I am very confident she will find other means of sharing her assets for money without it

yeah, it's that niche of "i got no qualifications, but i have a body"

Well that’s pretty much modeling in general, isn’t it? It’s not like they do modeling post-graduate study before they can work. If a successful model was all of a sudden not allowed to distribute their image it would ruin their career.

instagram is not modeling

Why do you think that? Making money on pictures of yourself on Instagram is just as legitimate as making money on videos of yourself on YouTube.

yeah, i don't think making money off youtube as legitimate, I've seen the videos my son watches, bunch of fkwits screaming while playing video games.

I used to wonder why my kids watched it too. Who wants to watch someone else play a game and not just play it themselves? Then I remembered professional sports exist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Depending who they're watching, a lot of the most successful channels put a LOT of time and effort into developing their content and brand. They usually start with extremely rigorous schedules so they can literally operate as a factory, churning out content for specific upload times.
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Between finding games (not easy after you've played a lot of them), buying the games, buying the equipment to record, getting the set-up right, playing the games (especially if you have no actual interest in the game but it sells well - see: FNAF), coming up with dialogue WHILE playing them that DOESN'T set off YouTube's algorithm-of-the-week, editing the content, designing thumbnails, uploading, creating titles etc it can actually become an extremely involved process.

Channels such as Pewdiepie, JackSepticEye, Markiplier etc often reveal after they've finally reached stability (takes years) that they:
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-Never had time for social lives really, and almost never took a break from producing content. This includes sick days and weekends. And yes you can say "gee must be tough playin video games all day every day, poor them," but once again that's not all that's involved in making even a short video. And either way, being locked in a dark room 24/7/365 talking to yourself and staring at a screen can be rather soul-sucking circumstances. Which leads into the next point:
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-MOST of the successful youtubers end up struggling with depression. They feel trapped and isolated and under pressure and they feel forced to put on a constant facade of enthusiasm and happiness because that's what audiences want. It's an extremely competitive and unstable market. And yes they choose it, but doesn't make it any less difficult

I could continue but if you don't get the gist by now you likely won't. The point is, whether you consider it a legitimate or smart line of work, or enjoy the content, a lot of these channels do put a TON of work into what they do. It's not always that easy to convince 5 million, 14 million or 50 million people to click a button every single day

Ok but when the fad stops she has to turn that skill to another type of jobs. Or be open toearn something new. It's things she should think about.

That good advice for us all. Ever changing economic mean we should all have a backup. The auto workers in Detroit should have learned something new when the automobile plants shut down.
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What I find odd however is why people think that this is a fad. Attractive women have been selling their images since photography was invented. What makes this woman different from any of the women who appeared in fashion magazines or Playboy? From what I can see it’s just the business model.

I mean being an influenver in instagram is a fad. And tes we all should be prepared for a backup. Her "job" wont last forever, unless she keeps working on being better at whatever and evolving.

Also not something new. She’s not popular because she is an influencer, she’s an influencer because she’s popular. Paris Hilton is a recent pre-Instagram example but celebrity endorsements have a long history. The thing is that her job is to be popular just like any celebrity. Influencing, which is just another word for endorsement, is one way she makes money.
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It might seem absurd because it’s a new format but it’s not going anywhere and will become normal over time and evolve into other platforms and channels.

Ok. But she shouldn't be crying for not being on Instagram then. If she is already popular she has YouTube, start a podcast, tik tok, or whatever. Beig famous on Instagram won't be forever. Even Paris Hilton had a show, perfumes and other things.

We’ve already agreed that diversification is a good idea but that doesn’t take away the fact that having some one remove even a fraction of your client base without warning is something to be legitimately upset about.
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I get it. You don’t like the idea that people on Instagram can make a living from it for some reason. That’s fine, you get your opinion. She still a business owner who faced material loss of revenue and possible bankruptcy. She’s justified in being upset about that.

I don't mind if they make money. They put themselves outthere and people follow. For whatever reason but they do. Just saying social media dies down at one point or her looks change.