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RE: Facebook's Gaming For Creators Initiative is a Sham, and Here's Why!
You just saved me a ton of trouble because Facebook after hearing they let you do videos there was a possible idea in mind for me. That sucks but on the flip side it seems google+ has its benefits I need to start posting there more often. I havent really used mine much.
Yeah, we've been dealing with Facebook for a long time, and know first hand how worthless of a platform it is for creators. Journalists hate the platform for the same reasons we do. Any time Facebook's algorithms determine you have any creative interests, they will cut off all your content from your followers and any brand pages you operate, then beg you to pay them or get no traffic. Its like they're holding your content and followers for ransom.
Google+ and Twitter are great platforms to promote content, and they will never censor you profit. Unlike Facebook, paid promotions with Twitter are an option, not a mandate.
One thing to note about Google+ though, the rules are super strict. Always engage with the communities you plan to post in before posting, and never post the same thing twice. People often create a new video on youtube, then head over to Google+ and dump the same post into 20 different communities. Google's response is to flag their entire account as spam and cut all their visibility. Its still a great platform though, and has a dedicated audience worth connecting with.
I do hope Facebook sees what is wrong with the way they are doing their platform and make changes to it no one is ever gonna find any growth there unless you throw money at them which really sucks especially for those who do not have much money at their disposal to begin with heh basically Facebook trying to rob blind. Glad you spoke up on this though and made more aware of the glaring flaws with their platform.
Ah Google+ rules are really strict? Ah okay thanks for letting me know of that.
Yep! Facebook offers no real incentives to make use of their platform, and meanwhile wants to charge creators for any visibility. After the last year and a half creating content on YouTube, I learned first hand just how much it costs to be a content creator. My $1,400 gaming PC died on me, leaving me with no computer to work from :(
The only reason I'm back up and running now is because a friend forked out the $1,250 it cost to for me to get a new gaming laptop. Otherwise I wouldn't be here now.
Creators have to be able to cover these extraordinary expenses, and I think that's what Facebook isn't getting. People often think that's its free to create content, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
Yeah and that is what many places t=don`t even notice content creators they use what they earn sometimes to get better equipment to record with to better the quality of their videos with tactics like facebook is doing is not helping anyway they are just filling their own pockets.
And gee 1,400 gaming PC died? that really sucks how many years you had it for? them PC are nowhere near cheap heh you have a truly good friend who was willing to help there I am glad you got a new one. Me for right now I have to make things work on this very old laptop of mine. This thing is falling apart heck I can`t even leave it unplugged from the charger anymore. Somehow it is making ends meet for now. But in a few months will be replacing this piece of junk.
My old laptop was an ASUS, I got it back in mid 2014, compliments of the co-owner of my media organization. It was really a great PC, but I killed the NVIDIA graphics card by recording thousands of hours of game play for my channels.
Hopefully you'll be able to make some money from Steemit and DTube to help you buy a new computer.
Even though I got a new PC, I'm not really in the clear. I can hardly keep the lights on here, no money to pay bills :( I just keep trying. I'm going to try and sell off some of my media if I can find the right buyer. I'm also concerned about those who work to hep manage my media, they too are in dire financial situations as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed things get better for all of us.