Another thought...(brain on overdrive this morning!)
So Jo Bloggs Huncher is sitting in her lounge looking at her Klarna paid for grey furniture, wondering if she can afford another bottle of Zoflora on eBay (special edition yanno) while ignoring her baby - feeling a bit sick with worry about Christmas coming and no money and then sees this shit about Hinch feeling sorry for herself....SURELY that’s got to hit a nerve somewhere? Or are they that spaced out on wax melt fumes that they just can’t join the dots?
There has to be! There have to be members of the 'army' waking up everyday and suddenly realising the mess they have got into and the fact that others round about them aren't spending ridiculous amounts on cleaning products and tat, yet have 'dream' homes or are working in similar jobs with similar home set ups yet are not worrying about buying Xmas and making their next Klarna payment, all whilst Hinch is vague moaning because JSP asked if she is essentially a commercial commodity and Zoflora distanced themselves.
I don't believe for a second that a huge proportion of her sheep don't read these posts and think 'get a grip and come walk in my shoes', but then quickly forgive and forget as soon as they remind themselves she is being 'trolled' and she's shown 'the boys' and more tat they can buy.
Like someone else already mentioned, I don't believe she has many followers now that genuinely have no money to spare, I feel like once she grew and dropped all what were essentially cheap cleaning methods (her vinegar, bicarb, stardrops etc.) for the big expensive brands because she could get paid, she'd have lost many of those who were cleaning on a tiny budget. Around that same time her house started filling with *gifted* items which I'd have thought would have turned them off too. BUT...there will likely be some still watching and going without more essential things believing that 'it just happened and she doesn't know how it happened' holding on to hope that it will happen for them too if they persevere.
However, I do believe the worry is for that group that do have seemingly slightly more disposable income. But not huge amounts. Nothing they could make huge purchases with in a single week/month, so instead of saving or making significant purchases, it is actually being put down their sinks and toilets regularly, or wasted on cheap tat, so come Christmas or necessary purchases there is panic as to how they are going to happen. When their car breaks down or the washing machine needs replaced, they are hoping payment in now 'out of favour' bottles of zoflora taking over all storage space will be accepted. This is still the group she seems heavily marketing towards. She tries to hide a lot of the huge purchases and gifts, whilst peddling unnecessary B&M and ebay tat. Other than her ridiculous LV story, there has been no reference to even quality clothing purchases that her sheep may want to then save towards, it's all cheap tat off of ebay or those websites involved in the wage scandal.
Now each to their own. Their money is their's to spend as they wish and if keeping up with an IG influencer is what they wish to do, go do it. But that is why it annoys me so much when the #ads and #gifted disclosures aren't made clear though. There are so many out there spending every penny they have, potentially even using credit to try and have a lifestyle that is being portrayed as 'normal' and 'achievable by anybody' when in reality none of this stuff would be sitting in the influencer homes if they weren't gifted or part of a paid advertisement. They wouldn't have cupboard filled with excessive cleaning products if they weren't being gifted, paid or striving hard to be noticed whilst doing a lot of work in the background beyond IG stories to make sure it is being noticed.
If they were all just honest so that their followers could actually see how much they were spending out of their own pockets versus being given, and also made it clear that all these purchases were helping add to the influencers bank balance. Social media wasn't a huge thing as I grew up (in fact Facebook only came into existence here whilst I was at uni and it was for certain unis - you needed a uni email address and at that point only certain UK unis were on it determined by it being a uni with a large US student intake). Yes we were all taken in by glossy ads on TV and in print magazines, but we were also very much aware we were looking at adverts. This secretive switch to making everything look part of 'normal' life is just so sneaky, especially when there is a lot of money to be made off of it by those wanting attention and fame.