Since at least 2014, there has been this grand myth perpetuating throughout our society that you NEED a Facebook presence in order for people to take you seriously as an independent entrepreneur in the digital age.
(And if that isn’t a completely contradictory statement, I don’t know what is: “In order to be successfully independent, you need to rely on someone else’s platform” 🤣🤣🤣)
But, we’ve been living in Zuckerworld for so long that it’s hard to remember that we used to have autonomy before Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok took over our day-to-day lives.
And, don’t get me wrong, social media made having an online platform super accessible to people who wanted their own websites but didn’t know how to get it done or didn’t want to invest the money in buying a domain name. Things like MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook also made it easy to stay connected with long distance friends and family.
However, by its very design, these platforms are actually made to take our power away from us, not give us more.
So, back in 2019, I did what I was “supposed to” and created Facebook and Instagram accounts for my writing career.
Then, in 2022, I released the first installment of the PNK KanD Project - 6 music videos, 6 lyric videos, an EP, and a full length novel, all tied together with a nice little hot pink bow.
And I posted my music videos everywhere I possibly could: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and even some snippets on Pinterest. But, for some reason the Facebook bots flagged all six of my videos (that I made and have every right to release wherever I please) as “copyright infringement.”
Now, just for a bit of context: the first PNK KanD EP was made entirely with “Free for Profit” beats, so, per the licenses for each track, I cannot copyright any of those songs.
Literally.
If I were to claim a copyright on any of these tracks, there would be a huge snowball of events and I would have to either remove the copyright or unpublish the music.
And the REALLY bizarre thing about all that, is that I had posted the videos to Facebook via Instagram (because I’m really lazy at social media), and Instagram did not flag the very same videos for copyright infringement.
Neither did Pinterest.
Nor did YouTube.
But, on the off chance that another musician had used the same beats and broke the rules, claiming their own copyright, that infringement notice would have appeared on ALL my platforms, not just Facebook.
So, I decided to pull the plug.
And it was one of the best decisions of my career.
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