Definitions:An accu­rate def­i­n­i­tion of “influencer” ...

Definitions:

An accu­rate def­i­n­i­tion of “influencer” is: a vir­tu­oso of a par­tic­u­lar inter­net platform; some­one who has learned to use its mech­a­nisms to achieve their own objectives, rather than the other way around.

An accu­rate def­i­n­i­tion of an inter­net “creator” would have to be: someone whose income is deter­mined by a platform’s algorithms.

That’s Robin Sloan, with a very good distinction. I’m not either of those things, so I wonder what I am? Maybe just a writer.