Listened to her latest podcast and Rhi trots out the influencers's favourite line about trolls just being sad, angry people who are so dissatisfied with their own lives that they have to bring others down. Whilst there will always be people in the world like this, I find it strange that influencers are so convinced that this what motivates their detractors.
The thing about being an influencer is that it is all built upon developing parasocial relationships with viewers. This will inevitably mean that people feel some kind of connection to you and your family and feel like they know you. Whilst influencers hide behind the whole 'you only see 10 minutes of my day' BS, the reality is that you get a better insight into their lives than you do many of the people that you actually know in real life. Influencers let you into their homes, show you their kids and talk you through their daily lives in a way that many people IRL would be cautious about. Heck, I know what Rhi eats, what's in her wardrobe and all about pretty intimate medical procedures she's had. Not to mention I can tell you the children's names, ages, favourite colours, food they like/dislike and what their bedrooms look like. It's bizarre when you think about it and this is why I find it so disingenuous when influencers like Rhi pull the whole 'you don't really know enough to comment' card. Of course we bloody well do! That's part of the problem that the 'trolls' are trying to highlight to you.
You are showing us little snapshots of your lives that add up to an awful lot of information and insight. You might like to convince yourself that there is stuff we are unaware of going on in the background but in reality it's pretty obvious that the kids do have autism but that they are relatively compliant kids and could queue in the same way they can sometimes wait for character meets, cruise activities and wait for their food at restaurants. It is also obvious that you have unmanaged autism too and it is wreaking havoc on the family's lives. You keep telling yourself though that we are all sad, pathetic losers and there is no truth on what we post....