A luxury resort in the Philippines is slamming “freeloading” Instagram influencers, telling them to “get a job” in a scathing post that has quickly gone viral.

White Banana Beach Club on the island of Siargao took to social media to say that they are fed up with requests from “self-proclaimed influencers” who request to stay for free in exchange for promotion on their social media channels.

“We are receiving many messages regarding collaborations with influencers, Instagram influencers,” the hotel wrote. “We kindly would like to announce that White Banana is not interested to ‘collaborate’ with self-proclaimed ‘influencers.’ And we would like to suggest to try another way to eat, drink, or sleep for free. Or try to actually work.”

Social media users everywhere have been praising the hotel for saying what many have been thinking.

“Those who ask are not real influencers or bloggers. They’re just a bunch of freeloaders,” one social media user commented, with another adding, “Self-proclaimed IG (Instagram) influencers are social climbers … whose influence is an illusion and whose followers are usually dummy accounts, other social climbers mesmerized by freebies, or guys who only follow them for their provocative pics.”

“Whoever is curating your social media accounts, is actually doing an amazing job. Kudos to you for standing up to that ‘self proclaimed influencer’ who wanted to rip you off,” a third user wrote.

Others, however, defended the influencers.

“‘Social media influencers’, ‘Instagram influencers’ have big contributions to boost Siargao’s tourism,” wrote Local YouTuber Lance De Ocampo. “Siargao will not be as appreciated as it is now if not of the so-called influencers’ breathtaking and well-curated Instagram photos.”

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