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paywalled "content" is an accurate and intentional term for what "content creators" actually produce. It's substance, it's material, and that's all. There are
by syndicatedjelly 3y ago
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"content" is an accurate and intentional term for what "content creators" actually produce. It's substance, it's material, and that's all. There are not guarantees about what it is, nor about the quality. As dog shit is to matter, the stuff "content creators" produce is to content
- kylehotchkiss 3y agoAgreed, a lot of what social-media only paid personalities is creating is low-value churn so they don't lose their search placement while waiting for the next decent video idea or sponsor to come through.
- addicted 3y agoWhich is not what Emma Thompson was talking about. And that’s exactly her point. A Wes Anderson movie is not the same thing as a video of birds at a bird feeder for cats to watch on YouTube. And accuracy isn’t sufficient to say a term is being appropriately used in a certain context. A completely digital movie is also nothing more than bits. It would be accurate to talk about the movie as bits. Or as stuff. Or as an actualization of an idea. Or a trademarkable good. Or the output of a collaborative effort. All of those are accurate terms to describe that movie. But it does not make them appropriate terms to describe the movie in most contexts.