I think the birth of the influencer muddied the signal to noise ratio of people who do hobbies for creativity/fulfillment and people who do hobbies for status.

I think the birth of the influencer muddied the signal to noise ratio of people who do hobbies for creativity/fulfillment and people who do hobbies for status. It's probably true that some people who would have done these things for themselves are now doing it for influence, but I'd guess more that what we're seeing is that people who otherwise never would have been photographers or artists or writers are now doing those things. >We use to have hobbies. Now, we have side hustles. I definitely agree with this, but I wouldn't blame it on the internet. My generation grew up being told to follow their dreams, that we could do whatever we wawnted if we worked hard enough. I think many of us have dreams that we've been holding on to, but with the understanding that dreams are expensive. So the prominence of side hustles is people trying to be efficient with their time and money.