I was the same shithead growing up. These days I'm probably way too hard on myself.
As for this loop, well, yeah I could write a book on the topic, explain it several different ways that all lead to the same place. Could write another post, maybe update something like this for modern times:
https://peakd.com/steem/@nonameslefttouse/curators-hello-where-the-hell-are-you
or this:
https://peakd.com/steem/@nonameslefttouse/how-much-have-you-spent-on-entertainment-in-your-lifetime
Blah. I don't think I'm interested in creating more reading material that'll just become dated and useless.
At least the entertainment has a much longer shelf life, which is something I'm good at, but between us, working small venues can be fun, but I'd prefer a stadium at this point. I can go elsewhere, but this entity/brand/stylings I created for this platform and is to remain exclusive to Hive. It's a business for this city. I could create other ones elsewhere and you wouldn't even know it's me. Or continue along with the traditional approach as well but I've grown bored of that and the business model here is revolutionary and has the potential to be incredibly disruptive in the industry.
I hear that. :)
Your comments in that other 'PeakD' thread could be a post on their own. Great stuff, imho.
Amazing story from your 60-cent investment into becoming top-tier, lol. It's funny what rises to the top depending on each platform's userbase. Darwin awards, indeed.
And the other post you linked explains everything quite clearly. Spending on content is happening constantly. The only difference is on Hive, the spender can actually profit financially from spending they'd do anyway.
Whether you're doing your thing here, under your current brand, or elsewhere under another one entirely, I appreciate all I've read from you and it's given me a lot of value so far, thank you.
Yeah and those who spend the money anyway are exactly the ones I'm looking for. Perfect market for a crypto project, since they do not give a crap if they lose money.
Seconded. I wonder if they're the type of person who would 'consume' my post today, or a market who would avoid it. lol ;)
I see people throwing tips/money at streamers who's talent is sitting on a bed, holding a phone, and sometimes falling asleep. Provided the content offers a unique personality, regardless of subject matter, people are throwing money at it. When I observe folks grumbling about not earning on this platform, I don't need to look at the their content to know why. 9 times out of 10 they're offering generic brand information void of personality. It's possible I already shared this post with you. Guaranteed you'd stumble into folks willing to pay out of pocket to support what you're doing, the way you do it, especially when that consumer discovers there's not much risk in doing so. Technically, all they're doing is investing in you/your product.
P.S. That's a fancy way of spamming links without actually spamming links you got there.
I totally agree, on all counts.
This line from your post made me chuckle. Such a succinct description of many influencers' biz model.
I checked out the post you linked (and all the other posts you've linked me), so it appears your method of spamming links far surpasses mine. 🤣
(Though I really am curious, because the 'market' we were discussing seems like the type who'd avoid my latest.)
Sometimes I think about these youth working to get attention in ways where youthfulness is almost a requirement. It's not really something one can do their entire life. That might cause some problems down the road for a lot these people, but we're not at the stage yet to be able to examine the fallout, since this career path is relatively new. This thought came up as I was writing that article but I deleted everything thinking it might upset people who maybe haven't thought of that yet, but at the same time, I realize those who could benefit from preparedness most likely wouldn't have read it.
Tell me why you think that market would avoid it. I'm of the mindset people will buy anything, and you're free to change it.
That's the thing about 'young industries'... pretty hard to predict how they'll grow :)
And c'mon, you? Concerned about upsetting people enough to delete your thoughts? Seems unlikely at best 🤣
Well, I may have given the wrong impression. No need to change your mind, I believe we agree. To clarify, I didn't mean the entire market would avoid it, more that the masses burning funds to consume are far more likely to throw those funds at Kim K, Elon, or The Rock rather than my epic dissertation on 'human intelligence,' and that my piece may be for a much smaller, rare-er, niche-er audience is all. :)