It’s not all black and white though. People in the 2000’s didn’t know that you can make a living off content creation, but people who have adopted this style usually can and will (or should) turn more effort into creating high quality videos.
Isn’t that exactly the point of the meme? Internet 20 years ago was about sharing mostly. Internet today is about monetization mostly. And content quality isn’t what makes you big, it’s your ability to game/abuse the system
The point of the meme is “How dare creators expect any sort of compensation for their work!? No ads! No subscriptions! Give it to us for the ‘exposure’!”
Use SponsorBlock for the “content creator”
I just don’t use YT. I’m not interested on stuff there. I much prefer blogs or the likes.
I sometimes thought about opening a personal blog or something on the domain I own anyway (mostly to test Hugo).
But then again, when was the last time you read a personal blog? If you want anybody to the see your stuff you’ve got to be on instagram or something.
Shameless plug nx2.site (it has no ads, but also unfortunately no real content)
I like the different colors on load! I need to figure how to do this article links with the border and rounded corners
People need to bring back cheesy personal websites, banners and forum signatures…
There are still some corners online where you can find and make those, even if you don’t have the money, time or knowledge to host one yourself. For example:
Neocities (yes it’s like Geocities)
I am obsessed with those sites. It’s like the internet back in the day when I was a teen. I hope the social media and content creator sludge never overcomes it…
