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TikTok ban has influencers scared they might end up broke, and some are already thinking of suing the government 👀

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Nic ⛄ 11mo ago 💬 3

My business was shut down during COVID because the government deemed it "non-essential."

So when I see comments like "get a real job," I can’t agree with that mindset. Every job is "real" if someone is willing to pay for the service or product. We can debate the merits of what qualifies as a "fiat job" all day, but the fact is, many influencer jobs would still exist under a hard money system.

To me, the issue isn’t the existence of influencers or how they make their living. The real problem lies in the government’s ability to shut down someone’s livelihood whenever they decide it’s problematic, for whatever reason.

I can’t help but feel that the push to ban TikTok is just a tactic to force its sale to an American company. If a permanent ban does happen, it could ultimately benefit platforms like Nostr by drawing more attention to decentralized protocols. Unfortunately, it comes at the cost of people's livelihoods being taken away by bureaucrats in suits.

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Rojo 11mo ago 💬 1

Great point. If someone is willing to pay you, it’s a job.

wymike 11mo ago 💬 1

Genuine question, how many influencers on TickTock actually get paid directly by the people watching them?

Rojo 11mo ago 💬 1

Probably not much directly unless the TikToker has a link to their only fans, online store, or something similar. I’ve never had a TikTok so I’m not sure how the platform works. But if I had to guess they get some shared ad revenue like YouTube. I might be completely wrong BTW. Pure speculation.

Rojo 11mo ago

Or they’re some government funded influencer like Harry Sisson.

Bison 11mo ago 💬 1

I disagree. A bitcoin standard eliminates unproductive jobs.

Influencers may still exist, but not as a necessity or as a way to earn bitcoin.

To be clear, I believe people will be working only productive jobs that advance humanity, while working a smaller percentage of their life than their parents.

How do you influence others when they’re working 20 hours a week and their life only improves?

Nic ⛄ 11mo ago

I don’t disagree. Under a Bitcoin standard, as you said, only productive jobs with real value will exist. That’s what I mean when I say, “we can debate the merits of what qualifies as a fiat job.” Most influencers are indeed fiat influencers and would naturally disappear under a Bitcoin standard.

That said, some will remain. We already see examples of this on Nostr. I’d consider nostr:nprofile1qqsw34n9r8jrkys54350nu4ah3pcd4q6ce4jp3dzvzumqsgz0pq8f6gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcx3c460 a Nostr influencer—they curate content and publish it for us to see, and we zap them for it. If we continue to find value in what they provide, we’ll continue zapping them.

Then again, maybe we simply have different interpretations of what an influencer actually is.

8fcb78b9... 11mo ago 💬 1

Can you explain the mechanism for how bitcoin 'eliminates' unproductive jobs?

Bison 11mo ago

I could give you a long drawn out answer, but this chart gives you an idea how much bullshit jobs fiat has created.

For another example, how much of the financial industry will even be necessary, when the only asset worth owning is bitcoin? Nothing left to speculate on.

On a finite money standard, more and more care will be taken on where every sat is spent.