Sounds Like A Cult

The Cult of Family Vloggers

Jun 18, 2024

Discover the controversial world of family vloggers exploiting their children for clicks and earnings. Dive into the intricate dynamics, ethical concerns, and cult-like behavior of these influencers. Explore the impact on children, parental consent, and the dark side of fan behavior.

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Family vloggers exploit children for profit, risking privacy and consent issues.

Parental pranks and clickbait in family vlogging raise ethical concerns.

Legislation is being introduced to protect child influencers and ensure consent rights.

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Prone to Exploitation

Family vloggers exploit their children by monetizing their everyday lives for profit, leading to potential privacy and consent issues, creating a cult-like following of obsessed and desperate viewers.

Intro

2min

Exploring the Cult of Family Vloggers

6min

Evolution of Family Vlogger Content and Influences on Parenting Norms

10min

Exploring the World of Family Vloggers and Social Media Influencers

5min

Exploring Cult-like Dynamics in Family Vlogging

7min

Ethical Concerns and Controversies in Family Vlogging

5min

Family Vlogger's Misleading Clickbait and Superstitions

2min

Ethical Concerns in Family Vlogging

17min

Exploring Gender Dynamics and Cult-Like Attributes of Family Vloggers

2min

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The Impact of Family Vloggers on Children

3min

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Imagine you’re a little kid and your parents are actually your bosses. Now imagine that, as your professional superiors, your parents' job is to engineer and exploit every single precious moment of your childhood for millions of people on the internet to behold, all in exchange for clicks, comments, and ad dollars. Sometimes they prank you, embarrass you, and/or produce a whole ‘nother sibling purely as a career move. Now imagine if your parents manage to figure out at some point that this dynamic is power abusive and manipulative, and they decide to stop sharing your face with the world, scads of strangers who’ve gotten parasocially attached to you since before you were born start flipping the f*** out. Such is the uncanny experience of a kid born into the cult of family vloggers, this week’s culty a$$ subject, featuring journalist Fortesa Latifi, who is currently writing a book about parenthood and content creation.

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Sounds Like A Cult

The Cult of Family Vloggers

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Prone to Exploitation

Ethical Concerns

Lack of Privacy

Parental Influence

Cult Classification

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