[realAzazello]

> The joke is perhaps on everyone else, as many of the same (influencers) getting ripped apart on Reddit have figured out a relatively easy way to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars by spouting inspirational, if often conventional, wisdom. These influencers...say the platform has become a profit machine, the sort of business-friendly space where a strong presence can directly lead to speaking gigs, brand deals, sales leads, career coaching opportunities, and more.

[aaroninsf]

...yet the life this entails is not one I recognize as worth the money.

AFAICT actual life is replaced by performative "living."

When the red light winks out, or you're old news, what is left in the darkness?