In this world of social media trends, like going viral and becoming a celebrity, there are always some people with actual skills who stay down to earth and generate organic fans. Like people who do tons of shitty stuff just to be the highlighted person, most of them end up being a cringy guy, in the addiction to getting viral.
Like on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, everyone is in a rush to get viral and become a celebrity. And to do that, most of the content is so silly and vulgar that the people who look for healthy entertainment or so won't even look twice. Like the reel section, it's so disgusting; hardly any qualified content can be found. If I scroll through the feed, I get lots of useless stuff. Every week or so, I take some time to refine the algorithm by hiding, not interested, type marking so it understands what I don't like. But what if it doesn’t get suitable content without these? Hehe, that's what is happening now.
But again, you see the tutorials? Documentaries? These are true skills that are needed, mostly the tutorials. Nothing fancy to attract the audience, most of the creators who make tutorials get popularity if they have the skills to tutor.
"ᵂᵒʳᵈˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖⁱᶜˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐⁱⁿᵉ, ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᴵ ˢʰᵒᵘᵗᵒᵘᵗ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᶜᵃᵐᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ!"
Guess what, I was watching a playlist of GoLang. The instructor was so straightforward that he recorded the screen via OBS, did some editing with CapCut, and uploaded it, even with the CapCut watermark. He is just showing codes from his screen, doesn’t even bother to remove the watermark, fancy animation or anything like that. Still, I get hooked for hours just to keep listening to the instructions, codes, logic, and practice. And that's how it's been going on.
Someone might be making content that is very cringe yet getting millions of views, on trending, but what's the value it's adding? Source of entertainment? To me, it's the source of mental sickness. The actual impact is zero. Instead of this, the tutorial, which has only 10k views, teaches something very niche; solid stuff is more impactful to me. It's shaping me, my mindset, my skills, my career as a whole. The viewers count? Among the millions, most of them are clickbait, come and go, but these 10k? On the playlist, after the 32nd video, I do still see 8/9k views that are actually watching these 1 or 2-hour-long tutorials, pure organic viewers. Gonna remember the impact always. Like the time spent on the playlist, whatever he is teaching, even if I get a little benefit, that's what is needed for me to stay grateful.
To me, it's not about the trend, view count; it's always been the impact. Whether it's a tutorial, documentary, podcast, or anything that adds value, legit value to me, I respect and praise it.