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[–] affiliate 47 points 2 months ago (3 children)

this is one of the reasons i hate the phrase "content creator". it's so generic and vague. the word "content" sounds very corporate to me. saying "content" instead of "video" feels like saying "guest" instead of "customer", but also worse somehow. it feels like a corporate way of companies trying to distance themselves a bit from the things they actually do, while also speaking in the most general/ambiguous way possible.

[–] TheBat 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] affiliate 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i cannot tell you how deeply validating it is to find a video like this. i have been waiting for something like for a while

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] affiliate 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

YouTube has been gentrified.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I imagine because it's supposed to encompass blog writers, comic authors, and other creators of, well, content, that isn't necessarily a video.