"In the car."

[George K]

I see so many videos on Twitter and other platforms where the "influencer," "commentator," or whatever is in their car offering their wisdom from a (hopefully not moving) vehicle.

What the actual hell is wrong with your house?

Is it like your life is so freaking busy that you MUST get on the intwebs and get your (probably worthless) opinion out NOW?

Jesus.

[Axtremus]

I am guessing noise, and possibly wireless reception.

1. Noise: Not every one has a quite home suitable for video/audio recording. Spouse, kids, in-laws, other relatives, neighbors ... who knows who is going to make what noise at any time? With a car, you can drive to wherever is quiet, keep the door closed and the windows rolled up, and have a quiet/controlled environment for recording.

2. Wireless reception: If you are someone who has "cut the cord" and no longer subscribe to any wireline communication service, your cellphone becomes your main access to the Internet. In this case, outdoor cell reception often outperforms cell connection in your house or apartment building. You drive to wherever you can get very good cellular Internet connection and do your vlogging/webcasting from there.

[89th]

Might also be similar to "eating while talking" or other tricks to get you to watch? Uh oh, looks like I triggered the @Aqua-Letifer bat signal.

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer and I have discussed this. It is a tested and proven method of getting eyeballs on a video. People are more likely to stop and watch.

I imagine that some part of the lizard brain sees it and thinks there is some urgency to the video.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in "In the car.":

What the actual hell is wrong with your house?

Because it would involve them tidying their room?

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in "In the car.":

@George-K said in "In the car.":

What the actual hell is wrong with your house?

Because it would involve them tidying their room?

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.wsj.com/tech/social-media-influencers-arent-getting-richtheyre-barely-getting-by-71e0aad3?st=snqhy92nimb59t6

Hundreds of millions of people around the globe regularly post videos and photos to entertain or educate social-media users. About 50 million earn money from it, according to a 2023 report from Goldman Sachs. The investment bank expects the number of creator-earners to grow at an annual rate of 10% to 20% through 2028, crowding the field even further. The Labor Department doesn’t track wages for these creators, also known as influencers.

and

But money doesn’t mean big bucks. Last year, 48% of creator-earners made $15,000 or less, according to NeoReach, an influencer marketing agency. Only 13% made more than $100,000.

and

Yuval Ben-Hayun originally became popular on TikTok in 2022 because of his posts about the word-puzzle game Wordle. The 29-year-old New Yorker eventually expanded into linguistic and other education content, and by early 2023, was able to support himself and his bills of over $4,000 a month.

TikTok had closed its fund by then but was testing its creator rewards program. Ben-Hayun said in March he received about $200 to $400 per million views, and it’s steadily declined since then—even as his follower count reached 2.9 million.

The followers are still there, but the money isn’t. He recently hit a new low, receiving only $120 for a video with 10 million views.

[George K]

During the Rittenhouse trial, I started watching some "LawTube" lawyers. One of them, Nick Rikieta had up to 100,000 people watching his stream at a time.

He commented that because of this, and his coverage during the Depp-Heard trial, he earned enough to buy a car, a "very nice car."

Some of these popular LawTubers are getting as much as 40K people during their streams and recaps. I don't know how that translates to monetization, but, lawyers being lawyers, if there's money to be made, they'll do it.

As an aside, Rikieta was arrested last month for possession of drugs and child endangerment.