As has been said, this has been like watching a slow motion train wreck and it isn’t pretty
I just watched the video posted above and found nothing to make me want to watch another from this content provider. This is the challenge that content providers face, just like major broadcasting companies and contract program producers….. you have to stay relevant and be popular with the audiences. Being a serious content producer for internet channels, like Dave or Fran, cannot be an easy life as it can all come down like a house of cards if your audience abandon you for some reason.
I am not ‘invested’ in the whole Fran Lab or her transgender life in Philadelphia. As an outsider looking in, I see an intelligent person who is very set in their views who has reached my age (55) and realised that life is anything but fair, internet audiences are fickle and life can really suck when you effectively lose your main income stream. I went through some of this when I got ill in 2015 and did not return to the work place until 2021 ! It was a horrible experience and I feel sorry for Fran BUT she needs to look at the bigger picture… she is alive, hopefully in good health and can use her clearly capable brain for good in our society. It may be time to walk away from relying on past income processes and the fickle world of internet broadcasting and focus on an activity that remains rewarding to her and earns a decent income.
Being very controversial here, but I think it needs to be said…… producing internet video content can realise a very high income for the amount of work involved, compared to an hourly paid average job that is. This is why it appeals to those who are good at it ! A friends son earned £100K in a year producing videos about the game fortnight ! I am told that is not a lot these days for such video channels. That is more than I ever earned in a year working hard in a demanding job, including overtime. Times have changed and big money can be earned from a YouTube channel…. But is it ‘too easy’ to earn those large sums so when your audience gets bored with you, you go from Hero to Zero, almost overnight ! I do not envy anyone suffering such a loss of income. Some lasses on “Only Fans” earned crazy amounts of money for videoing themselves naked….they considered it a ‘job’ and were distraught when the platform said it was going to ban salacious content. This is an income source that is sooo foreign to me that I am horrified when I hear that You tube content producers are deliberately wrecking cars, equipment,…. Themselves ! Just to gain views and some seriously high income from their ‘audience’. The world has gone kinda mad. In that maelstrom of video content, poor Fran looks pretty tame these days and sadly she may no longer be as ‘relevant’ as in the past. Hence the older age demographic that she stated.
Time to stop crying over spilt milk and start planning for the future..the YouTube dream may be over for Fran but an intelligent person can come up with an alternative plan for income rather than just chasing the ‘easy money’ being offered to some on YouTube.
Hang on a minute…. Oh dear… I am a male of the species so probably “mansplaining” in Frans eyes
The recent accommodation issue was another drama that reinforced my view that Fran is very set in her ways and intolerant of alternative views or solutions. I am aware that she fears her sexuality may expose her to abuse outside Phili, but sometimes you have to spread your wings and see what lives outside the “bubble”. I fear Fran could become a very sad and bitter person if the current level of decline in her life continues
I wish her all the best as a fellow 55 year old who had to pick them-self up, dust them-self down, and get back on the “horse of life” in order to move forwards. You cannot live in the past or rely on past glories, no matter how great they were. Fact: life is not easy or fair and you often have to work very hard to earn a living.
Fraser