#also i saw an article that said something like 'gen z might actually expect to be paid to post' and i was just like HUH

[bossuets]

i think it’s important to state that the problem here is not the idea of wanting to monetize your content (to an extent) but the fact that social media never should have been monetized like this to begin with and that tumblr dot com is not a platform that you can trust with anything like this

#i don't think influencing is inherently bad but i think it is so misused that it's hard to make an argument in favor of it #but obviously you cannot fucking monetize gifsets/etc since the material isn't owned by the creator #and you CANNOT UNDER AN CIRCUMSTANCES TRUST TUMBLR DOT COM WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO BRO #just use patreon or kofi like literally everyone else #also i saw an article that said something like 'gen z might actually expect to be paid to post' and i was just like HUH ?????? #why did we let this happen to social media. why. i hate it here #text