#i dont think every hobby needs to be monetized

[relatabletrait]

the early access epidemic makes cc shopping sm less fun

[crescencestudio]

hello! i wanted to ask how you ended up getting involved with game development!! ive seen an played a bunch of your games so i think itd be interesting knowing how you got here and monetized it! (dw if you dont wanna answer, no hard feelings :>)

OOOOO

for how i got into game dev, in one word: impulse LOL

for the longer version, i always have loved visual novels. as much as i enjoy other games, there is something about visual novels specifically that are so special to me. so one day during the big covid Lockdown, i thought to myself how cool it would be to make my own game. thing is, i had no creative background—never made a story, very basic art background, no coding background NOTHING.

but i have a very unironic yolo mentality and so if i have the means to make a game before i die, why not? so i learned renpy, got really overwhelmed with the idea of making everything from scratch. there r so many aspects of games i never thought of. every single character needs not just art, they need a story, a design, a role, etc. then you need to repeat that for the plot. then you need to do that for the MC. and that’s just the brainstorming stage!!! so i stopped and dropped the idea in 2020 LMFAOkxosos

then a year later, during my phd program, i had some time during summer break and i decided to try again. Why Not? you only live once. even if it takes me my whole life to make one game, wouldn’t it be cool to say i made one? so i took the dive. made so much shit up. completely winged a million things. and here we are two years later with alaris, intertwine, and some other collab projects!!!

the monetization part is mostly because i don’t currently have the means to support game dev on my own. my hope is one day (when i graduate phd school), i’ll have more time and money, which will let me fund my hobby a bit more self sufficiently since i honestly rly hate the monetization part of game dev haha!! i guess i’d say i got into game dev mostly through pure interest and a yolo mentality and what’s kept me here is the satisfaction and reward that comes with the creativity (as well as the amazingly talented ppl i’ve met through it!!!)

[444princesa]

how to start putting yourself first

putting yourself is important for your well being. being a person who always wants to please others and other people happy at the risk of your own is an issue. here are a few ways to start putting yourself first.

set boundaries learn how to say no and don't give in to their pressure when they become persistent. if your friends or family call you late night past your bed time, give them a time frame they can call and tell them you will not answer if its not between those time. yeah you might lose people or people will get offended because you're setting boundaries but that says alot about them. they are mad because they can no longer walk all over you.

ask for help when you need it its okay to ask for help. do not be ashamed for needing assistance, no one can do everything all by themselves without losing their mind. trust me i have seen it and lived it.

treat yourself have you been working hard and really want that coffee? GET IT. you want to use that nice expensive face mask? USE IT. you have been eyeing that purse for a while and you are able to afford it? BUY IT. its totally fine to treat yourself whether its a simple cup of coffee or a nice expensive bag. dont feel guilty because you dont think you deserve it or you could get something else thats cheaper.

take care of yourself eat well, move your body, focus and attend to your mental state and limit stress as much as you can. if that means you cant pick up that shift for your co-worker then so be it, no need to stress yourself more than you need to. finish any work at a certain time, for example, be done with school work by 5 pm so you can relax and do your night routine and get as much work done monday through friday so you can enjoy your weekend. you should also PRIORITIZE REST. your body needs adequate sleep and you also just need to just be still. take a 2 minute break every few hours to stretch and relax if you can without being on your phone.

find a hobby its more to life than work and stress. find a hobby you enjoy and make time for it even if its once a week. you dont have to monetize it either, just enjoy it.

this was just a few ways to start prioritizing yourself. if you cant do all of them then just focus on one each month. its okay to do baby steps as long as you are trying.

[blonkk]

feeling healthy. classic friday night crying unexpectedly because it just occurred to me that im almost 30 and ive spent the last 3 days alone with no one to talk to. im just in bed watching the simpsons wishing i had someone with me just to fucking watch the simpsons or stupid youtube comps. i’ve been seething because my roommate left days ago without telling me and he hasn’t cleaned a thing since i moved in so i’ve spent the past 2 days scrubbing the place clean which makes me resentful. he also left his aging dog here and she drives me insane and i didn’t sign up to be a dog owner but here we are. should i let her starve and shit in the house or do i just do the right thing and make sure shes fed. let her out when she screams at the door at all hours of the day night and morning. its been raining but stopped today so i left the house and spent 50$ on nothing and i still dont have a job and i just have to come up with new ways to spend my time with nothing to do no money no one to talk do on this shithole hill

like when you’re young and optimistic and idealistic you never think that sad loser is gonna be you. like no way i’m gonna be a sad friendless lonely freak of nature. no way im gonna be broke and jobless near 30.

and it just creeps up and like i’d do anything to get out of this but i just fail and fail and fail and i can’t find a way out. everything is just closing in on me rn. and if i go home to my parents i wont need to worry as much about money for the time being but what kind of back peddling is that….i spent my entire 20s working up the courage to move out completely and again im failing. i can’t go home anyways because believe it or not my situation is every worse there

and my parents are so scared for me…like they won’t say it but they’re ashamed and disappointed and they pity me which is honestly worse than anything else….i don’t want them to help me out of pity it feels like no one believes in me at all

which makes sense lol i don’t believe in myself either….i don’t excel at anything…..i can’t even get an entry level job in my field where i have experience…i can’t monetize anything else i do because im just not a very skilled person and its not self pity, or maybe it is, but like no one cares about art or whatever it is i like to do.

like i’ve felt like i’ve been fading away for a few years now as friends and family moved onto bigger and better and it’s just getting worse as time goes on…i don’t know what i want i’ve never known and it doesn’t even matter because i’ve never gotten anything i’ve wanted anyways. i just want to not be lonely. it’s so simple

i just want to disconnect from everyone and everything because i’m so beaten down by rejection and failure and isolation and despite good things these bad things compound and im so exhausted i don’t even care about what happens to me anymore

it’s so weird being this person you know people pity…that the worst part

i’m tying….i go outside…i exercise…i engage with my hobbies….i haven’t shut out my friends….i keep applying for work even though i feel this feeling of dread and know it wont go anywhere …i haven’t given up yet but im not really under any illusions that things will “get better” anymore

anyways i’m sorry for the boo hoo wah woe is me wahhhh moment im just so sick and tired of this relentless shit

[rusteddreams]

Im.. upset. Ive been watching a show with my mom, and she has been enjoying it, but our last watch together was... less than ideal. She was buried in her phone the entire time. I had placed my phone down and barely checked it at all unless we were taking a small break to get snacks/drinks.

She was also on the phone a good majority of the time with a new crush of hers. It.. was upsetting. But it wasnt the only rhing bugging me.

I feel like I havent been growing up as fast as everyone else is. My friends all have a job, in college, or doing something, and here I am in the dust. Im old enough to drink and im jobless (though im in the midst of trying to get a job). But, I dont want to get a job... Im scared of hurting myself. I have low stamina, energy & im very weak. Ive been trying to train myself, but i just lose all strength so quickly. Not to mention i have an eating disorder and im not getting all my vitamins. I already hurt myself to where walking too long/much makes me weak for a while.

Im also just, exhausted already just thinking of getting a job. But I want & need money to do... anything. But im kind of a failure in every regard. Im weak, im stupid, all im good for is talking at people and cheap party trivia. I have no talents outside of my hobbies, but im average in all of them, with no way to monetize them.I just feel so god damn useless and helpless.

I feel like im just a burden. Just another body to add to a pile. I dont know if i'll be living much longer. Suicide seems tempting, but im too scared to ever act it out. Not to mention... my friends depend on me.... or at least, my self absorbed ego thinks so. but... whatever keeps me from doing it is important. Im just.. so upset at myself.

ive got no good talents that makes money in a world that runs on it. i dont want to be hurt and i dont want to break myself. im so fragile and weak, im scared of irreversibly damaging my body and... ugh, im leaving this here.

[nightfallsystem]

i know its easier said than done but you *really* do not have any sort of obligation to be good at or constantly improving at your hobbies. you deserve to do the things that you love, no matter if youre bad at them or not, or putting in the work to become better at them or just doing them for fun without any concern

ik this is the era of monetizing your hobbies and putting it all in social media and starting a small business or whatever the hell but thats literally just capitalism worming into our brains and it can go fuck itself. the word amateur has such negative connotations today, but it originally came from the french word for love, and i think thats still how it should be !!

i abandoned my hobbies too for a really long time and it made me feel so empty but ive been slowly coming back to them and ive realized that it was at least partially bc i was forcing myself to put in too much damn effort. i did not have that amount of effort in me, still dont, and thats ok ! like esp w art in my case, ive realized that being messy and loose w it and doing silly doodles brings me oodles more joy than forcing myself to create clean finished pieces, getting dissapointed w my skills, or just doing Nothing At All

its hard, but please try to give yourself some grace. pick an old hobby back up with no expectations, or try something new with the intention of having fun first and foremost, maybe even with the express purpose of being bad at it ! youre allowed to be, you dont owe the world a thing

i really appreciate it im srory but i cannot be helped thouh . but this means a lot to me so thank you. i am a lost cause unfrotuanteyl

it just sucks bcuz like. i try so hard to be good for months and then my friends literally do 50x better than me after just pickng up thh game so its like extremely discouraging because i want to be better because hhthhats what i really want to do it sems fun but thats legit never ever going to fucking happen so hwhhahts the point if i cant acheieve hhwhat i want to achieve

and ntehres also my anxiety and that wont ever be cured or at least lessened ever so i physically cant have any new hobbies anymore...

i feel empty as hell after abandoning almost every hobby i have but i think i just need to get over it and grow up i have art andn studying i should be happy anyway

[chase-the-freakin-stars]

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[foxcassius]

i think knitting is the first hobby i have where im really like against the idea that i or anyone could be doing it "wrong." i sometimes turn to youtube to look up how to do techniques i need for patterns because i can't figure out the written instructions. so now youtube knows i watch knitting videos. so now i get recommended videos like "10 knitting rules to be a better knitter" and "how i became a better knitter" and every time i see these videos i feel like. rage. i made an entire sweater in like a week and a half. i made up a pattern for socks and a design for the back of some mittens. i can look at a piece i put down a few days ago and know exactly where i am in the pattern by reading my own knitting.

i dont need to be faster. i dont need to knit every single day. i dont want to make trendy clothes that are too short and too tight. today i reverse engineered a sweater pattern based off of one i bought 7 years ago. i don't need to instagramify my knitting or turn it into a grind or monetize it in any way. i make clothes for myself that fit me and that i like and i make accessories for other people sometimes, also at my own pace and to my own tastes as well as theirs. even if it took me like 3 months to knit a sweater like...i do not need to give myself rules for knitting. i dont know those videos make me see red they make me insane.

[noritoshiikamo]

and i know it may sound like im faulting the creators for wanting to earn, but it's just...tumblr is one of the very few media&writing platforms where monetisation & subsequent "subscriptions" (as in kofi, patreon, etc) is by choice. everything feels lax and a tad more personal, and that's what I've always loved about this place, no matter how stupid and chaotic it becomes at times. literally every other site monetizes, and it just feels distant, vv professional. i knows it's all about money and business but cant we keep this space to ourselves? i legit only come on here to check up on people i follow, because i feel like we're all just distant friends lol everything feels intimate and personal, it's just the atmosphere on here (smtimes its a tad too much tho lol),,,and it kinda makes me sad that's going to disappear. yknow coz you change your mannerisms and approach to cater to an audience that's paying for you,,, i wont see you talking about how you went for a boba run or screaming about how sukuna looks so good in this fanart ("agshsjdjdkdkdkdks hot hot hot" -- this isnt the type of content a paid creator will put out) there really is a good number of options out there, kofi is one of the best, if not the best, for such situations. even so, there's other platforms for the other stuff (radish for example) if that's their issue. why is tumblr trying so hard,,,is tumblr running out of funds to keep the servers, what's going on? yknow what i mean? like instagram, youtube, freaking wattpad -- god forbid twitter pulls something like this.

and yeah, it's going to be like wattpad ngl it's going go be dead. sure, there are still lots of people on there,,,but i think you understand what im getting at? the site legit feels dead. i still have wp because of one sole book that I've been waiting for an update for about two years now, but i would have deleted it if it weren't for that. remember how wp used to have a group chat feature? it was so fun too, and everyone was engaging and interacting with each other :<<

ahhh well. i cant imagine many people staying if it pushes through. I'll gladly support if i want to, and when i have the means to do so. it's just...damn did tumblr really think this through? especially with that feature where you cant block a person once they're subscribed to you? i can just feel the minors scrambling to see past the 'dni' lmaooo

no no, i think most of the creators (who writes fanfics) understands that we shouldn't be making money of people's art, tipping is still okay i think but monetizing a whole ass shit is bad news

same, yall see how my blog goes i feel like me screaming help on genshin, barking over some arts are not worth to be charged for my followers to pay. i have ko-fi if someone wanna tipped me but im doing this 100% completely for fun, i dont wanna monetize my smut or anything bcs first, im not responsible for people's online experience, if you dont like smut or anything, youre free to scroll away and second, i understand as a fellow broke bitch, i remember being sad on wattpad bcs i cant read certain story bc i need to pay and such so yeah lol plus this is my hobby, not a work

sadly monitoring minors should be their priority than monetizing, bcs im seeing people at low as 15 writing smuts and dark content

[craftskepticism]

have not posted it on here bc its for my mama but have been doing ANOTHER pair of the shorts but in a nice soft linen. the size i chose is a bit too big for her so i think i'll adjust the darts on them then give her belt loops so that any fussing will be smoothed over

while i finish that up tho i need to buy fabric again (sigh) because my friend wants me to make a pair of the overalls for them, and they will pay me a lot of money, and i feel like i do this every single time where im like "i dont really want to make my hobby a monetized thing !" and then someone is like "but will you do it for me?" and im like "oh well if its for you ........." and i always end up backing out or never finishing it and feel endlessly guilty about it the whole time. but this time is different i swear

[whatifyoulivelikethat]

to the anon that sent me an essay, this is for you

to everyone else, idk what this is

from anon:

here are a few things ive thought of to an obsessive level but these are completely non-bts related so u can choose to skip it. hell, you knew u that already.

1. before becoming parents or after emerging into adulthood everyone should be sent to therapy. sometimes i question if it is to fill the gaps their childhood has blown wide open that adults have children. or is it to fulfill some moral responsibility they have to simply reproduce. if its the first, to think about it, is kind of fucked up. you are depriving your child a stable future, creating replicas of exactly what you suffered, if u are not stable yourself.

You know, probably. People have kids for a number of reasons, not all if them good. I am a product of such a cycle, generations that used physical and emotional punishment on their own children to lash out their frustrations in life. The easiest one to bully is the offspring you made, because they don't know any better. They think that's how life is, because that's how life always was. I suffer for it, all the time. But, you know, therapy does nothing if you don't want it. You have to be willing to listen to be helped.

Most people are not willing to listen or change. That's the big problem.

2. its sad how the whole ' one in a million ' concept is staring at me. haruki murakami said mediocrity is constant. that thought haunts me everyday becuase of how many people are just a sea of faceless creatures as the world decides which one is the outlier. its the scariest thing i have ever felt, but it is inevitable. mediocrity should be normalized. there is an exorbitant amount of pressure in youth to produce and create and every other teenager is doing mun and every other adult is in the medical field, but at the cost of what? sure, you just saved the world, but did you save yourself?

Everyone is in outlier which makes nobody special. Society has slowly but surely created the idea that people need to be better than others, the idea that "better" must exist. To want more. And why is that?

Money.

Why is everyone pressured to make a product? To monetize their hobbies? To "do work you love"? Why is this the ideal? Because someone wants to profit from you. Someone is always greeding for more, more, so they make you feel this need as well, feeding off your futile attempts to be the "prefect you" but the perfect you doesn't exist. Why is it that every outlier put on a pedestal feels disillusioned / pressured or greedy / selfish? Because you've been tricked, feeling sad and deflated that you can't achieve something that isn't real.

3. middle class. im part of it. we're probably the most entitled section of society there is. it is so amusing to me how we have basically everything we need to survive but always want more. its weird how the poorer sections dont have time to think about their lives at the stake of capitalist countries, while we're here thinking about everything in our day that has harmed us, complaining about shit that isnt even required to survive. my mind is bursting because im literally fucking typing / this / because i have the privilege to and im STILL . doing . it .

Entitled? Everyone feels entitled. Not just middle class. You think rich people don't want more? Pfft. Everyone wants more, simply because that's what were trained to think. Everything around us is always asking you to want more, tying your worth to what you have instead of what you are. Your worth equating to material possessions has been taught to you all your life from the media, all for the sake of profit. The worst is when they turn your own morals and ethics on you to monetize that as well.

4. i hope i dont forget everything that has ever happened to me. not because i'd want to hold it over peoples head. but because i really dont want to grow ignorant. i dont want to have hollow opinions and i dont want to live a life where its easy to be just as. i dont want to be in a herd of sheep.

You will forget. Neurons die all the time. It's a known fact memories get disorganized, remade, and blended with fantasy. You are organic, an imperfect machine. Even your memories are imperfect, only focusing on specific things and not the whole picture because human brains focus on what's important and not what is. This is a survival tactic and it's what causes you to polarize one way or another. Even you, telling me this right now, you are declaring "I want things to only be this way".

But, you know.

"Polarization is the ugliest flower in the world."

Your past and memory is not the only thing that shapes opinions. Agreeing with others is not being a sheep. Are you a sheep because you agree killing an innocent as a police officer is not okay? Sometimes ignorance is okay. You don't have to know everything. Sometimes it's better not to.

5. im really jealous of bts sometimes. its fucking insane. theyre so successful but they have and continue to endure so much shit from the world. passion. passion is the word i want to chop up and throw into a blender and smother in a fire. they have it. and i dont. they are so hardworking. its something ill never be.

They don't have to do anything. They can quit at any time. They choose not to for many reasons. You choose how much you can take and how much is too much. You chose who you are. There are many hardworking, passionate people you don't know, because they don't want to be known. Passion, hard work, these things exist in many forms, and not all of it is so exposed like it is with BTS.

And let's face it, not all of those things can be good. They said so themselves.

6. i think we should really stop saying 'well if u were in their place what would u have done'. we cant do what we havent been given the chance to experience. we cant think about what we wouldve done because we have lived our lives NOT doing it. i am living my life only one which way and there is no other way i can know yet.

We say this to help others realize that prespective is importamt. It is not about actually living it, but having the empathy to understand and see from another person's eyes. No one is asking you to be Dr. Strange and live all 5 million possibilities. You can think someone's actions / words are wrong but, in that moment, they didn't think that, either because they grew up a certain way or because certain things happened to them. You don't have to live the experience to have some level of understanding, even if imperfect.

im sorry for this brain dump , i dont really have anyone else im willing to talk to and i completly understand if u skip this. hope ur fine tho and taking care. love ur works !

I'm an INTJ. My brain never turns off. It's a curse. But thank you for enjoying my writing! Hope you liked this too LOL

[revol-lover]

some good things about the isolation of the past year+ would be that i was forced to explore to consume some different media out of complete boredom and discovered that i actually really enjoy period dramas even though i’ve always avoided them because i thought i would hate them. and as it turns out there are sooo many movies and shows that flew completely under my radar in the past that i’m enjoying discovering now. i also discovered that i love [well written!] romance novels. another thing i would have never picked up in the past. but i love love so duh i would like romance novels? i don’t know why i assumed before that they would be awful. i also started painting again which i hadn’t done since high school and now i have a whole folder of “quarantine art”. and i think in general i’ve become a little more content with my kind of mundane day to day life. before the pandemic i was already feeling very isolated because of being a sahm with no friends who had kids. and honestly not any friends at all really beside my husband and also my closest friend, who also happens to be a man. so for years i’ve just desperately wanted a female close friend, preferably also a mom or sahm so i could have someone to talk to about mom things and specifically the hard parts of being a sahm that no one talked about. i don’t really have any strong female influences in my life. i dont have a relationship with my mom. i don’t have an older relative or friend at all that i can call or talk to for advice on anything. and i long for that.   and last march, literally right before the shitshow began, i had this really enlightening talk with my close friend and he said maybe that’s [ a female ‘mom friend’] not what i need after all and maybe what i need are just friends with similar interests who aren’t moms. because the mom identity had swallowed me whole to the point that this time last year it was all i did. and i love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. i love and recognize the privalige it is that my husband can afford for me to be home right now, allowing me to be the person who raises our daughter. i love that i’ve been there for every special moment. i love making three meals every day (genuinely! because i did not have a mother who did these things for me. and when she did it was loaded with resentment) and cutting food into fun shapes and all that stuff. but i did nothing for myself. i’d parent all day then when she went to bed i’d just zone out on social media, scrolling, etc. i hadn’t even listened to music for the longest time besides in the car. so my friend was like, we’re going to get you out! you’re going to join a club or something. you’re going to meet people and put yourself out there again. and my husband agreed and it felt like the beginning of something! i was going to be brave and put myself out there!!! then two weeks later the world shut down lol. and instead of chasing that dream i had no choice but to face myself. realize that alright. yes, i’d love some more friends/human connection but the world is not giving me that choice right now so what else can i do? the news/social media was starting to make me feel really anxious so i started consuming it less (my husband works for the hospital and i was and still do get a very accurate idea of how it’s going in our area from him. i don’t need to over indulge in news). and i realized that i had time that i wasn’t really doing anything productive with when my daughter went to bed. and i don’t mean productive as in, accomplishing things. but more so it was my time and i wasn’t using it for my benefit or enjoyment at all. so i started somewhere simple. when was the last time i put on headphones and listened to an album i love? completely without distraction? like a decade ago? so i started there. and it felt so good. so i did that every night. then one day i decided i hadn’t written in a long time. i had only ever written poetry but how many poems can you write about a pandemic? (for me, like, 2) i didn’t know what to say anymore because my work had always been personal and inspired by bad times. but things were ok. boring, monotonous, but not bad enough personally to write about. so one day i sat down and decided i’d try fiction. something i never tried before. and i felt stupid immediately because.. i don’t write fiction. i’m not creative enough for that, am i? but then i remembered something i read about how there seems to be this message today that if you have a hobby you have to monetize it. which is stupid because ... hobbies should be hobbies. and if you decide to monetize them thats fine but it shouldn’t be the only goal. how can you learn that way? how can you start off bad, like we all do? if all you’re thinking about is what someone else will think? so taking that to mind, i told myself that i would just write whatever came to my head and no one ever had to see it. it was for fun. and i wrote 10 pages that first day. and a story came out of me. characters were born, that now a year later, i can’t imagine not knowing? did they live in me all my life? waiting for me to find them? i know that is corny as hell but its something i think about now. 

what else is in me? what’s inside you? how do you find out if you don’t try? you have to let go of the fear of being bad at things and just try. no one has to see your art. your art is allowed to be secret. its allowed to be bad. and you can change your mind about that whenever you want. 

[july-19th-club]

my thing about your hobbies is like........dont feel like you have to be like, an overachiever at them in order to enjoy them properly. you can stay an amateur or just chill in your own niche corner of the activity forever and if it makes you happy, that’s all it needs to do. i quit the flute a while back after years of playing because it felt like i was never “good” in the sense that i didn’t like playing complicated pieces or music that tested my fingering or my ability to sight-read quickly or learn music theory or anything like that; i just liked to play slow sad songs and screw around. and the lack of competitiveness led me to feel as if because i wasn't challenging myself i wasn’t good - because a true artist challenges themself, right? same thing with crochet and knitting; i just liked making stuff i could wear or gift and i wasn’t very interested in learning all kinds of colorwork or the more complex kinds of cables or pattern-making. 

i think maybe it’s like the saying “if you’re good at something, don’t do it for free” which is also sort of bullshit - if we monetized all of our hobbies they’d cease to be fun and start being something we were obligated to do in order to fill a demand. i’ve monetized my jewelry-making, but that’s because it’s something i can still enjoy both ways. i’d hate to sell crochet stuff; it would be too much work. and like....when it comes to writing, my actual job, i do want to challenge myself. i want to make my writing as enjoyable as possible, and that means i have to keep polishing it. but there’s no rule that as a hobbyist musician you have to learn virtuoso tricks in order to be good at music. fanfiction writers don’t have to constantly play with voice and perspective unless they want to; they can write every single fic in third person past about the exact same character and it doesn’t make them bad writers. maybe we all need to get back into a less competitive mindset and not only enjoy our hobbies without feeling the need to constantly build (unless that’s what draws us to them in the first place, you do your thing then, it’s your party) - but also know that we can be good at those things. without being competitive. that what you do know. is enough to be good.

[dykementality]

i opened instagram and i want to commit crimes again. it will never end and it will only get worse please. it wont stop until its done annihilating every last sliver of humanity and tarnishing every singe passion and hobby and art. i cant hear about the alarms i have to set up for posting to get the most likes i cant hear about boosting and promoting. "how to keep up with the new algorithm?" how to not do it. how to fuck up the new algorithm so bad that it flops and fails? it literally makes me want to kill something. i want big tech and opinion leaders to choke and die for brainwashing people into thinking thats normal. like shut the fuck up about influencing. shut up about engagement insights. shut up about "new capitalism". monetizing every aspect of existence is not new just because there are bright colors and internet slang and a cute interface now. corporations creating non-necessities fed by the neoliberal agenda of human utility is just regular capitalism. like hey you! yeah you! you too can make easy money! how? just adequate your entire life to this and it will generate revenue. dont think too hard about it its fine its on your phone!! we both win! dont wonder whats behind it or what the consequences will be to yours and societies wellbeing! like. thats just regular capitalism and its enslaving peoples souls like regular capitalism does. im lucky to be able to choose to not participate but some people have no other option. some peoples only source of money is the internet. i feel like we're literally textually doomed. people need likes and comments and shares to buy food. let that shit marinate. if they stop posting they cant survive. this is. i will jump from a building

shut the fuck up about algorithms i'll kill you

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Blogging: 9 Qualities You Must Possess If You Want To Become A Successul Blogger

Anyone can start blogging, but not everyone can become a successful blogger. Blogging has become very popular to the point that it has escalated high level of competition in online business. A lot of people have started blogging before you and are making a lot of money from it. Though it seems they have occupied all search engines (google, bing and yandex) rankings and have driven all the traffic to their website, there are still a lot of opportunities for you.😃 The truth is that whenever there is competition, there are opportunities, got that? The greatest opportunity you have in a competitive environment is found in your difference and uniqueness. It's not enough to think of starting a blog  without knowing the qualities you must possess in order to succeed in it. Whether you are blogging for business or for any other reason, the competition is the same as long as search engines and SEO are concerned.   Therefore, no matter your purpose for blogging, your major goal is that people should visit your site and read your blog posts consistently. It will be a waste of time , money, energy if no one is reading your posts. Your goal is not just to get visitors but to get them and keep them coming back for more. I am going to share with you in details 9 qualities of all successful bloggers. These qualities will help you examine yourself and also guide you to find out what qualities you should possess and areas you need to improve on. 1.You Must Be Knowledgeable  Before you start your blog, there must be something you have passion for that you want to share with your targeted audience. An alternative to what you have passion for is to learn a skill or get knowledge on what you want to blog about. It is advisable to blog about something you are knowledgeable in and have passion for. What you are passionate about is what you are made of, and you will have a greater tendency to improve rapidly and do better in it than you can do in what you are not passionate about. Blogging is fun and should be done as a hobby. Some of the successful bloggers you know started blogging as a hobby. Don't just start a blog because people are making money from it and don't choose your niche because of it's popularity. Your knowledge and passion shall determine your niche. Continue reading, a lot of information lie in Store for you. 2.You Must Be A Writer 

Bloggers are writers. You are required to have atleast little writing skill and from that point you will improve with each article you write. Even if you don't have any writing skill, there is no problem because you can learn it. Though you may hire someone to help you do the writing if you so wish. I never knew I possess any writing skill till I started writing and since then I have been learning and growing. I advise you not to pay any one to write for you except you dont have time to do the writing. If you start writing by yourself, you will discover that you possess writing skills you never imagined. The major requirement for blogging is not just writing skills. If you have some information that people need, and you can communicate those information through writing, you are good to go. 3.You Must Be A Teacher 

  It is not just enough to write and publish articles and expect your visitors to read and understand. You should be able to convey information to your readers in a simple and coherent manner. It is better to have some grammatical errors in your post and make your readers understand your write up than being grammatically sound and leave your readers in the dark. Remember, you are communicating with your readers so use "you and I " in your articles to engage your readers. Break down your information for your readers to understand better.This can be done by defining complex terms and using images. For instance, I may decide to list all the 9 qualities of successful bloggers without explaining them. You will get the information but going further to explain each one of them enlightens you more. Moreso, use examples and stats to explain terms if the need arises. Before you start typing your article, first of all write down those information on a piece of paper. After typing, read your article out loud to yourself before publishing it. 4. You Must know And Love Your Purpose For blogging  Your purpose for blogging maybe to make money, affect and change lives through your information e.t.c. Whatever your purpose for blogging is, do it with passion, enthusiasm and willingness. Love what you do and be dedicated to achieving your purpose. 5.Sustain The Capacity To Accept Criticism  I have read many blog posts and have seen various mistakes made by professional bloggers. No one knows everything and no one is above mistake. As a blogger, there is no end to knowing and improving. Grammatical blunders and spelling errors are the popular mistakes most bloggers make. The probability is that you will make mistakes but don't make too many mistakes as it may render your message ineffective and unprofessional.   So be ready to be criticized by your readers. Please do not be angry at your readers if they criticize you, rather appreciate them for spoting your errors and promise them you will improve. I might have made some blunders in this article. Please do bear with me if you spot any error......I am still improving. 6.Perseverance And Consistency  Blogging is not a get rich quick scheme. You have to sustain the capacity to persevere when things get tough.   Of course you MUST encounter barriers as you seek to drive traffic to your blog and keep your visitors coming back for more. Blogging can sometimes be frustrating that any rational person would give up easily. It takes a long time to make money from blogging. You have to invest a lot of time, energy and atleast a substantial amount of money building your blog. You have to consistently work hard to overcome obstacles  and  keep your blog running.. 7.Learn From Others  You must be ready to learn from others, especially from other bloggers both in and out side of your niche. Visiting other blogs on a regular basis to learn and find out what is trending is a good decision.  You can visit the sites below to learn more about blogging. neilpatel. com Quicksprout.com Problogger.com Copyblogger.com 8.Relate With Your Readers    Your readers are your rewarders and the only reason why you will monetize your blog confidently. Without them, your blog is useless. Always listen to your visitors and focus on giving them what they want and not what you want. Commit yourself to answering their questions and replying their comments. Also ask for their suggestions frequently. The best way to ask for your readers suggestions is by ending your write up with a question. That will help engage your readers and provide an avenue and persuation for them to comment.

Every successful blogger possess this quality

 9.Creativity Everyone possesses the quality of being creative. You don't need to be a genius to be creative but you need to be creative to become a genius. Your creativity is in your difference and uniqueness. Just find out your difference and take advantage of it. Your difference and uniqueness will make you stand out in your niche. Do your thing in a certain way. Don't be afraid to try something new but make sure it interests your readers. Conclusion  Blogging will be fun if you possess those qualities you have just read. Before you talk about SEO and search engine ranking, first make sure you possess all the 9 qualities in this article. Your success in blogging will be limited or impossible if you lack any of those qualities. Is there any other quality you know? Please leave a comment below.       Read the full article

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Blogging: 9 Qualities You Must Possess If You Want To Become A Successul Blogger

Anyone can start blogging, but not everyone can become a successful blogger. Blogging has become very popular to the point that it has escalated high level of competition in online business. A lot of people have started blogging before you and are making a lot of money from it. Though it seems they have occupied all search engines (google, bing and yandex) rankings and have driven all the traffic to their website, there are still a lot of opportunities for you.😃 The truth is that whenever there is competition, there are opportunities, got that? The greatest opportunity you have in a competitive environment is found in your difference and uniqueness. It's not enough to think of starting a blog  without knowing the qualities you must possess in order to succeed in it. Whether you are blogging for business or for any other reason, the competition is the same as long as search engines and SEO are concerned.   Therefore, no matter your purpose for blogging, your major goal is that people should visit your site and read your blog posts consistently. It will be a waste of time , money, energy if no one is reading your posts. Your goal is not just to get visitors but to get them and keep them coming back for more. I am going to share with you in details 9 qualities of all successful bloggers. These qualities will help you examine yourself and also guide you to find out what qualities you should possess and areas you need to improve on. 1.You Must Be Knowledgeable  Before you start your blog, there must be something you have passion for that you want to share with your targeted audience. An alternative to what you have passion for is to learn a skill or get knowledge on what you want to blog about. It is advisable to blog about something you are knowledgeable in and have passion for. What you are passionate about is what you are made of, and you will have a greater tendency to improve rapidly and do better in it than you can do in what you are not passionate about. Blogging is fun and should be done as a hobby. Some of the successful bloggers you know started blogging as a hobby. Don't just start a blog because people are making money from it and don't choose your niche because of it's popularity. Your knowledge and passion shall determine your niche. Continue reading, a lot of information lie in Store for you. 2.You Must Be A Writer 

Bloggers are writers. You are required to have atleast little writing skill and from that point you will improve with each article you write. Even if you don't have any writing skill, there is no problem because you can learn it. Though you may hire someone to help you do the writing if you so wish. I never knew I possess any writing skill till I started writing and since then I have been learning and growing. I advise you not to pay any one to write for you except you dont have time to do the writing. If you start writing by yourself, you will discover that you possess writing skills you never imagined. The major requirement for blogging is not just writing skills. If you have some information that people need, and you can communicate those information through writing, you are good to go. 3.You Must Be A Teacher 

  It is not just enough to write and publish articles and expect your visitors to read and understand. You should be able to convey information to your readers in a simple and coherent manner. It is better to have some grammatical errors in your post and make your readers understand your write up than being grammatically sound and leave your readers in the dark. Remember, you are communicating with your readers so use "you and I " in your articles to engage your readers. Break down your information for your readers to understand better.This can be done by defining complex terms and using images. For instance, I may decide to list all the 9 qualities of successful bloggers without explaining them. You will get the information but going further to explain each one of them enlightens you more. Moreso, use examples and stats to explain terms if the need arises. Before you start typing your article, first of all write down those information on a piece of paper. After typing, read your article out loud to yourself before publishing it. 4. You Must know And Love Your Purpose For blogging  Your purpose for blogging maybe to make money, affect and change lives through your information e.t.c. Whatever your purpose for blogging is, do it with passion, enthusiasm and willingness. Love what you do and be dedicated to achieving your purpose. 5.Sustain The Capacity To Accept Criticism  I have read many blog posts and have seen various mistakes made by professional bloggers. No one knows everything and no one is above mistake. As a blogger, there is no end to knowing and improving. Grammatical blunders and spelling errors are the popular mistakes most bloggers make. The probability is that you will make mistakes but don't make too many mistakes as it may render your message ineffective and unprofessional.   So be ready to be criticized by your readers. Please do not be angry at your readers if they criticize you, rather appreciate them for spoting your errors and promise them you will improve. I might have made some blunders in this article. Please do bear with me if you spot any error......I am still improving. 6.Perseverance And Consistency  Blogging is not a get rich quick scheme. You have to sustain the capacity to persevere when things get tough.   Of course you MUST encounter barriers as you seek to drive traffic to your blog and keep your visitors coming back for more. Blogging can sometimes be frustrating that any rational person would give up easily. It takes a long time to make money from blogging. You have to invest a lot of time, energy and atleast a substantial amount of money building your blog. You have to consistently work hard to overcome obstacles  and  keep your blog running.. 7.Learn From Others  You must be ready to learn from others, especially from other bloggers both in and out side of your niche. Visiting other blogs on a regular basis to learn and find out what is trending is a good decision.  You can visit the sites below to learn more about blogging. neilpatel. com Quicksprout.com Problogger.com Copyblogger.com 8.Relate With Your Readers    Your readers are your rewarders and the only reason why you will monetize your blog confidently. Without them, your blog is useless. Always listen to your visitors and focus on giving them what they want and not what you want. Commit yourself to answering their questions and replying their comments. Also ask for their suggestions frequently. The best way to ask for your readers suggestions is by ending your write up with a question. That will help engage your readers and provide an avenue and persuation for them to comment.

Every successful blogger possess this quality

 9.Creativity Everyone possesses the quality of being creative. You don't need to be a genius to be creative but you need to be creative to become a genius. Your creativity is in your difference and uniqueness. Just find out your difference and take advantage of it. Your difference and uniqueness will make you stand out in your niche. Do your thing in a certain way. Don't be afraid to try something new but make sure it interests your readers. Conclusion  Blogging will be fun if you possess those qualities you have just read. Before you talk about SEO and search engine ranking, first make sure you possess all the 9 qualities in this article. Your success in blogging will be limited or impossible if you lack any of those qualities. Is there any other quality you know? Please leave a comment below.       Read the full article