Ending Public YouTube Sharing After Two Years
Summary
rswfire walks the Pacific Ocean beach at nearly 11 AM on a Tuesday, reflecting on his decision to stop public content sharing. He describes leaving his house two years ago with the goal of living his best life, which he states he has achieved. **Two-year sharing attempt**: He maintained two YouTube channels over two years - the first reached 650 subscribers, the current has 18. He shared his life authentically without marketing or manipulation. **Platform assessment**: He concludes that most people cannot witness authentic life cleanly because they weren't taught how, and become defensive when shown. He characterizes YouTube as a platform that extracts humanity from people and gives it to others who no longer act human. **Decision and transition**: He woke up that morning deciding he was done with public sharing, having tried "everything reasonable." He will keep YouTube channels temporarily for free video storage, eventually planning to move content to Amazon S3. **Future structure**: He will continue transmitting but only on his website, with most content behind Sanctum, his subscription service designed for reciprocal human engagement. He leaves minimal public content with the directive that those wanting more should "show up."
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Ontological States
- •sovereign
- •coherent
- •withdrawing
- •consolidating
Subsystems
- •cognitive
- •ethical
- •infrastructural
- •relational