By John McCarthy

A leading Instagrammer with over half a million followers has purged her account of images and receptioned many with a skewering analysis of herself and those who generate revenue from the platform.

Eighteen-year-old Essena O’Neill, who has a digital following of over 612k on the site, described the smoke and mirrors involved in maintaining her online persona. This occured while she deleted more than 2,000 of her images which she claims “that served no real purpose other than self-promotion”.

She stated that she could easily earn “$2000AUD a post EASY” for her selfies on the site, that this made her ever more Read full story ›

Source: The Drum