Ask HN: Why Is Writing Less Valued Than Audio, Video or Drawing?
This is something I've always been confused by. Artists seem to get a lot of attention for their work, with comissions making quite a bit of money on the high end and fine art being worth millions. Popular creators on YouTube, Tiktok, Twitch and other sites can get a lot of views and money from their work, as can those who work on films and TV shows offline. Singers, musicians, radio and podcast hosts can make a good living from their work, at least on the higher end.
Yet writers never seem to give this sort of treatment. Popular novelists tend to be less wealthy/successful than their musical or audio creating counterparts, bloggers find it harder to get attention online than YouTubers or podcasters, and generally it's easier to promote other forms of content online in general, with many places being far happier to let people post their videos or artwork than articles or short stories.
So why is this? Why is writing in general seemingly so undervalued now, especially online?
Yet writers never seem to give this sort of treatment. Popular novelists tend to be less wealthy/successful than their musical or audio creating counterparts, bloggers find it harder to get attention online than YouTubers or podcasters, and generally it's easier to promote other forms of content online in general, with many places being far happier to let people post their videos or artwork than articles or short stories.
So why is this? Why is writing in general seemingly so undervalued now, especially online?