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Don’t dehumanize creators. They aren’t content machines. If they go radio silent, they don’t owe you an explanation if they don’t want to give one.
Don’t dehumanize creators. They aren’t content machines. If they go radio silent, they don’t owe you an explanation if they don’t want to give one.
Creators are more than just their content. They are doing more stuff off screen that you don’t see. That doesn’t mean they aren’t grateful to you. They just want to keep some shred of privacy. You aren’t entitled to a creator just because you support them.
We know you mean well but sometimes the execution doesn’t land very well. Please remember that we are also people.
I’m gonna add to this a bit. I’m not gonna lie, it stings a bit when I come back from a social media break and the first thing I’m asked is “are we going to get (x) content soon?” Or “where’s (x) cosplay at?”
I know that most of you mean well when you ask those types of questions but you have to realize that the air of how the question sounds can sound entitled if read wrong. And in the spicy age of text based social media, it’s hard to understand what you truly mean.
So with this in mind, you can sort of understand how comments like “I’ve missed your content.” or “Where have you been! I haven’t seen your content in months!” Or anything adjacent to that can sound dehumanizing to a creator who’s doing things off camera that you don’t see.
Again, I’m going to reiterate, we know most of you mean well. But sometimes, people forget that content doesn’t magically create itself. It takes time, money, effort, energy, etc. And especially during a pandemic, creators may not have any of those things.
Even if you do disagree with how a creator sets their boundaries about how they feel about they’re audience reacting to their content after not posting, name calling and threats really shows how you easily your line of creator and creation is blurred.
WoOFA dOOFA I can’t spell
*their audience
*their audience
@lizzbitz_ has a great thread that I’ll put in this that explains it incredibly well. Getting defensive over a creator setting their boundaries initially is normal but that doesn’t mean you have to be obtuse about it and bully them relentlessly.
