Social media influencers have an unfair advantage in the business world

As someone who's been running a small online business for years, I gotta say influencers working hard to build their brand is not luck, it's effort. It's not like they just woke up with a million followers, they put in the work. I can't hate on someone who hustles to get ahead - that's the free market at work.

I don't buy it. I mean, sure, influencers have a following, but it's not like they don't work hard for it. Building that kind of audience takes serious effort and skill. I see it more as a different, newer kind of marketing, not some unfair advantage.