I have a number of kid-followers online because I'm...
   entertaining apparently and I don't make them feel like
   outcasts. [I'm also a fan of whatever the popular Internet
   culture is at the time, which is probably why I'm noticeable to
   that demographic]

   Anyway... I'm not a parent but one thing about the whole "role
   model" thing, I try to make it known

   I AM NOT A ROLE MODEL

   and if they imitate me, I'm flattered but then I change my
   behavior because I don't like being stereotyped.. and I'm really
   _not_ a role model.

   At the same time, I work really hard at modelling "how to be a
   nice guy and not an asshole" so while I *say* "I'm not a role
   model" and try to be slippery when I'm imitated... at the same
   time, the _main thing_ I want to get across, being kind or
   knowing how to cope with difficulties *is* a quality I try to
   convey... so in _that_ sense, I don't mind being a role model.

   Mostly I try to model, "BE YOURSELF" by being weird. That seems
   to work