I've long considered making YouTube videos or running a Podcast, just as a way to talk about and share the cool things I'm interested in.
In this day and age doing such things aren't likely to get a tonne of reach due to saturation, but I'd still be interested in doing it for just me.
The concern that's held me back for a long time was some particularly toxic para-social relationships that formed from my Twitch streaming in the past. During that era, I experienced entitlement to my time from people who I considered friends at the time, due to "social credit" and "donations", finally capped off by some stalking and a general sense that I was the product not my entertainment. This was enough for me to nope out pretty quickly of the whole thing and whilst I've made multiple attempts, including recently, to return to streaming, it feels off.
I don't think something like Youtube/Podcasting/etc would have the same feeling, as it's edited non-live content that people can engage with in their own time and pace. But I'm honestly still kinda scared of trying...
I'm a good entertainer. People enjoy listening to me talk about things. This is one of my strengths. I'd like to be able to lean on this skill in my creations. But the issue is I want my work to be known, not me as the creator to be the center focus. Jim Henson, not Bob Ross. But I know deep down there will always be people who are just in it for me, which is totally fine, but some of that group are going to be really weird about it.
It's all something I'll keep considering into the future, but for the time being, I think it's just a thought experiment.
