Q Have big audiences in this realm. And they've just kind of said, you know, like this has gotten to be too much. Like I can't, we can't produce the content at the speed that I need to, to keep up with the algorithm. And I don't know what, there seems to be a lot to unpack there. And I'm just curious, Casey, like what, what you think is going on?
A Yeah. I mean, like Tom Scott, who is a fantastic YouTuber and he's kind of in that space, very big channel, very thoughtful guy. He just announced that he's, he's sort of giving up YouTube. You know, I think it's, I don't think it's any one reason, but I do think it's a confluence of factors, and I think I'm, I'm victim of some of those factors as well. I attribute my ability to navigate them better than some to the fact that I was kind of mature in the space before I embraced YouTube. You know, I had a TV show on HBO that I starred in 10 years before I really found success on YouTube. I was, I, I was mature when I entered the space. But, you know, some, for a lot of these creators, their, their passion or their reason why they're there Typically, like, is not the fame, not the celebrity of it. It's the desire to create. It's the desire to share meaningful stuff. And there's all these secondary and tertiary aspects and things that come along with being your creator that are wildly burdensome. And some are technical, like the fact that, you know, maintaining, like, it's undeniable. If you maintain consistent uploads, you will grow. And if you don't, you will not grow. I do not upload consistently. Like my, my subscriber count, which would, used to grow at, you know, um, hundreds of thousands a month. It has been stagnant. Like, since I stopped, I still do great views, but it's b…
AI assessment note: “there's all these secondary and tertiary aspects and things that come along with being your creator that are wildly burdensome”