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Social Media Influencers Mural
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Overview
Social Media Influencers Mural refers to a piece of street art in Los Angeles in front of which only people with over 20,000 social media followers may be photographed. It is guarded by a security man to enforce this rule. After being discovered in June of 2018, it was criticized and mocked online for being indicative of the ridiculousness of social media culture. The mural appears to be a viral marketing stunt orchestrated by an upcoming television show by the name Like and Subscribe.
Background
On June 25th, 2018, Twitter user and Vice writer Justin Caffer tweeted his discovery of the mural, gaining over 5,300 retweets and 18,000 likes (shown below).
![Justin Caffer justin caffier @JustinCaffier Follow There's a new security-guarded mural in LA that only allows influencers and verifieds to take pics in front of it. PRIVATE MURAL ove FOR VERIFIED INFLUENCES AND PEOPLE WITH OVER 20,000 FOLLOWERS OWLY 4:45 PM-25 Jun 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/426/a6a.jpg)
Developments
After the discovery of the mural, multiple news organizations covered it, including CBS,[1] Inverse,[2] and Nylon.[3] Social media users expressed their outrage at the mural. User @samsanders expressed he hoped the mural was "crawling with bedbugs" (shown below, left). Many compared the mural to a Black Mirror plot (example shown below, right).
![Bedbugs Sam Sanders @samsanders Follow I hope this mural is crawling with bedbugs justin caffier@JustinCaffier There's a new security-guarded mural in LA that only allows influencers and verifieds to take pics in front of it. 7:22 PM -25 Jun 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/430/e65.jpg)
![Black Mirror Comparison Jose A Bastidas @jabastidas Follow Replying to JustinCaffier This is how it starts](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/432/64e.jpg)
Other Twitter users thought the mural resembled a stunt from prank/social experiment show Nathan For You. User @pjfreese made the comparison (shown below, left). However, over the course of the day, it was discovered that the mural was set up by a group called @likeandsub, which appears to be an upcoming television show, leading many to speculate the mural is intended as a prank (shown below, right).
![Nathan For YOu Peter Freese @pjfreese Follow Replying to @JustinCaffier Hello @likeandsub l am #influencing NATHAN FIELDER oV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/434/aa2.jpg)
![Like and Sub Like and Subscribe Follow @likeandsub Today we are so excited to debut the beautiful mural we curated in the heart of the LA art scene. Come down and check it out. Unfortunately the mural is currently for verified influencers and people with over 20k followers only. However it may be public soon. Stay tuned!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/438/015.jpg)
@LikeAndSub appears to be a project by noted internet comedians Brandon Wardell and Jack Wagner. Wagner posted on his Instagram that day celebrating the release of his new show by posing in front of the mural (shown below, left). Also, the Twitter avatar for @likeandsub features Wardell in the image (shown below, right).
![Jack Wagner versace-tamagotchi # . Follow versace_tamagotchi very exciting day today folks. to celebrate the upcoming release of my new show @likeandsubscribe we created a beautiful instagramable mural designed specifically for influencers. influencers work so hard every day to curate beautiful feeds and inspire us all, we wanted to make something specifically for them most of the best murals in LA are already posted too often, which is why this mural is for verified influencers only (or people with over 20k followers). We even hired an armed security team to guard the mural this week to make sure only verified influencers are able to take photos with the mural. this is something i thought influencers would appreciate but unfortunately a lot of them got very mad at this and only had bad things to say. we wanted this mural to PRIVATE MURAL FOR VERIFIED INFLUENCERS AND PEOPLE WITH OVER 20,000 FOLLOWERS ONLY. subscribe capture the themes of postive vibes and CITY OF LOS ANG REETOSOWCCS, 1 10,148 likes 16 HOURS AGO Log in to like or comment.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/480/356.jpg)
![Like and Subscribe Avatar Holliivo THE RECORD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/386/486/579.jpg)
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pilongadello
Jun 26, 2018 at 03:21PM EDT
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