If you run a blog, a YouTube channel, or a social media account focused on movies, video games, celebrity news, or viral memes, you have likely faced a moment of existential doubt. Perhaps a relative asked, "When will you get a real job?" Or a colleague in a more "serious" industry (finance, medicine, engineering) looked at you with a mixture of pity and confusion. The question, whether spoken aloud or lurking in your own head, is always the same:
"I am not just 'watching things.' I am analyzing cultural trends, building communities in the attention economy, and providing a service—entertainment, analysis, or belonging—that people are willing to pay for and rely on." Why Are You Doing This -Pure Taboo 2021- XXX WE...
Every day, over 1.5 billion people log into YouTube. Over 3 billion are on social media. The average American adult spends over 11 hours per day consuming media. If you want to change minds, sell products, promote activism, or build a community, you do not ignore where the people are. You go to the party. If you run a blog, a YouTube channel,
Do not apologize for the medium. Apologize only for the lack of intention. Create with purpose. Analyze with rigor. Engage with empathy. Over 3 billion are on social media
That assumption is wrong.
But this is a failure of execution , not of genre . There is boring, harmful finance content. There is unethical medical reporting. The medium is not the moral indicator.
What is your "why"? Share your personal reason for creating entertainment content in your own bio or next video. Own the question, and you own the conversation.