alt Hacker News> I'm a very small-scale content creator (4 digit follower count) that has never monetized or really tried to monetize
To my understanding, that's about the size where platforms will typically consider allowing you to monetize through their system (as opposed to rattling a cup at Patreon, Ko-Fi etc.), and no mean feat (while everyone that people can think of listening to might be at least that size, very few people who try to develop and grow a presence succeed to that extent).
Congrats.
thanks, I had a hot start ten years ago with rehosts from very big streamers that led me to the very difficult concurrent viewer averages you need to maintain to get monetization status, since then I’ve put in the hours to maintain the status. I consistently see YoY growth it’s just slow. Overall though I’ve made less than $100 in ten years, which is kind of sad if you consider I haven’t missed a day streaming in several years now. I’ve had well paying jobs I’ve been less devoted to.
But like a sibling comment was getting at, maybe I have everything I want already.