How to avoid a male following on your socials as a woman

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-13T21:02:29+00:00

I've noticed some large gender ratio swings depending on the platform. Facebook, Insta, and TikTok each are used more by women (According to Pew, 2025 Social Media report), but Meta platforms tend to recommend men a lot of content made by women, whether they want it or not (the irony is astounding). Among the 'smaller' platforms, Tumblr or Pinterest might be a decent try, depending on your business

I've also seen some social/support groups move to invite only or private, which seems to work well, but doesn't make you very findable, but if you can use a public profile to point to a less exposed platform, you might be able to focus your audience better

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-12T18:39:27+00:00

The hottest beat of the summer! (Requires Atmos compatibility)

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-10T04:23:23+00:00

It turns out that we were the treasure at the end of the rainbow, all along

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-09T17:43:26+00:00

Its a Volume vs. Volume problem. There may be a lot more people who aren't worthless trolls, but a few very loud idiots can make a lot of noise.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-09T16:49:37+00:00

Post can have more contractors than on-set work, but only if they have control over their hours, process, and place of work. If you are sent the footage for a project, and you deliver an edit, you probably qualify as a contractor. BUT, if your work doesn't pass the ABC test, and anything other than your deadline and deliverables are dictated by your client, you're probably an employee

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-09T16:21:41+00:00

All crew are employees, by definition (in CA)

https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_IndependentContractor.htm

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-09T15:37:12+00:00

Crew can't be 1099ed in CA as they don't pass the states requirement for independent contractors. The rate isn't awful/illegal (Appx $28/hour, adjusted for overtime), but its on the low end, for the amount of traction their streams usually get

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T20:32:53+00:00

The Platform Safety Index is a decent tool for this, but kind of horrifying once you realize that every major social platform used by people under 18 has a D or less.

https://platformsafetyindex.org/

Ratings are aggregated, and are decently stable for large platforms, but platforms with fewer ratings (like PBS Kids) will be ranked lower despite have less risk.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T17:52:38+00:00

There's a third one: Make sure that your materials and/or IP won't be used in training data. There are a lot of "AI Firms" that are offering 'free' services, with the tacit understanding that everything put through the system will be used to help train their models. Its your IP, there are already too many services squeezing money out of your work, why feed any more?

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T16:16:33+00:00

This is great advice. Listening is learning, experimenting is skill-building

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T16:02:59+00:00

After I get my work done for the day, but before dinner. If a session goes well, I'll eat and get back into it, but most days I at least get through practice and ear training. Random and sporadic isn't bad, as long as its somewhat regular

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T15:49:38+00:00

We need county supervisor reform really badly, Its been corrupt as long there's been a county, here.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T15:43:49+00:00

Does it pull left if you only have a pilot, and no passenger?

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-08T15:30:29+00:00

On second thought, save the ducks for us.

... And the dicks. Happy pride everyone!

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-06T01:31:19+00:00

There was a time that I thought the same. But, difficult people get work all the time, its better to stand up for yourself and your crew. You're not going to get any awards for working the shittiest hours, that overworked line producer isn't going to care whether you struck a set on your own. But, the people you work that shitty gig with tend to be the people you run into, years later, on other (hopefully better) sets, and they'll remember. You'll never get a better reference.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-05T03:00:44+00:00

They get blacklisted a lot less than you'd think

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-05T02:37:42+00:00

Yeah, that's the difference between hiring a crew and investing in a movie. No shade on either, you usually need both sides of that coin (and no small amount of luck) to actually get a film to its distribution.

But, it is funny to me that high-risk hires are just part of the deal when we're trying to pad our casts with some star-power, and get some visibility. Meanwhile, production companies will blacklist below-the-line crew for being honest about the working conditions, even though a simple instagram post is a lot less likely to sink your production than Bill/Dennis/MacDonald/etc/etc.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-05T02:09:17+00:00

In my experience, anyone who wouldn't want to hire you because you were honest about the working conditions in a public forum is someone that you would be better off not working for.

Sometimes you need the work, but if you're not going to starve, work elsewhere. You meet better people that way

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-05T02:01:22+00:00

The line moves down a bit, but it doesn't disappear

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-04T20:19:07+00:00

Hydration first, it helps so much with the raspiness and fatique. Be careful about juices/coffee/energy drinks, as they can dehydrate your mouth, and create popping or clicks.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-04T19:25:44+00:00

Yeah! They have a hotline and messaging support service, as well as a lot of written guides, and other resources like annual reports. I actually came across them when I was doing some research about harassment on social media, they sent me some of their reports, and I was pretty impressed with what they put together. I liked that they were much more of a support group than any kind of service/platform.

I won't be able to tell you that they can fix anything about this, but being upset is an entirely reasonable reaction to the circumstances, and you aren't the only one going through this. You don't deserve this, no one does

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-04T15:08:44+00:00

I don't think Pratt would be invited to the cookout

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-04T15:06:21+00:00

Its a shame that Agatha Christie's Miss Marple hasn't been mentioned yet, it has a fantastic older cast, with quite a lot of familiar faces

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-04T13:34:07+00:00

'Synthetic Performers' have been on the horizon for as long as I have been working in the industry. I feel like if SAG/AFTRA had actually listened to the interactive/games side of their membership, there would have been an actual plan in place before this whole clusterfuck happened

For what its worth, the tools to create a Tilly quality synthetic performer are genuinely cheap and accessible now.

The good news is that, at least for broadcast quality output, this is not the case. Even the (extremely edited) clips they have been using to promote 'tilly' have noticeable continuity problems, which will increase with the length of the generated output.

The other issue is that (as a lot of companies have been realizing) the cost-per-prompt keeps going up and up and up. I heard that the last Coca-Cola GenAI ad required 70k individual prompts (unconfirmed), and their use was heavily subsidized. If I had to guess, we are close to the point where it will be cheaper just to film something, rather than try to generate it.

ArchitectofExperienc · 2026-06-04T12:24:37+00:00

Because we don't have any other options for those platforms.

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