Was my approach over the span of several years, "blogging?" No. It was the stuff people usually pay for in books, magazines, comics. Or at least that was the intention, more often than not. I just used the platform to publish arts and entertainment, mostly. Some articles as well. I know it's solid for that stuff and I think I did enough to prove that point.
Well run communities could attract outside support, for example, if they actually realized they're not trapped inside a bubble.
I think streaming has a good chance of attracting outside support.
I'm just looking at the payment system. That can be tied in to all forms of content and this place can provide that. Paying supporters would only support good stuff they want, and they never screw that up. However, if that element, "the paying customer," is always left out and neglected, even frowned upon... it'll never happen. We're dealing with money and creating products. That's the most important role. We even offer them a really good deal.
Sure it's fun shooting the shit, sitting on the crapper, waiting for something to happen.
I've grown bored of all this though and know things can be so much better. Sick of feeling like I'm only one. Can do threads and video, short form video, sure. We have that, in practice by following the same approach as usual, look. No consumers. No money coming in the door. And it'll just carry on like that with every offering.
Anyway. Back to business as usual.