CREATOR NEWSLETTER
Issue #130 | May 2, 2023
Building a fandom and community is the heart of sharing content and art. But along with positive attention comes the negative, and at times trolls and harassment can seem neverending.
As a creator’s audience grows, so do their tough decisions around content moderation. When is deleting negative comments on social media ok? How do you handle aggressive commenters and parasocial boundaries? What is too much?
Passionfruit Contributor John-Michael Bond spoke with five creators to discover the best practices that guide their comments section. Read their policies below.
– Grace Stanley, Newsletter Editor
THE HIGHLIGHT
Is it OK to delete comments? 5 creators on how they moderate content online
When can you delete a comment?
By John-Michael Bond, Passionfruit Contributor
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ONE GREAT TIP
“People will make it really delicious sounding to give ownership up. Especially when you’re young, you’re new, you don’t really know the standards of how everything works, it can feel really confusing. So if something doesn’t feel right, it’s probably because it isn’t.”
—Rebecca Black on preserving ownership over your creations. Read more in our February 2023 interview.
TOOLS REVIEW
The best TikTok microphone for any budget
Your TikTok videos deserve better audio.
By John-Michael Bond, Passionfruit Contributor
IN THE BIZ
- BuzzFeed will introduce a new creator residency program that will give creators access to BuzzFeed’s tools and distribution in exchange for cross-posting content onto BuzzFeed’s channels, its CEO told Axios.
- The announcement is following the shuttering of BuzzFeed News and the company’s wider push away from staff writers and towards creator-made and AI-written content.
- Meanwhile, thousands of Hollywood movie and television writers went on strike this week to protest the lack of safeguards to regulate the use of AI in scriptwriting and to demand higher wages.
- After the hyped launch of ByteDance app Lemon8, a creator told the Information that they were “exhausted” from constantly having “FOMO” with new apps promising to be the next big thing.
- U.S.-based creators can now distribute podcasts on YouTube Music. The platform released tips for podcasters, and many creators expressed excitement about the news.
- Meanwhile, audio-only platform Clubhouse laid off over half its staff.
UPCOMING EVENTS 🗓️
- RuPaul’s DragCon festival is coming to Los Angeles on May 12 and 13.
- The Webby Awards ceremony is taking place in New York City on May 15.
- The Shorty Awards ceremony honoring digital and social media is also in New York City on May 24.
- The GamesBeat summit is in Los Angeles on May 22 to 23.
- The International Women’s Podcast Festival is live in London on June 18.
- The Tribeca Festival, a celebration of film, TV, and audio storytelling, is in New York City from June 7 to 18.
- VidCon, the go-to conference for video creators, is in Anaheim, CA, on June 21 to 24.
TIKTOK MADE ME DO IT
We’re loving all the fashion and pop culture commentary from the Met Gala last night.
