Being a Starving Artist Isn't Romantic
at some point we started calling art content which I think is a travesty - ceo josh conte patreon
pay check aren’t reflective on the impact artists / creatives have on the world
the blur between content and consumption - ai
I really hate the term content creator. It’s such a corporate way of describing artists, writers, intellectuals, and other creatives who ultimately just want to create work they’re proud of.
Part of the problem is that the big social networks are not content platforms supported by advertising. They are better understood as advertising platforms... See more
Part of the problem is that the big social networks are not content platforms supported by advertising. They are better understood as advertising platforms... See more
sari azout • Things I'm Thinking About
The social media platforms solved distribution but forgot monetization... Art got roped in with information that was ‘supposed to be free’. It was common for new distribution channels like Instagram, Vine, Snapchat, and TikTok to launch and even scale with no native monetization features. Most creators weren’t selling physical media like CDs or... See more
Jack Conte • How the Creator Crisis forced artists to be founders
“I’ll put it to you as a problem in fairness. I have made, let us say, so and so many films. That means that so and so many thousands of feet of rawstock have been expended, for which I paid the manufacturer. The processing lab was paid, by me, to develop the stuff, after it was exposed in a camera for which I paid. The lens grinders got paid. Then... See more