If You Want to Be a Creator, Delete All (But Two) Social Media Platform

In October 2022, during the whole Elon Musk debacle, I finally deleted Twitter from my phone. Around the same time, I also logged out of Instagram and Facebook. I had wanted to remove these distractions from my life for a while, and thanks to Elon’s shenanigans, I got the push to do so.

Six months later, I realized something that runs in direct opposition to almost every single piece of creator advice out there:I don’t miss having social profiles.

I’m not surprised that I don’t miss them from a personal perspective. It’s conventional wisdom nowadays: social media =/= connections. Without Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and so on, I have more time, more energy, and deeper connections with my actual friends. I read more. I write in my novel more.

But I also don’t miss them from aprofessional perspective. I’m not missing out on business opportunities. I’m not missing out on communicating with my readers.

I’m not missing out at all, as far as I can tell.

That realization inspired me to write this article. Today, the prevailing advice is to create a profile absolutely everywhere and post nonstop until you get traction. But in my experience, that’s bad advice. Here’s why.

1. The people giving you that advice are gurus who want to bring you to their platform, because that’s how they make money.
2. (Most) platforms take time and don’t give you anything back.
3. It’s easy to get caught up in the hype. Pay attention to your own desires and skills before investing.

Let’s break it down.

Gurus want to bring you to their platform — that’s how they make money.

Two years ago, I created a Pinterest account. Why? Because a likeable Pinterest influencer (McKinzie from Moms Make Cents) persuaded me that that’s where all the money and views were:

“Pinterest is my FAVORITE way to direct more traffic to your website…and that means more page views, sales and $! Through this course I want you to refine your Pinterest strategy and give you the start you need to grow your business!”

The Best Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Studying the Lives of 10,000+ Ultra-Successful Individuals

Walt Disney looking at his successful theme park opening. (Credit: Midjourney)

F. Scott Fitzgerald once asked Hemingway to look at his penis.

Fitzgerald’s wife said he had a small one, and it’d never make any woman happy or give them pleasure. Wow. Harsh statement. So the two gentlemen went to the bathroom to pull down Fitzgerald’s pants and find out.

Hemmingway said:

“Your manhood [d*ck) is perfectly fine.”

Hemingway gave Fitzgerald a great solution to his manhood problem. He told him to go to Louvre Museum and look at the statues with male body parts exposed. Then to go home and look at his slong to compare size.

Hemingway was quite smart and told Fitzgerald that when a man looks down on their manhood from above, it naturally looks small because of the angle. Hemingway drops a bomb at the end of this famous encounter:

“It is the size that it becomes.”

So what can we learn from these two ultra-successful writers and their naughty little bathroom competition? Well, it’s that we all struggle with imposter syndrome and insecurity.

It’s normal.

So if fear, insecurity, and imposter syndrome are holding you back then force yourself to take action anyway.

Here are more of the best life lessons I’ve learned from studying the lives of 10,000+ ultra-successful people. Read them then take action on your favorite ones.

The best description of age I’ve ever come across

Getting old gives me the scaries.

A few grey hairs are poking through and I wish I could push them back down into my skull. If my hair starts to fall out I’m gonna lose my sh*t.

But we all get old.

Understanding the various age levels is the cure. Greg Isenbergbroke it down perfectly:

When you’re 18, your situation reflects your upbringing.

When you’re 38, your situation reflects…

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I Don't Want To Die Young, Oladips Shares In Last Released Song

 I Don't Want To Die Young, Oladips Shares In Last Released Song

Rapper Oladipupo Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips, shed more light on his travails in a new record released in October. The record saw the rapper praying against untimely death.

The record titled 'Die Young' from his soon-to-be-released album, ' Superhero Adugbo (The Memoir)’, saw the rapper expressing fears of dying young and only gaining fame after his demise.

A part of the lyrics go thus, "So I hope that I will get my flowers before I lose my powers and everything that makes me a human (being)

"Yes, I'm free; I just wanna live and express how I feel. I don't wanna leave (I don't wanna die young). Breathe, make I breathe.

"I just wanna live. I dey practice what I preach, I don't wanna leave. Oluwa jowo make I no die before my time."

Oladips hit the spotlight after signing a record deal with rapper  Remilekun Khalid Safaru, aka Reminisce's  Les Roses Rouge (LRR)/Edge Record.

Upon his exit from LRR/Edge Records, the rapper, aged 28, founded his label, 'Dipsciples Music.'

His death, announced on Wednesday, has thrown his colleagues and fans into mourning.

Credit: YouTube | OlaDips

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 A Daughter Is Worth More Than Three Sons - Nollywood Actor RMD

"When my father was ill, my sister left her job to stay with him. My other sister left her business to work shifts with her. None of us boys left our business or work.

“Yet you foolishly complain that you have only girls? You have hit the jackpot!

“Each of your daughters is worth 3 sons! Having a daughter prolongs your life. She will not get into as much trouble as your sons. 

“She is less likely to be disobedient. When she leaves your house, she will remember you. If you are too old to leave alone, she will move you into her home, matrimonial or not. Go and thank God for having daughters!" -Richard Mofe-Damijo

Meta will start charging users in Europe for ad-free subscriptions

             

Meta will start charging users in Europe for ad-free subscriptions on Facebook and Instagram starting next month, the company announced

Trump Loses Sister At 86

United States ex-president Donald Trump's older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, has died in New York at the age of 86, US media reported Monday.

The former judge, who fell out with the ex-president during the later stages of his presidency, passed away at her home in Manhattan.

Barry was selected by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Federal District Court in New Jersey in 1983, reportedly after the intervention of Donald Trump's then-personal lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn.

She was appointed to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton in 1993.

Barry was close to Donald Trump for decades, and was one of the few people whose advice he sought.

ABC said the siblings were in touch over recent years and met this summer at one of Trump's golf clubs.

A probe into Barry's alleged judicial misconduct was dropped when she retired in 2019, in the middle of an investigation into the family's tax records. She denied any wrongdoing.

Trump, 77, who hopes to win back the White House next year, lost his younger brother Robert S. Trump in 2020, while his first wife, Ivana Trump, died in 2022.

He made no immediate comment on Barry's death.

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African Artists Nominated for the 2024 GRAMMYs

 African Artists Nominated for the 2024 GRAMMYs 

1. Burna Boy (4) 🇳🇬 

2. Davido (3) 🇳🇬 

3. Ayra Starr (1) 🇳🇬 

4. Olamide (1) 🇳🇬

5. Fireboy DML (1) 🇳🇬

6. Asake (1) 🇳🇬

7. Seun Kuti (1) 🇳🇬

8. Ckay (1) 🇳🇬

9. Tyla (1) 🇿🇦

10. Musa Keys (1) 🇿🇦

Nigeria 🇳🇬 received the highest number of Grammy nominations, followed by South Africa 🇿🇦. On this note, we can conclude that these two countries produce the best music in Africa🔥

Google has issued a three-week warning to the users of G-mail accounts

 

Google has issued a three-week warning to the users of G-mail accounts about a clean-up exercise that could see their e-mails, documents, photos and videos permanently deleted.
Google while issuing the warning to users said in a statement that it will delete millions of Gmail accounts in December.

The company also said that this is one of the parts of a major update to the platform.

“The purge will impact all personal Google accounts that have been left dormant for at least two years, with emails, documents, spreadsheets, calendar appointments, photos and videos all permanently deleted,” the statement read.

According to Google, the policy had been introduced earlier this year but it will come into effect in December 2023.

“We are updating our inactivity policy for Google Accounts to two years across our products,” Google’s vice president of product management, Ruth Kricheli, had written in a blog post earlier in May 2023.

“This update aligns our policy with industry standards around retention and account deletion and also limits the amount of time Google retains your unused personal information.”

this step so as to protect active Google users from security threats such as phishing scams and account hijacking.

According to Google, old G-mail accounts that have not been used for a number of years years typically stand the risk of being hacked.

It said this is because they may use the same passwords that have been compromised in other security breaches, which could be easily found on the dark web.

“Any account at risk of deletion will receive multiple notifications before any action is taken,” Google said while including any associated recovery email addresses.

“We have already begun sending emails to those affected, telling users it is “to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorised access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services,” the tech giant stated

We have already begun sending emails to those affected, telling users it is “to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorised access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services,” the tech giant stated.

“Losing access to a Gmail account could also potentially prevent people from using other online platforms and services that are associated with that email address, even if they are not related to Google.

“In order to keep an account active and avoid being deleted, Google users are advised to open or send an email, use Google Drive, download an app on the Google Play Store, or simply make a Google Search while logged in to the account.”

The tech giant, however, said that any G-mail account that has posted a video to YouTube does not stand the risk of being deleted regardless of when it was last active.
We have already begun sending emails to those affected, telling users it is “to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorised access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services,” the tech giant stated.

“Losing access to a Gmail account could also potentially prevent people from using other online platforms and services that are associated with that email address, even if they are not related to Google.

“In order to keep an account active and avoid being deleted, Google users are advised to open or send an email, use Google Drive, download an app on the Google Play Store, or simply make a Google Search while logged in to the account.”

The tech giant, however, said that any G-mail account that has posted a video to YouTube does not stand the risk of being deleted regardless of when it was last active.

BREAKING: The world's richest man Elon Musk has created his Telegram channel

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Davido Celebrates Debut Grammy Nominations

 Delay Is Not Denial, Davido Celebrates Debut Grammy Nominations

Afrobeats star, Davido, has celebrated his first Grammy nominations, which saw him competing in three categories.

In the nomination list released on Friday, Davido's nominations include 'Timeless’ for Best Global Music Album, ‘Feel’ for Best Global Music Performance, and 'Unavailable' ft Musa Keys for newly created category, Best African Music Performance.

Reacting to the nominations, Davido wrote on X, "3 nominations at the Grammys!!  Delay is not Denial!! 🏆🌎"

Asides Davido, Grammy-award winner, Burna Boy, also bagged four nominations.

Asake, Olamide, and Ayra Starr also made their Grammy nomination debut with one nomination each.

Asake and Olamide’s ‘Amapiano’, Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’, Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’, Davido and Musa Keys’ ‘Unavailable’, and Tyla’s ‘Water’ were the nominees in the newly created category, Best African Music Performance.

Burna Boy’s other nominations include; ‘Sitting On Top of the World’ featuring 21 Savage  for Best Melodic Rap, ‘I Told Them’  for Best Global Music Album, and ‘Alone’ for Best Global Music Performance.

The 66th Grammy will be held on February 4, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

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Hilda Baci has been dethroned by Alan Fisher

 

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     Nigerian Chef, Hilda Baci has been dethroned by Alan Fisher to become the holder of the Guiness World Record for the longest cooking marathon 

. Alan Fisher from Ireland cooked for 119 hours and 57 minutes at his restaurant in Japan 🇯🇵 ! He is now the new title holder..

Meta acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014. Say Zuckerberg

      Meta chief told The New York Times in an interview that the messaging app is the "next chapter" for Meta and could play a critical roThele in business messaging. 

"Now that everyone has mobile phones and are basically producing content and messaging all day long, I think you can do something that's a lot better and more intimate than just a feed of all your friends," Zuckerberg told The Times. 

He added: "If you're envisioning what will be the private social platform of the future, starting from scratch, I think it would basically look like WhatsApp." 

Meta acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014. Five years later, it launched several features, including WhatsApp for Business, to help companies connect and communicate with customers. 

Zuckerberg said at an internal company meeting last year that business messaging "is probably going to be the next major pillar of our business" and that WhatsApp and the Messenger app are still "very early in monetizing," Reuters reported. That could come in the form of ads in Status and Channels, Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp, told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. 

"There could be ads in other places — channels or status. For example, channels might charge people to subscribe, they might be exclusive to paid members or the owners might want to promote the channel. But, no, we won't put ads in your inbox," Cathcart said. 

Meta didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of normal working hours. 

The Meta chief told The New York Times in an interview that the messaging app is the "next chapter" for Meta and could play a critical role in business messaging. 

"Now that everyone has mobile phones and are basically producing content and messaging all day long, I think you can do something that's a lot better and more intimate than just a feed of all your friends," Zuckerberg told The Times. 
He added: "If you're envisioning what will be the private social platform of the future, starting from scratch, I think it would basically look like WhatsApp." 
Meta acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014. Five years later, it launched several features, including WhatsApp for Business, to help companies connect and communicate with customers. 

Zuckerberg said at an internal company meeting last year that business messaging "is probably going to be the next major pillar of our business" and that WhatsApp and the Messenger app are still "very early in monetizing," Reuters reported. That could come in the form of ads in Status and Channels, Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp, told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. 

"There could be ads in other places — channels or status. For example, channels might charge people to subscribe, they might be exclusive to paid members or the owners might want to promote the channel. But, no, we won't put ads in your inbox," Cathcart said. 

Meta didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of normal working hours. 

TikTok is shutting down its $1 billion creator fund

 

 

   ticktock has informed its user base that the $1 billion creator fund, initially introduced in 2020, will be concluding on December 16, 2023.  

According to the Verge, the development will primarily impact creators in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, who will no longer have the opportunity to monetize their content through the original fund.  

TikTok spokesperson Maria Jung clarified that this change will not affect TikTokers in Italy and Spain. 

The creator fund was established with the promise of disbursing $1 billion over three years to individuals generating viral content on the platform.  

However, influencers and content creators recorded relatively low payouts, often just a few dollars for videos garnering millions of views.

Consequently, relying solely on the creator fund for a sustainable income became unfeasible.  

What you should know 

In February of this year, TikTok introduced an alternative monetization approach called the Creativity Program, aiming to offer more substantial earnings to popular creators.  

This program, in contrast to the original fund, requires creators to produce videos longer than one minute, a notable departure for an app that initially gained popularity through short video clips.  

Furthermore, TikTok shifted from disclosing a fixed pool of funds from which payments were made to determining earnings based on views and other engagement metrics.

Since the launch of this new system, eligible creators have been invited to transition to the Creativity Program.

According to Maria Jung, creators can potentially earn up to 20 times more than they did under the original fund. 

The conclusion of TikTok’s original fund is not unexpected, as it was initially a three-year commitment with a predefined allocation of resources.

Creators in the affected regions— the US, UK, Germany, and France—participating in the fund will have the opportunity to migrate to the Creativity Program. 

Earning income on TikTok has historically been characterized by greater unpredictability compared to other platforms like YouTube or Twitch.  

Mark Zuckerberg said it’s "time to move on" from the idea of a cage fight with Elon Musk

 

 

Elon Musk  compared Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram to adult content platform.The comparison comes amidst an ongoing rivalry between the two tech tycoons, with Zuckerberg's Threads.Musk, who reportedly supports free speech, was upset with Threads for hiring ex-Twitter employees.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two big tech tycoons, are at it again! This time, it all started with a tweet from a user named cb_doge on X (formerly known as Twitter). The tweet compared Instagram, which is owned by Zuckerberg, to a platform called OnlyFans. Now, if you're not familiar with OnlyFans, it's a subscription-based service popular in the UK, mainly used by people who create adult content.                     

Elon Musk has had a long-standing beef with Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire. But things really heated up when Zuckerberg announced a new site called 'Threads.' This site was meant to compete with Twitter, especially for users who missed the good old days of the 'old Twitter’, which basically means Twitter before Musk took over the company. On Threads, people can share text and links and interact with others' posts. The exciting part was that users could bring over their followers and account names from Instagram, which is part of Meta, a platform with over 2 billion users that includes famous brands, celebrities, and content creators.

Threads got off to a roaring start, with more than 10 million sign-ups in just seven hours, as per Mark Zuckerberg's post on his Threads account.

In July, Elon Musk got quite upset with Threads for hiring some employees who had been let go by Twitter. It's worth noting that Musk, who claims to support free speech, had previously apologized for firing these employees. In response to this, Twitter's lawyer, Alex Spiro, threatened to sue Meta Platforms (the parent company of Facebook) over the Threads platform. Spiro accused Meta of hiring many former Twitter employees to create a copycat app.

Recently, Musk offered Mark Zuckerberg $1 billion to change Facebook's name to "Faceboob". The offer is part of Musk's playful banter with Zuckerberg, which has included other unconventional proposals, such as offering to buy Wikipedia for $1 billion if they rename themselves "Dickipedia".

Musk has not given a serious reason for wanting Facebook to change its name, but he has previously criticized the company for its handling of user data and its role in spreading misinformation. It is possible that Musk's offer is a way to troll Zuckerberg or to make a point about the need for social media companies to be more transparent and accountable.

Zuckerberg has not yet responded to Musk's offer, but it is unlikely that he will accept it. Facebook is a valuable brand, and it is doubtful that Zuckerberg would be willing to give it up, even for $1 billion.

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Wizkid really saw the future

 

     In 2021, during his interview with Arise TV, Wizkid said, "We are just scratching the surface; me, Burna, and David. Like the next generation will take it to the next level.”

Just a couple years down the next generation of Nigerian artistes (apparently led by Rema) are already doing wonders. See Asake, Omah Lay, Ruger, Fireboy, Buju, Blaqbonez etc.

Wizkid really saw the future. These younglings are already taking the movement to a greater height!     

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Irish Chef Breaks Longest Cooking Marathon Record, Overtakes Hilda Baci

 

Alan Fisher, an Irish chef and restaurant owner based in Japan, has broken two Guinness World Records related to cooking.

This was made known in a post shared by the Guinness World Records on their X account on Tuesday.  

Sharing the news, GWR said,  "Nigerian cooking queen Hilda Baci has been dethroned 😳

"Alan Fisher from Ireland cooked for an incredible 119 hours and 57 minutes at his restaurant in Japan 🥄"

Alan secured the title for the longest cooking marathon (individual), setting a new record with an astonishing time of 119 hours and 57 minutes. 

This achievement surpassed the previous record held by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci by over 24 hours.

In addition to this, Alan also claimed the title for the longest baking marathon (individual), clocking in at 47 hours and 21 minutes, surpassing the previous record held by Wendy Sandner from the USA, who had a time of 31 hours and 16 minutes.

Alan took on both challenges consecutively, spending over 160 hours in the kitchen with just a little over a day of rest in between the two record-breaking attempts. 

Credit:  X | GWR

Family to me is everything "kizz Daniel

 “ Family to me is everything , if I’m not there tomorrow I’m certain my kids will be good with my brother “ Kizz Daniel 

“ When I started my label , my brother has always been there for me . He is a stylist and most often all the dresses i used in pictures and videos came from him and still comes from him . He owns the brand “ Up the grind “ . When you make money , do not run away from family , don’t start ignoring calls on the basis of they are disturbing .  Money without the people we love is useless .  Today my brother even spoil my kids more than I do .  I’m extra strict on them but my bro will always be soft with them and even bought them a mansion . Family is good , help your brothers and sisters , there is so much pease and less fights when everybody is eating .  No one talks with food in their mouth .” Kizz Daniel 

Truth be told many of us make money and leave family .  We become so rude and see those struggling as lazy .  Take out time think today , see how you can help your brothers and sisters . Don’t go and being doing Dorimi in the club when family still suffers and get angry when they call you for favors .