Wow. 2 million people have viewed my reels in the past 30 days. Is that a lot for some of you? Probably not. To somebody, who just one month ago, bought a new computer brush up on his video editing, and was sitting on a few years of emotionally-charged raccoon footage he didn't think he'd ever get around to? It's fantastic.
Swipe on over to my reels tab to see what I've been working on (I keep them separate from my posts). There's some car stuff, mostly raccoon stuff, and a lot of repeats as I figured out what worked, what didn't, and realized all of the different ways I could cut the footage.
I was pleasantly surprised to see just how much footage I have of One, Two, and Four's short life. It's taken about two years for me to be able to watch it, but now that I have I am so glad I've had the opportunity to share them with the world. They were truly the best raccoons I've ever had, and I've had a lot of raccoons pass through my life. I plan on doing something more long-form with the footage at some point, but my creativity needs a recharge as I'm getting quite frustrated with the process.
For those of you who've endured this somewhat obsessive and absolutely obnoxious episode, I thank you. Things will likely be slowing down now, however, as I'm running out of good footage and time to waste.
Here's hoping somebody brings me some orphaned babies this spring.
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On a more serious note, thank you, rDrama for putting up with my bullshit. For a select few of you though, go frick yourselves and just ignore it if you don't like it lmao. My goal for the month was to become a raccoon influencer on IG and goddarn I did it. What have you accomplished this month that was so great?
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Thanks for sharing! I bet it's pretty satisfying even if your primary motive isn't monetization (maybe it is?)
Do you mind telling us if this pays out any real money?
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Not a single cent. I should've started on TikTok instead but at the time it was pretty sure it was going to be banned within the month so I didn't bother. I might try and break through on that platform as well once I get some life stuff done.
I did get money from YouTube way back when the raccoon posts blew up on reddit. Nothing major, but a few thousand from licensing.
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Tiktok isn't a moneymaker either, I think a million views was like 10 bucks
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That's waaaay too low. 1m is a few hundred bucks. TikTok monetization is still lowkey bad tho.
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Well he's wrong unless you have an audience of poor third worlders.
TikTok rpm bounces up and down a lot seeming randomly. Can be in the teens or over a dollar.
Depending on when Pyro said it he might have been right. The RPM and entire monetization system for shortform changes frequently on like all sites. Youtube is the best right now, and it's pretty stable.
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That's one night of raccoon food lol.
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I think the constantly changing rules on the monetization are a feature not a bug. That's cool that you got a few grand for shitposting about raccoons.
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And it truly was shitposting. The "Does Pee Damage Tires" Reddit post was purely so I could slide in that I had a garage raccoon. I knew pee wouldn't damage tires.
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TikTok may still be going down in a few months. If you want money in the future, focus on youtube. Better pay than all other platforms unless u get some crazy invite only deal.
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