When Hope first started posting videos, it had felt like she was yelling into the void. She’d get a handful of views but no likes. No comments. She later admitted that she was on the edge of giving up when her first fans found her. Just five accounts to begin with—but those five accounts watched every video and always commented, asking for more. So she kept filming. Kept posting. Now, she had nearly two thousand subscribers. She’d started to get small sponsorship deals. But those five original followers were still there, still cheering her on with each new video, and she always replied to
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