Basically, talking about him should be beneath the New Yorker, and the choice to publish about him drags a weird little pocket of the deep internet into the mainstream, in a way that makes us all worse off.

Influencers are inessential nobodies. They contribute nothing positive to the world and produce nothing of value.

They could all disappear tomorrow and the world would be better off for it. They exist only because of your attention.

I cannot be persuaded to care about these people one iota because it only makes the problem worse in a positive feedback loop.

Ignore them and they'll go away.

If you're worried about your nephews, then they're spending too much time online. The solution is to remove them from the situation, not elevate these narcissists even further.

Women have been abused, joined cults, etc. for centuries. This is not new. There is likely a red-light district in your city full of trafficked women right now, that no one is doing anything about. Why would you care about an e-celeb halfway across the world?