In the early days, people uploaded videos they felt were funny, entertaining and educational. For free. The idea that you should be paid for uploading a video of yourself camping is preposterous. Go get a real job if you want to make money
That's my philosophy. I do only what I was hired to do. I start when I'm supposed to and I end when I'm supposed to. Take my dog for a walk everyday at lunch.
If my employer wants to complain that I'm not going above and beyond, let them complain. As long as my job is getting done and the checks keep being deposited, I can deal with it. It's only work. These people aren't my parents, I don't care about them.
I've gotten twice as much done around the house since remote working 3 years ago. Can't wait to tap out of shitty job and ride into the sunset. 4 more years is all I need.
Same here. This is exactly what I don't want. Sure you can cram a lot more people into a smaller space and make it cheap if you want, but it causes more problems than it solves. Maybe in some futuristic utopia this would work, but not in this reality.
I don't think that's the case here. The early internet and social media's original function and intent was basically to share information, learn things that would otherwise be nearly impossible to know, like what's going on across the globe and to keep in touch with friends/family.
Today's internet is a far cry from those ideals. It's about a handful of enormous companies sharing private data, shaping the way people think by promoting fake news and suppressing differing opinions. It's about making a buck of advertising which makes it impossible to surf the web without add blockers. Social media has devolved into a cesspool of hate and a fake sense of self worth.
It's funny because in the mid 90s when online gambling was illegal (U.S.), I joined and played a service located in the Caribbean so I could place sports bets. I won a couple of times and they mailed me an actual check.
I lost way more than I won of money I didn't really have, but now that online gambling is legal and I have more disposable cash, there's zero interest in these
You can earn real money in casinos, that's why they do exist. They pay out just often enough for people to believe that they are one pull away from hitting a jackpot.
If they never paid out, people would never go and the casinos would not exist