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What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

One influencer working for Amazon sued another influencer who works for Amazon for creating content that looks too similar to theirs. But with how the algorithms work and reward, was this an inevitability? What does this mean for the economics of the influencer position? Guest: Mia Sato, reporter covering platforms and communities for The Verge. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by B-streamwise.

0:03.0

As we get underway, the stakes couldn't be higher.

0:05.0

All he's left himself exposed.

0:07.0

There goes the attacker.

0:08.0

The defense is nowhere.

0:10.0

They're in on his laptop.

0:11.0

Criminal!

0:13.0

They've tucked that malware away beautifully.

0:16.0

And scored his house deposit and personal photos.

0:20.0

When you watch illegal streams, you risk letting criminals into your laptop or phone,

0:24.4

making it easy to steal from you.

0:26.4

Illegal streams let criminals in.

0:28.5

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0:30.8

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0:51.9

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0:54.5

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1:01.1

I wonder if you could introduce me to Sydney Nicole Gifford. Who is she? What does she do? Where does she live? Sydney Nicole Gifford is 24.

1:14.7

She lives outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and she is an Amazon influencer.

1:20.6

That's Mia Sato, who writes about platforms and communities for The Verge. What that means is she posts on

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