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There are plenty of people just "doing hobbies" on the internet too, but those people tend not to broadcast their activities as much as the ones who so the acti
by WJW 4y ago
There are plenty of people just "doing hobbies" on the internet too, but those people tend not to broadcast their activities as much as the ones who so the activities to earn their living. If you (say) play the violin and make videos of it for your friends, those won't be as slick as those of a violin-playing youtuber who needs the videos to get a million views each or they can't pay their mortgage.
- navane 4y agoThere is a clear bias for OP to see "monetizers" on the internet. They are actively trying to be seen.
- et-al 4y agoYeah, monetizers are partaking in SEO to boost their ad-ridden blogs to the top, whereas anyone else who's writing a simple blogspot to document their hobby gets left to page 12 or 13 of the search results. It's a delight when I come across a personal site that goes in depth about something, and has no ads or donation begging.
- moosedev 4y agoThis. I often share random music snippets and other fragments of creative output with my friends in various group chats. I think it scratches the itch of “being seen” while sidestepping hang-ups about posting creative work publicly. Edit: and my friends generally do not suggest I monetize my creative hobbies :)