xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@thestrongest @ChristiJunior
I don't know why these kids do it. It's an unstable career and would probably last 10 years max. Granted, it could probably allow you to get into actual video production without a college degree, later done the road, but I don't know what most of these content creators do for a living once they're no longer relevant.

I heard back in the early 2000s it wasn't uncommon for girls to forgo college to become online porn stars. Only to realize that only the top 10% would ever make it and if they did make it, it would only last around 5-10 years. In both cases they would just end up working in fast food or gas stations. Really this along with modern YouTube and Twitch are just the evolution of the "get rich quick" scams in the 90s.

@ChristiJunior @thestrongest Sponsored content is easy to skip though, but sponsorships usually mean that the YouTuber in question is going to be less honest or be forced to self-censor. It really gets on my nerves if they start shilling for shit like VPNs that are known honeypots or some lootbox filled mobile RPG.

I think Patreon is worse. Youtubers would have Q&A sessions and other stuff that used to be done for free but are now blocked behind paywalls. It also gives these YouTubers an excuse to go on long hiatuses as long as there are people who are willing to donate during those droughts. I think a simple Paypal or cryptowallet would be good enough. The former even has a monthly donation option now.

We really need to have a video sharing site that is dedicated to amateur content. Really, the closest thing we got right now is fucking TikTok. Vidlii might be a place for that since it's basically a clone of old school YouTube, but it's mostly used to reupload long-deleted YouTube videos or post Moonman music.

@ChristiJunior @thestrongest The glory days of YouTube were back when people did it for fun and if there was any revenue, then it was just extra gumball money. Now YouTube is just an excuse for zoomers to forgo/drop out of college.

@thestrongest I hope people would go back to using forums because of this.

@sjw@neckbeard.xyz Masking malicious URLs. TinyURL has an option to show previews of the URL before redirecting but it has to be enabled manually.

@sjw@neckbeard.xyz A lot of sites ban URL shorteners now because how often they are abused.

@coolboymew @takao I think Shovel Knight runs in a 3D engine as well.

@ooignignoktoo Almost hard to believe you're playing a 20+ year old game.

@rasterman @Jdogg247 @TheMadPirate My ideal ancap society would be far away from any nation for that reason. Which is why I'm pretty sure Elon Musk is secretly an ancap and wants his Mars colony independent from any government. I kind of agree with this ideology as well (minus the socialist aspect of course):
https://polcompball.fandom.com/wiki/Anarcho-Frontierism

@rasterman @Jdogg247 @TheMadPirate Anarchy only sounds bad until you realize that the government is basically the mafia on a continental scale.

@TheMadPirate @Jdogg247 @rasterman You don't even need a centralized state to enforce "socially conservative values":
https://polcompball.fandom.com/wiki/Hoppeanism

@TheMadPirate @Jdogg247 @rasterman
>only Lolbertardians argue such nonsense.
Look up Hoppeanism and covenant communities.

@ChristiJunior @PraxisOfEvil Maybe the robbers are breaking those stolen PS5s or are scrapping the parts for better use.