On 2022-08-26, I hoped new-age social media influencers would promote only products and brands they use and believe in, rather than follow what I called “the actor/sportsman route.” I said the opportunity was immense and that delaying gratification might be needed, without specifying who should delay gratification or what that opportunity involved.
I argued that commerce can grow from resonance and personal relationships: people buy from one another and from friends, so influence needs a bridge to the people we assume we influence. On 2024-12-04, I proposed that we start selling something and leave people beyond our borders alone for now. I predicted that the quality gap created by scale would likely even out over time; this was a prediction, not a reported result. The post included “Research: @FinFloww,” but did not describe the research or @FinFloww’s role.