War and Peas 🧿 on Nostr: Yes, we have millions of followers and social media is great for validation, but not ...
Yes, we have millions of followers and social media is great for validation, but not so much for paying bills. Turns out, likes and shares don’t magically turn into rent money.
Platforms don’t pay us, and while some of you do (which we deeply appreciate), the conversion rate is... let’s call it laughable tragic. If exposure paid rent, we'd be landlords. But alas.
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