Sounds like you're putting your time and attention where you want it to go and it's not Hive π. I'm torn sometimes between making and writing about making.
No short answer although I can understand why that video is getting a lot of views right now as people struggle with energy prices etc.
Yep I'm basically putting my time into me and putting content creation on the back burner.
Not just on hive but on all social media.
YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn have all been virtually abandoned by me. It seems that a lot of people that I know have taken a step back from all of these platforms?
I'm trying to focus on actually creating new music rather than talking about the process and the gear involved.
Making music i.e. practicing doesn't make good videos in my opinion. I've filmed myself practicing and it's tedious to watch even for me! ππ€πΆπΈππΌ
I know what you mean, I spend endless hours swatching, building my technique and trying out ideas. It's all nothing to see here π.
I still enjoy YouTube as a consumer. I don't create or comment much.
The problem (I find) with those social media platforms is that they don't give much back. After a while it's very boring. It was being fed up with facebook back in 2014-2015 that got me back into knitting after decades; I de-activated my account in 2016, and Twitter years before that (what a time-suck that was). So many of these platforms failed in their potential. Linked In was an interesting place to go for expert information; people refused to link if they didn't have an established relationship with you. Now I'm just assailed with recruiters and headhunters!
Hive has some of that early energy I enjoyed on social media platforms, meeting people from different walks of life, places, interests. I dread it becoming Tunbridge Wells by any other name. No offence to Tunbridge Wells, but you know what I mean π
I think this may be part of the problem. People today want instant answers to their questions rather than taking the time to figure things out themselves.
Without doing the necessary work they will never understand what it really takes to master a skill?
Any skill takes time to acquire but in this instant fix society we are losing valuable lessons and knowledge.
I dumped fb years ago and Twitter I used only for backlinks which isn't necessary these days.
I've got the same issues with LinkedIn just a constant stream of recruiters trying to convince me to join them?
It's just a huge waste of my valuable time.
Hive is the exception in that we actually get to meet people we interact with.
Hive has a future unlike these other social media platforms which are doomed just like Myspace. Nobody thought Myspace would disappear?
Tunbridge wells ππππΌ