Social networks and media, new money-making machines

Gen Z laughs at all of its predecessors.

In a few hours, these post-adolescents are able to achieve the dream that many pursue their entire lives and that most die without achieving: to become millionaires.

The latest has been the American rapper Bhad Bhabie, who turned 18 at the end of March and within a few days she opened an account at OnlyFans, earning a million dollars in the first six hours.

He thus broke the record held by 20-year-old Bella Thorne, a former Disney actress, who made a million dollars in 24 hours.

OnlyFans is a paid social platform to view private accounts with all kinds of content, mainly erotic.

The sex industry has changed, allowing anyone, without being a porn star, to profit by creating their own adult videos.

The videos do not have to involve nudity, although many consider it virtual prostitution.

For a monthly subscription of around five dollars you can access all that explicit material that Instagram and Facebook censor.

Account owners keep 80% of the money raised, which can result in

Average known

can earn up to 10,000 euros per month.

With this type of virtual platform and offering the opportunity to enrich someone anonymous overnight, many young people no longer aspire to train with bachelor's and master's degrees abroad, but by chance.

It is something to which TikTok has contributed, the Chinese platform that revolutionized social networks with videos of between three seconds and three minutes and that has become the epicenter of the internet industry, with some 690 million users.

The TikTok star, Charli D'Amelio (2004), is not yet of legal age, but it is estimated that she earns 50,000 dollars (about 42,520 euros) for each of the videos she publishes.

Considering that he shares around three videos a day (with very short choreographies that go viral), we are talking about someone who makes money more easily than Kim Kardashian.

He has 100 million followers and was recently named social media person of the year, according to Forbes.

What do your parents think about it?

The entire family has TikTok accounts, and Hulu will soon launch a series around the clan.

To this stream of individuals who manage to support themselves financially thanks to the visibility in social networks, that is, to a purely virtual job, and who sometimes reach the rank of celebrity with all that that implies, youtubers gamers are added, such as elrubiusOMG , or

, like Ibai Llanos, who earn millions a year for publicly playing video games.

Even children can amass fortunes, as is the case with Ryan ToysReview, the

highest paid

of 2018, 2019 and 2020. At the age of seven he posted videos talking about toys.

With nine he has another channel,

, which already has 28 million subscribers.

His parents have disabled comments on the videos as a way to avoid criticism and controversy.

Internet platforms are not only changing the motivation of young people and the entertainment industry, but other sectors such as advertising.

Regardless of who it may be, you cannot deny reality or slow down the course of technology.

Parents may prohibit, but not hide.

The best strategy will be, as always, educate.