I don’t disagree, but literally looking for followers on one of the biggest platforms owned by one of the ‘bigtech’ biggest tech, as an “influencer” kinda defeats the whole purpose. Also, she’s not ‘starting a movement’.
Relying on people to go to YouTube to watch the video that more than likely just points at things already written and linked to on the sites that have already gained a massive following without YouTube is not unnecessary, but it is unneeded.
I still think Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok are good places to promote. This is where you reach people who do not Buy European yet nor do they use Fedi.
It would be nice if she would cross-post to PeerTube from now on, though.
I am not really in the influencer culture either, but that I wouldn’t take that up as my fight, let people watch what they like ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I’ve no problem with letting people watch what they like, but as she’s obviously getting paid by YouTube as an influencer, I’m pretty sure this is just the ‘buy European’ version of Greenwashing.
Honestly… this feels like needless purity-testing to me.
Yes, this person earns a living on YouTube. That is where the people are and that is where the money is.
But that doesn’t mean they would be entirely unwilling to switch to alternative platforms once that becomes economically viable.
And in the meantime they are helping by informing people that alternatives exist, and where to go to find these alternatives. That will hopefully help European platforms grow to a point where “influencers” can meaningfully switch over
Edit: I’m not a fan of purity testing, because it is generally counter-productive to actually achieving your goals.
You need to meet people where they are, and not expect them to fully fit in with your ideal standards right out of the gate.
That is how you get people on board with what you want to achieve.
This person earning money by using the buy European platform is akin to Greenwashing, as mentioned for buy European.
As for purity-testing, how many “influencers” is too many for something like this?
What are they influencing mostly, the usage of YouTube to make money or the fact that they don’t use the alternatives that they are supposedly promoting?
I’ve not checked, but does this influencer have any accounts on the European alternatives? Social media or video hosting sites?
If not, then this is self promotion more than promoting the movement, or whatever you choose to call it.
Why doesn’t she start the video pointing to the alternative video sites that the video is also posted on, and save some viewers from the privacy issues that come with the big tech sites?
I don’t disagree, but literally looking for followers on one of the biggest platforms owned by one of the ‘bigtech’ biggest tech, as an “influencer” kinda defeats the whole purpose. Also, she’s not ‘starting a movement’.
Relying on people to go to YouTube to watch the video that more than likely just points at things already written and linked to on the sites that have already gained a massive following without YouTube is not unnecessary, but it is unneeded.
I still think Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok are good places to promote. This is where you reach people who do not Buy European yet nor do they use Fedi.
It would be nice if she would cross-post to PeerTube from now on, though.
I’ve no problem with letting people watch what they like, but as she’s obviously getting paid by YouTube as an influencer, I’m pretty sure this is just the ‘buy European’ version of Greenwashing.
Honestly… this feels like needless purity-testing to me.
Yes, this person earns a living on YouTube. That is where the people are and that is where the money is.
But that doesn’t mean they would be entirely unwilling to switch to alternative platforms once that becomes economically viable.
And in the meantime they are helping by informing people that alternatives exist, and where to go to find these alternatives. That will hopefully help European platforms grow to a point where “influencers” can meaningfully switch over
Edit: I’m not a fan of purity testing, because it is generally counter-productive to actually achieving your goals.
You need to meet people where they are, and not expect them to fully fit in with your ideal standards right out of the gate.
That is how you get people on board with what you want to achieve.
This person earning money by using the buy European platform is akin to Greenwashing, as mentioned for buy European. As for purity-testing, how many “influencers” is too many for something like this? What are they influencing mostly, the usage of YouTube to make money or the fact that they don’t use the alternatives that they are supposedly promoting? I’ve not checked, but does this influencer have any accounts on the European alternatives? Social media or video hosting sites? If not, then this is self promotion more than promoting the movement, or whatever you choose to call it.
Why doesn’t she start the video pointing to the alternative video sites that the video is also posted on, and save some viewers from the privacy issues that come with the big tech sites?