Happier than ever ... sounds like a success story. Blogging everyday is good. Me. Mostly just here with photos and words. I used to Vlog and all that but it was a LOT of work. With writing too ... I don't know how I physically found the time. Looking back, I can say that Youtube had us all chasing the proverbial carrot on the stick. #HIVE promotes more balance and actually rewards WAY better.
You and me both. When I want to do something it gets done but by the same token if I find it onerous it gets dropped pronto.
I used to enjoy editing videos but lately it's been a chore and that's not fun.
The curious thing about this is that as my editing improved it dawned on me that many people seemed to prefer less polished videos and it's quite difficult to make something look amateurish when they could be so much better?
It's just another skill to acquire to make things seem less manufactured?
In fact virtually unedited videos are my most viewed?
Baffling but true in my experience?
I've also noticed that many people who got monetized or remonetized on YT at the same time as me have deleted all of their content?
It's very weird but there it is?
Hive is different in as much as we all own a piece of it and it's ours to do with as we see fit plus I've met lots of people in real life via hive. It's a totally unique experience.
My videos are still up on youtube, but I quit producing for them before they actually demonetized me. I saw the writing on the wall and began to see too that the 'success' stories on youtube were manufactured by larger entities. The times my channel would make headway and then fall back down to a few dozen views was disheartening. Of course, now I understand youtube is corporately-driven and not user-driven. A unhealthy environment for anyone.
YT can be very unhealthy if you get sucked into the hype machine, that our channels have to be businesses?
It has always been an advertising driven platform. It's just more so these days.
Anything that is not advertiser friendly is basically going to get nowhere.
Where does that leave art for art sake?
High and dry unfortunately.
Well ... at least it is not wet cold. LOL
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