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Is it just me or does posting videos to try to get views FEEL even slimier than standard capitalism? I sometimes ponder starting an influencer channel and immediately find it feels grosser than it does to offer a service/product for money. Just my perception?
If it helps, theres 2 things I respect when it comes to content creators/youtubers/influencers.
They are rarely if ever on camera. Futurecanoe, GrogTV, early Babish, etc.
They are absolutely transparent about how they are making money and they dont try to monetise every avenue.
Very agreed! I'm not much of a video watcher myself, but I do appreciate a well composed video. As I said to another commenter, I think I was just trying to express that sense of "icky" lol
Well if they dont I just dont watch them.
There is no product. I think thats what youre feeling is missing.
I think this might be it. The worst version of capitalism is the selling of nothing, loudly haha
ive done a channel before (like 10 years ago) just to anonymously post things i like and after a certain point a corporation began giving me free stuff on the condition i hock their shit all the time. that lost all of the magic for me and it made none of it fun anymore.
i kinda wish i could just live a very basic life, simple food, simple place to stay, and do free shit for people all the time as my whims demand. but the world isnt structured for that.
I hope it didn't come across as critical of content creators, I think I was just trying to share this sense of... icky lol. I believe genuine creators exist and aren't just trying to make a quick buck :)
To the second part, strongly agreed. I just wanted to enjoy simple things and not have to produce all the time
Why would that take the fun out of it? Just tell them no.
Just like this coworker. Just tell him no. "I'm not helping you with your side hustle man, find someone else."
I had a youtube channel for a few years in the early 2010s and had the same experience. I got extremely uncomfortable once people started giving me free game keys and started requesting ad reads. I ghosted my channel and eventually deleted it, but now I wish I had made a final video or something talking about the experience and why I didn't want to participate anymore.