• macniel@feddit.org
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    5 hours ago

    you could have just saved all of that when you read my comment. “unless you support that creator in some other way” you know, like your mentioned natural other avenues?

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I read it sweetheart, that’s why I replied to it. To reiterate, supporting people, especially huge ‘influencers’ with millions of subscribers, who turned a website for sharing videos with friends and their communities into their career and, as a collective, then into the internet version of cable TV in order to line their pockets and drain the lifeblood from the platform’s original goal, isn’t what I’d call a positive position to be arguing for. Just because we share one factor (that the incentive/income should come from elsewhere) does not make your overall viewpoint good, and certainly not when you try to shame/guilt others for not wanting to be force-fed shit so xXxBigBlazeIt420 can buy another car next month and promptly crash it for the views. Remember to demolish that like button, stir up some artifical chatter in the comments for the YouTube algorithm, eat some avocado toast, and if we get to 3 million subs by Friday, I’ll discount my OnlyFans for the first 500 subscribers! Now, a word from our lovely friends at SquareSpace!

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