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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9255578" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p>I am not a big fan of people who say snarky stuff about the minimum wage -- those arguments largely ignore who is <em>actually </em>on minimum wage in this country and why they remain on it -- so if this argument strays close to that, I apologize and acknowledge the ick factor.</p><p></p><p>But YouTube-as-a-career isn't something anyone ever said was a good idea. In fact, I suspect nearly every professional YouTuber had parents, spouses, teachers and guidance counselors <em>begging them</em> not to do it. If it turns out to be an untenable career path, one that can only be partially staved off by doing clickbait video, well, yeah, everyone agrees.</p><p></p><p>For the folks whose real preference is to be an RPG creator, DriveThruRPG, Patreon, Kickstarter, Etsy and other platforms are right there. They all have their issues, but they don't require consciously jerking around your audience with hot takes that you know aren't true, just to please the almighty algorithm. At the very least, doing multiples of these at the same time makes one less reliant on any one algorithm or any one corporation's whims. (At least until further Silicon Valley consolidation, anyway.)</p><p></p><p>I don't want anyone to starve or be homeless or anything of the sort.</p><p></p><p>But if your job -- and forget YouTube, <em>any </em>job -- requires you to toss your values out the window in order to eat, the thing to do is to find another job. I know that's a big ask, but I've done it myself, after a previous job almost destroyed my marriage and my health because of what it was doing to me.</p><p></p><p>It's not my intention to look down on anyone. I have had to stare down the choice of "do I want to do this horrible thing because it's how the rent gets paid or do I want to go through 18 months (!) of job searches and temp work so that I can do something I feel better about" more than once. It sucks.</p><p></p><p>The fact that doing the objectionable thing is often the easier thing is a big red flag all on its own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 9255578, member: 11760"] I am not a big fan of people who say snarky stuff about the minimum wage -- those arguments largely ignore who is [I]actually [/I]on minimum wage in this country and why they remain on it -- so if this argument strays close to that, I apologize and acknowledge the ick factor. But YouTube-as-a-career isn't something anyone ever said was a good idea. In fact, I suspect nearly every professional YouTuber had parents, spouses, teachers and guidance counselors [I]begging them[/I] not to do it. If it turns out to be an untenable career path, one that can only be partially staved off by doing clickbait video, well, yeah, everyone agrees. For the folks whose real preference is to be an RPG creator, DriveThruRPG, Patreon, Kickstarter, Etsy and other platforms are right there. They all have their issues, but they don't require consciously jerking around your audience with hot takes that you know aren't true, just to please the almighty algorithm. At the very least, doing multiples of these at the same time makes one less reliant on any one algorithm or any one corporation's whims. (At least until further Silicon Valley consolidation, anyway.) I don't want anyone to starve or be homeless or anything of the sort. But if your job -- and forget YouTube, [I]any [/I]job -- requires you to toss your values out the window in order to eat, the thing to do is to find another job. I know that's a big ask, but I've done it myself, after a previous job almost destroyed my marriage and my health because of what it was doing to me. It's not my intention to look down on anyone. I have had to stare down the choice of "do I want to do this horrible thing because it's how the rent gets paid or do I want to go through 18 months (!) of job searches and temp work so that I can do something I feel better about" more than once. It sucks. The fact that doing the objectionable thing is often the easier thing is a big red flag all on its own. [/QUOTE]
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