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The Real Difference Between Creators and Influencers

It’s not a gender thing.

Taylor Lorenz
May 31, 2019
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WIRED published a bad take this week claiming that most men self-identify as “creators” while most women self identify as “influencers.” This is really not true, and I wrote about the real history of the word creator, how it evolved, and the current influencer vs creator dichotomy.

My piece explains the true origin of how creator came to be adopted, then…

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