I hope this is a lesson to every large brand that sees an opportunity in new media. You need to partner with existing creators, to create their largest and best projects, and use your connections to open doors for them. The day of creating your own round tables are gone.
There are very unique instances of these large, multi-creator projects being successful. Top of mind I think of @TrashTastePod; however, it's because every cast member contributes a large existing audience and the crew and costs are kept lean.
There's no reason that @qtcinderella and @TheWillNeff couldn't bring back Hey Donna, with a new guest every week over Discord, or in person, and be every bit just as successful as they were with a full crew. In the age of streaming, people expect Scuff.
Audiences are earned in this new age of media, and industry plants just aren't able to farm the kind of authentic relationships that are needed to succeed as a modern creator. @MrAustinShow was able to run Love or Host to the same success as Name Your Price with half the crew.
@LudwigAhgren's analysis is spot on when he says that a better model for @G4TV would have been to act as an intermediary between brands and creators. Can you imagine if we could get things like @XQC's Juiced on Cable TV? It would do numbers.
@MrBeast gets millions more views than @G4TV , gets all of his projects funded, and launched additional brands to fund his venture. The @tryguys did something very similar after leaving Buzzfeed, and every former @bonappetit member has successful channels of their own.
I feel like @G4TV ran into the same problems that @BuzzFeed did. When you have talent that can regularly command views on the magnitude that are required to make you profitable. What incentive do they have to do this for you and not themselves?
Rather, this is an indictment of just why large group projects for new media are so hard to sustain. When people like @xQc and @loltyler1 can amass enormous followings running super lean setups, why bother with the additional overhead of a full crew?
Just a heads up this is in no way an attack against the talent. I hold @MrAustinShow , @TheWillNeff, and @kassemg among some of greatest idols. They're all super talented people, and I hope they continue to make content.
Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
This isn't about "life." It's about control.
All humans have a fundamental right to bodily autonomy. The Supreme Court decision repealing Roe v. Wade is an erosion of that fundamental right and an embarrassment to this country.
Imposing your personal beliefs onto others is oppressive and un-American
come with their own costs, risks, etc as it is. We are all free to have our beliefs, but without science to truly support philosophical, moral, and religious claims, we as individuals should retain freedoms and rights. Even if you disagree with abortion, today was not a win.
argument is abstinence, condoms, iuds, contraceptives, plan b, etc. First, not all sex is consensual. Condoms fail, and most birth control also falls on the woman as few men take pills or get vasectomies. Other contraceptives, plan b's, etc are possibly being targeted next, and
Roe v Wade protected a woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion. Some of you believe abortion is murder, but this overturn will not stop abortion. It will end safe abortions. Now as a country more divided than ever, we will see more people incarcerated that have no reason
I'm at a loss of words today, and as a straight, white male I feel my words aren't all that important anyway when it comes to this issue. Any research at all, any study of philosophy, moral theory, religion, etc will show that there is no definite answer as to what life is,
but seeing the way people lash out and treat people who aren’t even on an opposing side is sickening to me. We need to rally, not divide. I’ll do my best to be an escape and find places to donate and support, but I will try to lead the way I feel is right.