Paid by the client, paid for its growing following, and paid by subscription to share the content they have produced to the client with only those who are willing to pay for that exclusive access. I find that direction troublesome. What happened with just helping the community

I mean not everyone can become a creator or does want to… yet those that don’t pursue that direction will fall behind in the long run. I am curious. What do you think?

Seems like the inevitable result of "hustle culture", imo. How long have people been told they should have a side gig alongside their "real" job? Personally I don't have the energy lol

Are there not any short or long-term symptoms that people get. We all know how burnouts are all so real, and this trend from Companies enabling (making money) of turning everyone into creators might not actually be healthy as a lifestyle.

Not sure if there's any prominent design industry examples but I feel like I've seen this in Youtubers who will either take sabbaticals or stop creating videos altogether because it's unsustainable longer-term

I think creators of all kinds will have some kind of reckoning once AI really kicks in and there's endless amounts of garbage content being churned out

I think many of them can’t wait to create their own clone, to be able to produce even more. Jokes aside, you might be right - there is so much “garbage” on the web. I wonder how this will be solved in the future.

this is a fascinating topic, one of which i have been thinking about for awhile. industry tells me i need an awwwwwards level portfolio and need to share share share, but not too much because you need to make money of they attention you need to gather…

where is the podcast we can all chat about this?? haha. but i’m with you… im tired of this hustle hustle hustle.. some don’t have the luxury, most don’t want it. if anything i want to work less… tbh. to be frank… i don’t want a clone, i don’t really want to use ai that much...

With you on this.. There are three parties, the one that hussle, the one that get influenced by the hussle and the fear of missing out and the ones that don’t give a shi* who want to have a more calm, honest life.

I agree with this. I personally miss a time when the internet was filled with genuine sharing of knowledge, art, and life, just for the sake of it. Now everything is just a collection of meaningless, SEO-optimized content and non-experts trying to sell courses and how-tos.

Back in the day there was Newstoday, k10k, ultrashock. I miss those communities.

Same - especially k10k

Oh never heard about k10k. Do tell me a bit how it was and what made it great - was this a curated micro community?

We are getting to a point where this becomes a two-class society, those that may have access to content others don't learn faster, and become better. Those that don't will struggle in the long run. The only one that wins this game is the creator who gets triple paid.