YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most Creatives

Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by criddell on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:46AM (#26542465)

> There's a big content creator in my country who's barely earning 5000 dollars from it.

I'm surprised that so many people are happy to describe themselves as content creators. It's an admission that what you create is generic content for some platform to wrap in ads. It's a type of self-commoditization.

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Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by wutbrodo on Monday March 22, 2021 @12:13PM (#26542826)

I don't think YouTubers generally do refer to themselves as content creators, as opposed to Creators (a term promoted by YouTube but embraced by the community).

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Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by young_unixer on Monday March 22, 2021 @01:41PM (#26543994)

At least it's less cringeworthy than "influencer".

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Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by shynrou on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @05:33AM (#26552856)

I would differenciate between the two. A content creator makes first and foremost content and advertises second to fund that endevour. While influencers have often no clear line or almost exclusively make ads.

Imho: Influencer are cringeworthy, they deserve the title.

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Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by neuesausfarg2 on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @10:16AM (#26555282)

It was a sad day when I saw iPlayer describe a video as 'content'.

You'd expect the creator to have more respect for their output.

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