The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Me when my recent professional animations on YouTube get less views than my poorly-made cartoons from when I was 16 because COPPA and Logan Paul or whatever happened in between and I alone have to suffer the consequences as a result. My only recommendation is to use social media mainly just for (slightly) increasing the chances some big animation or game studio will discover your art and hire you. Getting in the industry is brutal, but at least you will make a surprisingly-meaty income, especially if you work in LA. It’s not worth it (or even possible for animators) to try to play the algorithm game and attempt to make money from Big Tech companies that really just want you to give their platforms high-effort content for free.

This is so relatable..

Ow, I get that. You’re definitely not alone - as of recently, I keep seeing posts around NG related to social media problems. We really do take pride in not being run by an algorithm, so there’s a lot of people out there with whom you can commiserate about other social media networks, including me.

I like how you made “nothing” a physical object and Instagram a person, it works pretty well for the comic, hehe.

Edit: I know the feeling, man, I know the feeling.