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@MTF you'll love this list (I'm being sarcastic)...


The top ones will earn 8-figures annually and likely be well on their way to 9-figure, and billionaire empires.

The ones that do combine their audiences with Fastlane ventures, which after amassing audiences of millions, becomes much easier. Don't get me wrong, getting millions of followers is the harder part. Overall, it's incredibly impressive.

At the end of the day, these people are providing immense value, scaling massively, and giving what the culture demands. The challenge some of us have, is what is demanded, and then rewarded in our culture, and what is not.
 
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there is a 10 y/o in the list.... :rofl::rofl::rofl:
 

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Yea it's a massive problem.. I personally used to be a slave to the mental junk food of useless content as a 15 year old.

It seems to be a phase that young people go through nowadays and only a few can escape (e.g my younger brother... literally spends 6 hours per day scrolling through tiktok). Every day I try and go to him and get him to read a book such as TMF (i actually did.. for about 40 minutes, then it was back to normal)

A lot of people not from my generation might not actually understand the serious addictiveness that comes with young kids watching social media all day.

The videos they watch teach them nothing, they indoctrinate them with awful narratives, and the constant viewing of this feminine & brainwashing content sucks all of the energy and motivation out of them because they start to feel bad about themselves for not being on the same level as the people they're watching in life.

To give another example, an industry I am a part of is the fitness and bodybuilding industry. It has the attention of many many young guys, which can be a great thing and also an awful thing.

Having seen it first hand and having been a part of it myself, these drug addict juiced up bodybuilders have become role models to people 15-21 years old. This means that a productive day for them:

Go to school
Eat 4,000 calories to bulk up
Poison themselves with pre workout supplements and other supplements
Lift extremely heavy to the point where they have permanent lower back pain at 17 years old
Watch more fitness tiktokers

Some even have an aspiration to do steroids themselves just because the gym influencers make it look like a cool, fun and normal thing to do.

If you look at the amount of deaths in this industry in the past 3 years, young and old, it's sickening.

However, it doesn't matter because the influencer industry is generating millions of dollars for the people creating the content.

It truly does remind me of something I heard someone say:

"It is extremely easy to escape the "matrix". All you need to do is fix your scattered focus and serve the sheep."

This is why I made a passion project social media account with videos related to helping young people move towards a fastlane mindset.. great to see that it's helping some people.
 
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From this list, I fear a young person's conclusion is clear: Forget engineering, science, or innovation --- pure vanity and entertainment is what wins these days.

It's been like this for quite a few years already. There was this popular Lego study about dream jobs of kids:


Children’s top career aspirations in the US and UK​

  1. Vlogger/YouTuber
  2. Teacher
  3. Professional athlete
  4. Musician
  5. Astronaut

Children’s top career aspirations in China​

  1. Astronaut
  2. Teacher
  3. Musician
  4. Professional athlete
  5. Vlogger/YouTuber

I wouldn't be surprised if today this were more like: 1. Vlogger/YouTuber, 2. TikToker, 3. Twitch streamer etc.

The apocalypse factor with these creators is a big fat ZERO. In other words, if the world experienced a solar event and everything went to shit, how many of these people would you want on your team to help you survive? When one is struggling for food and water, who wouldn't want a "comedian with 10M followers" or a guy who can win a video game in 45 minutes?

"But oh my gosh, MJ, I have so much INFLUENCE people will follow me anywhere!"

I know it sounds like I'm bitter and "going MTF" on this, but I understand how other high-brow value creators can feel frustration. You entertain someone for 9 seconds and you can earn billions and be a IG superstar. You try to change someone's life from perpetual enslavement and you get banned on Facebook and demoted on Google.

Haha "going MTF on this." I'm definitely bitter about this and see fewer and fewer opportunities to win in the online world in content creation assuming you don't want to be a moron and/or create moronic stuff.

I see over and over again that you're most rewarded for:
  • Clickbait - doesn't need to have any substance, just have a great clickbait title and thumbnail and it'll work. I've seen countless YouTube videos like that, many outright lying and still getting tons of views.
  • Repetition - say the same shit as everyone else, people will agree with you. It's very common in broad niches when giving advice for newbies. Say stuff like "save 10% of your income" and everyone will nod as if you said something deeply profound. Add to that the fact that saying stuff not approved by the mainstream results in a probable ban and it's better to stay on the safe side and just say whatever everyone else is saying.
  • Polarization - the more extreme you go, the better. If you want to be subtle and provide various, less extreme perspectives, nobody cares. For example, if my newsletter were as hardcore as David Goggins's clips online (or any other hustle/grit porn), I'm sure it would sell way better than my toned down approach.
  • Sex - when in doubt, be a hot girl and whatever you do (assuming you can show at least a piece of your body), you'll explode in popularity. I'm not even sure if I'm mad about this. If I were a hot girl and didn't mind creeps following me, I'd probably take advantage of this as well.
I think that for the sake of sanity it's just best to look at content creation as entertainment and everyone involved in it as an entertainer. Then you won't be looking for some profound, positive value in it. It's just something to get people entertained and distracted. Sort of like you don't really look for much art in most Hollywood movies.

At the end of the day, these people are providing immense value, scaling massively, and giving what the culture demands. The challenge some of us have, is what is demanded, and then rewarded in our culture, and what is not.

Some may say "If you can't beat them, join them." I personally find it very hard to do that because I just can't see myself selling myself for the sake of being trendy. It's definitely difficult to succeed online (at least as a content creator) if you don't want to be like everyone else.
 
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(e.g my younger brother... literally spends 6 hours per day scrolling through tiktok)

That's ridiculous. I can't stand 6 seconds of TikTok. And when it started becoming popular I tried understanding it and just couldn't go past the feeling of second-hand embarrassment, if not disgust with myself that I'm watching such idiotic stuff.

read a book such as TMF (i actually did.. for about 40 minutes, then it was back to normal)

That still sounds like success. I'd imagine it's hard to read a book with nobody dancing in it and recapturing your attention every 3 seconds with something idiotic.
 

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@MTF you'll love this list (I'm being sarcastic)...


The top ones will earn 8-figures annually and likely be well on their way to 9-figure, and billionaire empires.

The ones that do combine their audiences with Fastlane ventures, which after amassing audiences of millions, becomes much easier. Don't get me wrong, getting millions of followers is the harder part. Overall, it's incredibly impressive.

Sadly, as MTF will observe, most of these fields in which these creators have huge followings are low-brow and IMO, demonstrate how the culture is rotting...

In other words, if you want to get rich on social media these days...

...start dancing and being pretty
... start playing video games
... start demonstrating makeup application
... start giving away huge amounts of money
... start being comedic about culture's rot

From this list, I fear a young person's conclusion is clear: Forget engineering, science, or innovation --- pure vanity and entertainment is what wins these days.

The apocalypse factor with these creators is a big fat ZERO. In other words, if the world experienced a solar event and everything went to shit, how many of these people would you want on your team to help you survive? When one is struggling for food and water, who wouldn't want a "comedian with 10M followers" or a guy who can win a video game in 45 minutes?

I know it sounds like I'm bitter and "going MTF" on this, but I understand how other high-brow value creators can feel frustration. You entertain someone for 9 seconds and you can earn billions and be a IG superstar. You try to change someone's life from perpetual enslavement and you get banned on Facebook and demoted on Google.

At the end of the day, these people are providing immense value, scaling massively, and giving what the culture demands. The challenge some of us have, is what is demanded, and then rewarded in our culture, and what is not.
I get the rant - But I view things in another light a bit.

Yes - some of the 'top names' are obviously entertainers just for entertainment sake. Financial advice, or engineering or preparing your house for an apocalypse is NEVER going to make it to the top of the entertainment list. And there's plenty on all of these subjects, rehashed over and over at your disposal daily.

Sometimes what these 'influencers' bring to the table IS something somewhat new, catchy AND actually entertaining.

I didn't know who MR BEAST was until last year - and find some of his stunts, creativity and work ethic simply are simply MIND BOGGLING. His PODCAST blew me away - and was a GREAT lesson to anyone on these forums looking to get into the proper headspace for FASTLANE.

It's absolutely insane how much work goes into building up a youtube channel sometimes, and many times there are NO SHORTCUTS. What he describes, the MASSIVE ACTIONS he takes and the mindset behind it is 100X of what @NeoDialectic and I had employed running all of our businesses. After listening to his podcast, I was a FIRM BELIEVER that he should be the #1 YOUTUBER , who is also the most compensated.

What else? It's phenomenal in 2022 - if you WANT to be creative, and actually are and have the work ethic behind it there is LESS GATEKEEPING then ever. You don't need NETFLIX to sponsor you or give you a show. You don't need ABC STUDIOS to recruit you. You don't need actual AUDITIONS and a panel of overweight talent scouts deciding what your FATE will be.

It's 2022 - and if you have grit, work ethic, creativity, perseverance - why NOT let the public decide if you are the one to bring them ENTERTAINMENT value in this sense - and you have SO MANY platforms now available to deliver that !

ADDITIONALLY - yes, these are the top stars highlighted, and almost ALWAYS they will be pure entertainers. Same with KARDASHIANS and some other nonsense 'reality tv' crap. There is really nothing NEW going on here! If you look at even top hollywood blockbusters - it's all make believe fake worlds with mythical creatures (avatar, avengers, jurrasic world, fast and furious, etc). This is just a different platform, and the entertainment shifted - but the BIGGEST REWARDS IN HOLLYWOOD was never a movie about how to be FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE or a documentary on VEGANISM! It was ALWAYS and will KEEP BEING mindless , mythical crap. The same now applies to YOUTUBE with the pro of YOU , @MJ DeMarco more in control of your destiny and the way you broadcast it.

BUT - there is always an endless stream of creators and influencers , making HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars all over youtube and such doing not much more then delivering good content in their fields whether it be financial advice, gadget review content or education on how to DO BETTER photoshop. I am more then happy to keep watching and learning off many of these channels - and the creators should be compensated fairly (and they are!) for putting out hours upon hours of educational content.

I have noticed a lot of youtube is fairly linear - if you know your stuff, and put out great content, respond/connect to your fans, answer comments - your channel will grow. It's not a 'get rich' fast plan overnight, BUT a medium and platform that can no longer be ignored for 2022 if you want your brand and name to grow.

This is NOT to be discounted lightly - and these are ORDINARY people many times making a PHENOMENAL living online delivering tools, information and content that is not all 'ROO-RAH - HOO RAH'.

So my stance is much more nuanced. I'm happy these platforms exist for the average joe today to broadcast themselves, and build a brand that doesn't rely much many times besides a camera to tape on (your phone will suffice) - and just pure grit and dedication to stick to the craft - something a LOT OF THE YOUNGER generation fails to get a grasp on.
 
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"It is extremely easy to escape the "matrix". All you need to do is fix your scattered focus and serve the sheep."

So true. While I loathe social media, it definitely is a great place to test whatever content you want to create, and let the culture decide.

Who knows, maybe the culture will love your underwater puppet show while dressed as a cosplay superhero?

Or maybe they'll like your Victorian sexy ankle-sock photos?

As I write these, I realize how ridiculous these statements are, and yet, one of them is true.

What else? It's phenomenal in 2022 - if you WANT to be creative, and actually are and have the work ethic behind it there is LESS GATEKEEPING then ever. You don't need NETFLIX to sponsor you or give you a show. You don't need ABC STUDIOS to recruit you. You don't need actual AUDITIONS and a panel of overweight talent scouts deciding what your FATE will be.

It's 2022 - and if you have grit, work ethic, creativity, perseverance - why NOT let the public decide if you are the one to bring them ENTERTAINMENT value in this sense - and you have SO MANY platforms now available to deliver that !

Of course, I agree and see this benefit as well. I don't discount this fact. It's incredibly liberating and empowering. For every dumb-a$$ shaking their cleavage for views, there's also extremely talented musicians, artists, and tradesmen diversifying their income and setting themselves free.

I've modified and deleted my original post as I realize it was coming across poorly and likely to be misinterpreted, primarily focused on the negative, versus the positive.
 
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@MTF ... I can spend half an hour on TikTok watching super interesting how-to videos and tutorials. I find it fascinating. What are you interested in? Watch those, like them, follow those creators, and your feed changes to just show you what you're interested in.

And the fun and happy vibe on TikTok is refreshing compared to other platforms.
 

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I can't be posting on social media much. Everything I say is against community guidelines.
Based on your forum posts, I would pay to watch a Johnnyboy TikTok account
 
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I get the rant - But I view things in another light a bit.

Yes - some of the 'top names' are obviously entertainers just for entertainment sake. Financial advice, or engineering or preparing your house for an apocalypse is NEVER going to make it to the top of the entertainment list. And there's plenty on all of these subjects, rehashed over and over at your disposal daily.

Sometimes what these 'influencers' bring to the table IS something somewhat new, catchy AND actually entertaining.

I didn't know who MR BEAST was until last year - and find some of his stunts, creativity and work ethic simply are simply MIND BOGGLING. His PODCAST blew me away - and was a GREAT lesson to anyone on these forums looking to get into the proper headspace for FASTLANE.

It's absolutely insane how much work goes into building up a youtube channel sometimes, and many times there are NO SHORTCUTS. What he describes, the MASSIVE ACTIONS he takes and the mindset behind it is 100X of what @NeoDialectic and I had employed running all of our businesses. After listening to his podcast, I was a FIRM BELIEVER that he should be the #1 YOUTUBER , who is also the most compensated.

What else? It's phenomenal in 2022 - if you WANT to be creative, and actually are and have the work ethic behind it there is LESS GATEKEEPING then ever. You don't need NETFLIX to sponsor you or give you a show. You don't need ABC STUDIOS to recruit you. You don't need actual AUDITIONS and a panel of overweight talent scouts deciding what your FATE will be.

It's 2022 - and if you have grit, work ethic, creativity, perseverance - why NOT let the public decide if you are the one to bring them ENTERTAINMENT value in this sense - and you have SO MANY platforms now available to deliver that !

ADDITIONALLY - yes, these are the top stars highlighted, and almost ALWAYS they will be pure entertainers. Same with KARDASHIANS and some other nonsense 'reality tv' crap. There is really nothing NEW going on here! If you look at even top hollywood blockbusters - it's all make believe fake worlds with mythical creatures (avatar, avengers, jurrasic world, fast and furious, etc). This is just a different platform, and the entertainment shifted - but the BIGGEST REWARDS IN HOLLYWOOD was never a movie about how to be FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE or a documentary on VEGANISM! It was ALWAYS and will KEEP BEING mindless , mythical crap. The same now applies to YOUTUBE with the pro of YOU , @MJ DeMarco more in control of your destiny and the way you broadcast it.

BUT - there is always an endless stream of creators and influencers , making HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars all over youtube and such doing not much more then delivering good content in their fields whether it be financial advice, gadget review content or education on how to DO BETTER photoshop. I am more then happy to keep watching and learning off many of these channels - and the creators should be compensated fairly (and they are!) for putting out hours upon hours of educational content.

I have noticed a lot of youtube is fairly linear - if you know your stuff, and put out great content, respond/connect to your fans, answer comments - your channel will grow. It's not a 'get rich' fast plan overnight, BUT a medium and platform that can no longer be ignored for 2022 if you want your brand and name to grow.

This is NOT to be discounted lightly - and these are ORDINARY people many times making a PHENOMENAL living online delivering tools, information and content that is not all 'ROO-RAH - HOO RAH'.

So my stance is much more nuanced. I'm happy these platforms exist for the average joe today to broadcast themselves, and build a brand that doesn't rely much many times besides a camera to tape on (your phone will suffice) - and just pure grit and dedication to stick to the craft - something a LOT OF THE YOUNGER generation fails to get a grasp on.
Our kids are watching a cartoon on YouTube on our TV. 4.7m views published 3 days ago. Amazing.
 

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@MTF ... I can spend half an hour on TikTok watching super interesting how-to videos and tutorials. I find it fascinating. What are you interested in? Watch those, like them, follow those creators, and your feed changes to just show you what you're interested in.

I hate the short, superficial format (I don't think you can teach anything valuable in 20 seconds because the devil is in the details) and the distraction-laden style of production (with stupid faces, interruptions, cuts, that horrible robot voiceover, etc.).

And the fun and happy vibe on TikTok is refreshing compared to other platforms.

You call it fun and happy, I call it cringeworthy.

@MTF ... a former HR director of a fortune 100 giving advice on TikTok. Thoughts?


It looks like a cheap salesman ad from the 80s with that over the top emphasis and frequent cuts. Reminds me of Better Call Saul's commercial (only that was fabricated for the TV show and wasn't serious):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnHtGgVAUE
 
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I hate the short, superficial format (I don't think you can teach anything valuable in 20 seconds because the devil is in the details) and the distraction-laden style of production (with stupid faces, interruptions, cuts, that horrible robot voiceover, etc.).



You call it fun and happy, I call it cringeworthy.



It looks like a cheap salesman ad from the 80s with that over the top emphasis and frequent cuts. Reminds me of Better Call Saul's commercial (only that was fabricated for the TV show and wasn't serious):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnHtGgVAUE
I hate the short, superficial format (I don't think you can teach anything valuable in 20 seconds because the devil is in the details) and the distraction-laden style of production (with stupid faces, interruptions, cuts, that horrible robot voiceover, etc.).



You call it fun and happy, I call it cringeworthy.



It looks like a cheap salesman ad from the 80s with that over the top emphasis and frequent cuts. Reminds me of Better Call Saul's commercial (only that was fabricated for the TV show and wasn't serious):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnHtGgVAUE
That video is 49 seconds long and adds value as does his library of short videos.

He scripts each so he can get his point across and teach one nugget in under 60s.

He delivers via a teleprompter and does the editing himself. Personally, I don't find it cringeworthy. It's on brand for the personal brand he wants to build.

I think fair play to him. Not only is he growing his personal brand and business, but he's helping people at scale.

That one video has 2.1m views and nearly 300k likes. The guy is teaching people how to get jobs and be a better leader. He's adding value to many people's lives.

You think the short format is silly. I think it's a breath of fresh air.

Anyway, we'll agree to disagree.
 

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The world has changed and these top Creators have what it takes to reach 8 - 10 figure net worth.
The D'Amelios are the Gen Z version of the Kardashians. I'm actually more curious how these top creators made it big in the first place and whether it's all finely orchestrated behind the scenes and they're just the faces etc. A lot of it is also probably due to luck and timing. I'm not sure if Charli D' Amelio, if she does the same thing today where TikTok is already pretty saturated, would have found the same success considering she's not the only pretty face that can act and dance well. It could also be TikTok funding her and a few others like her behind the scenes to get them to start the fire and get the word out, in order for the app to grow.

As for the Youtuber Mr. Beast, when he started out, I remember he was doing quite badly, then years later, boom, and he suddenly got big out of nowhere, people especially teens were foaming at their mouth when his name is mentioned. What I suspect is that he got an investor midway, and used the money to make those youtube videos which require lots of $ to produce, such as those "I Donated $40,000 To A Random Twitch Fortnite Streamer (world record)" or "Tipping Uber Drivers $10,000" type of low-hanging-fruit videos. That was the point where his channel started blowing up, and when it did, he started earning ad money from Youtube, and used that to start collabs with other Youtubers with large followings and it snowballed from there. Without the initial $$$ to do those "Giving $50,000 to a Burger King staff" type of vids, he will still be in the exact same spot he did when he first started 9 years ago. Or he could just be a rich kid to begin with and starting using the family money to do those vids. Another one is BigDawsTV on youtube. In recent years, they started doing these type of "giving away $$$/iPhones" videos and it's getting old.
 

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@MTF you'll love this list (I'm being sarcastic)...


The top ones will earn 8-figures annually and likely be well on their way to 9-figure, and billionaire empires.

The ones that do combine their audiences with Fastlane ventures, which after amassing audiences of millions, becomes much easier. Don't get me wrong, getting millions of followers is the harder part. Overall, it's incredibly impressive.

At the end of the day, these people are providing immense value, scaling massively, and giving what the culture demands. The challenge some of us have, is what is demanded, and then rewarded in our culture, and what is not.
Oh that is really good. How can O earn high amount?
 
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It seems to be a phase that young people go through nowadays and only a few can escape (e.g my younger brother... literally spends 6 hours per day scrolling through tiktok). Every day I try and go to him and get him to read a book such as TMF (i actually did.. for about 40 minutes, then it was back to normal)

The videos they watch teach them nothing, they indoctrinate them with awful narratives, and the constant viewing of this feminine & brainwashing content sucks all of the energy and motivation out of them because they start to feel bad about themselves for not being on the same level as the people they're watching in life.

Tik tok is owned by China.
The app is destroying a generation's ability to focus, and I don't believe it's by accident. This is cyber warfare.
 

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What I suspect is that he got an investor midway, and used the money to make those youtube videos which require lots of $ to produce, such as those "I Donated $40,000 To A Random Twitch Fortnite Streamer (world record)" or "Tipping Uber Drivers $10,000" type of low-hanging-fruit videos. That was the point where his channel started blowing up, and when it did, he started earning ad money from Youtube, and used that to start collabs with other Youtubers with large followings and it snowballed from there. Without the initial $$$ to do those "Giving $50,000 to a Burger King staff" type of vids, he will still be in the exact same spot he did when he first started 9 years ago.
He has talked about this in a podcast somewhere. He got a sponsor that paid him $10k for a video and he decided to make a video where he gave away all $10k. That video made more than $10k so he figured he could just keep giving away money to make videos that made more money than he gave away.
 

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