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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm having this internal debate as well.

I run a blog. I write content and I'm surprised at what gets visits. But I also don't care about popularity. It's a place where I can relay information.

My friends have YouTube/twitch. They're extremely popular, in the 100k+ range. They all quit their job (I did not). But they're so incredibly involved in every single "drama" that every talk about coding with them ends up being about how x-person on Twitter is a jerk or how to game the system.

Seems exhausting, and I wonder if it's worth it.

[–] pavnilschanda@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Same here. At this point I've effectively become an internet 'hermit' and avoid social media. Sometimes I'd even avoid Youtube because of how overstimulating the content are. I don't know how useful this will be for my wellbeing though, since I don't even 'touch grass' either. And yes, I'm autistic so the current state of the web is borderline intolerable for me.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 14 points 2 years ago

I still like to make video content, so I post it on my self hosted PeerTube instance instead: http://tube.jeena.net

That way I'm far awaybfrom fame but also drama ^^

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My friends have YouTube/twitch. They’re extremely popular, in the 100k+ range. They all quit their job

That's surprising to me. Are 100k+ really enough to make a living?

[–] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

On youtube barely, on twitch for sure. Generally you would have more income streams like a patreon and some such. Maybe even merch. If you're doing it all solo, you can easily earn 4-5k per month with these numbers and that's often better than many full time jobs.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Im definitely fudging the numbers. They probably have more in other places and use all sorts of other social media platforms. And I don't really bother to verify since I start to tune them out when they go into "getting more traffic by optimizing TikTok shorts" or whatever.