plastic cup, with a plastic straw that comes in a plastic wrapper seems so unrelatable. With all the love of beaches I would’ve thought conservation and reducing plastic would be more important than a quick buck, and herein lies the problem, as accounts choose who to work with they begin to lose the image people have built up of them and here’s where frustration kicks in.
I’ll happily carry on watching hoping that some real positivity will come from the account, but it’s starting to look a bit like all the others.
 
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This ad 3 days ago. I picked up a really positive vibe from you guys, travelling with 1 case, not having mountains of throwaway fashion, healthy eating and healthy living. I could just about see an ad for these drinks fitting if it was tied into being on the move and travelling, but to sit in your home promoting a drink sold in a plastic cup, with a plastic straw that comes in a plastic wrapper seems so unrelatable. With all the love of beaches I would’ve thought conservation and reducing plastic would be more important than a quick buck, and herein lies the problem, as accounts choose who to work with they begin to lose the image people have built up of them and here’s where frustration kicks in.
I’ll happily carry on watching hoping that some real positivity will come from the account, but it’s starting to look a bit like all the others.

This is what I was thinking about the Starbucks AD. For someone living by the coast and saying this is their happy place, living a vegetarian lifestyle and not buying into fast fashion, I find it really frustrating that they would promote a drink that is contained in complete plastic packaging, when plastic waste is a huge problem on our beaches and oceans. It just doesn’t sit well with me nor align with the lifestyle they are trying to lead. Wouldn’t it be better to find a sustainable cup to advertise that could hold the coffee you like? So for me, it’s not the Ads that bother me, it’s the content of the Ads that irritate me.
 
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🤷🏻‍♀️ Wonder why she was banned?
On a side though, quite bizarre she wants tattlers to unfollow due to negativity? I don’t think the last posts were negative, they were discussing use of children.and relatability of ads. I would’ve been interested in her response.

Faye it was really interesting talking to you. I don’t follow accounts that bring frustration, I unfollow them. I think this highlights how followers can have certain ideas about influencers from what they share online, and I would’ve thought this was interesting on the whole. I’m not ‘judging’ you and sorry you feel that way, the Starbucks ad felt at odds with how you as a family present, that’s not me being judgy, it’s raising how the Ad came across to to some of us. You are making a job out of advertising but respond to questions regarding it as negative and assuming I should unfollow because I’m so irritated. I’m not at all it was observation on the content that you put out there.
Above you refer to Jennifer Aniston, she is not immune to criticism and if a film does not do well it does not mean you never watch another Jennifer Aniston film. As I stated, I enjoy a lot of your content, I don’t hate follow.
 
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That is a shame, I appreciated Faye’s openness to come on and discuss with us. I do wonder, if we all unfollowed any account that has ever said or done anything that we don’t feel 100% positive about, how many followers there would actually be left on these influencers accounts? It seems like they welcome those who worship their every move, but if they have a follower who says ‘actually I didn’t enjoy that ad you did because it contradicts the values you preach’ the reaction seems to be a blanket ‘just unfollow me’. It’s a tricky one, I understand they want their online spaces to be a positive one but where it gets complicated is that they are businesses, making money from the views their followers give them. I think it’s unfair to dismiss anything a follower says with - just unfollow me. Any other business, for example a florist or accountant, relies on good reviews and word of mouth for success and I don’t see why influencers feel they should be exempt from this, they are businesses after all.
 
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