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Posting Just For The Sake Of Posting [ARCHIVE]
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I literally have been dying to talk about this for a hot minute since all I see nowadays on social media is everyone talking about how many times we need to be posting to get our point across or have more eyeballs on our posts, but is that doable? What happened to quality? Is posting 5-10 pieces of content a day possible while keeping the same quality? Where does the line end and when do we realize we are posting it for the sake of posting? Please subscribe and leave a review on audio platforms as well :) Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2TF3VnS Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2AfNQia Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3pmXw09 Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FKeu5X Follow the podcast: @wildandbasic on IG or "Wild & Basic Podcast" on YouTube
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Updates
00:00:14
Speaker
Hey guys, so welcome back to Wild and Basic. So today's episode, shockingly, I feel like contrary, most people wouldn't think that. I actually don't have a script, no outline, nothing. Not like I'm going to wing it because I have a topic that I want to talk about, but I'm just saying I don't have any script, any outline.
00:00:37
Speaker
I just feel like most of the time people are going to think that I never had an outline or script because that's how sometimes all over the place this podcast is. But I still so appreciate that you guys stick around because sometimes I'm like, what am I saying? I can be very, very scatterbrained, but I really appreciate that. Anyways, yeah, let me just start this podcast by saying that I appreciate all of you guys as this year is coming to an end and it's been now one year that I had this podcast.
00:01:07
Speaker
so I am very happy about it. I also can't believe that I stuck through it. Like, I really thought I wouldn't last this long, so I'm very surprised. Another thing I want to mention is in case you're a new listener or you're just tuning in, finding out somewhere, if you haven't subscribed already, please subscribe to the podcast. There's more fun stuff
00:01:31
Speaker
coming. There will be some guests coming. Fortunately, unfortunately, I mean, I don't know why I was saying fortunately, unfortunately, the guests that I was supposed to have, like, actually, like, last month, told you, right, like, there was this whole construction going on with Shopify. They finally fixed it, but the schedules and everything, which I knew this was going to happen anyways, and I'm traveling soon,
00:01:53
Speaker
So it's pushed back to the first month of, you know, 2022, so January. So it will be later on. So just wanted to let you guys know that it's coming. I'm not making it up. I promise guests are coming. It's just very hard to coordinate.
00:02:13
Speaker
I know I have talked about this a lot but like it's still like annoys the fuck out of me that like it's so hard to get people to do in-person stuff. Again I get this part partially but nowadays I'm just feel like I just can't do that anymore like I need to get out there otherwise I'm gonna lose my shit you know what I mean so I don't know.
Tech Talk: Transition to USB-C and AWS Challenges
00:02:33
Speaker
Like I see the both. I understand the both sides, but I'm just saying overall. Anyways, losing track of my thoughts. So little update before we talk about today's topic. As I mentioned this today's topic, actually, I have like mentioned about it a couple of times, but I didn't realize that, you know, I haven't covered it already. Quality over quantity.
00:03:01
Speaker
I'm not going to go deeds about what this means because we all know what this means, but I feel like nowadays it makes more sense for me to even talk about it because recently there has been so many things going on that I feel like just makes perfect sense. An example that I feel like just makes sense.
00:03:18
Speaker
that I'm gonna mention that you guys hopefully will understand, will relate, and hopefully will be useful for you guys as well. Anyways, so before that, let's talk a little bit update. If you guys don't know, this is very technical shit, but I'm sure most of you guys gonna relate. I just wanna warn you guys.
00:03:39
Speaker
Don't get me wrong, I love technology. I love making things better. I love new things. I love that we are changing USB-A to USB-C, you know, like all these new cables, everything. I just kind of love talking about cable.
00:03:54
Speaker
But there are certain things like my website, like in case you guys don't know, most blogs, actually not the stores like Shopify, I have Shopify, but blog. Most people's blog are supported, not hosted by WordPress. WordPress is kind of like a platform that gives you that program or code, simple way of putting in a CMS platform that helps you to make your blog.
00:04:21
Speaker
But at a certain point, depends on how long you had your blog, you might need to upgrade things, you might need to update things, you might need to change things, even though you don't want to. So, recently, I had to do that because apparently the time that I had my blog, which was very early in the days, because I think I remember I started my blog in college or right after college, so it has been probably five, six years.
00:04:46
Speaker
So, yeah, and then turns out like I something had changed and I had to essentially upgrade it. And because my like, what is it? My website is on Amazon Web Services. Again, in case you guys don't know, Amazon Web Services is like a biggest hosting and yeah, because hosting, I would say platform in the world now.
00:05:11
Speaker
pretty much most of the internet nowadays, like 70, 60% is hosted on Amazon Web Services. We're going to talk about it in a little bit. But anyway, so and they were like, since I'm on Amazon Web Services and everything on Amazon Web Services is kind of so manual, which is why I kind of liked it in the beginning. But now I'm realizing it's so time consuming. You have to do everything by yourself. It's like not automatic like GoDaddy and everything.
00:05:38
Speaker
I mean, there's always pros and cons. I can definitely talk about this for days. But yeah, I had to essentially back up my website, then transfer it to another IP address.
00:05:54
Speaker
to make it like a new WordPress because it creates a new database and makes it a newest version of PHP and WordPress and everything. That took a lot longer than I thought. Not because I feel like it was hard, it was more because I was so cautious this time because a couple times, I had so many websites in the past. This sounds so weird. Even when I was in high school, I had websites.
00:06:17
Speaker
and I messed up so many times. Like I thought I backed it up and I didn't back it up and I lost all my data. This time I was like, not happening. This time I really need to make sure I back up everything. I will say this to literally everyone, not just website designer, everyone. Writing that document, the Word document, writing that Excel sheet, save that shit. Like save it. Even you have like five sentences, save it.
00:06:44
Speaker
Sometimes I feel like we forget that. Then all of a sudden, I assure you, doesn't matter if you have the latest computer or, I don't know, the oldest computer, hit that save button every five seconds. You will do yourself a favor. And same thing applies to most things, always have a backup. The thing is, I know the chances that you're going to need that backup are very low, but times that you might need that,
00:07:10
Speaker
you will thank yourself that you backed it up that you need it now. I know the chances are not high, but you're gonna need that. So anyways, this time I was like, no, I'm being cautious, I have all this data, like I cannot lose this shit, so I was like taking my time, it took solid two days, like technically I could have done it one day, but like those two days,
00:07:31
Speaker
Yeah, it doesn't seem like a lot, but it seemed like a lot because I couldn't do anything those two days. Like I couldn't do all the brand shit I was supposed to do. Again, like nothing wrong with that. It's just more like it kind of puts you in the back that you're like, I didn't account this. And I feel like for most people, this will be fine. But for me, it's because like I don't know if it's because I'm a Virgo. I'm just so used to planning things ahead or planning things overall.
00:07:56
Speaker
I was just like, hmm, this was not in the plan. I had other plans. Now this is just there. Like, it was not good. Like, now everything is kind of pushed back, which I'm not happy about because that was not planned. So anyways, I just hate when things don't go the way I plan. It's just, just no, no. I don't know what is it about. I just don't love that. I'm a control freak when it comes to certain things.
00:08:26
Speaker
I try to give control. If there are certain things that I don't know about, that's totally fine. I'm not going to touch it, but if there are certain things I know and I have planned it already and it doesn't go that way, that's bad. This was totally out of my control and I had to do it. I'm already working with brands and I have a
00:08:44
Speaker
sponsored posts that I have to go through for my blog. So I'm like, no, I have to make sure everything is good. So I don't lose any data. Because, you know, like I have Google Analytics, I have views and everything that I need to make sure it's accountable. So Google doesn't just be like, oh, merchhouse.com is gone. Bye. It's not on Google Search anymore. So anyways, it was very, very frustrating.
AWS Outage and Its Impact
00:09:05
Speaker
And on top of that, now this is where I'm coming back to AWS Amazon Web Services.
00:09:12
Speaker
I know outages happens, you know, like in the world. Outages is something that at this point, I feel like I'm just so used to it. I just don't care so much for it. You know, we all have seen that like, oh my God, Facebook went down for like hours, right? Like almost the entire day, I guess. And people lost, like Facebook lost millions and people were freaking out. Instagram wasn't on. Web stories, not Instagram wasn't on. And WhatsApp wasn't on. So I'm just saying, you know. So yesterday, very similar shit happened.
00:09:42
Speaker
Amazon Web Services was having outage. Like, the biggest hosting web service in the world was having an outage. And the weird thing, apparently, I'm just like, why this happens to me or just here, right? Apparently, this was only having the outage in East Coast area.
00:10:06
Speaker
only the east coast because so the way things work I will just tell you guys a little bit when you choose a plan like let's just say you're creating a blog or you're creating a website you're creating an instance you're creating something right whenever you're choosing that amazon always gives you a choice that like what region you want to choose as your server
00:10:26
Speaker
Again, because everything is so manual and it's like they are trying to make it yours, essentially, you get to choose your server. Most of the time, you know, GoDaddy or any other hosting platform when you buy it, they don't even give you the option. It's kind of in the back end. They automatically choose that for you based on your location or based on your IP address, something like that.
00:10:46
Speaker
But, yeah, but Amazon Web Services essentially gives you that freedom to do whatever you want. And that's why I love it so much. But so when I was choosing because I'm like, oh, I'm in the East Coast, so I will just choose East because there is always like East Coast, which is Virginia. That's the essential. I think the main servers are then there is US East Coast. There's Ohio. Then there's West Coast obvious and everything.
00:11:10
Speaker
For me, I just thought if I chose the West Coast and the servers are located there, my website might load slower because of my IP address and everything. I don't know exactly that makes sense. If someone knows, please, please tell me. But anyways, I chose East Coast, right? So...
00:11:27
Speaker
Apparently most of the people in the East Coast or most of the companies who had the servers in the East Coast were just having outage. So this affected completely my website. I mean, somehow people were still accessing my website. Like I could still load my website, but it was so slow and certain things were not working. But worst part was that because
00:11:50
Speaker
My entire blog is on Amazon Web Services. Hence, because my email is that domain that I have, which is my blog, that's also my email. That's also hosted on Amazon Web Services.
00:12:06
Speaker
I couldn't get any email. Like I kept, because I remember like I was seeing my dad, then afterwards I was checking my email and it wasn't loading on my phone. I was like, oh, it must be something to do with like maybe my phone. Then, you know, sometimes like it has to ask you your new login information. So it's like, because sometimes you need to refresh it.
00:12:26
Speaker
So I was like, it's fine. I will go check it at home. Then I did at home. I was freaking out. I'm like, oh, my God, did something happen? Did I mess up something when I was doing the transfer? Because I was so, so scared that like I messed up the transfer. Turns out it wasn't just it wasn't that. And I started receiving email from Afterpay from Equinox. Even apparently Equinox is also an AWS. So anyways, half of the Internet was like having issues. Netflix,
00:12:52
Speaker
So they were having outage and they have been working closely to fix it. Anyways, I'm just saying I was freaking out. They fixed it last night, like after almost entire day, then they fixed it. But I'm just saying it's kind of crazy that like, you know, when there are certain things that you don't have any control over, you kind of have to
00:13:13
Speaker
I don't know like it's kind of weird but like you're just like you're at their faith and you have to wait to see hopefully they fix it you know there's not much you can do so that is a little bit my what is it my update well that was a long update anyways let's get on to today's topic
Main Topic Introduction: Quality vs. Quantity in Content Creation
00:13:34
Speaker
So today, as I mentioned earlier in the episode, that I want us to talk about quality over quantity. So I think for the longest time, we have always thought that quality is always the most important thing. I think when it comes to certain things, obviously
00:13:58
Speaker
physical things, I guess, like objects, something tangible. That's what we can say. Most of the time quality is something the most important thing. But there are also some exception obviously, you know, that's why the fast fashion in the world is so, you know, popping all the time because it's low quality, but you know, you can always
00:14:19
Speaker
get it fast and it's cheap. But when it comes to certain things that like, you know, content, news, that's also content, I guess. I don't know, there's more things that like you see on the internet, like, you know, wherever you see the blog post or like updates and stuff like that.
00:14:41
Speaker
you obviously want a quality source or quality overall because you know that that's probably going to be better or that's reliable, right? I think most of the time that's what the quality is tied to like you because if someone is providing a quality or quality
00:15:02
Speaker
like the information that is a good quote. Like you just know that that's like a decent information. That's something that you can kind of like accept that like, okay, this is something I understand and this makes sense, right? You see that as a reliable source. But I think over time nowadays, things have kind of, it took a turn. It's not so much about the quality anymore.
00:15:28
Speaker
I feel like there might be some aspects to it, but it's not like more like 100% was quality. Nowadays, I think things more about the quantity.
00:15:41
Speaker
And I don't want to say this is a bad thing, but sort of is, or I don't know, I don't even know how I feel about it. That's why I want to mention this. Because ever since, like, I guess Instagram started, right? And I know this for most people, right? Like, the way Instagram started, everything was more about, I mean, obviously in the beginning was more about selfies, like the using sepia filter, whatever, you know, ugly pictures, like it was not great. Then, you know, this,
00:16:11
Speaker
Army of influencers came and everything well or not came like born Then everyone was more focused about the editing and like fixing it mixing and like the colors matching
00:16:24
Speaker
so the entire feed looks more cohesive. And that shows more quality, right? Not, like, even though it looks like quality, it might not be quality, but overall it does look like quality. So, but more focused on that, like, it wasn't so intense in a way that, like, people, most of the time people were posting once a day, right? And that was the most people would accept.
00:16:49
Speaker
So it was again more on the quality side because people were taking time to edit their photos or take more interesting pictures and stuff like that, right? I think nowadays because of TikTok, things definitely have changed.
00:17:06
Speaker
Like, because on TikTok, obviously, there is still equality. Yeah, like, people look for the content that has equality in there, for sure. That I completely understand. Like, whatever the content they're providing you, you're like, okay, this is a good content. But there's also so much shit content. Like, I'm being 100% serious. And not to say that, like, people who are doing trends and everything, it's shit. Like, that's not what I'm trying to say because I think some trends are kind of fun.
00:17:35
Speaker
But again, it's just fun. There is nothing you get out of it. And also, I'm also trying to say is like, if something is fun or entertaining, that doesn't mean that it has no quality just because it has no information because the educational content is one thing, but entertaining is also another thing. So that's still, I think, consider quality.
00:17:56
Speaker
I think my most issue is that nowadays, everything, even TikTok and Instagram is getting on
The Strain of Content Production on Mental Health
00:18:03
Speaker
there too. They're pushing everyone to post more.
00:18:08
Speaker
I personally don't think there's much wrong with it, but it's more like if you're a normal person, you obviously wouldn't care about this because they're like, I will post once a day or I will post twice a day, but that's it. You're not doing this for money. This is not your career. That's completely different story. But if this is your career, that's a bit different because imagine coming up with a content that you can post multiple content a day. That's hard.
00:18:38
Speaker
the content that could be really good or that's just good that you can post a day, it's hard. One a day, that's not too bad, but posting multiple a day, that is hard. And that's where I think that quantity comes first and the quality is somehow getting lost in the way. Because literally every single time when I go to my FIP page, like the for you page on my TikTok,
00:19:05
Speaker
Most of the time people are like, yeah, post like four to five times a day and that's how I got wire load. That's what happened. It's like that is just so exhausting. Like really, really exhausting. And again, I'm not trying to say this is a bad thing. People who are doing this and if they are fine with it, I mean, kudos to you. But imagine just coming up with at least OK, let's just say five pieces of content you can post a day.
00:19:32
Speaker
And I'm not saying just one day, you have to keep doing this every day. That's a lot. Unless you're gonna keep this like as a... Look, if it is a podcast and you can just keep cutting the clips, that's not bad. But again, you also have to think about the other side. It's like, I don't even have a problem with shooting the content, but the more problem is like, even if you shoot the content right, you still have to edit it a little bit.
00:19:59
Speaker
Even, like, let's just say, yeah, if it is just TikTok, I guess that's most of the time easy, but that still requires more thinking. Like, most of the time people are like, oh yeah, trends are so easy, you know, it's so fun, you just record it, right? But most of the time, even trends, you have to make it about yourself, right?
00:20:15
Speaker
Again, that requires like some sort of thinking that like, oh, this trend is like this, or this trend is using a ring light, this like this, how can I make this for me? How can I make this about myself? Or how can I make this about my niche? Like, that comes into that. And there's other aspects to it that like, then people, everyone is pushing all about like, oh, you have to make it about your niche. But then when it's about your niche, let's just say, I'm just gonna make simple example.
00:20:42
Speaker
If you're niche is skincare, right? How many times can you come up with the content that is so unique that is about skincare? Like you can only talk about skincare so much.
00:20:57
Speaker
unless you just want to review the brand every single day. That is still exhausting. And what if you don't get them and like you don't get the products or what if you have to buy yourself like that's also a lot of waste that you're going to do. I'm just saying like that's a lot to push.
00:21:13
Speaker
That's why I feel like sometimes nowadays people are like, there is no such, like you shouldn't be tied to your niche because you're not just skincare, you are you. You know, I feel like that sometimes also gets to my brain too. I'm like, I'm a person. Yeah, am I like fashion? Am I like beauty? But I also like cars. So like I have multiple interests. And if you just put me into one category, that just fucks up my brain because I'm like, I am so depressed. Like I don't know what else I'm going to talk about.
00:21:40
Speaker
Like I can just keep like again, I'm not just trying to say like one talking about one topic is like, oh, that just makes me so depressed or I don't like it. It's not bad. But like, how much can I talk about this one topic? Unless there's something just trending right now in the moment, there's some drama, like there's something that I can mention about.
00:21:59
Speaker
I don't know what else I can talk about. Like I can talk so much about just like, oh, like how to cleanse your face or how to moisturize or how to do this retinol and stuff like that. But how many times can I twist it and talk about that? You know what I mean? Like there's only so much you can do. This reminds me of the same thing that I remember my dance teacher was telling me. She's like, there's only so much that you can do like dance movements.
00:22:29
Speaker
Yeah, you can fix it, you can change the movement, but there's only so many movements that you can do. At one point, you have to repeat the similar movements or similar things. Yeah, the choreography might look different,
00:22:45
Speaker
But there's there's going to be some things that turns the I don't know, some ballet movements that you're going to insert it because just the way it is, you know, like you can't just make up more shit because there is only so much you can do. So I think that's what I'm trying to come out is like if it is one topic, if it is multiple topic, obviously you can definitely come up with more things. But again, that's also kind of gets into my place. I'm just like.
00:23:13
Speaker
Then you're talking about everything. Then you're talking about so many things. Then where is the quality in there? You know what I mean? That's what it gets to me. Maybe this is me like old way of thinking with Instagram because with Instagram I was curating my content and everything.
00:23:29
Speaker
I still to this point I am doing but I have kind of gave up on that. I used to even focus so much on the color scheme and everything on my Instagram. Nowadays I just like kind of pay attention but most of the time I just don't anymore because like first it's like messes up with my like mental health like that because I'm like okay this picture doesn't match how can I make it match is like it just puts so much stress on me that I'm like do I like do people even care nowadays? No.
00:23:57
Speaker
I mean, yes, like I'm just saying that overall, when you look at it, you're like, you get this serotonin like when you see it and like everything matches, it just looks so good. You're like, oh, this is so good. Right. But then I'm just like, like how many people actually look at that and care? You know what I mean? So not a lot.
00:24:20
Speaker
because that's why TikTok is so popular. I mean, when you look at people's TikTok feed, it's like, it doesn't look good at all. But the content is good, you know, so. But I'm just saying, but when it comes to the quality, though, that's where the lines are blurred. And that's why I'm kind of like, I don't know what's going on.
00:24:38
Speaker
Like, there are trends and the funny things I love, but like I'm just saying, like forcing not like forcing people, but like almost really, really persisting on keep posting more content. I don't know if that's healthy because more and I realize and maybe this might sound wrong, but like more you create a content, more it's going to mess up with your mental health.
00:25:05
Speaker
What I mean by that is there's obviously a difference. If you just make a batch content in one day, that's different. But even then, imagine if people are saying that you need to post five TikToks a day. How many? OK, five. Then you need at least 30 more videos for just one week if you want to post every day.
00:25:32
Speaker
And you need to shoot all that in one day. I just don't know how much of that is going to be good. You know what I mean, right? Like, it's not going to be good. And people are like, oh, you don't have to care or whatever. But I'm like, so we don't have to care if it is good content or not. But then I'm just like.
00:25:52
Speaker
Like, what are we getting out of that, then? Right? Like, I just don't love that. Like, that everyone is just pushing so hard about getting more and more content. And it's not. And I'm not just trying to say it's just TikTok. It's not like Instagram is doing the same. Instagram is literally pushing. I mean, at least they're paying. So that's a different story. Instagram is literally pushing me that like, oh, if I get millions of views, I will get thousands of dollars or whatever.
00:26:19
Speaker
Okay, yes, that is kind of enticing that like you're getting paid for it. But at the same time, again, that's push putting more pressure on me that I have to create more content every day so I can get paid. Because at least with YouTube is like, you know, I already know my shit because it's ads.
00:26:38
Speaker
Like yes, like it's kind of like nice to like get paid. You're enticed like getting paid based on views, but the same shit with YouTube too. So that means like I just keep creating content all the time. Like I feel like sometimes like the way brands are treating everything or the way that like these platforms are focusing on people, they're like, you're a content machine. Let's just use you as a machine. Like, no, I'm not a fucking machine. Like you can just keep doing that. I feel like what happened to quality? Why can't we just create one content
00:27:05
Speaker
I don't know, a week or a month. Okay, maybe not a month, but like a week or maybe a couple times a day. I mean, a couple times a week. That's more doable. But creating a content that many times a day, and not to just say you don't have time, because even if you make time for it, right? At one point, you're going to run out of ideas and you're going to just make some shitty content.
00:27:27
Speaker
Then what will happen to that? I just don't know if I'm making sense, but that's where I am at right now. I feel like it's gonna get to a point that I am burnt out. And it's not just me, there are so many people who are burnt out. I just don't think brands or social media platforms are seeing that.
00:27:52
Speaker
Like, I think there is this big bait between these big brands and also like these social media platforms that they're just using a bunch of creators like as a bait. Like, and we are like a bowling ball being thrown from one side to another. And who's going to make more content and who's going to get paid more? Again, I'm so, so grateful that this is my job and I love doing it. But a certain extent, I'm like.
00:28:19
Speaker
Am I even creating a quality content or am I just creating a content for the sake of a content? That touches me. I don't love that. That just hurts. I wanted to put a content out there.
00:28:36
Speaker
that is either educational, that is sort of entertaining or something. But I want to put some of my best, right, or or sort of best. I mean, there's also other things I like. There are times I like you don't look good, you don't feel good, but you still have to suck it up and post it. But if you're doing this multiple times a day, that's almost like you're putting up a facade that like.
00:29:00
Speaker
it's not even you. I mean, overall, I know this already that like, when you're making a social media account, when you're creating this online persona, I already know that yeah, that's not you, right? Like, that's the version of you, essentially. But when you're creating this much content is like, how much of it is even you? Like, is there even you there at one point or you're just doing it for the sake of it?
00:29:28
Speaker
This reminds me this aspect. This was a while ago, and I remember this from my business class. So there was this case study about, I think, Gillette and... What was the other brand? I totally forgot. But there is apparently two companies. I think Gillette may be another razor company. I don't think it was Harry's, but another similar brand, right?
00:29:51
Speaker
They were competing so much about who is going to make the most, I guess, blades, right? Because, you know, when you buy this like razor, right, they have two blades and like three blades and they were each competing. Like, I guess Gillette made like three blades and the other competitor was like four blades and Gillette was like five blades and the other one was six blades and like seven blades. They keep going up. And like, even nowadays, I think Dollar Shave Club makes even like eight blades.
00:30:19
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It's absolutely insane. But what I'm just trying to say, like, in the middle, consumer, the users are getting messed up and fucked up along the way. But these brands, they're like, let's just make it more. Let's just push it more. And let's just see who's going to get more money, who's going to stay in the world. Like, I just feel like
00:30:39
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I see from the business aspect, I completely see what Instagram is trying to do, what Pinterest is trying to do, what TikTok is trying to do. I get it. More content means more money, more ads. Completely understand. But can you think about what is the mental health of these people who are creating content 24 seven? Like, do you think about what is happening to these people? Like, yeah, like they are making money, but like at what cost?
00:31:07
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that like you're really just enticing people so they can keep creating content on and on and on. It's just like that's not doable. That's not healthy. That really is not healthy. I feel like they are so bashing about mental health, like YouTube taking out the dislike so like you don't see the dislike, how many dislikes in there or Instagram is saying that like, oh, you can turn off your comments or you can turn off your like.
00:31:34
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counts and stuff like that. But like, then they're doing this. Like, it just makes no sense in my brain. Then I'm just like, what is happening? Like, it's all about the quantity right now. How many more content we can get? Let's just treat these people as a content machine and just like, keep making more and more content.
00:31:53
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Anyways, that was just me being frustrated about what's happening in these days.
Solutions for Sustainable Content Creation
00:32:01
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I don't even know what is going to be the solution on this, but what I have been seeing is that, at least for me, the solution is that
00:32:09
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I try to do batch content, but what I also try to do is I try to take breaks because I know that if I don't take breaks, I'm going to lose my shit. I'm going to lose my shit and I'm not going to be happy with myself. I'm also not going to be happy with my life.
00:32:25
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I feel like, yes, like, I post so much on social media, but not all of it is my life. Like, I also want to live my life. Like, there are times when I was in Florida, like, I was like, oh, let me just post it. I'm like, no, I don't want to post this. I want to leave this moment. I want to enjoy this moment. Because what happens is like, that's the last thing I'm going to say is like, when you are shooting that video, making that vlog or whatever, right?
00:32:53
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Actually, the part of it, people are seeing it, the vlog, like looking so fun and enjoyable. But when you're even when you're the one posting it or editing it and making it, you feel like you were never even there in the first place. It feels like you are the one from the third point, like point of view, the watching it. You are just not there because like even though you're physically there, but it doesn't feel like you were physically there.
00:33:18
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That's the only way for me to put it. Sometimes I feel like you want to enjoy the moment in real life and you don't want to be posting it 24 seven. So anyways, that was just a little bit about what I was talking about. And obviously in my case, I prefer quality over quantity.
00:33:36
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I want to know what you guys think. So definitely let me know. And that was the episode for today. I hope you guys like this episode. If you do, please don't forget to rate us on Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast. And I'll see you guys next week is another episode. Bye guys.