Gregory's Server"YouTubers have said the pressure of posting their lives led them to deep unhappiness, depression, and anxiety, but that they feel like they can’t take breaks because they know the algorithm will punish them."
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@yngmar yeah, I've completely stopped paying attention to these channels, even a while back, the video titles were always lies. The whole sector ate itself up. It sounds awful trying to make a living off these platforms  @neauoire @yngmar I don't think making a living directly of YT is sustainable any more (and risks burnout or worse) - the channels / videos I do watch (at least tech and motoring related) are increasingly from those who have another secure job (such as working in a garage) or are older and retired so they don't need to do the constant American style hustle/clickbait stuff which gets grating to watch after a while.. @neauoire I'm def one of the folks that stood at the edge of this, then backed off — very much at the cost of cost of social media visibility and sales. I'm lucky to have a partner that supports my work, otherwise I'd be forced into making TikToks and plastering my face everywhere. @helveticablanc same, we did yt videos for a bit with 100r rabbit, every single other channel we encountered and had a chance to talk to off the record, and that had been doing it for longer, were exhausted to the point of burn-out. We knew right away that it wasn't for us.  @neauoire @helveticablanc damn! I’ve just started getting into video stuff and I’m worried I’ll be stretched to breaking from this. I remember the videos ya’ll made and they were great. Love 100 rabbits.  "_Workers_ have said the pressure of _Their_Job_ led them to deep unhappiness, depression, and anxiety, but that they feel like they can’t take breaks because they know the _Company_ will _not_pay_them_." Same shit, different time. People start making content thinking it's not work. You can't escape work if a system is designed to make you work, in such a system, the only other options are quitting, or exploit someone else in the process. @neauoire reminds me when I applied for a publisher, to write a book. I didn't know why in that form there were sections to provide my profile links of various social networks. But after I was rejected, it clicked. In today's industry, having a number of followers, can even be a requirement, a really important one if you are in the art making industry. |
@neauoire Most of the sailing youtuber channels look pretty desperate these days.
They're infested with LOOK at our MISLEADING titles, fake stills, spamming adverts inside the content and increasingly resorting to T&A (tits and arses) or just entire videos that are glowing reviews of sponsored gear. And posting obvious placeholder content when there's nothing really to tell.
Probably too much competition.