I'm a social media content creator AMA

[Dinoswearunderpants]

Don't worry I'm not going to share my handle to try and get followers but I understand there are some strong views on this so thought I'd do a AMA.

I don't have a huge following, I have about 35k followers across Instagram and Tiktok.

I mainly share family travels and real life content. Very natural, no filters, honest wobbly real life.

As I said before, I just share what I want. I sometimes share more controversial things on Tiktok as everyone seems to have an opinion on there.

I’ve taken on the Instagram for my local cat rescue, it’s got 400 followers so far. Any tips?

Well done! Thats a great position to be in. I used to take everything free and now I rarely do gifted collaborations unless its an event.

Tiktok is different though because if you want to sell on tiktok shop, its all about volumes and the more videos you make, the more likely you are to make money from sales.

That sounds hard. I am conscious to not be on my phone too much in front of my son.

Yes I do feature my child and I have debated whether to do this many times. For now, we do share his face but if he ever said no then we'd stop. He's aged 4.

Ok, I'm going to ask the obvious question.

You do actually realise he can't give informed consent, don't you?

I mean given that he doesn't have a clue what the internet actually is and any risks involved, or problems you may have caused him later in life?

Why don't you create your own content and leave him out of it?

You’re exploiting your child for clicks, views and money. They absolutely can’t consent to what you’re doing and the internet is forever. Their face has probably already been put on top of some AI created image and put on a dodgy site somewhere, for absolute weirdos. Nothing could have made me do that to my children or grandson.

Thats your opinion. My content isn’t solely my son.

This consent era is so woke. Do you ask your child consent to help them on the toilet, to ask them to do chores etc. Consent is very misused these days.

Just keep posting and engaging with others. Follow accounts but add them to your favourites then check in a few days to see if they follow you back, if not then irs easier to unfollow those who don't follow back.

Thanks OP.

Consent is woke???? Fuck me, I think I’ve seen it all now 😳😳

Come on, someone who uses their kid for views and money was never going to have a sensible answer 😂

It’s absolutely not true that paedos are only interested in AI. Why would you risk it when there’s zero benefit for your DC? Why do you think there’s a reason for him to be online/what did you think the positives were if you “debated” whether to do it or not?

Consent is woke! 🤣 now I’ve heard it all.

what about consent is “misused” in your opinion?

But how much money do you make?

It's no use saying AMA if you're going to sidestep questions.

What's your annual income from doing this?

I wanted this answer too 🤣🤣

Does it not just suck the joy out of life?

I would really disagree with the follow unfollow method it’s dated and, it tends to be crappy for interactions and growth.

its a local cat one, keep it simple, nice clear pics of the cats and cute videos. Interact with local businesses etc as you’re going to want local followers and interactions, it’s not going to get you five million followers but it will be much more meaningful followers as they are more likely to be on your local area. If you’re wanting to really push for a large amount, Check out other rescue instagrams for ideas and basically adapt similar trends, songs etc.

And do you show your kids?

Content creator is just a non word for posting on social media. Children arent content and shouldn't be used to make money or attract followers. They dont understand the ramifications of it or that it's forever. Even a temporary story can be screen shot.

No one is that interested in the good and bad of an ordinary life.

This is a very salty thread! OP, can you give me a ballpark figure on how many followers you need to start making money? And is all the money through ads/collaborations or tiktok shop? (Just being nosey, I'll not be doing it myself.)

how can you even compare helping your child use the loo to selling their privacy online?! Ridiculous. Can’t stand these so called “influencers”, using their kids for clicks. Why does anyone else need to see you brag about your holiday? It’s bizarre you think anyone else even cares.

Right?! 🙄

So OP earlier accepts her son may not want to be filmed and content about him out on the internet forever, but says she’ll ask if he ever asks her not to do it? 🤦🏻‍♀️ I mean little kids just love and want to please their parents so even if she asked him now held likely say yes. It isn’t being woke lol to not out your young child on public show. It’s a lot to protecting them and their identity until such time they’re of age and actively want to do this. Amazed that as a parent OP hasn’t come to this conclusion but quite the opposite.

That said, this is probably the most pointless AMA I’ve read since so many Qs and comebacks just ignored.

I agree with the rest of your post but it's just obviously inaccurate to say "it's bizarre you think anyone else even cares." Clearly 35 thousand people DO care or they wouldn't follow her!

Why they care, I couldn't tell you but content creation wouldn't be billion pound business, and millions of people wouldn't make a living from it, if others (and lots of others) didn't watch their videos.

I find it very weird when people deny the material reality of something just because they personally don't agree with it. I couldn't care less about football but objectively it would be ridiculous to say "It's bizarre for Man U to think anyone even cares about how many times a random man kicked a ball into a net today."

There are loads of benefits for my child. Hotel stays, toys, clothes etc.

Consent is woke?? WOW.

Your poor child, that’s all I’ll say.