Social influencers trying to buy ‘likes’ in exchange for toilet roll or pasta spark anger in Germany

Social influencers trying to buy ‘likes’ in exchange for toilet roll or pasta spark anger in Germany

  • Stephanie Lindner and her boyfriend Michael Bauer posed for pictures surrounded by toilet roll, holding Corona beer and pasta
  • Couple offered the items as prizes for those who liked and shared their posts 
  • But people were outraged by their making light of the deadly coronavirus crisis 
  • Comes as Germany’s cases increased by 4,954 today to total of 36,508
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Two German social media influencers have been criticised for trying to exploit the coronavirus crisis by offering toilet paper and pasta for social media ‘likes.’

Model Stephanie Lindner who has 47,000 followers on Instagram and her boyfriend Michael Bauer, who has more than 140,000, posed in pictures surrounded by stacks of toilet roll, holding cases of Corona beer and packets of pasta.

They offered a ‘coronavirus survival pack’ containing the loo roll, pasta and beer for anybody who shared their profiles with friends, followed them and liked some of their photos.

But their efforts backfired and they were faced with furious reactions before they deleted the posts. It comes as Germany had 4,954 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its total to 36,508. 

Model Stephanie Lindner who has 47,000 followers on Instagram poses with toilet roll, Corona beer and pasta

Reality TV star Michael Bauer, who has over 140,000 followers, poses with toilet roll, holding cases of Corona beer and packets of pasta

Reality TV star Michael Bauer, who has over 140,000 followers, poses with toilet roll, holding cases of Corona beer and packets of pasta

One angry web user said of Lindner and Buer’s post: ‘You’re posting pictures there where pictures should not be made.

‘This is the most embarrassing post of 2020.’

And another added: ‘Giving away free toilet paper in order to get more followers – how can you even look at yourself in the mirror’.

The pair later deleted the images but they had already been copied and were being re-shared on social media. 

Lindner and her boyfriend make frequent posts on social media to their thousands of followers, earning money from advertising

Lindner and her boyfriend make frequent posts on social media to their thousands of followers, earning money from advertising

Lindner

Lindner

The pair later deleted the images but they had already been copied and were being re-shared on social media (pictured: Lindner, left and right)

However online the Mr Germany 2015 runner-up Bauer, who was also a star of the local version of the Bachelor in Paradise, said: 'I don't understand how everybody can misunderstand this and turn things into a negative.'

However online the Mr Germany 2015 runner-up Bauer, who was also a star of the local version of the Bachelor in Paradise, said: ‘I don’t understand how everybody can misunderstand this and turn things into a negative.’

When contacted by local newspaper Bild the two were unavailable for comment. 

However online the Mr Germany 2015 runner-up Bauer, who was also a star of the local version of the Bachelor in Paradise, said: ‘I don’t understand how everybody can misunderstand this and turn things into a negative.’

He said he just wanted to distract people from their troubles and have a bit of fun.  

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