You Work, They Own: Life on the Tube of You

Every podcaster’s plight working at the “Tube of You.”

If you’ve never listened to Gracearchy with Jim Babka before, then do NOT start with this episode. 

Seriously. Don’t. Even though it’s one of our shorter installments. Pick another one, because…

Bill Protzmann and I get too introspective. Bluntly, we’re just complaining about the troubles of a YouTube content creator. So…

Why should you care?

We just told you that you probably shouldn’t care. Most human beings enjoy lazily consuming what they’re offered, willing to give away their mindspace to what the algorithm chooses to feed them, just tuning-in to what gets the most clicks, or consuming the mental junk food of perpetual conflict – if not all three things.

Gracearchy with Jim Babka runs upstream. We’re looking for special people who care about what they put into their hearts and minds. In a world of constant hormonal stimulation, driven by one conflict-driven take after another, we want to serve people who seek alternative approaches and solutions.

This particular episode is for our regular, thoughtful listeners who will be interested in…

What are we dealing with behind the scenes?

Indeed, the things all your favorite creators are dealing with.

Watch on Rumble

OR…

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It wasn’t planned, but this is really the first time I unpack the following concept…

Techno-Feudalism

The “Tube of You” isn’t really about You. It’s not for content creators, either. We own nothing. Instead, we podcasters work hard to plant all of our leads into the platform. We must continue to work for the platform to succeed – even pay them to communicate with our audience. Why have we played along with this plantation scheme? We explain that.

We also get into just how easy it is for the bots that actually run The Tube of You to…

Censor and de-platform.

This episode came about because Bill likes a show. Their demise was fairly sudden and unjust. And their case illustrated…

How easy it is for others to weaponize the bot system to destroy programs you like!

Plus, copyright enforcement is dangerously designed and a pain in the butt.

On top of that, little due process or recourse is available when the bots make a mistake. The stakes are high!

But we also explain why this entire situation won’t last and hint at some changes we may make. This is insider stuff.

You can listen while you work or drive on these podcasting platforms: Spotify * Pandora * iHeart * Apple, and several other platforms.

We’re featuring today’s episode on…

Spotify

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ZAP The State and have a nice day,

Jim Babka
Moderator, Gracearchy with Jim Babka
Co-Creator, Zero Aggression Project

P.S. I’m not kidding. Don’t watch this episode if you’ve never watched before. Click the link for the platform you use, and select another episode from the list. You can pick our most important episode, “EP88: René Girard: The Founding of Religion and State.” Or if popularity is your thing, you can start the three-part series that’s been watched by more than 15,000 people on two channels, “EP65: The Meaning of Life: Baxter Kruger Pt 1.”

Jim Babka is the co-creator of the Zero Aggression Project. However, the views expressed in the show do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project (Downsize DC Foundation). Sometimes, we use ChatGPT or AI to help with blogging elements.