Fyre Festival investigation sparks conversation about power of influencers
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- čas přidán 29. 01. 2019
- In the world of social media influencers, the line between what's fact and advertisement can be blurry. The Fyre Festival debacle showcases a consequence of that system.
Dang Kendall gets paid over THREE times more for ONE instagram post than the average American household makes in an entire year. Let that sink in. The blessing of opportunity in this country and also the curse of what society has created.
Jonathan Chang that’s so crazy
Jonathan Chang unreal my and my fellow coworkers break our backs here in ny at a company called Ferguson and I’m bringing home 40,000 yearly. bs.
And......it all started with her half-sister making a porn tape with a washed up R&B artist........let THAT sink in......
Maybe it's time for people to stop following these "influencers".
And the average american household makes 10 to 20 times the average household in places like zimbabwe or indonesia. Let THAT sink in. Wanna blow your mind more? The average household in Zimbabwe probably makes thousands of times more than an entire colony of ants on a yearly basis. Woaaaaaah!
Or you know, just accept that some kinds of work pays better. Particularly when you have ass and tits.
This NEEDS to be an episode of American greed
Lol yeah something like that. Or worse
Drew Berning yes
Definately. New age consumerism.
Someone needs to make a feature film about this
Love that show
When will people realize that "Influencer" means hustler. Geez.
Shhhhhh don’t let the chumps know.
@@butternuts3656 really does mia khalifa cross the bridge asking for a friend ofc.
@@rs-mt6kl 'just a thought'?! Lmao! Foh.
Thank you.
This is why I don't follow them.
It hurts my brain every time they say 'influencers'. Lol
THANK YOU!!!
Ugh I know, same here, lol.
it just pains internally, ughhhh !!!!
I cringe every time
Don't trust anything that is named after the misspelling of a common word.
@Joshua Jung because spelling and truth have nothing to do with one another.
😂😂👌
200K for a concert ? damn thats a lot and stupid
But there are super rich people begging to buy experiences and money is just an abstract tool in their quest. 200k and $20 have the same impact in their daily lives. Most of us will never have that relationship with money.
I wouldn't pay that much for jack shit.
Kendall Jenner was paid $250k for ONE tweet, this fucking time line
People basically paid to look more cool and important than they really are.
Snake_whisperer there were never any actual tickets sold for 200k , that was just the media hyping
I'm sorry but this shit makes laugh! I'll be damned if I pay that much money for that shit. I feel bad for the locals that didn't get paid though. They're the real victims to me.
Agreed....
It was 1k for all major expenses paid. How much would you pay to vacation in the Bahamas?
Popcorn?
One Bahamian lady paid $50,000 out of her pockets to her employees who were not paid she saved up for years why did an influencer like Kendall give her 50K she would still have 200,000 left....
India Shanté There is 1. Check it out on Hulu!
No wonder billy mcfarland dropped out of college. He would never have been able to finish because he would just plagiarise and cheat
True but college is pretty useless when you’re pursuing business as a career.
@@RetrocadePodcast It really depends. If you are in the right business school and join the right fraternity, the networking opportunities are invaluable. It's as much as who you know as smarts and hard work.
Marc Yeo Yi Fei Billy is a genius. Expert marketer. But a very evil genius. If he was solely in charge of marketing this might have been pulled off. Just needed a proper manager. Billy is a perfect example of someone who doesn’t need college. Unfortunately he has no morals.
Really makes me sick that these celebrities can use their face to fool people
What makes me sick is that people actually believe the "influencers".
Not the first time, not the last.
Hey people use facetune to fool people to. Aparently lol saw a vid of chicks getting plastic surgery to look like there facetuned pictures lol because they don't look like that in real life so this whole world is starting to become fake these days its sickining
@Wisewoe Tiswell sorry but if I was a professional model I would make sure that what I am posing for is legit
@Wisewoe Tiswell every 1 who knew about it is to blame
*This is what happens when you allow social media that lacks checks and balances to run your life.*
Agreed!!!
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Never in the 40 years I've been on this Earth has anybody been able to influence me to do anything without critically thinking about it and doing my research. Everybody who got scam or just wannabes and wanted to live a fanciful lifestyle. The only person I feel bad for our the vendors and the individuals and the businesses on the island. But all those people that wasted all their money. Welcome to Greed and vanity. You put yourself there. You weren't going because you truly wanted to go. You was going because another human being told you to go and all they had to do was post a burnt orange picture. How sad is that?
Could not agree more. The only thing those models and "influencers" are guilty of is not doing background check and just accepted the money
Grim Soul I agree and the fact that these people that were stuck in these FEMA tents cuts open the tents besides their own and peed on them so no one would be close to them. These are many people
literally in the same boat as you stuck on an island and you are damaging their shelter and urinating around just to get “your
entitled privacy” This speaks volumes to me. They got what they deserved only ones out and wrongly done was the local workers and island businesses harassed by these people
who wasnt even patronizing them but had prepaid even for expenses on wrist bands and that money didnt go to them either!
ok boomer
Best comment
Anyone who takes life advice from people whose only virtue is not looking bad in a bathing suit deserve everything they get.
Haha, you only say that because a bunch of ppl got stuck on an island. If a bunch of people got rich and famous from the advice of instagrammers, I doubt you'd think they still deserve it. You'd probably complain about how fake it all is.
* Marina * amen 🙏
hahahaha. Stupid asses!!!
True lol
Yeah but does the influencers deserve the shit ton of money that they got for it.
They should be careful with where they agree to put their face on. They deceived their fans. Reputation is more important than money
For sure; but more than just being careful, they should be held accountable for misrepresenting something as a genuine interest or opinion vs a paid ad. Some people were naive enough to think they’d actually be there. Influencers that take money to promote must finally be required to tag their promotion as what they are: lying ads. See this enough and people start to understand there’s no authenticity and will ignore them...the way many now ignore other web ads. Influencer advertising works because they all lie about what they’re doing.
@@Eden519 yeap. They wont tho cuz they make so much
agree..like if you're gonna endorse an acid that burns off your face...i think you should be held accountable se 'followers' trusted you...they assume you back this product 100.... these influencer models are the definition of sellouts and see their followers as walking money bags..
popcorn pop that’s an incredibly specific and not at all chilling example; but I agree. I also don’t think you should rely on Influencers for that acid 😳.
Paid that much money to see Blink 182?? 😂😂😂
And promoted by Ja Rule? What is it the year 2000? Sounds like the worst concert ever, ever.
Hey I like Blink 182 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I wouldn’t pay $200,000 but hey I like em.
They paid 1k for lodging, concert, and gourmet food in the Bahamas. How much do you pay for your vacation?
Vacation? Who, what, when and where? ;p
500-2k in the Bahamas is not alot
The power of influencers isn't the problem. Its the weakness of the masses that is startling.
but they got paid for its promotion, so they are just as accountable
Im glad I don’t care about social media, this just goes to show how sick and immoral our society has become.
Nothing new, this is what you call the crowd mentality. It is very difficult to have empathy towards so called victims.
@Le Noir “crowd mentality” would apply to almost every human being on Earth
Listen, I'm with u on the wealthy millenials that got screwed over, but those people who worked for a month setting up that shit fest never got paid. Forget those who have disposable income, the ones that don't need to be taken care of.
Some of those tickets were as cheap as 500 dollars dude. 500 dollars that covers food, lodging, and transportation. They targeted everyone. Now get off your high horse. It's nauseating.
@@drakashrakenburgproduction5369 Tell me, what kind of idiot would expect so much in just $500? There are concert tickets for Coldplay that cost more than that. If you think that you can get on a island, meet supermodels and live in a beachside hotel, then you deserve to be scammed.
You are a complete piece of shit!
If you're influenced by an "influencer", then you need to grow a brain of your own.
I would LOVE to see these so called “influencers” get their paychecks cut. They don’t deserve this kind of money just for a tweet. Maybe some jail time would be great!
I disagree, I would say the so called "influencers" did their promos in good faith, and would have probably declined if they suspected the event was going to fail, as it did.
And as far as money goes, very few people would turn down easy cash.
If someone paid you $5000 to say you like orange juice, you're going to say, "Hey, I like to drink orange juice."
Jail time for the event organizer, >> YES ..... but not the people who really had no direct control over the failed event.
Ja Rule should be in jail too
Dollarmenu Dave honestly when he said it’s not fraud it’s false advertising
The platform may have changed to social media, but people being duped by wild fantasies is a staple of human culture.
Kendall Jenner was paid $250k for ONE tweet, this time line.!.
Just think how much money she's raking in. Like you said that was one comment. Think how many she makes and she is getting paid for. There is something wrong that people follow these people. People need to stop idolizing and following celebrities. So these people aren't even celebrities that's all they are as people are famous for being famous. Stop watching things like all the Real Housewives shows and Keeping up with Kardashians type shows. This reality TV stuff is not real it's phony and they're getting paid for it.
There doesn't seem to be enough regulations in place to hold influencers accountable for disclosing when they post a paid promo vs. an actual post.
And the local vendors for Fyre are still waiting to be paid..... not saying it is the models’ responsibility to pay them, but you’d think a donation wouldn’t be that hard for them.
Mfs need to see the after affect of Reality Show stardom. I see Daisy De La Hoya at my job a lot and it seems as though she lost her marbles.
@@merricat3025 she is famous because her sister make a sex tape, explain that to me
A fake festival for a fake generation!...awesome 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
White rich generation 😂 I got bills to pay
The Fyre Festival sounds a lot like Trump University.
Mark G. 😂🤣😭
Mark G. Always a sore loser Hillary supporter crying. Get over it. Pathetic
It's the spin-off.
Trump College lol
@@RFJersey Trump university was proven to be such a scam , Trump had to pay all his lawsuits before going into the Oval office, what is sad that whenever someone puts a true negative about Trump you supporters deflect to hillary.
News flash people disliked Trump before he even ran for POTUS, it doesnt always have to do with the election
I notice he lost weight once jail time became imminent...
AnotherSKYWALKR - 😂
Me too 😂😂😂
@@calisthenicschicken8812 He's probably not going to "federal pound me in the ass prison". He's probably at "white collar minimum security resort".
Wow. How can these ppl scam ppl so shamelessly
Ever hear of something called Enron? If not look it up.
Don't forget Theranos and Maddoff scams. Fyre is shoplifting compared to these others.
Because Greedy
Ok Rich people got finessed for once in there lives..Suck it up
the problem is not just the attendees, but more importantly local people who worked under the sun for a month were not payed either. The women who cooked for them lost her own money. I am much more upset about these people than the festival attendees.
Ezgi T true
A lot of those tickets were only 500 including all expense paid. That's a steal dude. Especially if it's for the Bahamas. Get your facts straight.
No, regular people got finessed, unless you're talking about the investors. Most people spent about the same money as a trip to Las Vegas, and certainly less money than a trip to Disneyland.
Jemel Moore You sound jealous
thousands of dollars to hang out with Ja Rule. Its not even the year 2000.
Influencers must take responsibility and be made responsible too. Influencers must do their due diligence and research and not blindly push and promote.
They are not without consequences or above the law of social media or law of the land.
"Top Music Artists like Blink 182"..........what year is this
The lesson that was needed to be learned- beware the hype- this lesson was expensive for everyone involved.
Recognize an ad when you see it.
The people hurt the worst were of course the poor.
That’s the main reason why I don’t have Instagram, Snapchat. I even hardly use my Facebook as it is all influenced by popular people.
This was real good coverage ABC! Proper and glad someone caught this angle.
At what point do consumers have some responsibility. Both docs pointed out that counter voices were screaming fraud. There were pictures posted of the actual unfinished site. The feeds were blowing up with complaints. Not one person turned back. They were willing to take the chance just to have bragging rights that they were there.
i don't understand why abc *couldn't 'say the name "name"* of the {still active} media account' that they said they profiled back in 2013.
Gen-X had a huge concert/event, too: *TO HELP OTHERS* ! Bob Geldof saw a short report on the famine in Ethopia one night. Love him or hate him, he wrangled Bowie, Queen, Tina, Sir Paul, & dozens of others to put on a concert that gave us the greatest 20 mins of Queen Live, EVER & raised 50mil pounds for the starving. We were knicking our folks' credit cards to *donate* ,not spend it on a fucking vacation. smh..
Yet Americans have no problem with celebrities interfering with politics, you're all worried about Russia... Beyonce has more power than Russia
Did you seriously just say Beyonce has more power than Russia? Dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Well said
Beyonce has 10000 nukes?
objectively when you look at the advertisement it was a nobrainer. It's called buyer beware.
Delusional.. how do you promise tickets to Fyre 2018 knowing what you know 😂😂😂
Haley Beiber lol I'm dying
Before the marketing...they should of been building the grounds up to host this festival...his ideas were just overwhelming to achieve in so little time...after the lie of marketing went viral...
I don't think that the models should be held accountable for anything to do with the Fyre failure.
They had no control over the event, and at the time they did their video shoot they would have assumed the event was going to be successful.
It is natural to be mad and seek financial restoration, but that has to be directed at the main organizer.
It is too bad something like this happened, it always sucks when people lose time and money for an event that failed.
The millennial version of the Wolf of Wall Street
Yea it was in a way.
Difference is Jordan Belfort got away with it for a very long time till he was eventually caught. Billy stumbled the first time and fell miserably the second time out
I was thinking Titanic.
It crazy how some of these celebs don’t think they have a hand in this,🤷🏽♀️Why sponsor something you literally know nothing about? Although $200,000 is just insane, even if I had it like that I could never.
And I Called Them Out On Their Bullshit Hahahahaha It Felt Great Seeing Me Go The Fuck Off On These Wannabe Celebrities On Twitter They Had It Coming
This is absolutely a case study for the history books!
I feel no pity for these customers, if you trust Twitter to tell you how and where to spend your money then you need to go back to elementary school, in the age of Madoff trust no one with your 💰
I'm a biologist. I have stressed myself out to near clinical depression, weight gain, and near poverty to pay for grad school while I finish my PhD in biostatistics and physiological ecology. I hope to one day make a difference by publishing my research on avian conservation in South America and might make an average of 60k a year at most 100k.
This girl take a photo, writes a hashtag, within a few minutes and makes more than I'll make in a few years.
If he came out and said "this was a social expierement" I'd die
The influencers should be held responsible too.
They're not ADVERTISERS. They're INFLUENCERS. They're literally there to influence the masses in a way very different from marketing companies. They rely on building trust to get you to put your money in something. Exactly like scammers or Ponzi schemes.
We have given influencers too much power. Either we take away this power or we hold them to a very high level of accountability.
I don’t understand what happened in the Fyre Festival. Can someone explain to me
Why didn't these people just take a trip to the Bahamas??? They could have saved some money!! Some people have more money than damn common sense 😂😂😂
We got people dying of hunger and these people are paying $250k for a simple single instagram post
again? This happened also a few years ago right?
3:59 i dont know if thats off lighting
But how yo hands 2 shades lighter than yo face?
since the 'burnt orange tiles' were posted in instagram thats what im gonna focus on. when she said you started being 'an influencer' at 10k followers is bullshit. the idea of 'influencer' in itself is ridiculous and to think that you have an influence on other people who see your posts to be able to call yourself "influencer" is narcistic
hi, stop referring to it as "failed" it was actually just totally fraudulent from the get-go
Why does Ja Rule get off scott free? His name is not even mentioned in this report.
*David Puddy!!!* That's who Billy reminds me of! Elaine's boyfriend in Seinfeld 😂😂😂
Can you sue the representatives of talent or no du diligence
Rich people scamming spoiled rich people? I only feel bad for the small local contractors who did manual labor and never got paid.
That music line up is trraaaaashhhh 😂
I’m acc so happy that Mary Ann got that money from the go fund me page, and kinda disappointed the influencers didn’t use their power to help raise awareness for the issues poorer people faced at the festival
I’m glad something is being done about this.
Thank goodness more and more people look at “celebrities” and say who cares. Really, I’m sorry to see people affected. Though, remember if it sounds to good to be true than it probably is. Hopefully the sick one that led this is in jail for a long time.
They need to be held accountable for their participation. Just like the rest of us would be
These guys need to learn that with great power comes great responsibility. There are consequences to our choices. That is the law of the land and they need to accept culpability. Hopefully they will be more thoughtful about their decisions in the future.
Hold on ABC. We still need to know one thing: WHERE IS JA!? He needs to be held accountable also.
Look they didn’t know they were promoting a scam. But I do think it’s disgusting when Kendall got ask “how was Fyre Festival?” And she laughed saying “Oh I didn’t go”. That was truly upsetting to see.
Posting something you got paid to post and not writing #ad is a scam in and of itself
The Chaotic Hype. Billy McFarland still can host festival in jail.
i still get a chuckle out of this
5:10 "... and then objectively when you look at it, and we saw the package and saw the video, it was a no-brainer."
cool
$200,000 a pop I feel bad for the parents of the kids they are the ones who really paid for the tickets
Apparently nobody actually paid for those particular tickets. Most people paid 500 to a couple of thousand dollars. Which isn't bad for a week in the Bahamas with food, entertainment, and accommodation all included. Maybe they thought it would make for a nice vacation :/
You can find all inclusive vacations on LivingSocial and GroupOn for about $550-$600, flights included. Regular people take these type of vacations literally everyday...
No it wasn't 20 Grand. It was like $400 to $1000 which was wayyyyy to cheap
Kids with too much money on their hands getting scammed. I'm glad the Bahamian caterer, MaryAnn was able to recoup her losses from a GoFundMe campaign. I hope they do the same for the Bahamian laborers who were not paid either.
The Netfix doc was way better than the Hulu doc.
the netflix one is more interesting.
You can't just hire more help for this kind of festival. People forget that most of those naked bicyclists at Burning Man are artists, engineers and builders who create the festival.
For every model Fyre hired to stand around or post on instagram they also had to hire a person to do actual labor.
That's why people get pissed about private Google camps at Burning Man: introducing a paid luxury system undermines the volunteerism that makes something like Burning Man work. It's also part of why tons of smaller, invite only Burner type campouts cropped up.
$255,000 to take 3 seconds to post an ad to your instagram account??? What has this World come to?? 😢😢😢
And these people should have learned a lesson. To not let social media run you life or your bank account
The media failed to say that most people only paid 1200 for tickets, that's why it flopped they didn't have money
Go to the channel Internet Historian and watch his video on Fyre Festival.
He said “ cause nah”😂🤦🏾♂️
This was exactly what I thought about when watching the documentary. Unfortunally society created these "influencers" but there should be limits.
To call someone an influencer and lock them into something they might not technically be apart of is very risky.
The fact of letters being sent out, and potential trouble of your influence is now being regulated and capped speaks volumes of what is to come. Because you have influence, they want you to disclose you influence and who cuts a check because of it. People's influence is now being measured on a more analytic approach.
How can your influence be used at your will to convince others to do or support what you say, how far will they go and to what distance will they follow. Is there enough influence from a celebrity to have their followers swing a vote, how can your influence be used by another to con another into doing something that will take advantage?
In a court of law, I can call you a thief and you can deny that claim. It then can go to a jury who needs to be influenced to decide the outcome if the claim is true or not. It would seem that in life it's not what you can prove(rather this case or othes), but rather who can you influence.
He looks like Mr Boston's half brother from I Love New York lol
Wait a minute. I seen 3 different videos where the restaurant lady said she lost 100,000 of her own money. Another she said she lost 150,000 and on this she lost 50,000. I find that suspect.
They should be held responsible for helping to false advertising
When the headliner is Blink 182, shouldn't that have been a red flag that this "music festival" was smoke and mirrors. I mean really, Blink 182???
Nothing that is ever on social media and the net should ever be considered real.
Cant wait till these influencers start an #eatratpoisonchallenge
If they received any money they should have to return it to the victims. their lawyers can then sue the festival organizers.
FTC needs to do more about these “influencers”
I loved Blink 182 at the height of the career.... back in the early 2000s!!!
with Ja Rule as well. I guess they figure people that remember this era could maybe afford to pay for this crap.
I think all the models should give back the money 🤷🏻♀️
People should just make an effort to not be sheep.
This is the classic example of all vision and no practicality, planning, and execution.
I'm so sick of this so called influencers, I just roll my eyes when I hear about them
No need to blame the models, i remember a girl in the doc, who was the software engineer of the fyre thing by the way, saying something like how can the models know anything even when her who was on the inside building the website didnt know it was such a scam...its like anyone who has had an accident in a car blaming the celebrities the car company used for the ad.
If any of the people who bought tickets to this had done five minutes of research online they would have realized the whole thing was a sham.
They had no idea that this was a scam! This is the reality of our social reality
I dont think they should have to hashtag ad when promoting. Like it's up to you to believe them or not. geez- theres a law for eveything now.
This is just the power of advertisement...every company does it.As if you can blame hired workers for promoting something they didn't even create or organize
I feel so sorry and bad for the local people. They work over 17 hours without getting paid. One of the ladies had to pay the workers out of her pockets. I don’t know how people can promote something without knowing it. These people don’t have any empathy nor humanity. They will do anything. For money.
If you get “influenced” by social media than you deserved to get played