Culture Irish hotelier refuses to give blogger free stay, blogger reeeeee's about it - Apparently she's a "social media influencer" and that means she deserves free shit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-42750803

A British YouTuber says people have told her "to die" - just for asking if she could stay at a hotel for free.

Elle Darby, who's got 90,000 subscribers on the site, offered to make a video about her stay if she didn't have to pay.

But the owner of the Charleville Lodge in Dublin - Paul Stenson - shared Elle's email online, accusing her of not having "self-respect and dignity".

Newsbeat has approached Mr Stenson for comment, but he hasn't got back to us.

Image copyright Elle Darby
Image caption Elle also has 80,000 followers on Instagram
Speaking exclusively to Newsbeat, Elle says the backlash has exposed her to a "tidal wave of hate."

She says her original email was "a very normal thing to send if you work as a social media influencer."

She offered to vlog about her stay on her channel, "to bring traffic to [the] hotel and [encourage] others to book up."

But in a Facebook post that's been shared by thousands of people, the hotel owner asked: "If I let you stay here in return for a feature in your video, who is going to pay the staff who look after you?"

He then announced that all vloggers were banned from the hotel - and accused Elle of getting her fans to leave him bad reviews, something she denies.

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Image caption Some of Paul's response was posted on Snapchat, where he has a big following
"The sense of entitlement is just too strong in the blogging community," he wrote.

"The nastiness, hissy fits and general hate displayed after one of your members was not granted her request for a freebie is giving your whole industry a bad name.

"I never thought we would be inundated with negative reviews for the simple reason that somebody was required to pay for goods received or services rendered."

Elle says Paul's followers have since sent her threats.

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"I've had people telling me to top myself, asking me to go play in traffic and die - just for literally doing my job. That email is something that every single blogger has sent out.

"People just are not taking responsibility for what they say online. I don't think it's easy to remember that when you send a tweet it is going to someone's profile who is a human with real emotions.

"For the service I was offering Paul, a lot of bloggers would've charged for that. Paul works in hotels, he will know this.

"Bloggers are sent to the Maldives and to Bali and all sorts of glamorous places and they don't just go for free - they are paid to go because they have such a large following. Social media is one of the biggest ways of marketing around right now."

Paul Stenson, incidentally, is the proprietor of the White Moose Café, who triggered vegans by not catering to their eating disorder, triggered the alt-health crowd because he said he wouldn't serve gluten free stuff without a doctor's note confirming they are coeliac, and triggered Brazilians by making a joke at their expense.

At the end of the day, though, he makes a valid point. "Exposure" and channel views ain't paying the bills.
 
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Paul Stenson, incidentally, is the proprietor of the White Moose Café, who triggered vegans by not catering to their eating disorder, triggered the alt-health crowd because he said he wouldn't serve gluten free stuff without a doctor's note confirming they are coeliac, and triggered Brazilians by making a joke at their expense.

At the end of the day, though, he makes a valid point. "Exposure" and channel views ain't paying the bills.

I'd be more rather than less likely to patronize this establishment just for pissing off this entitled little cunt demanding free shit.
 
Elle Darby, who's got 90,000 subscribers on the site, offered to make a video about her stay if she didn't have to pay.
She says her original email was "a very normal thing to send if you work as a social media influencer."

She offered to vlog about her stay on her channel, "to bring traffic to [the] hotel and [encourage] others to book up."
Well, at least she has 8k more subs than DSP.
 
I think she might actually be a cow in her own right if she's literally cryin rn because she was refused a freebie and then claimed that other bloggers would make the hotel proprietor pay them, don'tcha know.

Also, she looks like this. Note the fake tan, stupid nails, and collagen-stuffed lips that make her mouth look like a guppy. Turns out she's one of those "fashion, lifestyle and fitness" bloggers who pose taking selfies in the mirror in their gym kit wearing a builder's trowel load of makeup.

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It's actually fairly amazing how openly corrupt and unethical these shitbags are. If you're willing to give a good review of something in return for free shit, that says exactly what your opinion should be worth to anyone actually trying to find the value of something from a review.

I don't think we're going to see Hotelgate, but this is exactly the kind of shit that set off GG.

I think she might actually be a cow in her own right if she's literally cryin rn because she was refused a freebie and then claimed that other bloggers would make the hotel proprietor pay them, don'tcha know.

She looks like the whore she is.
 
My initial reaction was to side with the hotel owner completely, but after reading the article it appears that she emailed him the request and then he shared the email online publicly to deride it. From what I gather from the article, the blogger didn't bitch about things until this had happened and she'd gotten flack in response.

IMO that's very different from her throwing a hissy fit simply for being told "no" after requesting free shit (which is how everyone in this thread is perceiving it), and it's unprofessional of the owner. He should have just politely told her to fuck off and then went on with his day instead of trying to stir the pot publicly. But it seems he wanted publicity and got it, even if makes them both look bad.

EDIT - The BBC article linked is absolute shit, omitted some very relevant details and context, and did not make the situation clear at all. Apparently the owner anonymised the email when he posted it, and it's the blogger who then unmasked herself and threw a fit about it publicly. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...outube-vloggers-flooded-business-bad-reviews/

So yeah, nevermind, owner was in the right and blogger is a bitch.
 
I think she might actually be a cow in her own right if she's literally cryin rn because she was refused a freebie and then claimed that other bloggers would make the hotel proprietor pay them, don'tcha know.

Also, she looks like this. Note the fake tan, stupid nails, and collagen-stuffed lips that make her mouth look like a guppy. Turns out she's one of those "fashion, lifestyle and fitness" bloggers who pose taking selfies in the mirror in their gym kit wearing a builder's trowel load of makeup.

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Here she in in her crying video with a nice dose of pink eye. So glam.

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I think she might actually be a cow in her own right if she's literally cryin rn because she was refused a freebie and then claimed that other bloggers would make the hotel proprietor pay them, don'tcha know.

Also, she looks like this. Note the fake tan, stupid nails, and collagen-stuffed lips that make her mouth look like a guppy. Turns out she's one of those "fashion, lifestyle and fitness" bloggers who pose taking selfies in the mirror in their gym kit wearing a builder's trowel load of makeup.

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My initial reaction was to side with the hotel owner completely, but after reading the article it appears that she emailed him the request and then he shared the email online publicly to deride it. From what I gather from the article, the blogger didn't bitch about things until this had happened and she'd gotten flack in response.

IMO that's very different from her throwing a hissy fit simply for being told "no" after requesting free shit (which is how everyone in this thread is perceiving it), and it's unprofessional of the owner. He should have just politely told her to fuck off and then went on with his day instead of trying to stir the pot publicly. But it seems he wanted publicity and got it, even if makes them both look bad.

EDIT - The BBC article linked is absolute shit, omitted some very relevant details and context, and did not make the situation clear at all. Apparently the owner anonymised the email when he posted it, and it's the blogger who then unmasked herself and threw a fit about it publicly. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...outube-vloggers-flooded-business-bad-reviews/

So yeah, nevermind, owner was in the right and blogger is a bitch.

Correct. And then she tried to personal-army her followers into giving him negative ratings on Tripadvisor and similar.
 
What thot blogger sees an Irish hotel and decides it would be a good opportunity to blog/vlog about? Bitch clearly was already going to Ireland and was just looking to e-beg a free room and a meal ticket.

What a gross person.
 
Bitch clearly was already going to Ireland and was just looking to e-beg a free room and a meal ticket.

Correct. Her and her partner, according to her cryin rn video (which I cannot get through more than five minutes of without wanting to gouge out my optic nerves because she uses jump cuts so liberally to cover up her inarticulacy and everything in her flat is white and only just above "Live, Laugh, Love" wall sticker tier and she has a voice that would infuriate a Buddhist monk) were planning a getaway to Ireland and she e-mailed a number of hotels trying to cadge a free stay in exchange for clicks.

I'm thinking I should hit the Beauty Parlour and do a proper thread on her. There is surely more content here than just this.
 
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