re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I never understood the mechanics of how one monetizes a social media or YouTube account, but it does seem lucrative…

a) Make interesting content, and start gaining followers. For example, Teleskiguy could create a channel talking about skiing at various famous or out-of-the way ski resorts, occasionally skiing himself. That might be interesting to people who ski or follow skiing.

At a certain point, YouTube will allow you to put adverts in your videos, which will pay you a pittance.

Have more than 4,000 valid public watch hours in the last 12 months.
Have more than 1,000 subscribers.
Have a linked AdSense account.

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b) Starting a Patron account will allow viewers to “support your content” by giving you a one-time donation or monthly recurring donation. (The idea is not dissimilar from LGF, except you make those payments through another service such as PayPal.)