By that metric do authors or poets or actors create a physical product? Do computer programers? Since the death of physical media, books and art are now far more frequently digital than paper or canvas. Applications and software is 100% digital. Newspapers are dead, so journalists don't create a physical product. Is your argument that only physical labor producing physical things is "real" work?

yeah I'm pretty shocked that a socialist website would value labor over entertainment like that

I dont give a fuck about their burnout lol. if they love it so much why are they whining about doing it?

I'm in health care, you think illness has a pause button? I chose this, they chose theirs.

Doesn't help if you're a streamer, though. I guess that was a part I left out, whoops -_-

Just because you do something a certain way doesn't mean everyone does. A huge chunk of these peoples income comes from the random people who find their videos or streams because of the "algorithm". Not from their regular viewers. Those regular viewers allow for a certain amount of steadiness, but they're also more likely to watch videos at a later time rather than right when they're uploaded. Which is a significant drop in revenue for each view.

Just keeping up with the boomer takes...

Something doesn't need to be a physical product to hold tangible value.

I asked my younger family members what they want to be when they grow up, and being a YouTuber was at the top of the list. I hate this so much.

Socialism is about more than unions, that's just the most obvious aspect in a heavily capitalist society. It's about the sharing of burdens, which includes more than physical labor.

but ‘good’ content doesn’t have an expiration date.

Yes, it does, depending on the topic. If it's video games, like with MOBAs that get updated regularly, all the content for that patch expires after two weeks. Itemization and champion builds change so much that whatever value there was for you to build similarly is lost, and you're left with a mildly amusing thing about how something used to be.

Where did I say that social media creates no value whatsoever? I'm just saying that without those who work in physical reality, creating tangibles with tangible things, make the mental edifices possible.

Also, you didn't choose to share your profession with us. It makes me think that you're attempting to create a social media presence of your own. Trust me, it's pointless. I had a facebook fan page with 150-175 people on it. All foolish vanity, nothing more.

To win the acclaim of the mob is what the worst of us amongst human beings do. Do you want to be a politician in terms of expression?

No, there is value in artistic expression and other intangibles. Our ideas are what give the tangibles scope.

What I AM saying is that people seem to think that social media influencers are more important than farmers or gas station attendants or grocers. No they are not. Most aren't creating anything more than a hobby level. That's okay if that's what you want to do with your time, just don't expect sympathy from those who feed you, keep your lights on, and ensure the comfort of all.

Where did I say that social media creates no value whatsoever? I'm just saying that without those who work in physical reality, creating tangibles with tangible things, make the mental edifices possible.

Also, you didn't choose to share your profession with us. It makes me think that you're attempting to create a social media presence of your own. Trust me, it's pointless. I had a facebook fan page with 150-175 people on it. All foolish vanity, nothing more.

To win the acclaim of the mob is what the worst of us amongst human beings do. Do you want to be a politician in terms of expression?

Yeah, that's a whole different world.

Why won't you feel sympathy for someone who's hurting? Why do you feel that someone needs to fall into a very narrow category to be "worth your time"?

Just because someone doesn't fall into your narrow view of what's worthwhile doesn't mean they're not worth basic human compassion.

Also, you didn’t choose to share your profession with us. It makes me think that you’re attempting to create a social media presence of your own.

Either that or I don't think value is only subjective to what you do for a living. That my opinion is somehow less valuable because I don't fall into a specific field you perceive as valuable.

I’m just saying that without those who work in physical reality, creating tangibles with tangible things, make the mental edifices possible.

And often those non-tangible things help to give those who make the tangible things the willpower to go on. It's not a one way street, where value is only created by those who create tangible goods and stolen by the intangible. That's a very pessimistic, if not "holier-than-thou" perspective. As though anyone who doesn't do what you respect isn't worth as much as someone who does.

Like I said, a very boomer attitude.

Who did you vote for?

Of course they are worth compassion. I just don't understand their desire to be the center of attention, when all the acclaim of the crowd doesn't truly bring individual satisfaction.

Fame is fickle and not worth chasing. Achilles found that out the hard way.

if someone i follow posts a bad video, i remove them from the 'People I Like' list and add them to the other list

My lord the amount of “I have a REAL job” in here is too damn high. I work 8 hours a night, 40+ hours a week, in an automotive plant. My job can be very stressful, and physically demanding. So what?

I don’t sit here and whine about people that stare at their screens (IT, developers, etc) all day. Are they really doing any work? After all, they are not performing physical labor.

How is it that different for people who create content? I’d argue that they do more work, as they have to set up, film, edit and market their work.

See how silly this sounds? A job is a job. Unless you own your own business, you are making money for someone else.

Who did you?