What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer

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🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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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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1:13.8	Sydney Nicole Gifford is 24. She lives outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and she is an Amazon
1:20.9	influencer. That's Mia Sato, who writes about platforms and communities for The Verge.
1:26.3	What that means is she posts on social media platforms like Instagram or TikTok,
1:31.1	and she makes content that's like, my favorite skims body suit dupes on Amazon
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1:42.7	If you're not getting all your bags on Amazon, you need to see this.
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