“Influencer” is just a term to use against people who have an audience to dismiss what they have to say as “he’s just doing it for clout” or whatever.

I neither spout bullshit for attention, nor did I even think this would get a positive response. On Twitter it’s almost nothing but derision and insults. Granted I bet a ton of people agree now, but I think many are afraid of liking or retweeting because it almost invariably means a shadow ban.

That said I don’t think of myself as an “influencer” and find it a vapid term.

Though, I suspect anybody that calls me one just doesn’t listen to anything I produce or chooses to ignore anything I say or do because it’s a convenient term for many to dismiss an argument without having to make one themselves.

And I don’t mean to be insulting to anyone despite obviously being a bit standoffish about all this. Hard not to be.