All-Star Instagram ?

[Nikaa]

A few days ago I was looking at cheer page, saw a cute girl (around 8 or something) in a uniform, big hair, make up and she is tagged in the picutre. Me thinking oh please lord don't let this girl have Instagram account. I click on her username and she does. 8 years old girl has Instagram and that is not all. She has over 100k followers, eight years old girl who most of her pictures are in shorts and sports bra. For me it is just practice wear. What an 40 years old man see is diffrent than what I see. He sees her body, with just a little shorts and tiny sports bra. Than I click on her friends account and realize there is tons of little girls with thousands of followers. Not just cheer, gymnastic also. 3 years olds posing in splits with 300k followers. Sorry if your CP is one of those girls but what are you thinking!?!? Is it really worth it having 100k followers (which probably half of them are old men) for those 5 minutes of fame and few dollars you make with promoting?
Social media is crazy place, protect your babys from pedophiles with putting her account on private. The number of followers is not worth for being in big dangerous of pedophiles having yours kid picture.

Also...found this on Tumbler just a couple of days ago. And it scared me!!!

Attn cheer and dance blogs:
It has come to my attention that porn blogs have been saving and reposting our pictures. They have also been trading them for other nude pictures of YOUNG GIRLS. From here on out I will not be posting pictures or videos of my students, or reblogging pictures of little dancers/cheerleaders.

It’s disgusting that it’s come to this, but some blogs have even gone as far as messaging me about trading pictures.

I am disgusted. please be careful.

 

[GlitterPlz]

Yeah. It's too much. I wish it would go away. I have comments about it all, but this thread isn't in 18+.

Red flag to me was him offering free pictures for the cheerleaders.

 

[Fiercecheermom]

Until recently all of my social media and my CPs was open. Unfortunately, she (and I) had a stalking/harassment issue, so we have had to lock down our accounts. Unfortunately, we found that it was not too hard for "fake" accounts to follow us to obtain info about her and her friends. At this point, I would highly suggest not only watching your kids' accounts, but making them accessible only with request.

 

[5-6-7-8]

I guess there's not way to stop it? It's just so random that they started up at the same time.

@5-6-7-8 when I report/block them, they disappear from my "like" list. I wonder why they don't from yours.

They are gone from my view (because I blocked the user). But they still show up for others. I checked using my private personal account and I could still see those users' likes. I don't like that they are there on my side business' public page.

 

[standSTILL]

My CP has an Instagram. It isn't private, but I monitor it. She recently posted a short video. Under it there have been comments that aren't in English. I have no idea what they say. She doesn't share personal information on her Instagram such as her phone number, address, etc. Should these comments concern me. She wants to keep it public. I am okay with that as long as it is safe. Any feedback/advice? Thanks

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Harmless bratty teens. Loosely translated, they said she's "Basic" & a "Child trying to act like a big girl" Rude people except one who stated she "Blew my mind"

 

[cachoi]

A couple months ago, my friends account was hacked and she didn't even realize it until she went to show me something under her "photos you've liked" tab and saw random pictures of boobs, butts, and "click here for free Ray Bans/Louboutins/etc" ads. She'd unlike them but every time she checked, there'd be more spam pictures being liked by her account and more spam accounts following her and liking her pictures. She somehow got signed up for some third party Instagram platform that likes pictures they think you'd be interested in, aka nothing but spam, all without her knowing.

 

[Cheer Dad]

Red flag to me was him offering free pictures for the cheerleaders.

Whoa wait a minute. This is some guy associated with a cheer a program?


**No way that's cool aid, must be crack aid for that level of addiction**

 

[oncecoolcoachnowmom]

I've never understood why moms who are running their youth-aged CP's Instagrams intentionally use so.many.hashtags!? Is it trying to get them to be a cheerlebrity? A modeling contract? More followers? #cheerbaby #sassiestlilflyer #soannoying

HOW ELSE WILL the world know she is a #futurewildcat or #futuresmoed?

Yes. I think they are seeking fame and hoping to be featured on the Instagram accounts of cheer related companies. Although, that kind of fame is worth absolutely nothing and I would expect to get paid by a company using my kid's image in their advertising. That's none of my business though...;)

(Speaking of models, though, I'm SURE you've seen the most recent local photographer taking "model" type pictures of cheerleaders...that's for another thread, though)

And re: the photoshoots, perhaps I am missing something, but HOW MANY "professional" or model-type photos in practice wear does a kid need? Really.

I also have a real question. For someone who may have/know a kid who models?

So you want your kid to be a LEGITIMATE model.

Is a kid REALLY going to get noticed by a REAL agency with cheer practicewear photoshoots with cheer photographers?

I am not on often but I look at who some of my HS cheerleaders follow and these kids will be in 8th/9th grade having like 12 photoshoots with photographers with glitter, practice clothes, on the beach, props, whatever. Are agencies really scouting cheer kids for modeling work based on that?

I know that some kids may be Rebel or Varsity models, but I was wondering about paid modeling outside of cheer industry brands.

 

[SL&AM]

I'm curious about the modeling story too? I mean, we all know my CP is meant to be a STAR!

Seriously though, I have an instagram account for contests and that is about it. Sometimes I'll do the "Tag us" things at a local competition and sometimes it'll be for major companies. CP won something at the last thing we went to so it's kinda worth it. I normally remove whatever I've posted that night. Otherwise, I just don't have time for Instagram---I have a twitter for the same reason. The only social media I really use is Facebook.

As for as young kids having it, CP is 7 and I don't get it. I think the costs of fame; even a short 15 minutes of fame, isn't worth what you have to give up so actively seeking out that fame just doesn't make sense to me. I doubly judge when you're seeking fame for a child who has no choice or real understanding of what you're trying for either.

 

[njallday]

The amount of money you can make off of endorsements on instagram is crazy when you have that kind of volume of followers. So while it may seem very strange that some of these kiddos are hiring professionals to take photos of them in their practice wear, look again. did they tag the brand of clothes they're wearing? do they have over 50K followers? they're probably getting a kickback. It starts out small with free products for yourself - like a new bow or practice wear or those ridiculous cousin it hairpieces - but it can build up to real income. Look at the cheer athletics kids we laughed at for advertising salsa and burger king.. some now have deals with UGG and American Girl, for example.

They get paid per like and with real big brands like those, I'd bet it's a pretty penny (or at least an exciting chunk of change for an 18-21 year old)

 

[oncecoolcoachnowmom]

The amount of money you can make off of endorsements on instagram is crazy when you have that kind of volume of followers. So while it may seem very strange that some of these kiddos are hiring professionals to take photos of them in their practice wear, look again. did they tag the brand of clothes they're wearing? do they have over 50K followers? they're probably getting a kickback. It starts out small with free products for yourself - like a new bow or practice wear or those ridiculous cousin it hairpieces - but it can build up to real income. Look at the cheer athletics kids we laughed at for advertising salsa and burger king.. some now have deals with UGG and American Girl, for example.

They get paid per like and with real big brands like those, I'd bet it's a pretty penny (or at least an exciting chunk of change for an 18-21 year old)

Sometimes the brands are advertised/tagged and others times they aren't.

To each his or her own, I suppose, but some of the younger ones want to be models (bio says like "future runway model.)

Wanting to get rich selling teeth whitener kits is one thing, but I don't think a modeling agency takes that seriously?

 

[Emily]

The amount of money you can make off of endorsements on instagram is crazy when you have that kind of volume of followers. So while it may seem very strange that some of these kiddos are hiring professionals to take photos of them in their practice wear, look again. did they tag the brand of clothes they're wearing? do they have over 50K followers? they're probably getting a kickback. It starts out small with free products for yourself - like a new bow or practice wear or those ridiculous cousin it hairpieces - but it can build up to real income. Look at the cheer athletics kids we laughed at for advertising salsa and burger king.. some now have deals with UGG and American Girl, for example.

They get paid per like and with real big brands like those, I'd bet it's a pretty penny (or at least an exciting chunk of change for an 18-21 year old)

When I learned how much money you could make with instagram followers I was definitely shocked. From what I've seen on insta with some cheerlebrities I'm guessing that they not only make an exciting "chunk of change" with the followers they have, the more popular ones could definitely pay for a season of cheer for themselves (or put away the money to pay a sizeable amount of their college bills). When I learned about the numbers I immediately understood why those kids & their parents embrace the "cheerlebrity status".

 

[SL&AM]

When I learned how much money you could make with instagram followers I was definitely shocked. From what I've seen on insta with some cheerlebrities I'm guessing that they not only make an exciting "chunk of change" with the followers they have, the more popular ones could definitely pay for a season of cheer for themselves (or put away the money to pay a sizeable amount of their college bills). When I learned about the numbers I immediately understood why those kids & their parents embrace the "cheerlebrity status".

So parents sell out their child's security and privacy for money? Okay then...


*The day Susie was not full of sunshine.*

 

[Teacher Mom]

So much craziness on social media! Especially today on Twitter. I'm staying off it and focusing on The Bachelor ;)

 

[purplecheer]

@measy88 same it's so annoying!