I realized this as I saw many of my favorite gaming Youtubers chase the algorithm and change their content to stay relevant. It all eventually converges on content that children would find entertaining. They're the biggest demographic spending the most time looking at ads. That's where following the algorithm leads.
Not my experience at all. Been through double digit amount of bogus claims on Hetzner.
They usually forward the takedowns to me, I take a look at them, let Hetzner know they're bogus claims and that I'm not planning on taking action, and that's where the story ends.
Sounds like you had better luck than I did. After about a year of getting DMCA notices, Hetzner told me to remove my IPFS gateway from their network or they would kick me off.
I followed the DMCA process, added nginx block rules to make all the content mentioned in the DMCA notices impossible to access, and even submitted "statements" to Hetzner for each DMCA notice they got. None of that saved me.
The "looking weird" is an argument that I find really interesting, as it is both completely true, but also extremely volatile.
For instance wearing headphones in public 40 years ago had a strong social opposition, and you would totally look weird with headphone on. This was replayed with bluetooth ear pieces. Those ships have long long sailed.
Same argument was also made for the smart watches. Every time there was a kernel of truth, but as this is only a question of perception, there just needs to be a switch in people's mind and we reach the other side.
AirPods used to be weird. That’s how quickly it changes.
I’m an Apple fanboy and would queue up for a toaster if they released one and I had second thoughts about the AirPods cos of the look but bought them anyway and the utility was such that I wore them anyway and and then they took off.
Apple can move the zeitgeist. Very few brands have that power.
One could have said the same thing about mobile phones a couple of decades ago when the first primitive PDAs came out but plenty of people are glued to theirs now, even in public.
Breaking into the big book scene with no name recognition is almost impossible. It is a lot easier to gain traction in new media like podcasts/webcomics/socials(tiktok)
Agree that it’s almost impossibly difficult - curse of the power law. And it’s a book that I’ve written - won’t really translate well to other media… honestly just want to put out the best version of it I can (within the limits of my resources)… whatever happens after will be…
