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Back when I grew marijuana as a job I would regularly post pictures on Reddit. The light manufacturer Mars hydro reached out to me out of the blue and sent me free LED grow lights. The only condition they gave me was I had to make 5 posts with pictures showing what I grew with that light. They even told me to be honest about what I thought but to mention the brand of the light they sent. I was far from an influencer but my posts would get a few hundred upvotes. I did actually like their lights but they had a few issues here and there.

However, I did have to sign an agreement stating that I would make those posts within X number of weeks. I always thought that was pretty cool seeing as how I was not really anyone with any type of sway in the industry.

It's pretty obvious when these companies are more of less hiring influencers to sell their shit for them. They'll never say anything bad about it.