I've never thought about how glorified YouTube was until now. Usually, when a story is focusing only on the positive or negative, it's some sort of dogma. Nothing is black and white. You pointed it out very well. There is a price to pay for those people but probably younger generations do not see that and they only see the attention those people receive.
With that being said, I still think people who produce great content have a lot to gain from studying what works for those people. I'd rather shout my great content to as many people as possible than to no one!
But yeah, shit trick won't do the trick especially if we're producing content to create deep, meaningful, and long-term relationship.
Amazing post. Thanks for sharing. The hook pulled me in right away!
Well said Kenny. I think this is truly why we lean into the tension. As I wrote this, some of the feedback asked if it was the platform or the corporations that are what twist and incentivize that which is not truly valuable. There's a significant amount of nuance, but I do know what I'll be focused on!
...preach brotherman...only going to get more heinously obnoxious with a.i. creators in the fold as well...i think the key to the dichotomy in some ways is engagement...a value creator is here to grow/meet/commune...a content creator is here to find the most lucrative sponsorship...the brightside of your story is you found a hole in the system though and got to write this fun recap to boot...
Oh my goodness, I absolutely despise the big modern youtubers so much! You're just an entertainer, you're nothing more than that. Sit the fuck down. The faux internet "fame" all gets into their big heads and they seem to forget that the majority of their audience are children and teenagers, who will forget them when they actually start to grow up. Don't even get me STARTED on streamers... such a vile platform that makes kids antisocial and absolutely braindead.
I've never thought about how glorified YouTube was until now. Usually, when a story is focusing only on the positive or negative, it's some sort of dogma. Nothing is black and white. You pointed it out very well. There is a price to pay for those people but probably younger generations do not see that and they only see the attention those people receive.
With that being said, I still think people who produce great content have a lot to gain from studying what works for those people. I'd rather shout my great content to as many people as possible than to no one!
But yeah, shit trick won't do the trick especially if we're producing content to create deep, meaningful, and long-term relationship.
Amazing post. Thanks for sharing. The hook pulled me in right away!
Well said Kenny. I think this is truly why we lean into the tension. As I wrote this, some of the feedback asked if it was the platform or the corporations that are what twist and incentivize that which is not truly valuable. There's a significant amount of nuance, but I do know what I'll be focused on!
My guess is it would be a bit of both. People consume it so companies serve it. Then it might become a self-fulfilling cycle.
I’m personally hopeful because you see a lot of great content that’s very successful too!
Looking forward to your future content :)
Thank you Kenny! We'll all work together to highlight and promote great content that's valuable AND viral!
Let's do it!!
...preach brotherman...only going to get more heinously obnoxious with a.i. creators in the fold as well...i think the key to the dichotomy in some ways is engagement...a value creator is here to grow/meet/commune...a content creator is here to find the most lucrative sponsorship...the brightside of your story is you found a hole in the system though and got to write this fun recap to boot...
So well said. That pursuit is either of something temporary, or something otherworldly/eternal. It's a choice, and I'm playing the long game.
Oh my goodness, I absolutely despise the big modern youtubers so much! You're just an entertainer, you're nothing more than that. Sit the fuck down. The faux internet "fame" all gets into their big heads and they seem to forget that the majority of their audience are children and teenagers, who will forget them when they actually start to grow up. Don't even get me STARTED on streamers... such a vile platform that makes kids antisocial and absolutely braindead.
Excellent article and great use of storytelling Tim.
Thank you Rick!