Is the influencer candidate feeling threatened? Last week, he experimented with a new form—the fan meetup. “I talk a lot about how expensive New York City is,” he said on Instagram. “But, right now, there are actually a few fun and free things happening across these five boroughs.” He would visit one later that day. The first twenty-five people to message him received an invite, with a time and a location: the U.S. Open, for the first day of qualifying.journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter