An outraged Kurt Coleman insists he was Australia's first influencer after being offended by post calling him a 'former micro influencer'
Influencer Kurt Coleman has lashed out at an Australian pop culture Twitter account.
The Instagram favourite, 24, was outraged on Tuesday when the @AusCrave account described him as a 'former Gold Coast micro influencer'.
'Babe I started the whole entire [influencer] industry in australia,' Coleman objected in an Instagram post.
![Hurt: Influencer Kurt Coleman (pictured) has lashed out at an Australian pop culture Twitter account after they described him as a 'former Gold Coast micro influencer'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/18/05/53052195-10412983-image-a-21_1642482879032.jpg)
Hurt: Influencer Kurt Coleman (pictured) has lashed out at an Australian pop culture Twitter account after they described him as a 'former Gold Coast micro influencer'
In a lengthy caption accompanying the post, Kurt wrote, 'there was NO ONE known through social media for purely being themselves in Australia before me'.
'Only after me could anyone make a name for themselves by themselves through the internet,' he claimed.
'I went through so much abuse and hardship for all these people to have a career today'.
![Bold claims: 'Babe I started the whole entire [influencer] industry in Australia,' Coleman objected in an Instagram post](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/18/05/53052197-10412983-Bold_claims_Babe_I_started_the_whole_entire_influencer_industry_-a-45_1642484490964.jpg)
Bold claims: 'Babe I started the whole entire [influencer] industry in Australia,' Coleman objected in an Instagram post
![Infamy: Kurt first rose to fame in 2016 on social media as a teenager thanks to his very confident social media posts and currently boasts 107,000 Instagram followers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/18/05/53052193-10412983-image-a-23_1642482894519.jpg)
Infamy: Kurt first rose to fame in 2016 on social media as a teenager thanks to his very confident social media posts and currently boasts 107,000 Instagram followers
Kurt first rose to fame in 2016 on social media as a teenager thanks to his very confident social media posts and currently boasts 107,000 Instagram followers.
The latest rant comes after Coleman lashed out at Instagram earlier this month, describing the platform as 'sick-minded' in a lengthy rant about 'censorship'.
'If everything I think or say is gonna get censored, like, can someone just tell me a new app [to use instead]?' he said in a shirtless video.
![Hysteria: Coleman recently lashed out at Instagram, describing the Facebook-owned social media platform as 'sick-minded' in a lengthy rant](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/06/04/52601805-10373923-Hysteria_Kurt_Coleman_pictured_lashed_out_at_the_platform_on_Thu-a-131_1641444778257.jpg)
Hysteria: Coleman recently lashed out at Instagram, describing the Facebook-owned social media platform as 'sick-minded' in a lengthy rant
Coleman had previously suggested he'd been 'shadowbanned' by Instagram for sharing questionable content related to Covid.
Shadowbanning refers to the act of hiding or restricting a user's content without informing the user that it's happening.
One of the social media personality's followers suggested the action had been taken because Kurt had posted 'anti Covid' content.
'I will be leaving these apps if there is a better app,' said Coleman.
He then went on to 'agree 1000 per cent' with a fan's hysterical comment that the level of control held by Instagram was 'scary' and that 'it doesn't feel like we're living anymore'.
![Paranoia: Coleman had previously suggested he'd been 'shadowbanned' by Instagram for sharing questionable content related to Covid](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/06/04/52601815-10373923-Paranoia_Coleman_had_previously_suggested_he_had_been_shadowbann-a-132_1641444778265.jpg)
Paranoia: Coleman had previously suggested he'd been 'shadowbanned' by Instagram for sharing questionable content related to Covid
![Freedom fighter: One of the social media personality's followers suggested the action had been taken because Kurt had posted 'anti Covid' content](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/06/04/52601801-10373923-Freedom_fighter_One_of_the_social_media_personality_s_followers_-a-133_1641444778269.jpg)
Freedom fighter: One of the social media personality's followers suggested the action had been taken because Kurt had posted 'anti Covid' content
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