The Effect of Public Influencers on Social Media

by Kevon Aikens

I feel that public influencers don't speak on issues how they should.  Sometimes people like to take one side of a story and that's not right. I feel they never see each other's points.

Kai Cenat, the streaming star from the big apple. Terry Crews, the Hollywood actor and the White chicks movie star. I'm pretty sure we both know both of these names well. These two public influencers have a voice and millions in fanbase. I asked one of my friends if people like this should speak out on controversial issues and she said yes. One of the people she looks up to and is influenced by is Teyana Taylor, a Black singer, actress, and dancer who is also well known, and her voice can have a huge impact with her large fan base. For example, Kai Cenat has 17.8m followers on Twitch and everytime he goes live his average views is 134,233 per stream. 

Cenat's Instagram page

Tank Tolman is a bodybuilder who works out professionally. Being a part of his community helped motivate Ms. Mai, a teacher at Forsyth Satellite Academy. This helped her stay motivated and healthy during the pandemic. All of these influencers have a big platform and fan base.  

I feel that in the future we can have influencers that are going to speak on both sides in this world. And if that does happen maybe some issues will be resolved in a calmer way.