An ACTUAL small creator reacts to the CEO of Patreon and the POISON social media game
7Oh man, do I have a LOT to say here.
The CEO of Patreon, one CEO I actually respect in the world talks about the problems that creators are facing with social media these days. As a small creator, some may think I’m forced to play the game, so I want to talk about what I do to sustain my mental health throughout my life as a creator. The most important thing you’ll hear from this video is to BUILD COMMUNITY LOCALLY or with people you ACTUALLY TALK TO!
Original video is here: • Patreon’s CEO: Social media is killin...
00:00 - Intro
01:23 - The Follower is Dead
02:49 - Theology Reacts
03:05 - How Tik Tok Shifted Social Media from Follower to Interests
03:58 - Theology Reacts
04:40 - Legacy Social Media Companies all Copied it
05:41 - Theology Reacts
07:33 - Maximizing Consumer Attention is Hurtful to Creators
08:03 - Theology Reacts
09:07 - The shift was unnoticed and people need to call it out
09:51 - Theology Reacts
10:40 - This has ruined relationships and made content into CORN
11:41 - Theology Reacts
13:15 - The relationship is a BETTER unit of value
13:52 - Theology Reacts (BUILD A LOCAL COMMUNITY!)
14:46 - Creators just make stuff for the algorithm
15:35 - Theology Reacts (Fear gets clicks)
16:38 - The discovery balance problem was off and Tik Tok solved that
19:11 - Theology Reacts
20:15 - Patreon is architected around the follow, not the interest
22:39 - Theology Reacts (MAKE STUFF FOR YOU!)
24:15 - BE AN ARTIST! Don’t just blend in… we’re sick of it
26:20 - Theology Reacts (We are sick of late-stage capitalism, which feeds this cycle)
28:14 - Do whatever you can to build local community even if it doesn’t make you money
28:47 - Theology Reacts (Experiences over Money)
30:27 - Diversify Your Revenue Streams
31:43 - Theology Reacts (YES Diversify them!)
34:01 - How does this impact a small creator’s mental health? BUILD COMMUNITY!
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MY DISCLAIMER: Although I am NOT a mental health professional (I really wish I spent the money on my Theology degree on a Psychology degree... lol) here are some...
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR YOUUUU:
Want to do a screening?
https://screening.mhanational.org/
Looking for a psychiatrist or therapist?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
Just want to talk about your hard time?
https://screening.mhanational.org/content/need-talk-someone-warmlines/?layout=actions_a
Need a number to call or text for suicide prevention?
https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google
Need to locate substance abuse treatment?
https://findtreatment.gov/
Need general mental health resources?
https://NAMI.org/