Overrun by Influencers, Historic Sites Are Banning TikTok Creators in Nepal (restofworld.org) 33
Prominent tourist and religious sites in Nepal are putting up "No TikTok" signs to keep creators from shooting at the premises. From a report: They come in hordes, strike funny poses, dance to loud music, trample over crops, and often stir up unmanageable crowds that cause traffic jams. TikTok creators in Nepal have earned a reputation for disrespecting religious and historic places in their quest to create viral videos, and are now facing a backlash. Over the last two years, several prominent tourist and religious sites in Nepal have erected "No TikTok" signs to keep creators from shooting at the premises.
These sites include the Buddhist pilgrimage site Lumbini, Kathmandu's famous Boudhanath Stupa, Ram Janaki Temple in Janakpur, and Gadhimai temple in Bara, among others. According to authorities, officials keep a close eye at these places and rule-breakers are warned or asked to leave. "Making TikTok by playing loud music creates a nuisance for pilgrims from all over the world who come to the birthplace of Gautama Buddha," Sanuraj Shakya, a spokesperson for the Lumbini Development Trust, which manages the shrines in Lumbini, told Rest of World. "We have banned TikTok-making in and around the sacred garden, where the main temples are located."
These sites include the Buddhist pilgrimage site Lumbini, Kathmandu's famous Boudhanath Stupa, Ram Janaki Temple in Janakpur, and Gadhimai temple in Bara, among others. According to authorities, officials keep a close eye at these places and rule-breakers are warned or asked to leave. "Making TikTok by playing loud music creates a nuisance for pilgrims from all over the world who come to the birthplace of Gautama Buddha," Sanuraj Shakya, a spokesperson for the Lumbini Development Trust, which manages the shrines in Lumbini, told Rest of World. "We have banned TikTok-making in and around the sacred garden, where the main temples are located."
Can we finally call them influenza? (Score:5, Funny)
To acknowledge that they're a disease.
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Do the companies who pay them to advertise actually see a reward
Yes, they do.
This shouldn't come as a surprise, it's what actors have been doing for a century.
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What's weird about it is that these people are considered trustworthy by other people who think they're something like friends, and who think that any bullshit they hawk they really like and recommend because they really think it's neat.
Think 1950s and celebrities (back then this meant "people who can sing, dance or have some other talent", I know, it's different from today's definition of "being famous for being famous") peddling some crap on TV and people buying it, for much the same reason.
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The influencer may be the disease, but the influencee is the vector that spreads the desease.
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Stupid typo. I meant disease not desease!
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I wouldn't mind if the disease deceased.
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And, since neither are going away, the answer is "constant education over the next century"... maybe.
Wonder thing like Tiktok can affect so much (Score:2)
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LOL! Biden invited tictok influencers to the White House and they were treated like VIPs there!
Attention whoring economy (Score:4, Insightful)
Influencers (Score:4, Funny)
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Books.
Manners, respect are LOST (Score:4, Insightful)
Next logical step. (Score:5, Insightful)
This is just one more symptom of the problem: people don't have respect when respect is at odds with their own narcissistic self-interest. It's the same reason you can't get down streets in tourist areas during the high season due to all the selfie sticks and asshats taking selfies for their Instabook feeds and TikChat messaging. And simultaneously and maybe a bit previously to that, we've seen signs being popped onto the sides of World Heritage sites saying that flying your loud annoying drone isn't acceptable.
And when the next great "social media" revolution happens, we'll have even more narcissists and get-rich-quick try-hards doing equally disrespectful if not more annoying things that will have to be prohibited.
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It's not narcissism, at least not entirely. Social media, especially Facebook and Instagram, create a false impression of other people's lives being much more interesting than they really are. People only post the highlights, not the every-day drudgery.
Like airbrushed photos of models, that makes people viewing them feel inadequate. Their life is so boring in comparison. That in turn drives them to not just experience things, but to take photos that mimic the ones they see from other people, so their accoun
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Jesus. One legacy that Trump left is that everyone knows of the word narcissism but no one seems to know what it means. Hint: not a single action you describe in your post is evidence of narcissism. Some people take holiday photos. Whoop de fucking doo. Not every selfie goes on social media. They've been doing that literally since the camera was invented. I feel like you may have a problem with people being happy.
Now on this diagram shows me where the bad selfie stick touched you.
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Yeah, there's a difference between taking photos of stuff when on holiday, and setting up basically a photo shoot specifically to post to Instagram, where these people spend hours doing makeup, and hauling all kinds of gear for lighting and such to a public place in the middle of other people just trying to experience that place, all so they can publish the glory of themselves on the Internet. In no way was I complaining about people just taking a photo and moving on. I was talking about people that make
Thank goodness (Score:1)
Can't I do my boobie and ass dance in Nepal? (Score:2)
Those temples are so great to show off my body and make it all about me.
Well if I can't do it in Nepal I'll just head over to Bhutan.
Maybe they understand how hard I have worked to gather my +17m followers.
Solution (Score:1)
How the times change (Score:2)
When I was younger, the crops were trampled, the antiquities ruined by flash-mobs, now it's influencers.
Smart country (Score:2)
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2. On the other hand, this now benefits religion. Which is bad, because ... religion.
How does this benefit religion? First, these are sites that have been deemed historical by the country in which they are a part of. And second, religion, in and of itself isn't detrimental, it's the extremists and politicians that try to force their particular interpretation of religious morals onto the masses that cause most, if not all of the problems.
If a country, or any locality, decides that a site is historic for whatever reason they want, tourists should respect the site and not make it a living h
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Religion is inherently detrimental.
There's nothing wrong with writing fiction. There's nothing wrong with enjoying fiction. There's nothing wrong with being a fan of fiction. There's nothing wrong with getting together with groups of fans of fiction and enjoying it together.
But when you actually believe that fiction is reality, you are mentally ill. Religion is mass psychosis.
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