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Hard to say. People certainly seem pretty motivated (and better equipped than 10-20 years ago) to create content for money. It just feels like there is less whi
by stevage 2y ago
Hard to say. People certainly seem pretty motivated (and better equipped than 10-20 years ago) to create content for money. It just feels like there is less whimsical, fun expenditure of effort.
- marginalia_nu 2y agoA lot of what is being created is fairly derivative though, it's often more like a grift than an act of innovation. Actually coming up with something new damn near requires a fair bit of cognitive surplus.
- disqard 2y agoYeah, Kevin Munger's book skillfully dissects what he calls "The YouTube Apparatus" [0] The creators aren't really tuning their output based on consumer feedback, they're actually optimizing for the platform's metrics, so it's the (algorithmic) machine incentivizing humans to essentially feed it money. [0] https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/in-the-belly-of-the-mrbeast https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/in-the-belly-of-the-mrbea...
- marginalia_nu 2y agoYeah I've explored similar ideas before as well: https://www.marginalia.nu/log/98_youtube-crabs/ https://www.marginalia.nu/log/98_youtube-crabs/