I think they should stop.

Firstly, let's call them what they are, hucksters.

Secondly, I cannot think of anything I give a shit less about than their burnout at making internet videos of themselves.

If you've talked yourself into a world where you must be on social media, you are absolutely fucked. Get out. now.

You can't pause the internet

Something I had to tell my mom all the time.

"Pause your damn game!"

"Its online, I can't pause it!"

You can't turn off any job. We all are burning out in this bitch. At least you're sitting at home making videos.

only use things with pause buttons!

You are better.

More like discontent creators amiright?

I've taken to calling them effluencers.

I’m so glad I was young before this stupid reality happened. I have a regular job and no desire for internet fame.

So they can't keep selling their soul and dignity without consequences.

No I'm not, walking down that path leads to arrogance and unearned pride. I just live in reality, instead of falling prey to the lies of false riches in the social media popularity contest.

Seek for your own answers and Know Thyself. Please, all of you that are always on social media. Withdraw, do not fall prey to the Siren's Tale of the Glory of Achilles. Instead, seek a good life, one that is quiet, and belongs to you.

Do not become a false god, you cannot live up to that burden.

You're making enemies of your own team. These people are creatives, doing a job they love, and a corporate algorithm forces them to destroy their work life balance to keep doing what they love. And you're belittling them. You need a reality check, these people are not your enemy.

The responses in this thread are sick. So much vitriol for members of your own class who are just trying to make a living doing what they love and creating things.

None of us can. It's just a job, just they get even more shit on because they're more public facing figures.

This is the most boomer take I've ever seen on this website. And that includes what few conservatives have filtered in.

I heard someone talking about a content creator they watch, and how that creator basically can't take a vacation without losing tons of followers and potentially a major chunk of their income.

effluencers

It perfectly describes their contribution to this reality. Thank you.

Nah, if you are feeding the Zuck, not my team. The principled creatives aren’t there.

It sucks to try to make a living as a creative. But giving your efforts to support social media platforms controlled by the worst people is inexcusable. Zuck literally and provably helped the fascists gain power.

The creatives I can respect create because they are compelled to. They work jobs and create when they can. They share their work on less shitty platforms and in actual real life.

This whole article is nothing but "waaaaaahhhhhh".

They should shut up and just enjoy doing something they're having an easier time doing, than grinding your average 9-5 job. Do they really think they're the only people on the planet?

Facebook isn't the only site these people use...

Zuck owns more than Facebook, too. ANY big social media platform is similarly toxic.

These people have co-opted our social discourse for evil causes. And they aren’t the only way to share work online.

Creative people do not have a right to my admiration if they provide fresh bait that the oligarchs use to degrade democracy and civil society