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Why Instagram Is Full of Frauds - YouTube
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on this channel we love exposing fake
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gurus explaining why the new investment
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you've been pitched is a ponzi scheme
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and why athletes go broke
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one thing we haven't discussed yet is
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instagram being the mecca of fraudulent
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behavior
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in this video we're going to dive a
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little deeper than just fake gurus
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trying to sell you their get rich easy
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scheme the theme of this video relies on
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this definition of fraud
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a person or thing intended to deceive
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others typically by unjustifiably
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claiming or being credited with
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accomplishments or qualities
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deception for personal gain is the
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reason why instagram is full of frauds
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can you believe that this is the same
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person this lady is showing us how two
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completely different poses can show
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two completely different results and
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this is a side by side of an edited
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photo versus one that is not edited
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and here's my favorite natural
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bodybuilder
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the term influencer gets thrown around a
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lot as if it's an outcast profession
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but social media influencers have real
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influence on the people consuming their
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content
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i think boomers still like poking fun at
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someone who is an influencer as a career
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but that's a patronizing way of
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downplaying someone's effect on the
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purchasing of consumer goods
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advertisers are willing to pay good
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money to have their product or service
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put in front of a large audience being
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promoted by someone the audience trusts
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influencer marketing expected to grow to
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be worth 13.8 billion dollars this year
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that's an 812 percent increase since
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2016.
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that tells you that brands find
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influencer marketing to be very
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important to their advertising campaigns
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i showed those pictures just a minute
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ago because influencers are incentivized
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to get your attention in any way
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possible
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unfortunately the pendulum has swung way
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too far and influencers are going to
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extremes
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to alter their appearance to receive
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views for the content
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in the new yorker article titled the age
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of instagram face
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according to the american society of
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plastic surgeons americans received more
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than seven million neurotoxin injections
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in 2018
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and more than two and a half million
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filler injections that year americans
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spent 16.5
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billion dollars on cosmetic surgery 92
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percent of these procedures were
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performed on women this article was
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really interesting as the author visited
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numerous plastic surgeons
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who discussed the emergence of an
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instagram face
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that had similar procedures as
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celebrities who had large social media
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followings thanks to injectables
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cosmetic procedures are no longer just
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for people who want huge changes
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or who are deep in battle with the aging
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process they're for millennials
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or even in rarified cases members of gen
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z this is the real problem in my opinion
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the new role models of our youth are
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instagram influencers who use deception
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to promote a beauty standard that is
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unattainable
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think about this the highest paid and
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most popular beauty influencers
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can't even attain the image they present
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to the public naturally
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whether it be through photoshop facetune
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or plastic surgery
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they're using devices to trick you into
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thinking their image is attainable
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the result is obvious young women
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feeling the need to get plastic surgery
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on a deeper level the subconscious
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messaging that is being perpetuated
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is that young women's only value is in
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how thick they are on social media i
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think 95 percent of the most
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followed people on instagram use
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facetune easily the popular plastic
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surgeon told me
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and i would say that 95 of these people
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have also had some sort of cosmetic
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procedure
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let me be very clear i see nothing wrong
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with people getting cosmetic surgery
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the problem i have is when influencers
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aren't transparent about their surgeries
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use of facetune in photoshop or
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consumption of steroids
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what makes it even worse is when these
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same people lie about their procedures
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and then
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sell products based on a false image
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this clip is a perfect example of how
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different someone can look using
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different angles and lighting
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this is a nice looking girl but then she
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immediately becomes a new
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more attractive version of herself with
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a slight change in the lighting and
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angle
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most photos from beauty or bathing suit
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influencers are deceptive
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which i consider fraudulent they're not
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displaying how they realistically look
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and then selling the image as being
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attainable by buying their mascara or
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eyelash extensions
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even influencers who haven't had any
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cosmetic work or use crazy filters
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will rely on unnatural poses to appear
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to have a physique
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more alluring than the one they really
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have when you consider the demographics
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of the audience we shouldn't be
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surprised to see depression and mental
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health issues
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arise at the rate society has seen over
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the last 10 years
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mental health problems are on the rise
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among adolescents and young adults and
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social media may be a driver behind the
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increase
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this ajmc article includes a research
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study that detailed a rise of 70
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or more in mental health issues in
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adolescence over the past 10 years
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which also coincides with social media
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use dove has released a moving video
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called reverse selfie to address the
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impact of editing apps on the
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self-esteem of young people
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dove's self-esteem research project
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found that 85 of girls were using
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retouching apps and
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image filters by the age of 13. by the
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age of 13
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young women are already negatively
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influenced to dislike their bodies
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enough to use filters before posting
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photos online
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on the other side we have the male
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fitness industry that is full of frauds
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if you donated one dollar for every time
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a fitness influencer lied about being
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natural
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you could solve sarah mclaughlin's
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homeless dog problem be an angel for a
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helpless animal
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in the make money online niche you have
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a plethora of fake gurus in the fitness
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world and just as prevalent you have the
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fake
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natties these are dudes who claim to be
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natural but have the physique of someone
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who looks
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about as drug-free as lamar odom walking
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out of a brothel
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if you thought young women were the only
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ones who suffer from body image issues
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think again men deal with it just as
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much the most followed instagram
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influencers in the fitness space have
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physiques
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that look like they were made in a lab
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and guys don't follow fitness
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influencers for their stock tips
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they want the seps to hug their sleeve
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as tight as a newly drafted player
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hugs roger goodell even worse many of
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the jim bros flexing on your social
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media feed perpetuate fitness and
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dietness to their loyal followers
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the answer to getting a body that looks
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like it was produced by cgi
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is to just eat more protein link in the
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description attention cells in the
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social media world
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and the outlier physiques received the
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most fitness influencers are
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incentivized to go to the extremes to
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lie about their obvious steroid use
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and maximize their physical appearance
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unfortunately many of the youth
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following these completely natural
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wink-wink bodybuilders don't know that
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real gains happen when you eat clean
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trend hard
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and avar give up
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why do fake gurus promote their get rich
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easy schemes on instagram
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because they make insane amounts of
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money sure coffeezilla and i may call
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you out
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to them who cares they're making
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millions and we don't affect their
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business enough to shut us down i'm not
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going to go in detail with fake gurus as
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it's a topic i cover extensively on the
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channel
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if you're interested i have plenty of
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other videos calling these frauds out
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an awesome subreddit to check out is
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called instagram reality where posters
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help point out
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all of the photoshop fails and extensive
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uses of facetune
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and filters so you can see for yourself
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just how prevalent this practice is
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all of these exercises aren't meant to
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shame people for using filters and
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wanting to clear up some blemishes or
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look a little skinnier
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i just think it's really important to
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become aware of all of the fraud on the
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platform
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so that you can best determine what is
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good for you and what is not good for
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you
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without a doubt the most influential
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family on the prevalence of body
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dysmorphia and use of photoshop
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is the kardashians and jenners another
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client is kim kardashian west whom colby
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smith described to me as patient zero
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for instagram face
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ultimately the goal is always to look
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like kim he said kardashian west who has
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inspired countless
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cosmetically altered doppelgangers
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insists that she hasn't had major
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plastic surgery
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according to her it's all just botox
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fillers and makeup but she also hasn't
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tried to hide how her appearance has
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changed
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it's impressive the media empire that
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has been built from this family
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but nothing about them is real they've
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all had major plastic surgery to every
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part of their body
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and they use photoshop on every photo
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these are the role models for the girls
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in the dove ad who alter their photos
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and don't like their body by the age of
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13.
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this is who they look up to
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i just saw this post on instagram
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reality which i thought was perfect for
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this video so i'm gonna read it sorry
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for reading but it's super interesting
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this person was recently verified on
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facebook and instagram and within two
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weeks i started getting invitations to
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instagram groups for verified profiles
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only
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ever wonder why you see these super rich
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people with large followings
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if you have money you can be famous
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simple metrics of manipulating the
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appearance of fame
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so what happens is you get invited to
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the blue check dm groups
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if you have a blue check you get in free
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if you don't you pay a hefty price
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to get in so basically what happens is
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you get in these groups
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and they'll comment on all your photos
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to boost engagement so it's fake
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high quality followers and likes these
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are actual accounts bought from normal
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people and then run by bots
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fake news pr bs news recycling websites
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will be used to write articles about you
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you pay a heavy fee for 10 articles and
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you get a blue check through one of the
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pr people
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available who can submit you to insta
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through paying off a connection
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boom you're internet famous everyone who
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sees you in the explore page thinks you
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are anyway so they're motivated to
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follow your badly photoshopped self what
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next
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basically this whole post is talking
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about how
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when you get verified you join these
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groups and then you post and then all
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the people
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in the group will comment on your photo
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so when you post the photo
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you have all these blue check mark
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people commenting on your photo
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and it's like that you'll see this
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commonly where they'll have like two or
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three words the same comments every
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single time
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and these people will have you know on
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their post within a few minutes they'll
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all of a sudden have
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you know all these blue check mark
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people which boost the algorithm want to
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look like you rub elbows with
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recognizable names
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b-list stars are available to promo you
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and act like act like they know you
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for the same price as their appearance
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fee now you look extra famous
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the list is endless i'm very thankful
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for this person for uh
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posting this is it's a deep dive into
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what it looks like
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for actual fraud on instagram and if you
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think about it these influencers are
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getting paid by brands
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based on their engagement numbers this
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is fraud
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when you go to a brand and say hey i get
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500 comments and
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10 000 likes on my picture well if it's
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all bought or if it's all fake
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that is fraud
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i really do think the fraudulent
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practice practices of fake gurus and
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influencers have a profound
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impact on people's mental health and how
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they perceive themselves none of us
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are immune to comparison syndrome i'm
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listening to an audiobook now called
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predictably irrational which covers how
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we all need context for figuring out the
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value of a product or service
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i think the same thing happens with
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attraction to an extent that could be
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attraction to a woman
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attraction to a new business idea or
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attraction to a different lifestyle than
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the one you currently have
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i think instagram is all of these
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potential issues on steroids
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any insecurity you have will be
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maximized at the 100th degree by
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scrolling on that app
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my instagram explorer feed is a bunch of
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funny sports clips and hot filipinos and
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bathing suits
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i'm a consumer too it's painfully
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addicting i must admit
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but it is wild to think about our
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country's youth and their consumption of
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these apps that are just not meant to be
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used by teens
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i think we should all be aware of who we
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follow on social media as it really does
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have a drastic impact on our self-esteem
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and how we view ourselves
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thanks for watching
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