Content monetisation is one of the best things that has ever happened, it is the source of income for a whole lot of families...
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Hive is a good example of a platform where our content is being monetised, and I will disagree with anyone saying it makes people lazy.
The word lazy needs to be defined in this context. If creating content makes people lazy to pursue actual work, what exactly is actual work? farming? working in the sun from dawn till dusk?
We are all content creators, but not everyone creates content to make money. All social media users are content creators, but our reasons for creating content are different...
Some create content for fun, some create it to make friends and get engagement, some do it to show off, while it is actual work for some people, it is their source of income, and they spend hours on it just to make it appealing for their audience.
I heard the news about a Chinese man whose content deals with climbing and doing stunts on skyscrapers, and it was the same thing that got him killed. During one of his stunts, he lost his grip and died. It was also reported that it was a challenge, and there was a reward if successfully done. We can assume that if content can't be monetised, we won't have such videos around.
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Many people want to monetise their content; unfortunately, not everyone has the skills or the engagement needed to make it happen. Some people give up early, while others become desperate and would do anything possible to get engagement, which is the reason why when we go to most social media apps, we see more explicit content than others, and if not because of rules and regulations, we would definitely be watching live porns on most of the social media.
Amidst the desperation and extreme content, 90 per cent don't make it and still have to give up in the end after all the backlashes they face.
I still love the fact that we can monetise content, this made life easier for some people, we can have fun and earn at the same time, it used to be a dream, and now we can live it, and nothing should stop that!
The main concern is how some attention can be shifted to educative content and be rewarded, rather than the explicit content, gaining more attention. A lady once shared her experience of how she has been making educational content, but none ever went viral until she made a video where she was playing with cake and boom, the post went viral within a short time, and that was how she stopped her educational content and stuck to the meaningless cake content and that has paid her better than the educational ones.
This has been the case of many; why do people promote stupid things and ignore educational ones?
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I guess content monetization is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a good thing that can bring more content creators to any platform. It inspires a person to do something that has real value. Oviously everyting has a dark side, and it can't be avoided, but for that we can't ignore the advantage also.
Content monetization is never a bad thing; we love it, and like you, every good thing has its bad side.
I think sometimes the educational content is presented in a boring way that doesn't grab attention of the viewers. Across the board, users attention has been wired to seek novelty, get that rush of dopamine, I guess too.
this is valid.
Earning from content can really help creators, but sometimes low-quality or inappropriate posts get more attention than educational or useful content.