Content creators...most of them are on their own. I would say three-quarters of global creators have no help. No editors, no resources, no support for the amount of content they put out.
For larger creators with those resources, their blockers are often ideation, time, and contacts. Just trying to keep it all afloat is far more demanding than people realize, and you are far less free to pivot and experiment.
For both parties, managing it all is rewarding and challenging, and I commend the folks doing their best to help bring sanity and help to this work.
From @SchviftyFive's work with Starside to help them bridge those very difficult gaps to brands and @TheTrueVanguard bringing the genuinely valuable level of stability to community and content management for creators with Hot Drop, I am inspired to see these efforts and it's helped me align with what I want to focus on too.
There is no shortage of companies and "agencies" who claim to work with creators, but they are no more than glorified content farmers chasing cheap videos, throwing them in ads and selling products. It works for some folks, don't get me wrong, but it's not what I set out to work on. There is far more value to what you bring to the table and that is where my mind will remain. Be it UGC or just making dope videos and streams.
Really enjoying building my HotDrop account. Really nice to have a tailored app that better presents what I am trying to achieve as a creator. @HotDropApp
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If you’re a creator looking for a place to call home for your community, you gotta check out HotDrop. Made by creators for creators.
No algorithm. No noise.
- A feed full of people you choose to follow
- Creators who are live get featured at the top of the feed
- Create your own “Circle” where HotDrop automatically puts ALL your content on a carousel so your community never misses a post, video, or livestream from any platform. No more posting links.
- community members KEEP their sub badges and mod swords from other platforms in your Circle, preserving their identifiers and accolades they worked hard to obtain
App is free: @HotDropApp
@Jonathan_Blow Will it be available on the regular switch at some point? Sorry if you've answered this a million times. I have no other console or PC to get it on and I'm sad about it. I love Braid, but The Witness was and is still the greatest game experience in my life.
A post on HotDrop:
A thought I had this weekend, and a reminder to myself.
Don't underestimate the impact that you have. There is a tendency in the creator space to be focused on growth, which to be clear there is nothing wrong with wanting to grow your streams and channels. But reach isn't a requirement for impact.
Think of any mega star. An artist, musician, athlete. Streamer. The impact the small streamer has is very similar. The main difference is scale. In fact, smaller communities tend to have even deeper connections. You know your regulars, the regulars know each other. That's something that becomes more difficult with scale.
Every time you decide to show up, you make something better. People come back and become regulars because being there made them feel a little less alone and a little more understood.
If your decision to go live, your consistency, helped the people around you feel better about themselves and added meaning to their day, that's far more powerful and lasting than any follower count, CCV, or number of hearts.
If this resonates with you at all, come join us. We’re stronger together.
@SirJeremyLondon "God tends to favor America." It's crazy how small minded religious delusion can be. To think that billions of other people are "less favored" by a creator that created everything is insanely self important. Wild that there are so many people like this.