I just watch EposVox vlog video he posted today, "YouTube just isn't for creators like me anymore." And in the middle of it, he said, "YouTube would not be the place I would build my career on if I were to choose to start fresh now." Reminds me of something that was said on the Podquistion, Conrad Zimmerman said that once Twitch partner with a music label, they were promoting a lot of more big sponsored streams on the home page. Conrad commented that he doesn't know where is the place to be for independent creators can get discovered or grow their brand on the internet anymore. I think the dream of "I will be a big YouTuber," or "I will be a big Twitch streamer someday," are gone. Those days are no more. It is given me time to think about why I am on YouTube. And Twitch. And why I have this desire to be a "content" creator. I had a friend who's whole dream is to be a big streamer on Twitch. Or to at least be a big enough streamer to sustain themselves from streaming. Because if they don't become a big streamer, they have to get a regular job. Yea, working a regular job just sucks. They also want to prove to their parents that you can make a living being a big streamer. But they been at it for 8 years now. And are only around 1.1k followers on Twitch. I even tried to tell them, "I think the dream is dead."
But sadly, their whole mental well being is tied to their dream of being a big streamer. And facing the reality that it is very difficult to sustain yourself from streaming now, unless you were already a big streamer, you might as well stick to your regular job. Again, working sucks. Because of Capitalism is terrible in general. And I think so many of the problems of YouTube and Twitch now is because of Capitalism. And I don't know how anyone now can grow and gain success being an independent content creator now.
