Monetizing Social Media is a double edge sword

Money is the driving factor in this world, and chasing money like mad is quite understandable. It's the same for those digital content creators also. If we have an opportunity, we don't try to miss any opportunity to make money.

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In earlier days, making money from online platforms was like an illusion, but thanks to technology, at the present moment, making money online is not as difficult as people thought in the past. I can remember that 10 years ago, when I mentioned online earning to my mom, she didn't believe it. I don't blame her for it because, at that time, the idea of making money online was hard to imagine.

The present situation is different, and making money online is not an illusion for people. Many people know how to make money online, especially since the time of the pandemic. In fact, making money from social media is a very possible thing. Anyone can be a digital content creator and make money after monetization. As it's related to money, people are very much interested in it. Digital content creators are making a lot of money, and people are getting influenced easily, thinking they can make money easily sitting at home. I don't think making money online is very easy because it also requires effort.

In recent times, most young people think that becoming a digital content creator is very easy and that it can give them a lot of money. So it's a hot topic in recent times. But is it a good thing or a bad thing? My honest opinion is that it's a double-edged sword. It has many advantages, and at the same time it has many negative sides also. But the user decides how to use it. Let's talk about the good side first.

Humans are multi-skilled creatures, but when it comes to academics, I think we can shine using one skill. In the offline world, there are various things that can restrict us from showing our skills. But when it comes to online platforms, we can show all kinds of skills and can generate money for ourselves, and to perform those skills, we don't need any kind of certificate or reference from anyone.

Finding a job offline is not so easy, and it's the reason for unemployment, and because of unemployment, various kinds of illegal activities occur. But because of the monetization feature, depending on one's skill, one can make money online, which helps us to get rid of the curse of unemployment. It's a kind of blessing for us if we consider it from this perspective.

Depending on one's job in this present world, surviving is difficult because the inflation rate is very high. It's better to find some alternative money-generating source, and because of online platforms, it can help us to generate some extra money for ourselves. There are tons of advantages, and I think it's not so much better to discuss every advantage of it. Let's talk a little bit about the negative side.

In the past, making money online was not so easy, and so there are few content creators who have genuinely brought good content. At least, it can be said that most of them were quite skilled and creative. But at the present time, making money is possible, so everyone wants to be content creators for money, even if they don't have any skills. I think money is the driving factor here. So I think in this present time there is a lot of lame kind of content.

Some people think that making money online is very easy, but in my opinion it's quite competitive at the present time. For this kind of thought, some people use their valuable time for it, and they ignore the importance of offline work, but after a certain time, they fail online, and in that case, they suffer from both sides. Nothing is easy; it doesn't matter if it's offline or online when it's related to money. I believe that giving priority to offline activities and working online as a backup or extra source of making money is the best choice.

If anyone wants to be successful on an online platform, popularity matters a lot. For the sake of game popularity, the very common way is adult content or abuse or bullying some public figure. Controversy makes them popular, and it can be said to be negative publicity. Those content creators don't care too much about positive or negative publicity. They just want popularity for the sake of earning money. So it's not a good thing.

I believe that the negative impact can be reduced if people become ever more aware of what to promote and what not to. I think the law related to cyberbullying or cyberattacking should be imposed strictly to reduce the negative impact of it.