Stacey Soloman rant that actually just shows what's wrong with the world

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So I've just watched a video where shes addressing someone writing an article about her sister and how she used to work as a peads nurse but now makes money online like Stacey because shes better off and get more time with her family.

How is this the way the world works?
Im not disregarding why influencers do it becaise I would if I could being a nurse myself but this is so wrong that this is the best way of getting money these days.

Its the same with ladbaby etc why the hell are all these people getting crazy money for all this stuff.

Sorry just had to rant whilst on my break on night shift on my extra shift that ive taken 🙃

But the pay isn't crap!

Exactly. It's good compared to average. It may be 'crap' compared to successful content creators, but probably not compared to less successful ones who do it as side hustles or hobbies.

My friends daughter was only 18 and had a great office job in London that she absolutely loved but she was always really in to make up, skincare ect and started to use TikTok to do tutorials. She started making a bit of money then I was round my friends and her daughter turned up in a brand new BMW and had had a boob job. Turns out now she’s raking it in on Only Fans

You think this is “equally soul destroying” as waking up at 6am every day, commuting in rush hour, spending 40-60 hours a week looking at a screen, working on something that you could not be less passionate about, having unreasonable deadlines, dealing with diabolical people, whether bosses or clients, etc etc (I really could go on and on here)?

Give me rearranging furniture and applying make up and autonomy over my time any day.

The ONLY thing keeping me in the former instead of chasing something along the lines of the latter is the money. I’m 15 years in now and earning very well. I’m trapped. These careers are specifically designed this way.

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Equally, you could say it's soul destroying to sell useless tat to people online who don't need it and can't afford it?

Being Stacey’s sister would give her access points and an understanding of the industry just as anyone else benefits from a family member in their target business. However if you think influencers and content creators are talentless because it looks easy that suggests you know nothing about the industry or the work involved.

If you saw Osipova tripping across the stage effortlessly would you think it ridiculous that she is highly paid for something so easy? Or do you bear in mind the punishing hours of training, practice and prep which goes into that brief, effortless performance?

Content creators spend huge amounts of time prepping, planning, shooting, editing, marketing etc investing in their own kit and paying for their own airtime/slots to get started. The hours are very antisocial for many content creators and its fiercely competitive. There is no safety net, no nice public sector benefits and gold plated pension. If they don’t get the numbers they don’t get paid.

For every Madonna and Pele there are tens of thousands of wedding/pub/cruise singers and part time footballers who barely scrape a living and then age out rapidly and need a second career.

The successes you dismiss are the 0.1%. There is a second tier who earn a living but not much more. The majority don’t cover their costs. It may not be your choice of entertainment but that doesn’t make it any less skilled than other areas of entertainment.

I admired Jemma as a peads nurse who then went on to build a successful business with 'the label lady'. I can't help but feel it's a little sad that she shut down her company to be an influencer. However, I can understand why she made the choice. I think many of us would be tempted if we had the carrot dangled infront of us. Why slog away running a business when she's being handed these opportunites and is privy to the wealth her sister has accumulated from it? In saying that it wouldn't be for me, the whole influencer thing seems so disingenuous and I wouldn't feel good about myself doing it.

Maybe so, it doesn’t make her disgusting though like the other poster called her

There are numerous talentless influencers - family ones in particular.

It might take some work but it doesn't mean they're talented, they just joined Youtube at the right time.

8 passengers is a great example and has led to the exposure of child abuse in the domain.

The most famous family vloggers in the UK are also the most controversial, Inghams, Sullivans etc.

No discernable talent, just exploiting their children for cash and joined Youtube at the right time.

And the ones that the smaller channels complain about but also aspire to 'they're doing the same as we do but making ££££'

There is a LOT of money in child exploitation on Youtube and Tiktok and Stacey et al are part of it.

They aren't either or though?
Not everyone works 40-60 hours a week, or has a long commute.
My point was that you might be spending a lot of time and effort making content...for not many followers or no money . Not everyone who wants that lifestyle or income will be either good or successful. Thats a hobby and its fine but you'd still need to do something potentially boring to pay your bills!

How will he ever learn to overcome these issues if he's spending all his time tucked away in his bedrooom alone? Is that really what you want for him for the rest of his life?

Ok, so you plainly know nothing about the industry.

However talentless you perceive the person on screen to be, if they are making money out of it they are putting in the hours, recognising what people want and successfully producing that content whilst running a business.

Don’t confuse “crap which doesn’t interest me” with “talentless” because none of them would last five minutes in such a competitive market, where yesterday’s big thing is today’s chip paper unless they had staying power and the talents needed by the industry.

I find most reality shows tedious and unentertaining despite their audiences of millions. I don’t assume they are talentless programme makers I just accept its not my thing.

Public sector staff are paid from the government purse. No one wants to pay tax, many or against increasing taxes for businesses or the very wealthy, so the money stays in the private sector, the big businesses make enough profit to pay influencers a lot of money. It's that simple really. Unless those who earn more are taxed more those doing jobs to serve the public like nursing, fire fighters, teachers etc will continue to be worse off.

Yep my niece worked with young people with severe LD. Earnt a pittance. Now earns triple as a food content creator. No brainer for her, but yeah, something is very backwards.

What's your problem with this?
Do you think that he can unlearn his autism? He can't.
Well done to him for finding a way around his issues and earning fairly good money out of it.

Oh and BTW, just because people are autistic it does not mean that they are stupid. Apologies if you don't mean that but that's how it comes across to me.
He may be exceptionally good at a particular subject and he shares his knowledge with others.

The Internet has been a godsend for some autistic people.

As the PP said in their post - confidence is boosted by the success. If he is running a YouTube channel there is likely to be a lot of interacting with followers, understanding what they want to see then creating that content and then marketing it to wider audiences (often by building relationships with other creators). If he does sponsorships that also requires interacting with other people and businesses.

Its an area which people like this 18 yr old often find can give them an outlet and a place to try out their business ideas. It may work, many don’t but if he is netting 3K per month he is running a successful business in this sector and the confidence built will help wider relationships, the track record of running a business will make him more employable elsewhere.

Can you explain to me what talent for e.g the Radfords have?

Other than having numerous children and making money from it?

What talent are we talking about?

This is what i was trying to say earlier but you said it much better. This talentless thing annoys because most can't succeed so those that do have worked out what to provide so that is skilled in itself

Shallow shit spouted by vacuous, talentless morons.

How is having multiple children and exploiting them online a talent or a skill?

People being willing to consume the content and the creators being able to make money from it isn't evidence of talent or skill. Otherwise we'd say CSAM makers are talented and skilled?

And as i've just replied to another poster.

That could be said for makers of CSAM or animal torture or whatever else we know makes huge amounts of money online.

The makers are putting in the hours. recognising what people want and successfully producing that content. Also a very competitive market.

Doesn't make it okay though does it? or make the makers skilled or talented at all or in identifying that want online?

It's not my thing as you say, and hopefully not yours but you seem to think identifying a want in the online market and producing content to feed that, is evidence of talent and skill?

If you don't think it applies to those creators then why not?

but you could then say that about footballers, the whole tv and entertainment industry all of it is not essential for soceity