They also don’t realise how they’re being played. Stacey knows exactly what she’s doing when she comes out with stuff like ‘love uuuuuu’ and ‘I hope you’re all ok’, like she’s talking to people who really are her friends and not just random people she doesn’t even know but who happen to follow her on Instagram. The sheep of course, completely oblivious how they’re all part of her plan, just lap it up and believe she’s their friend and she cares as ‘look she says so’.
It’s a vicious circle with regards to the freebies though; Stacey gets sent stuff for free which she promotes, then the sheep buy it to be like Stacey and the company thinks this is great, we’ll send her more stuff and so it perpetuates.