Interview · moment 14 of 23
Diversifying Against the Vine Collapse
from Behind the Youtube (with Joe Santagato) · #52
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4 minGuest
Joe explains spreading himself across platforms as insurance against sudden irrelevance (citing Vine stars who vanished), his phone screen time addiction, and how his friends and brother treat him completely normally.
- 51:42Tim spreads himself across multiple platforms — podcast, sports podcast, and other ventures — specifically to hedge against becoming irrelevant.
- 51:57Only about 20 people actually made it big off Vine before the platform shut down.
- 52:47Tim doesn't find himself interesting enough to livestream; he only posts edited videos he thinks will entertain people.
- 53:10His phone usage tracker showed four and a half to five and a half hours daily, which disgusted him enough to delete the app.
- 53:30Tim's brother works in a private school and isn't making a living off his brother's content.
- 53:49Tim's New York City friends don't treat him differently; the best part about living there was that nobody gives a shit about online fame.
- 54:14Tim had severe social anxiety when people started recognizing him on the train, before he got used to it.
- 54:42It's easier to explain being a stand-up comedian to people than explaining what a YouTuber does.
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