Re:The digital natives are not who you think they are
by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:23PM
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It's more like "That's a cool YouTube career, how do I make one?"
Re:The digital natives are not who you think they are
by worker767424 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:53PM
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(Perceived) fame and fortune are pretty standard aspirations.
Re:The digital natives are not who you think they are
by culturestate on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:00PM
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Fame and fortune aren’t the only reasons people try to make careers out of content; some (maybe even most) are just trying to support themselves by doing things they enjoy instead of sitting in a cubicle from 9-5 so they can afford to do those things on the weekend.
I find it pretty inspiring that we live in a time where someone who really loves doing, like, aerial yoga can reasonably make doing aerial yoga their job just by learning how to edit videos and engaging with other people who are also into that thing.
Re:The digital natives are not who you think they are
by musicale on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:33PM
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It's interesting that streamers and "influencers" seem to be replacing, or at least competing with, other pop culture and performing arts celebrities.
Though there doesn't seem to be a huge difference in practice between "youtuber" and "television presenter" other than the broadcast medium. One thing that youtube adds to television is an easy way to interact directly with viewers.
I sympathize with what's been lost, but what happened was people realized they didn't actually want to build a web page, they wanted to converse on a forum and share pics, and be entertained. Sure, you could publish anything you can imagine that's less than 4 MB on Geocities, but I'd rather have Wikipedia.