Being a content creator has long been its own profession. A Twitch streamer criticized in a video influencers who seem a bit more elevated due to this profession and talks about her own feelings as a content creator.
Who is it about? It is about the Twitch streamer Jasmin “Gnu”. The 35-year-old has been working as a content creator for a long time. On Twitch, she enthralls people with live gameplay of mostly horror games. She then uploads her gaming content on YouTube.
However, Gnu also addresses other topics repeatedly. She advocates for herself and other female content creators who continually struggle with sexual content.
In 2022, she released her autobiography “You Can’t Do It!” in which she addressed important topics from her life and shared how she made it through difficult times. MeinMMO interviewed the content creator about this: Gnu: “If my soul striptease helps even one person, it has been worth it”
Gnu is one of the most popular Twitch streamers. We present three other prominent figures in the German Twitch scene:
“Can’t Stand Some Influencers Anymore”
In one of Gnu’s latest videos “The Pandemic of Out-of-Touch Influencers!” she reacts to a video by YouTube colleague Desy. Desy talks in her video about how some influencers are becoming increasingly out of touch with reality and presents reasons and consequences of this.
What does Gnu criticize? Some influencers mentioned in this video do not come off well: They complain that they are told their job is easy, while it is so much more difficult than many think.
These influencers come off as aloof and out of touch. They seem to not understand that the daily work life of many people is much more exhausting than theirs.
In a particular segment, two American influencers discuss how a yearly salary of $200,000 is too little for them. Gnu responds:
The way they are talking is absolutely arrogant and condescending, and I think: You benefit from an area and from advertising revenues that are extremely high and you sit there and talk so derogatorily. That is so uncomfortable. (…) Because of such remarks, I must honestly say, I can’t stand some influencers and creators anymore.
She adds that she believes many in this job forget that everything “can be over with a snap of the fingers.” If the opportunity to earn money in this industry were gone, many would have to start over since they don’t have an education or similar qualifications.
What is the reason? Gnu sees the problem as many influencers having always worked in this industry and thus grew up very differently. They wouldn’t even know what life or reality looks like for their own viewers, for instance.
Gnu’s Own Experiences as a Content Creator
What is Gnu’s perspective? The content creator repeatedly talks about her own experiences in the industry in her reaction. Not all influencers are aloof; she knows many who work very hard. She herself has a full schedule that makes it difficult for her to take vacations.
With the pressure and responsibility that comes with reach, many cannot cope, she says. For many, there is also the fear of becoming irrelevant.
As a self-employed person, one is more inclined to work too much and thus exploit oneself. Similar reports came from Twitch streamer Kalle: Twitch Devours Its Children – A German Streamer Says “It’s Destroying Me”
What does Gnu recommend: She would recommend anyone wanting to establish themselves in this industry to first get an education. This way, one could learn how actual life works and simultaneously have a safety net that can be utilized if it doesn’t work out as an influencer.
She herself studied and worked in another profession for several years before becoming a full-time content creator. Accordingly, she has experience with “reality” and a better sense of what her viewers’ perspective looks like.
In conclusion, she says that she “appreciates so much” what she gets to do. Some others lack that appreciation.
The discussion about whether being an influencer is exhausting or even more exhausting than other jobs has been ongoing for a while. This has also been discussed in the American sphere, including by two Twitch streamers: Popular Twitch Streamer Claims: “Streaming is Harder than a Real Job” – xQc Disagrees
