Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFor journalist Nick Bilton’s first film, he didn’t want to just document the world of social media influencers, he wanted to influence it himself.
So he set out to find ordinary people who he could help get famous online through the purchase of bots that would grow their follower counts and engagement, and then he filmed the process for a documentary entitled “Fake Famous.”The process of making the film was one Bilton likens to “putting a leaf in a stream and whichever way it goes, it goes.” Although the formula to making his three protagonists famous (at least on Instagram) was one he feels anyone could use and find success with, it had different results for all three because of the level of.
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