greg
@gregfromstl
There is no demand for “getting paid to create content” on social media platforms (or blockchains for that matter). 1. Every other social media platform has thrived with no user incentive to post besides an audience. An audience is a better incentive than cash! You can sell whatever you want to an audience. This excludes YouTube which requires significantly more effort to create content on. 2. Not everyone can be a “content creator”. Content is infinitely reproducible and sharable, meaning the top 1% will get 99% of the attention. There’s no longer a local musician in every town. There’s a select few for the whole world. The whole thing is a massive grift to inflate usage and content that no one will ever see.
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Goldy
@goldytalks
respectfully: I vehemently disagree the sports betting industry thrives off of heavy conversation about sports events on the timeline (and heavily compensate the top 0.5-1% of “creators” with lucrative deals to an extent you can’t imagine)
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greg
@gregfromstl
Exactly. It compensates the top 0.5-1%. What I don’t like is the narrative that anyone can earn lots of money just by posting and everyone should be a “content creator”. The outliers will always win disproportionately and the rest will get no financial return.
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Goldy
@goldytalks
there is demand ≠ anyone can earn money there is demand for a 6”6 two-way wing who can defend every position and give you two 3s a game off the bench unfortunately: I don’t meet those qualifications I’m still fine playing pickup hoops since I enjoy them as an amateur
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