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by Waterluvian 13 days ago
No I don’t think that’s what I’m going for.

To me content often implies a kind of volume of work. Always be posting. Don’t miss a few days or your viewers go elsewhere. Lots and lots of content!

The concerns of a product are the salability. Is has to fit perfectly into a 22 mins slot. It can’t upset the wrong people. It has to fit the mood and culture that our advertisers want. Etc.

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Of course it implies volume - shipped volume. Which is what you worry about when you think about posting every day: viewers going elsewhere is a commercial worry about your product, it has nothing to do with the quality of your art. When you think in terms of content, art quality becomes an optional byproduct of commercial worries about having product.
You seem to be violently agreeing with the parent commenter. What you're saying matches their definition.
No, it doesn't. You get good at something by doing it a lot, consistently; it's basically rule 1 of learning any artform.
This still doesn't contradict the framing of "art vs content".
It absolutely does for a movie.