morgs @we-did-the-time-warp-again2/20/2023, 1:24 AM

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panecastic richard @tsiro2/20/2023, 12:07 AM

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bcj @bcj2/20/2023, 12:20 AM

I don't know what to tell the folks that already are popular online, but it truly is a joy if you can kill the voice in your head that draws you to want to make something viral or go big¹. Making things for your friends to enjoy (and specifically for your friends to enjoy) is a real pleasure. And like, no offence to the majority of you, but often when I'm making a post here I'm making it because I hope a few specific people I think are cool will enjoy it (and I'm more happy when whatever my target audience was does enjoy it than if it does well more broadly).

It sucks that the only real option for video (or I guess, that it seems like the only real option for video) is these few big places where, if you aren't grinding toward that big view count you're failing.

Shout out to @catalina & co for specifically fighting against that with trash.cloud

I do not claim I've completely succeeded at this

panecastic richard @tsiro2/20/2023, 12:47 AM

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nicky flowers @nicky2/20/2023, 1:02 AM

this is what drives me as an artist these days. making things for myself and to share with my friends. anyone else who finds it and supports me is an (extremely appreciated & genuinely cherished) added bonus

i never get the most album downloads but i get enough that i could fill a nice venue with the listeners. i never get the most views on youtube but i could fill a theater with the viewers. etc. etc. that's cool--but! i can't let that be the sole reason i make stuff. that's when it turns from Art into Content imo

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Kami @KamiBee2/20/2023, 5:03 AM

I have a YouTube channel for posting Kpop videos: silly skits and the odd compilation video. The production values are very low, I do it because I think my ideas are funny and a few friends do as well, I like other people to find and enjoy too but that's just a bonus. I often commit the YouTube sin of posting a video I know few people will care about just because I will rewatch it and enjoy it. I do have one video that's racked up 11000 views, which I find fascinating to think about, but it's actually not as exciting as I always thought it would be to have something be a (relative) hit with the algorithm. Like it just feels like... nothing, really.

The real fun of it is that with thousands of people dropping by that particular video, a few of them have left comments and there is one comment thread in particular that is just me and a couple other people chatting excitedly about the source content that always makes me happy when I reread it. It reminds me every time that the numbers are just numbers, it's the opportunity to make real connections across the technology that's really cool and memorable! Not that I judge anyone who actively tries to grow their channel, I'd love to have a slightly bigger channel to promote my writing one day, but you can have goals other than maximising your growth at the potential cost of compromising the humanity of your engagement and those goals are still valid and great.

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