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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 29, 2018 5:33:12 GMT
Yes to all of this! And shame on Tim for liking his post. ^^^ I saw that, too! I wondered why in the heck he would 'like' that post, too- unless he only looked at the picture and didn't read what Collin actually wrote.
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Post by auroraborealis on Jan 31, 2018 19:27:38 GMT
Oh how I agree with all of you.
BTW, this thread is what pushed me into signing up here. You are so right on all of this!
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Post by nicolep on Jan 31, 2018 19:39:52 GMT
I don't even understand anything on his feed. It's an instant turn-off for me. Just ICK.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 17:42:56 GMT
I haven't smirked so hard in a long time. It's a little older, but it reminded me of this thread.
Love the obligatory "dude-bro" husband.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 4, 2018 9:21:10 GMT
Over on NSBR and Twitter today's laughs are on the #yomemo theme. Mainstream Twitter wouldn't get it so I will post it here: #yomemo so fake that the influencers on this thread wouldn't post it or scrap it...
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Post by mamakoala on Feb 5, 2018 1:30:50 GMT
okay i am awful but elsie's feed is driving me nuts. i get that she adopted. i get that her kid is adorable. but her perfect house, perfect kid clothes, perfect furniture, matchy-matchy everything. i had to unfollow her. tell me i am not alone.
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Post by nicolep on Feb 5, 2018 1:47:30 GMT
okay i am awful but elsie's feed is driving me nuts. i get that she adopted. i get that her kid is adorable. but her perfect house, perfect kid clothes, perfect furniture, matchy-matchy everything. i had to unfollow her. tell me i am not alone. I am still following but as a mom of a 3 yr old I am mostly pulling my hair out 90% of the time raising a toddler. Nothing in my life is even close to perfect. I get that her posts can be annoying. I do. 😡
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Post by mamakoala on Feb 5, 2018 2:24:02 GMT
okay i am awful but elsie's feed is driving me nuts. i get that she adopted. i get that her kid is adorable. but her perfect house, perfect kid clothes, perfect furniture, matchy-matchy everything. i had to unfollow her. tell me i am not alone. I am still following but as a mom of a 3 yr old I am mostly pulling my hair out 90% of the time raising a toddler. Nothing in my life is even close to perfect. I get that her posts can be annoying. I do. 😡 it feels like everything she posts is so staged--her kid's clothing, the house (which is absolutely perfectly clean, with WHITE FURNISHINGS? ) and it drives me nuts.
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Post by mom on Feb 11, 2018 1:33:55 GMT
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Post by wendifful on Feb 11, 2018 1:52:08 GMT
mom, your second link just leads back to this thread. Hope you can fix it because I want to read it!
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Post by mom on Feb 11, 2018 1:54:05 GMT
mom , your second link just leads back to this thread. Hope you can fix it because I want to read it! Ok, fixed it! It should be working now! SaveSave
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Post by dudleypippen on Feb 11, 2018 1:58:25 GMT
Raising awareness of the dangers of social media- good. Fundraising for hurricane and cancer patients- admirable. Using hashtags that include "u slut"- detracts from the cause. I'm no prude, I've dropped more than a few f bombs in my life, but I just can't get past using words that are used to shame *women* for their sexuality in such a casual, flippant way. It feels like any good work he might be doing is sort of negated by the denigration. If we really want to change the world through social media shouldn't we start by choosing words and images that are inclusive?
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 11, 2018 9:20:50 GMT
I do not like the dude and I cannot back up what I am about to say with links, so there is that. However. I am sure I have read similar "paths" to the one he describes on social media before. A while back and a little more recently, since I have been away from home. Both paths, BTW- the fake first part and the denouement. To me, therefore, and possibly because this family has "form", it comes over as derivative. Oh well, as long as it isn't a direct copy, maybe he was just inspired by someone else?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 9:29:57 GMT
So Lizzy and her husband just got hit in the pocketbook with his "satrical" IG. They played the celebrity game and got slapped in the face. This is what happens when you don't have an agent for damage control. This is what he's trying to do is damage control. Celebrity Rule 101- You did something that caused backlash now you go on damage control with these kind of social media posts. Look at the real famous celebrities who have also done this. The humility, the forgiveness, the I am a real person. This is so playbook I am waiting for a CAA agent to snap a selfie with him.
Quote from the article- "His Instagram feed and stories mocked the very platform Collin used to attract his audience. The culture of perfection that often permeates Instagram and other social media channels became his target, along with the idea that women were desperate to use their accounts to compete with each other. “Tiff” was Collin’s fictitious arch-enemy who notoriously drove a Range Rover and was constantly one-upping Collin with the next best thing—a bigger house, a tinier waistline, and a husband who lavished her with gifts and attention." "Collin hit the nail on the head. If you’ve scrolled through popular Instagram accounts lately, you’ll likely encounter highly curated images of picture-perfect homes, women with flawless makeup, happy children, and endless sponsored posts."
Um, that person he's talking about and mocking is his WIFE! His wife is TIFF? I am not being snarky. Look at Lizzie's IG! This is HER!
I can't with these two. You know Dear Lizzy was my favorite line. I didn't even know she was a person until you all shared her IG. Then her husbands IG. I know a lot of us on here have been slut shamed by guys "Who thinks it's funny and satirical." We all know how damaging it is and the lifelong trauma it causes. No decent guy would do something like this, not even as a joke.
I see he said he forgives those who slammed him and Lizzy. I didn't see an apology to those he hurt with his satirical slut shaming. You know there were women who looked at his IG and Lizzy's. My heart goes out to these beautiful women and the pain these two caused. I can just imagine the pain when a woman looked at Lizzy's feed of her being so perfect and nothing ever goes wrong in her life. Her life is so perfect and so wonderful that her husband has a need to start his own IG to shove it in their slutty and loser faces. You know that is how those two made a few few.
Yes we have these perfect social IG's. A lot of times these perfect social IG's are used to cover severe abuse, shame & fear. They are made to provide a normalcy in a culture that thrives on perfectionism. When these hurt scared women are using their IG perfect lives to survive another day.
Sorry I am ranting. This just sets me off. I work so hard for women's rights. Guys like Collin are not nice guys. They are the hurtful ones. Until they learn how to change their tone we as women need to be vocal and aware.
I had a couple of my guy friends and my DH take a peek at Collin's feed. They all said he was a major douche and makes other guys look bad.
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Post by dudleypippen on Feb 11, 2018 13:23:20 GMT
So Lizzy and her husband just got hit in the pocketbook with his "satrical" IG. They played the celebrity game and got slapped in the face. This is what happens when you don't have an agent for damage control. This is what he's trying to do is damage control. Celebrity Rule 101- You did something that caused backlash now you go on damage control with these kind of social media posts. Look at the real famous celebrities who have also done this. The humility, the forgiveness, the I am a real person. This is so playbook I am waiting for a CAA agent to snap a selfie with him. Quote from the article- "His Instagram feed and stories mocked the very platform Collin used to attract his audience. The culture of perfection that often permeates Instagram and other social media channels became his target, along with the idea that women were desperate to use their accounts to compete with each other. “Tiff” was Collin’s fictitious arch-enemy who notoriously drove a Range Rover and was constantly one-upping Collin with the next best thing—a bigger house, a tinier waistline, and a husband who lavished her with gifts and attention." "Collin hit the nail on the head. If you’ve scrolled through popular Instagram accounts lately, you’ll likely encounter highly curated images of picture-perfect homes, women with flawless makeup, happy children, and endless sponsored posts." Um, that person he's talking about and mocking is his WIFE! His wife is TIFF? I am not being snarky. Look at Lizzie's IG! This is HER! I can't with these two. You know Dear Lizzy was my favorite line. I didn't even know she was a person until you all shared her IG. Then her husbands IG. I know a lot of us on here have been slut shamed by guys "Who thinks it's funny and satirical." We all know how damaging it is and the lifelong trauma it causes. No decent guy would do something like this, not even as a joke. I see he said he forgives those who slammed him and Lizzy. I didn't see an apology to those he hurt with his satirical slut shaming. You know there were women who looked at his IG and Lizzy's. My heart goes out to these beautiful women and the pain these two caused. I can just imagine the pain when a woman looked at Lizzy's feed of her being so perfect and nothing ever goes wrong in her life. Her life is so perfect and so wonderful that her husband has a need to start his own IG to shove it in their slutty and loser faces. You know that is how those two made a few few. Yes we have these perfect social IG's. A lot of times these perfect social IG's are used to cover severe abuse, shame & fear. They are made to provide a normalcy in a culture that thrives on perfectionism. When these hurt scared women are using their IG perfect lives to survive another day. Sorry I am ranting. This just sets me off. I work so hard for women's rights. Guys like Collin are not nice guys. They are the hurtful ones. Until they learn how to change their tone we as women need to be vocal and aware. I had a couple of my guy friends and my DH take a peek at Collin's feed. They all said he was a major douche and makes other guys look bad. [brp] Yes, yes and Yes! I want to stand up and applaud everything you said. Real activism isn't built by tearing others down (with or without satire). It's generated by uplifting and empowering others. Those "Tiffs" he mocks are in fact actual human beings. There are so many amazing, strong women doing incredible work for women's issues that it angers me when someone who is basically mansplaining gets press and we are supposed to fawn over him.
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Post by mom on Feb 11, 2018 13:38:54 GMT
ok, I intentionally did not add any of my own opinion when I added the links to his crap on Instagram. I wanted to see what others thought (and I agree!).
It just feels slimy. DH thinks Colin has something big in the works and this was his way of operating himself from all backlash. DH says ' give him 6 months, he'll be back with a sponsor or Inked selling things for him.' I hope not.
What Colin did for Houston and Refiguio (IM sure thats misspelled) is nice. But don't think for a second he didn't get something out of this. Colin loves fame and he got some.
IMHO he is a bully who wants to look like he's not. Then when he gets caught, the tears flow. If he was really worried about the person in the back of the room (as he said in his video) he would not have slut shamed or made fun of women, at all. He just would not have ever gone there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 15:11:37 GMT
Seems just as prolific as ever. I thought I heard a few weeks back that he was deleting his account? I sense something big coming too. I'm sure he has connections in the LDS community (note the press he's getting) and plans to keep making money in social media.
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Post by nicolep on Feb 11, 2018 15:24:15 GMT
ok, I intentionally did not add any of my own opinion when I added the links to his crap on Instagram. I wanted to see what others thought (and I agree!). It just feels slimy. DH thinks Colin has something big in the works and this was his way of operating himself from all backlash. DH says ' give him 6 months, he'll be back with a sponsor or Inked selling things for him.' I hope not. What Colin did for Houston and Refiguio (IM sure thats misspelled) is nice. But don't think for a second he didn't get something out of this. Colin loves fame and he got some. IMHO he is a bully who wants to look like he's not. Then when he gets caught, the tears flow. If he was really worried about the person in the back of the room (as he said in his video) he would not have slut shamed or made fun of women, at all. He just would not have ever gone there. These are my thoughts EXACTLY as well as @zingermack comments. I have no interest in him or Elizabeth Kartchner. I don't think they know what real life truly is. They're both a turn-off to me.
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Post by miss2peas on Feb 11, 2018 17:13:24 GMT
I don't even understand anything on his feed. It's an instant turn-off for me. Just ICK. This is me. I have tried to figure him out on more than one occasion and can’t. (Because of what he was doing for the Katrina victims)He is super annoying and I don’t find him funny at all. I’ve decided to not waste anymore time and go with my gut on how I feel about his persona.
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Post by miss2peas on Feb 11, 2018 17:21:35 GMT
okay i am awful but elsie's feed is driving me nuts. i get that she adopted. i get that her kid is adorable. but her perfect house, perfect kid clothes, perfect furniture, matchy-matchy everything. i had to unfollow her. tell me i am not alone. The other day I was reminiscing about the Scrapbooking back in the day, so I decided to go looking for some of the old “stars”. I could not believe her feed. I knew she had her blog and that was all prettied up but I figured her Instagram would be somewhat real and it’s not. If she does live like that good for her but I don’t see it being possible. Everyone’s loves pretty pictures staged or not but her whole feed has nothing real at all.
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Post by wendifful on Feb 11, 2018 18:22:08 GMT
I struggle with this because back in the day, I loooooved Dear Lizzy. Her scrapbook lines were perfection and her husband used to write the sweetest blog posts on her birthday. I still follow her IG, I guess because I hope it will go back to being crafty inspiration, but I agree that the life portrayed is not realistic. I'm glad she and Collin have fun together but I dislike his social media presence. It feels like he's trying too hard. I also think that when you do real works of charity, you don't have to share them with the world. He's raised a lot of money for people affected by hurricanes and that's great, but the way they shared it turned me off. I also don't think his billboards are life-changing. You are beautiful? That's a nice sentiment but will it really change anyone's life?
I don't know. I don't think he's pure evil and really, it's not my job to judge him. I just know that his approach turns me off.
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 12, 2018 5:56:03 GMT
I sense something big coming too. I'm sure he has connections in the LDS community (note the press he's getting) and plans to keep making money in social media. I found an article where it says he's done work with mormon.org. They are known for their social media campaigns. I think they are savvy enough to do some digging and not want him to be the poster boy for a "Embrace the un-cultivated life" They can start with searching their own LDS owned TV station and see where he's made the news and not in a good way. It would have to be behind the scenes. I wouldn't be surprised if he works with the lady in the above link in the near future. She Loves She Thrives She Wanders She Responds She Inspires That right there is a good thing to stop following.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 6, 2018 16:52:47 GMT
I received this strange local magazine in the mail at work today. One of the articles was the one I posted the link for below. I find it ironic that he’s an influencer, but he hits on the head how disingenuous the majority of them are. They change direction as soon as a new trend comes along. Do I really think all the crap Amy T is trying to “influence” on IG are products she’s discovered or uses? No, she’s getting paid to try and convince us to buy them. This ties into the current discussion going on the Studio Calico thread about April Foster insinuations in an article that she “made” Ali Edwards. I think Ali designs and sells a product that she believes in. She’s not a “former” scrapbooker/documenter trying to sell product that she doesn’t even use in a hobby she’s left behind. Also, trying to diversify into areas that have nothing to do with your core audience. Something’s gotta give, and usually it’s your customer base. startupcamp.com/4-hard-difficult-steps-to-building-online-influence/Also, the new Inked Brand influencer “Meghan” has a cringeworthy video introducing her self described “shit” on the SC thread. It’s worth a look.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 17:10:02 GMT
I received this strange local magazine in the mail at work today. One of the articles was the one I posted the link for below. I find it ironic that he’s an influencer, but he hits on the head how disingenuous the majority of them are. They change direction as soon as a new trend comes along. Do I really think all the crap Amy T is trying to “influence” on IG are products she’s discovered or uses? No, she’s getting paid to try and convince us to buy them. This ties into the current discussion going on the Studio Calico thread about April Foster insinuations in an article that she “made” Ali Edwards. I think Ali designs and sells a product that she believes in. She’s not a “former” scrapbooker/documenter trying to sell product that she doesn’t even use in a hobby she’s left behind. Also, trying to diversify into areas that have nothing to do with your core audience. Something’s gotta give, and usually it’s your customer base. startupcamp.com/4-hard-difficult-steps-to-building-online-influence/Also, the new Inked Brand influencer “Meghan” has a cringeworthy video introducing her self described “shit” on the SC thread. It’s worth a look. This is the reason I’ve stopped using hashtags on IG. It seems so disengenous to me (if I’m understanding the word correctly). It’s a way to say “hey look at me design manufacturers!” Hashtags are so over used now, it’s like googling something. You’re going to get a million hits. I saw a Cookie artist the other day use over 30 hashtags, and she doesn’t do online sales! So her business is locals only. Why clutter up 30 hashtags with your pictures of cookies you won’t sell online? Or a gymnast I follow, every picture of her husband she has to hashtag married marriage husbandandwife marriedlife. Why? Is it really that important that the search of marriage lead straight to you? I think these social media influencers just blindly follow the pack and we no longer see targeted marketing. We have millions of armchair marketers pushing product simply because they get it free. No real thought into brand building and people trying to turn their name into a brand like Kleenex except they aren’t tissues.
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