Hello. I know it’s been a minute, but thank you for watching the video! A combination of this video being a GIANT pain in the ass to research as well as getting covid (that’s why my voice sounds a bit messed up towards the end of the video) meant this one took a while. If you get something out of it, maybe consider supporting me on patreon, its one tier, its one dollar, and it does so much to help me keep a stable income, meaning I can put time into big weird videos like this: www.patreon.com/Supereyepatchwolf That said I think im probably going to go back to 30 minute videos about dumb media I like for a little bit, this video kicked my butt. I really appreciate the patience in waiting for this guys, I hope you enjoy. Im going to eat some burgers and watch Riverdale.

@IndexInvestingWithCole

Жыл бұрын

Its been over 2 years since covid started and like half the youtubers i watch got covid this month

@tennicksalvarez9079

Жыл бұрын

Thank u

@U1TR4F0RCE

Жыл бұрын

It was really cool seeing the wide variety of people you interviewed for the video

@jaysabilla8596

Жыл бұрын

amen to that!

@gabagoooby

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah brother

"There is nothing wrong with you if other people don't pay attention to your art. That art is for you. That is enough. I promise." -Super Eyepatch Wolf

@upg5147

Жыл бұрын

That's something I wonder. I understand the sentiment but what's the point of making art if not to share it? To see what others think, be that agreeing or disagreeing. As an aspiring writer, I wrote for myself but with the dream of having people read my work and speculate on things. Why would I make something subtle if only me, the guy who wrote it, would read it? Without the goal of getting my work to others, I don't see much reason to do what I do...

@Shenaldrac

Жыл бұрын

I hate this kind of thing to be honest. I have another account where I've made 2-3 videos. And I made them for me, sure, _but also I made them to be seen by others._ Why would I put them on KZread or another similar site on the internet if not so that others could see them? And just making them and posting them didn't really make me feel anything except nervousness. But you know what _did/does_ make me feel good, what makes me feel nice? When I look at those videos, and I read the comments, read people saying they enjoyed the video, that it helped them, that they hope I'll make more videos. That feedback, that attention and validation, _that_ makes me feel something positive. "Make your art for you, that's enough", that kind of sentiment sounds so wishy washy to me, so disgustingly saccharine, and for me at least, completely false.

@upg5147

Жыл бұрын

@@Shenaldrac It's a fine line. You in the end are making art about what you love. When you start making it on something just because that trendy and you have no interest in it, then you'll run into the issue of no heart. That's what I think the true point of that line in, to make art you are passionate about, art for you. Now just cause it's "for you" does not mean it's also not for others. I want others to read what I write, that's a massive point about writing at all but if I was told to write, let's say Obi Wan as it is right now without my own twists then I'm not getting joy from writing it or giving it a another. Because that is no longer a wrote I wrote for me.

@MusicoftheDamned

Жыл бұрын

@@upg5147 Eh. It depends on the type of art and, at times, arguably even the type of genre within that particular art form. I totally know of people who, say, paint or knit just to relax or just for self-improvement rather than for any display purposes. I think the same can go for any type of art, including even writing as someone who writes a decent amount but has only minimally ever shared stuff with others so far, in part because my main focus right now is to improve at something rather than "just" to try to entertain others. It doesn't mean that any of this will stop you from feeling potentially crushed when you do something you're particularly proud of or that you personally think is quite good and it just...doesn't "catch on" for whatever, even if it's just with the one other person you're sharing it with. That's basically inevitable though, unless _maybe_ you're only ever targeting the lowest common denominator and even then and even in the most cynical cases, that's still not immune to criticisms or to flaws or to even outright enmity. See: the Hallmark channel (and company) and the vast number of just Americans who don't care for its generic type of branding at this point for various reasons. The point of the quote in the OP seems more to be "you should make what *you* want to make even if you're going to share it with others" rather "art is best off never being shared since it exists only for self-satisfaction".

@upg5147

Жыл бұрын

@@MusicoftheDamned Humans naturally are social creatures which means we also have an ego to feed and thus we want to show what we are good at. Self improvement is great and all but why are you improving in the first place? Whether you know it or not, it will lead to know thinking "I'm pretty good now, let's see what so and so thinks". That's just the way it is, be that small form (showing friends/family) or big scale (New York best seller). I in no way believe art only exists for self satisfaction, that's merely a plus, like any hobby.

Lesly is the real deal! Don’t believe him? I’m the guy whose daughter he killed!

@zeo4481

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣👏. Btw your video on Kaguya-sama ❣️ a few days ago was awesome. You 2 are both huge inspiration to me and many others online.

@helixier6629

Жыл бұрын

Omg lucky! 🤩

@0uttaS1TE

Жыл бұрын

Damn, I wish my child was killed by Lesly! You're so lucky

@butHomeisNowhere___

Жыл бұрын

Wow! I'm convinced! 🥳

@benherebefore

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss Jeff.

the irony being this video was a better "how to be a youtuber" course than anything else I've seen

@ezzatisaid

7 ай бұрын

Yoooo you on to something there 😅

@Rayzorbladez

4 ай бұрын

From it I took "do what you do for love of doing it" and "he is rich who wants nothing"

@OtakuUnitedStudio

Ай бұрын

People are attracted to passion. But you have to be seen first, which is the 300 foot tall wall in between most people and that million subs. It's better to just do what you were going to do and see where it gets you.

@chukyuniqul

25 күн бұрын

​@@OtakuUnitedStudioa lot of people seem miserable in doing things I do while seeming to struggle less than me. I think that is precisely because I have a scientific method mindset (which is just fancy for "fuck around, find out and write it down") and the expectations you wrote whike they hold themselves to some external, arbitrary standard. And you know what? At least one of the endeavors I have tackled like this has been very successful so...

@OtakuUnitedStudio

20 күн бұрын

@@chukyuniqul If you want that, and enjoy it, then I am not going to stand in your way.

I like how Super Eyepatch Wolf's "Leslie" influencer character is more tolerable than the actual people he's making the video about lol

@44absol

22 күн бұрын

it's definitely the faylin phenomenon. (like when they had Tina Fay do Sarah Palin on snl to make fun of her but it just made her more likeable)

An influencer course might be the only piece of content where the phrase: "Who is this person? I've never even heard of them." is a valid piece of criticism

@jorvaor

Жыл бұрын

Hummm.... Unless said person has been coaching a bunch of influencers from zero to fame and fortune. But yes, under normal conditions you are totally right.

@MagikarpMan

Жыл бұрын

@@jorvaor bro did you even watch the vid

@jorvaor

Жыл бұрын

@@MagikarpMan Hi. Yes, I did watched it. What do you think is wrong in my comment? Honest curiosity.

@anansi6344

Жыл бұрын

@@jorvaor that you made up a scenario that didn't exist as a random counterfactual. no one is coaching influencers to fame from zero

@MagikarpMan

Жыл бұрын

@@jorvaor you statement on a person coaching a bunch of creators from zero to fame, that doesn't happen and the entire video was him explaining why that isn't possible

youtube: removes dislike button for "creators' mental health" also youtube: creates the perfect system to ruin creators' mental health and refuses to stop forcing you to look at it

@cryandruboneout7133

Жыл бұрын

They definitely removed the dislike button for corporations who don't like receiving negative feedback from their shitty business decisions.

@suezuccati304

Жыл бұрын

Btw, you can still see dislikes

@suezuccati304

Жыл бұрын

@@funnycatenjoyer2758 yeah, by "you" i meant the dislikes on your videos, which basically proves it's just a bullshit excuse It keeps all the negatives of disliking while eliminating the positives, you now cant tell that a video is trash or a tutorial doesnt works just by the like dislike ratio alone. Now, just because the public doesnt sees the dislikes, doesnt means they arent happenning. If a random person decides to stir a mob to mass dislike a random person's video, they can still do it, and the person they did it to still sees the dislikes.

@Jai137

Жыл бұрын

@@suezuccati304 how?

@suezuccati304

Жыл бұрын

@@Jai137 when you go to the manage videos section it shows you the likes and dislikes Its a thing both on mobile or desktop

"If it works, why doesn't it work?" Is such an amazing quote that could be used for so many of these kinds of things.

36:58 those spiderman pregnant elsa youtube kids videos prolly came the closest to the algorithmic hack anyone ever has

@allurajane4979

Ай бұрын

omg ur right making shitty "kids videos" is the algorithmic hack

@arran4285

Ай бұрын

@@allurajane4979 I mean with the number of those videos with millions views is proof enough that it work

"BoJack. You've just been nominated for an Oscar. How do you feel?" "I feel... I feel... ... the same."

@datokvartskhava4711

Жыл бұрын

sometimes life is a bitch and you keep on living.

@nier2609

Жыл бұрын

Such a good line from such a good show

@vivian-sasha-taylor

Жыл бұрын

i see a bojack quote and i have to like, it's a condition

@TheBluePhoenix008

Жыл бұрын

@@nier2609 from such a great character yet shitty person

@ohdippy7825

Жыл бұрын

i remember this

People understood this shit back in the 18th century. "If you want to get rich during a gold rush you don't mine gold, you sell pickaxes". Sure, the miner who strike gold gets incredibly rich, good for him, but for most people the real money is in selling stuff to those that hopes to become the next big thing. These courses are just the digital version of that old age common sense.

@waterb-g9114

Жыл бұрын

If only they were selling working pickaxes lol

@ajohnymous5699

Жыл бұрын

That's a great comparison and saying

@Slutlyfe

25 күн бұрын

No cap

@Vileplume87

25 күн бұрын

at least you got a physical pick axe back then haha!!

Plane mansions are the hallmark of next level business savvy. They can’t tax you if your house is flying over international waters.

It's really a stark contrast here: Influencers tell you to make slop, cheaply mass-produced videos that you have no interest in simply to fill a quota and try to hit on trends. Those videos pull maybe a couple thousand views on a good day. Super Eyepatch Wolf makes well-research videos about topics he deeply cares about, and there is rarely a video (outside the "favorite things" series) that doesn't pull at least a million views. I think the lesson here is self-explanatory. There is of course a lot of luck involved here because some of those people that make slop make it big, and SEW says himself that he got extremely lucky with how things worked out. But I am also sure that SEW is very proud of his videos, while the slop those creators ask you to create will never be of any value to anybody.

@TheFrederickog357

Ай бұрын

And in my opinion, his "Favorite Things" series is some of my favorite content on youtube

@retexcrafted

Ай бұрын

​​@@TheFrederickog357 it's one of my favorite things

@genericsocks7542

9 күн бұрын

Lmao I am a proud enjoyer of both high quality, well researched content and completely degenerate, soulless drama slop content 😂.

“As per usual, Jake Paul displays all the flailing enthusiasm of a muppet that’s just dropped some acid and minted its first NFT” That’s so bizarrely specific and I kind of love it. I want someone to animate that exact scenario.

@Ramsey276one

Жыл бұрын

I second the motion!

@christianfriisjensen2055

Жыл бұрын

yet, it is UNDENIABLE in how bang-on it is I am almost frightened on an existential level.

@rogueobscura4736

Жыл бұрын

My favorite Eyepatch Wolf-ism is when he said "explaining Chainsaw in as much energy as a child hyped up on too much birthday cake" when describing...himself from several years ago.

@sketchpen777

Жыл бұрын

Dr. Bright who gave you permission to access the internet?

@aturchomicz821

Жыл бұрын

right? Its too good😭

I remember hearing along time ago that Chuggaaconroy was being interviewed about what advice do you give to new KZreadrs that only have 100 to 200 subscribers and his response went something along the lines of "Imagine 100 or 200 people in real life watching your videos. How cool is that!" Which always got me thinking. Imagine a room full of 100 to 200 people, that came specifically to watch what you made when you uploaded it. That's like a high school basketball court full of people that are there to watch something you made. That's fucking cool

@Fragrancepedia

Жыл бұрын

They forgot one thing not all %100 of subs will not watch your content you be lucky to get %10 to watch so really you have maybe 10 to 20 subs out of the 100 to 200 actually watching your content on every upload while the rest are non-subs.

@LayerInfinity

Жыл бұрын

90% of people who will watch your videos will not be subscribed, especially when you're starting out. That's a persistent fact that a lot of people don't really understand and it's why a lot of new content creators actively push that fact. As someone else said as well, subscribers also tend to be a misleading statistic when you don't have many, as they are not guaranteed viewers. They are simply supporters of your channel.

@angel_exe24

Жыл бұрын

I really don't want to be that "but" guy, however it's more like 100 people are watching your video and loving it, 75 people just watching your video for background noise, and 25 people are there just to hate you for no other reason than they are miserable and want to share it with other happier people. But at the end of the day, 200 people watched your video and that is still cool.

@seinmstudio

Жыл бұрын

If you have 10k subs, that's a "small" channel. A few hundred years ago, if you had 10k people listening to you then you were a king, an emperor, or the pope.

@Ryan_Metzelar

Жыл бұрын

@@seinmstudio I very much agree

Just found you. Never considered being a KZreadr, but on this journey I went through all the emotions with you. But finished film school with debilitating panic attacks, hating everything I made after my initial attempts. Tried to get everything right and failed miserably. A blank page gives me anxiety now. And that’s WITHOUT the analytics. I’d just perish if I had to obey the algorithm. This last bit you said about making art for ME… thank you for that, really.

@zacharypayne4080

Жыл бұрын

Just do what you like..it's the jurney not the distanation.. and I have a hot girl friend..so I know what I'm talking about..why have anxiety? Just choose not to have it..yes it's that easy if you put in the mental work..hard work..why live life like that?

@bakielh229

6 ай бұрын

@@zacharypayne4080 Exactly, just decide to be successful, it's that easy!

@veagle1379

6 ай бұрын

​@@zacharypayne4080it seems fascinating that people like you, who can barely tie their shoelaces, can use social media to radiate your low-iq presence

"If you need an AI to tell you what video to make next, I think you really need to think if you should be making videos at all" -SEW. Aged like fine wine.

A good rule of thumb is that if a ‘hack’ financially benefits you with little drawbacks, it doesn’t work. Because if it did, people would shut up about it.

@saraha2667

Жыл бұрын

It's like MLMs but youtube

@Warfoki

Жыл бұрын

This is true all of these "miracle solutions": woo "medicine", crypto bro schemes, others get rich quick schemes, self-help guru nonsense, pickup artists... If a miracle solution existed to life's most common ails, the one coming up with it would make a fortune using it, and wouldn't sell it to you via a $99 intro course.

@cgg2621

Жыл бұрын

Or it would be illegal

@kingmanic

Жыл бұрын

@Bionick Toa A lot of real ones are 'free' and widely known. But they're boring and you need to be in a certain financial situation to use them. Like maxing your 401k/RRSP each year to minimize tax load. Or pay down your mortgage if you have extra cash, as the compounded savings in interest can be better than most investments.

@ms.x1669

Жыл бұрын

This has always been my rule of thumb 🌟

Super “John” Eyepatch Wolf is just one of those channels that can destroy your understanding of something for nearly two hours, and you’re excited for every minute of it.

@maol2038

Жыл бұрын

That Garfield video just

@oscarwillimott9296

Жыл бұрын

Also really good at building up an emotional response to anything. The Forgiveness Of Jon, man...

@boeng5692

Жыл бұрын

Spin around three times

@sneedmando186

Жыл бұрын

I still can’t look at Garfield the same. John Arbuckle is the original hero

@ventrueinconnu3527

Жыл бұрын

I was safely watching a 'Who's Line' compilation video when Ryan said "Fluff my Garfield". I almost ran screaming from my house.

I can't think of a better representation of the lie of meritocracy than social media and content creation. The idea that talented, valuable people are rewarded and anyone who doesn't make it is less than those who do. It's not true though, some of the most talented artists will never make it, but if they love what they do, they won't have to.

@Wyrm3

6 ай бұрын

But what is art without the consumer? What is a book without a reader? It's nothing, nothing at all.

@SorowFame

6 ай бұрын

@@Wyrm3a small creator still has an audience, it’s just not a big audience.

@carpo719

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. I've made almost 5k videos over 12 years and I never did it to go viral or get viewers... the only way to stick with something long-term and love it is to do what you love *because* you love it. Just skip fad and do your own thing

@rillianen4857

2 ай бұрын

@@Wyrm3 Absolute Bullshit. Art is an expression and has value for that reason alone, it will matter as long as somebody finds meaning in it and in most cases there's certainly atleast 1 person who will find it meaningful, the artist

@addersnap2885

28 күн бұрын

@@Wyrm3 this is meaningless since the algorithm determines who sees and doesn't see the art lmao did you watch the video

That final section on criticisms towards your art hit disturbingly close to home. As a growing (semi-popular) twitter artist, there's a lot of beauty and humility that I feel with the affection and love my art receives. I've been improving every year, every month to perfect my craft. But, even with the legions of adoring followers, there will always be that one comment that stung and stuck with me like glue. A previous long-time commissioner and follower of my work, whom gave me heaps of praise and even looked up to the art I made back in 2019, told me one day in early 2020 "I don't like your style anymore, this is the last commission I'm getting from you." And I have never heard from them since. Despite the fact that I was actually improving, and I think I'm lightspeed ahead of the work I used to make and the numbers even show for it, that single comment will always put the fear of judgment and self doubt within me. Words are fucking scary, man. The fact that any real human can have an opinion and say it to you because you're perceived as some anonymous, astronomical entity, is absolutely terrifying.

Fun fact: that isn't hair dye that he's wearing, making this video just took fifty years out of his life. Appreciate the dedication to your craft, Mr. Eyepatch!

@brunop.8745

Жыл бұрын

Damn 70 year old SEW do be looking fine

@Super-cl7qf

Жыл бұрын

@@brunop.8745 ikr? Silver Fox is a good look for him.

@bt_11

Жыл бұрын

He needs a just for men sponsorship now

@nelus101

Жыл бұрын

@Bionick Toa Okay so I see where you're coming from but to me it's a lot funnier to imagine that making this video took fifty years off of his life so I'mma just keep going with that

@bt_11

Жыл бұрын

@@nelus101 Yeah, I thought we were all in on the joke

*The thing nobody ever seems to mention about social media types:* They're often already rich - or at least middle class - and thus have the money and time to 'invest' at the outset. They're good looking too which is frankly, half the battle.

@statz3697

Жыл бұрын

I just saw another one of your comments like 2 seconds ago

@zeo4481

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much ye but also time. 99% of billionaires are above 45 years old and more than 70% of millionaires are above 40 . There is time to invest in your education/business at any age but the younger you start the better.

@satyasyasatyasya5746

Жыл бұрын

@@statz3697 Yeh I'm binging YT for a bit and can never keep my thoughts to myself so :D hahaha

@AdrianArmbruster

Жыл бұрын

Most success is about 90% A) Already looking photogenic and B) having contacts willing to do you a favor in the form of an 'entry level' job that pays enough to buy multiple houses, or give you top billing at an advertising firm, or just AstroTurf for you. Having a dad who is an investment banker (or whatever) fills in part B by default, and also provides the money to fix part A.

@satyasyasatyasya5746

Жыл бұрын

@@zeo4481 What I meant was, because they start of rich/well-off, young and hot, they don't really have any real life pressures or distractions like a job or important studies etc. Plus, they can afford to focus 100% on 'influencing' because they don't have to worry about money and bills. Since 'influencing' makes no money for 99% of its lifespan, they can take that hit; they're insulated from failure.

I show this video to people who tell me they want to be youtubers. This is one of the best videos on KZread. I'm nearing the top of 1 million subscriber mountain. Let's see how it goes

@LordDomielOfElysium

11 ай бұрын

Your over 1mil, hope it’s been going well!

@galacticalove

11 ай бұрын

Dunno when it hit, but congrats on 1M!

@taxisalad

10 ай бұрын

Holy shit it's Zero!

@sebastiangudino9377

6 ай бұрын

Dude, your videos get 10k hits on average, how do you have 1M subs? Did you buy the channel or something?

@jessip8654

5 ай бұрын

@@sebastiangudino9377 Through their youtube shorts, which are, um... not quite content farming but close.

I love it when I'm only 50 minutes into the video and Eyepatch Wolf has already had like three shouty breakdowns. Could watch your shit for hours on end, my guy.

The irony is that this video is a better way to teach people how to 'get big' as a content creator than any of these paid-for scam courses. Excellent video, my dude. You're a real one.

@nullakjg767

Жыл бұрын

"just have enough money where you dont need to work and then you can spend all your time doing passion projects" wow what a great point lol.

@flux_casey

Жыл бұрын

@@nullakjg767 Aren't passion projects usually something you do in your *spare* time? So yeah, "Have a job and then make the things you want to make in your spare time, not expecting it to suddenly make you a millionaire" is actually pretty solid advice. KZread or whatever other platform can be just fine as a hobby, and probably better a hobby than as a get rich quick scheme.

@nullakjg767

Жыл бұрын

@@flux_casey "passion projects" still have value. They could have much more value then your day job, but most people live paycheck to paycheck and will never get the chance to do anything other than work. Being creative is something that can only be done from a place of privilege. Some people try and find a middle ground and have to game the algorithm so they can continue to create. It's not hard to understand.n

@flux_casey

Жыл бұрын

@@nullakjg767 To an extent, yes. If you work fourteen hour days, seven days a week, sure. You're not going to have time to do anything else. And yeah, that happens more often nowadays. But it's sure not the norm. A passion project doesn't have a deadline. Being creative for the sake of wanting to create something doesn't have a deadline. If you're passionate about it, if you want to work on it, then you work on it when you can. Maybe that's only an hour or two a week. Maybe it's something you do instead of watching TV or KZread or whatever. Unless you're living well below the poverty line working three jobs to make rent, you will have at least a little time to do the things you want to do. If you're privileged, yeah. You can dedicate yourself to KZread or whatever platform and you'll have a higher chance of popularity. Of turning it into a job. But the entire point of a passion project is that it isn't about success. It's about making the thing you want to exist. If you care enough about it, and aren't working hours that will put you six feet under within five years, you'll find time to make it. Because it's your hobby, and you need no other incentive to work on it than it makes you happy.

@greyfox4838

Жыл бұрын

@@nullakjg767 in every passionate career paths, people are always advised to not quit their school or job until after they take off, this is true for musicians, for artists, and for writers, so why not youtubers? I don't really understand your issue, the advice you're making fun of is actually pretty common sense

"I have 4 wives and 17 husbands none of them even know each other" Ngl that line made me burst into laughter and made my day

@starmaker75

Жыл бұрын

Well good for him for embracing his homosexual side more

@Ramsey276one

Жыл бұрын

I would watch that ALL SEASONS AND SPECIALS *AND THE MOVIE!* XD

@flask223

Жыл бұрын

That would require a lot of careful planning

my yt was on autoplay and i woke up in the middle of night with this introduction and i genuinely thought a disembodied voice (or god) was talking to me fun fact: i am Brazilian and only notice the voice was speaking english when i was already fully awake

@rusted_ursa

26 күн бұрын

That is a truly hilarious story.

Small creator lifehack: calculate your view count via broadway theatre venue. The largest theatre On Broadway houses roughly 2,000 patrons, so I can look at a video that "didn't do well" and instead consider that numbers wise, it pulled the equivelant of 4 sold out broadway performances. Considering the average venue is only around 500 seats, that's a lot more.

The scene in Blue Period, where the main character is laying on the floor, crying, saying, "just because you love something, doesn't mean it is easy," has always stuck with me. It's beautiful because despite feeling like that, he still gets up and continues to do the thing he loves, despite it hurting him too. You have to love the thing you do, or else you'll just be miserable.

@patch-fm

Жыл бұрын

Haven't read the manga, but Jesus does that hit harder than bricks, it literally could be applied to anything

@MisterFoxton

Жыл бұрын

I don't agree with your last line, you can certainly be miserable doing something you love, but that love can get you through that and out the other side with something valuable.

@TwoSoulsOneCup

Жыл бұрын

Shout out to all my miserables

@CHEFPKR

Жыл бұрын

Blue Period was raw

@LKonstantina915

Жыл бұрын

I loved Blue Period, I thought it was going to go a different way when I read the manga after the first season ended but its very good eitherway. I suggest anyone to watch the anime or read the manga or both lol. Honestly one of the first anime I enjoyed in years because its so relatable and original.

"Content creator" is such a sickening and sinister phrase. It doesn't describe what people want to do, it describes what the algorithm wants from them. People who genuinely want to create have some specific thing in mind, some idea they wish to bring out into the world. It's not always well-defined, but it's never just "content". "Content" is the algorithm's term, the only word generic enough to describe aspirational art, casual goofing, and procedurally generated Finger Family clones. As long as you're feeding something into it - binding some fraction of your personhood to its engagement metrics - it doesn't have to care about the details.

@enzoarayamorales7220

Жыл бұрын

Its like saying "labor worker". Its like a robot describing an overly generalized and shallow description of a career. Like wtf does that even mean?

@mrgiove97

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone putting in words something i've Always felt

@krombopulos_michael

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's useful as a sort of catch-all term because technically anyone who makes media (music, art, photography, videos etc) is a "content creator" but it's a terrible description of any one person. It's like "office worker". Sure, a lot of different jobs happen in offices, including desirable ones, but I don't know anyone who would say that as their occupation

@Orgotheonemancult

Жыл бұрын

This is the most accurate comment ever.

@kylemundy8871

Жыл бұрын

It's a hell of a lot less pretentious than "Influencer"

I'm late to the SEW party, but... I just want to say how profoundly helpful this has been. Reclaiming the joy of creation from the toxic grindset culture is a struggle, and this advice is real and wholesome. Thank you for it.

I have fallen into that trap of losing sight of my original goal on KZread, and that was creating animations that not only myself would enjoy but others as well. As I ascended to 10k, 20k and 30k the feelings of joy and ephoria were intoxicating; that feeling of so many people loving your content more than you expected. When my subs began to purge and my average view count dropped it set me into a state of panic and I started trying to push content out trying to figure out what people liked and when that didn't work I stopped looking at KZread for days to weeks until finally I stopped looking at the analytics, although I still saw the disheartening view counts it was nowhere near as painful as looking at the data in depth. Now that I've lost 5kish subs and gone now to low numbers it allowed me to refocus back into what my original endeavors were, now I'm back to animating what I enjoy regardless of the reception. It was truly a humbling phase in my KZread career. I never recommend anyone to do KZread as a career. It is far too unstable and stressful. KZread is and will always be my past time hobby with passive income. However I will say the silver lining to KZread is that I got to connect with many other creators in my niche and become good friends with them and use their talents to create something I never could achieve on my own, and that's huge.

As an English professor, I'm thinking about having my students watch this video and write an essay on this topic. Thank you for your vulnerability and imparting such an important lesson.

@javi4591

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for adapting to the age of the internet and actively trying to include it in your teachings.

@BageTalks

Жыл бұрын

Do it

@greyfox4838

Жыл бұрын

it's 2 hours long though, your students might appreciate a shorter video lol

@currybread5298

Жыл бұрын

@@greyfox4838 agree unless it's possible to watch this in class

@cowpokesolo

Жыл бұрын

@@greyfox4838 As a recent student, having 2 class periods of nothing but video is fantastic.

I really want to develop a "Theory of the video essay" after videos like this. This was a masterpiece of what the video essay is as an art form. There's so many elements to what makes a good essay that are inate, but I also am fascinated with structure and writing style, editing style, performance and delivery. The irony is that while you can't really reproduce this type of content, when you've been watching as many video essays for as long as I have, I do think there are things to learn almost like you would learn about any artform.

@caoilfhionndunbar

Жыл бұрын

oh neat your here! love your channel man

@drewtime1

Жыл бұрын

seeing the two of you making cameos in each other's videos is mad cool

@FTZPLTC

Жыл бұрын

Every video essay needs a wall of mid-transparency tweets over dramatic music.

@beckstheimpatient4135

Жыл бұрын

That's a very meta perspective and I'm here for a long form video on the long form video. Video essays have completely changed my life and how I consume media. I used to hate writing or reading essays in school (had a prof that demanded 5-10 page handwritten literary essays) - but now I can't get enough of watching these! The research, writing, perspective and unique personal input that goes into any of these videos is astounding and it truly is an artform. Literary and film critics used to be chastised for being too talentless to CREATE so they just CRITIQUE, but now this new YT generation of critics is showing us an entirely new perspective! (I also don't know who you are yet, but I just finished watching the video and now would like to visit all the channels that were featured because I am INTRIGUED.)

@jameshealy4594

Жыл бұрын

That's a really interesting take, you should make a course to teach people what you've learned about video essays. ;)

Man...this hit way too close to home. I wanted for years to make this my job, but the passion started dying when the push for money began. Despite having what should be my dream job, I miss making art for the enjoyment of making it.

@ellinorsvensson4970

5 ай бұрын

Heya, just wanted to tell you that your frozen vids have made me laugh til I cried. I don't know what your current state of passion is for the channel, but I liked what you did. Anyway, have a good one!

The ending made me realise something. I love writing and sharing silly fanfic ideas on Ao3 but I also like to write stories I have no intention of sharing. Those are for me and I don't regret a single one.

My neighbours kid wants to be a KZreadr and I think I’ll show him this video. You described both the gig and the absolute luck it takes to be one better than I ever could 😅

@randomdude9367

Жыл бұрын

Love your stuff dude. Head banging music with some funny thrown in. Nice

@cthulhupthagn5771

Жыл бұрын

Your neighbors kid needs better parents if this is even on his radar

The first time I ever heard that metaphor about KZread being like "throwing a message in a bottle into a sea composed entirely of messages in bottles," Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw was saying it and it was 2007. Even fifteen years ago, your chances of making it here were *already* that slim.

@SingeScorcher

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Personally saw that maybe 7 years ago? And even in that video he points out that by some sheer fucking coincidence someone with a big boat and a stupid amount of money will maybe see you and give you some of that money if you keep making messages in bottles for them. Literally in a few seconds telling people how he got his job, and that it was purely luck.

@redgarlicbred6228

Жыл бұрын

Idk how related my comment will be but I genuinely did not expect to see someone reference yahtzee on a super eyepatch wolf vid.

@Spinevoyager

Жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@MrMarinus18

Жыл бұрын

I actually think the things they are saying about traditional education is potentially the most harmful. Sure the traditional system has plenty of improvement points but online content creation is very volatile and unreliable. I think it's when people depend on it for their living that it get's dangerous. You should still have a normal career and you can do content creation as a hobby on the side. If you have that 0,02% and it blows up you can temporarily live off of it but when that flame burns out you still have skills and likely some remaining contacts and so you can just pick up another job. And if you are in the 99,98% where it doesn't happen you can have it as a hobby on the side. However if you are dependent on youtube all that stress goes up 10 fold. Normal jobs have things like job security and very clear rules and other such things. Sure it's not perfect but it's a lot more transparency and security in a traditional job than in youtube.

1:28:30 yeah, i REALLY feel for this guy. I am going through the exact same thing right now. I love animating, but the animation industry is scary and I’m just not skilled enough for it. I’ve had videos go “viral” I had a video get 8 MILLION views, and i thought i was set, but no one sticks around. Now I struggle to hit 200 views, it feels BAD…

"Ethically Steal" is one hell of a thing I wasn't ready to hear. My brain literally stopped processing information after that and had to pause. Excellent stuff here mate. Love your videos.

"I have 4 wives and 17 husbands. None of them even know about each other!" Sounds like the plot of some soap opera or a trashy reality tv show.

@nicholaspeters9919

Жыл бұрын

Or an ill-conceived comedy anime.

@kris_user7744

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholaspeters9919 that would most likely be in the isekai genre.

I’m a Japanese content creator for a niche genre, not a KZreadr. I don’t even plan to become one. But recently I was experiencing a situation quite similar to the animation story. Though I am confident that I’m still making content that I love and care about, the numbers started to get the better of me and started giving me anxiety every time I present new content to my audience worrying if I would meet their expectations. But your video reminded me why I was doing this to begin with. It wasn’t for the views or money, I just wanted to share my passion with people who like the same genre as me. That fact was supposed to be obvious, but somehow social media made me forget about that over time. Thank you for reminding me that I am the most happy when I do what I love, regardless of the numbers. I know sometimes it gets overwhelming but I hope you can keep finding happiness from what you’re doing. Arigatou & Ganbatte!(ありがとう&がんばって！)

@MustacheDLuffy

Жыл бұрын

As long as you are presenting engaging content your viewers should find enjoyment in it. Your viewers aren’t likely as negative about your own content as you are

@UsmevavyPanacek

Жыл бұрын

Good for you man, don't let it get you, these sites are made to basically entrap you in the skinner box it seems.

@ahobbyist9520

Жыл бұрын

what are you on?

@porygonlover322

Жыл бұрын

@@ahobbyist9520 Most likely nicovideo, Japan's big YT competitor. I doubt you'll get a clear answer, though - this seems like a burner account for anonymity, which is fair enough (this comment is the only thing theyve ever posted, and the channel name translates roughly to "person who likes")

@Sukinohito

Жыл бұрын

@@MustacheDLuffy Thank you for the encouragement. Yes, I'm pretty sure most of my audience like my content (or else they'll stop supporting me). But once I reached certain success that I've never even dreamed of when I started creating, that feat suddenly becomes my standard. And somehow that bar gets higher and higher and gradually gets overwhelming which led to my mindset of the original comment. Basically I became my worst enemy.

This is one of my favorite videos I’ve ever watched on KZread. So poignant, yet oddly cathartic to my own thoughts on creative endeavors. Stumbled upon this from a münecat video and I am glad I watched it. Also seeing Folding Ideas, among other larger creators, as well as the smaller creators being interviewed about KZread was a great addition. The ending lines you finished with are perfect. Cheers and thank you.

The obsession with analytic goals, checking numbers, and the lack of satisfaction when reaching numerical goals overlaps with my experience with weight loss and eating disordered behaviours. Very well done, and thank you for the realistic protrayal of being a content creator towards the end. I think it ties into other obssessions, and the people who promote potentially positive things (creating videos, losing excess weight, exercise, eating well, etc.) in a way that makes them obssessive, ritualistic, and potentially harmful to your mental/physical health.

I don't know if anybody will read this. But after watching this entire video, I really wanted to share my own story regarding the whole "becoming a KZreadr" spiel. Actually made a whole video about this all a few months ago too. Detailing my own journey. I've been making videos on KZread for at least a good 10 years at this point (14 if you count my older channels). I started when I was 11 years old. I've always had a love for video editing and creating art and such. For a good chunk of that time (till 2016) I mostly just dabbled in niche communities so my channel wasn't all that big. Around the end of 2016 I gave the animated storytime video format a go. I really enjoyed sharing my stories, so I kept it up. I managed to build up a nice dedicated and small following of about 10K people. Then in 2018 I had my first (and only) viral video. It quickly amassed a good 600K views and after a week or so even broke the 1M mark. My storytime videos up till that point usually got around 5K views, so this was massive to me. I even, just like SuperEypatchWolf mentioned, had some of my idols/big names comment on my videos, telling me they enjoyed my stuff!! It felt really surreal. The video in question was one where I showed off some old Sonic fanart I had drawn during my early teens, with my storytime character adding some commentary. As the video went viral I did notice a huge influx of younger viewers/commenters, particularly kids who were massive Sonic fans. Constantly asking me when part 2 was gonna come out. I could have capitalised on the success of that Sonic video, but I never really had any plans on making a follow up video for it. There wasn't really much else to talk about. Neither did I see myself as wanting to become a "Sonic" channel. So I didn't. I didn't want to trap myself into that sort of content, as Sonic wasn't something I was passionate about. So I just moved onto the next topic I wanted to talk about. As a result, the huge subscriber boost I got from that viral video didn't really amount to any long term viewers. Soon my viewcounts were back to what I had before, despite now having well over 60K subs. All the new people were just there for more Sonic content. Or more content that they (12 year olds) could relate to. Meanwhile my main demographic was people around my age (early 20s), who could relate to my experiences and stories (stories about college, internships, etc.). Over the years, my subcount kept climbing, while my viewership kept on falling and falling. In 2020 I had another small "viral" video that made it up to 200K views. And once again, this video drew in a big crowd. A crowd that once again wasn't interested in any videos I posted after said viral video. And were just there for me to make another video about [topic x]. In early 2021 I actually managed to surpass 100K subscribers, but it just felt so... Off. Yes 100K is a very big milestone and it was surreal receiving that play button, but if that number does not reflect the "success" of your channel at all, is it really something to be proud of? It's all just empty numbers. If I could delete all of those "dead subs", I'd do it in a heartbeat. For a long time I thought it was my fault. The fact that people weren't watching my videos, despite having such a large subcount, it must have been my fault. "My videos probably weren't good enough", I told myself. "I had a viral video before, so I must be able to do it again". Luckily after a lot of reflecting I managed to snap out of that mindset but it plagued me for a good while. Chipping away at my mental health. What I think happened is that KZread has permanently lumped my channel into the "Sonic channel for kids" category (despite me labelling my channel as not for kids, and despite me actively not making content that would indicate I'm a Sonic channel) because of that one viral Sonic video, thus only really recommending my videos to that demographic. Of course that demographic is not going to relate or understand any of the topics I talk about. So KZread will see that as: _Hey we recommend your content to the appropriate audience, yet they're not watching your content. Therefore your content is not worthwhile recommending further._ Unfortunately there's just not much I can do about t hat. You're at the mercy of the algorithm. I'm 25 years old now and I'm at a point where my new videos on average get about 2K to 5K views, with a small pool of dedicated fans still commenting and watching my conent. In recent times I've been trying to come to terms with the fact that KZread might indeed never work out and that the performance of my channel is not within my control. So I've started looking into other avenues, that can bring me similar amounts of happiness that I get from making KZread videos. No longer solely relying on KZread. It hurts, as it has become a part of my identity. But in the end, I don't have control over what happens to my channel. And I don't want my choices and path in life to be dictated by something I have no control over. If anyone read this entire thing, thank you very much!! 😊😊

@RiC_David

Жыл бұрын

Don't sweat it, we read it! I don't have much to add really because I only ever dabbled in creating videos (back around 2012/13, which if I'm not mistaken was still the tail end of the amateur 'person sitting in front of a camera in their living room' years) but I certainly noticed the issue of muddying the waters with inconsistent content. Some of my videos were about relatively obscure traditional ASCII roguelikes, some of it was audio only venting on social topics, some was video edits of things like my friends playfighting with a Mortal Kombat overlay, then came my Sgt. Pepper's phase when it was just me dressed in plain whites talking about spirituality, and finally came what could have been my most marketable videos - the painstakingly edited 'Two Cups of Coffee' series on topics like drugs where I matched up often abstract images to accompany every sentence. Oh and my 'Diary of a Masked Man' series where...I can't remember what I talked about, but I wore a Zorro mask and it had a long fancy intro that's almost certainly been silenced for using a licensed Muse song. Every "series" ended after the first video because I either lost interest in the concept or realised the planning, scripting/freestyling and editing was something I only wanted to do when I felt compelled to. Nobody besides myself would have cared about all of these different ideas, hell most people wouldn't care about even one of the many themes. It didn't really matter to me because I just did it as a creative outlet and to express myself, but I certainly realised I was sabotaging any chance at gaining a following by being so all over the place. Heh, my most successful video really sums this all up. It was a Weird Al style parody song ('The Day the Wrestling Died' - an American Pie spoof) that I wrote, recorded, edited and uploaded in about three hours-it was as niche as it got, being all about a wrestler who enjoyed mild success and then practically disappeared off TV whilst still being employed for seven years. His longevity became an in joke among a pocket of online fans (niche of a niche of a niche) with him somehow escaping the axe every time there was another round of mass firings....until one day, he didn't. This was relevant to a tiny handful of people for about a week, tops. Still, I'll put it up against any parody song out there (including 'The Saga Begins'), it's just a shame only like twelve people will get all the cheeky references. Some wrestling website wrote an article about it, and my mum loved it (I suspect a few thousand of the views were her) so I was chuffed regardless. If I'd stuck with the concept, I could have probably gained quite a following from wrestling fans, but this one worked because I got the whole thing done within hours of the story breaking. I had a follow up in mind but by the time I'd finished the lyrics, the buzz had died down - it was 'Sympathy for the Hulkster' with the opening line "Please allow me to excuse myself, I'm a man in the midst of disgrace...". following his sex-tape/racism scandal. Not sure where I was going with this, but then I suppose that too sums up my youtube experiment! Guess I had a fair bit to add after all, albeit of dubious relevance - also fitting. Oh, the parody song is on my wrestling related channel and I won't post it here in case it's marked as spam, but it's the third result if you search for "The Day the Wrestling Died".

@axcrobat

Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to let you know that's an interesting story and I hope you find happiness in whatever you chose to do next.

@Shinkajo

Жыл бұрын

Everyone on KZread is enne algorithms bitch. Some just have more luck than others.

@biazacha

Жыл бұрын

Read the whole thing and that was such an honest and insightful look into what the not 99% is really like. Have you consider start building a rapport as editor? There’s good demand for people who knows what they’re doing.

@ronthorn3

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story I was hooked from the get go!

2 hour Eyepatch Wolf on a Sunday. Thank you for this meal we are about to recieve.

@rickrolled3666

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZqGvKSJl6_TpJc.html Finally its here .

@behelitquest

Жыл бұрын

Itadakimasu

@bogdandrgn242

Жыл бұрын

Iknr i love this guy content too sad that he can't post more

@jhsrt985

Жыл бұрын

Itadakimas!💖🙏🥢🍶

@scruffy4743

Жыл бұрын

🙏 Let us eat

I honestly don't know how anyone can do this job without going crazy. Creating such personal content week after week, drowning in analytics, the toxic nature of internet fandoms...it just seems so unpleasant even if you blow up.

1:06:52 Oh my gosh, as soon as I heard that I was immediately searching up why they were a bad person, or any sort of evidence relating to them not being likeable, until I unpaused and realized it was a joke. 🤦‍♂

There’s a classic finance book called “where are the customers yachts?” The title refers to a story about a visitor to Wall Street who admired the yachts of the bankers and brokers. He naively asks “where are the customers yachts?” Which of course none could afford despite dutifully following the advice of their brokers and bankers. Financial influencers like Graham Stephen follow a similar job description to the bankers of making money off of their customers rather than actually making their customers money.

@hughcaldwell1034

Жыл бұрын

Employee: "Wow boss, that's a nice Ferrari!" CEO: "Well kid, if you apply yourself, work hard, and put in the extra hours... I'll have another one next year."

@GhettoFabulousLorch

Жыл бұрын

Link right here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4yBuKifqdCXhso.html I first heard about it from Warren Buffett. Well worth the read/ listen.

As a failed content creator that put 3 years into the content machine but never made it and ultimately just deleted everything just to escape the stress and emotional harm, this video helps me process a lot of that and feel like I wasn't alone.

@photofreak56

Жыл бұрын

The amount of times I've deleted and restarted my channel as a way to share what I create is more then I can count. Its hard being a small creator when you have to work a full time job as well and don't have a safety net.

Even though this video is made over a year ago it completely made my entire day. Watching it from beginning to end after just feeling overwhelmed change my entire perspective in a positive way. Thank you for spending all the time to make this video because I think it's something that needed to be said and done for all of us small channels that want to understand how yo overcome our own mental struggles. The end was amazing and inspirational.

God that ending, just everything about this video is so raw and personal and inspiring. Thank you for the time and energy you spent putting this video together. Can't appreciate it enough.

The best piece of advice I was given when it comes to content creation is, "Make something because YOU want it to exist so much that you don't want to imagine a world without it." It sounds dumb, but damn does it work! Holy shit dude... In the last 3rd of the video where you talk about the evolution of becoming a content creator... God... It was so perfectly made... All true.

@GabbaaGhoul

Жыл бұрын

so good i’m going to remember this

@oneofnone7947

Жыл бұрын

Hi Goomba looking forward to seeing more milo soon

@Voltan

Жыл бұрын

@Newcious Newcious is another one of those _"finally its here!1!1"_ spambot accounts. Please Report them when you come across them because some of them can also can have malicious links

@soulmechanics7946

Жыл бұрын

That is how we do. 👊

I love the creators like you and Markiplier who look around where they are and are just “I have no clue how i got here.” It’s honest. So much of “making it” on the internet is luck, perseverance and talent is involved obviously but luck is a HUGE factor.

@NotLordAsshat

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, honestly Mark is one of the few top KZreadrs that I still respect as a decent person

@boycemallas8190

Жыл бұрын

Bo Burnham is the best example of this. He has been in it since the beginning. Bo is so aware of the anxiety, the stress, the audience, the content and how it effects and affects the artist making it. He even tells people to not seek advice from people who were just at the right place at the right time. Success, when starting from nothing, is deeply based on luck.

@allaround360

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! So many people are talented. Probably even more talented than a lot of the people who make it big. But it depends on so many factors that are also influenced by just pure probability or are random. Who you know. Whether your look is marketable, how your personality comes off to people. Are your beliefs compatible with general population? And then whether or not someone who can boost your careers sees all of that. Which is contingent on so many things you have zero control over. Haha. You can't make someone see you as a star. And when you're competing at the highest level...everyone is great. Everyone has talent. So one makes anybody stand out in a pool like that? Are most of the stars we have stars because someone saw that? It could just be because someone made them one. That happens all the time.

@justinhamilton8647

Жыл бұрын

jerma too

@kenpatchiramasama1076

Жыл бұрын

i mean if it weren't for Northernlion, Markiplier wouldn't have gone through with YT tho

this video is… honestly just what i needed. i’ve been tempted by these kinds of courses, logically knowing that they were bullshit but still hoping i’d find some secret to success. when really… i just need to create because i have the desire to. fuck the analytics, the number chasing, all of it. i’m tearing up after this but i really needed to hear it. thank you so much.

Thank you for making this video. it's really sickening how youtube analytics conditions you to feel addicted to checking how your videos are performing.

As someone who completely devoted themselves to Let's Playing for four years non-stop, it was a miserable time. Scheduling my entire life around upload times and trending games, equipment upgrades, juggling social time between family, friends, relationships, doing an audio engineering course AND recording up to 5 videos a day *AND* finding time to sleep (about 3hrs a night), it was an absolute nightmare and I will never return to it again. I only gained 4,000 subscribers in 4 years. That's 1000 subs a year, compared to some channels getting that DAILY! I remember once I let a Lets Play video render overnight and I woke up to a bluescreen saying the video failed to render. The anxiety of that not uploading on time was more emotionally painful than my girlfriend breaking up with me. When the video was finally successfully uploaded, it maxed out at 12 views. And all it cost me was my mental health and my relationship. Eventually I stopped and now I just upload whenever I want, far far far less stressful. 🙂 Chasing numbers is complete misery. Make what brings you joy and share THAT. ⭐

@melodybaoin1425

Жыл бұрын

Happy for you Man. Don't let unpredictable view counts take your entire life away. Always, ALWAYS put yourself first.

@AstraVex

Жыл бұрын

@@melodybaoin1425 Thank you 🙂 I'm definitely doing that these days. Now I'm devoting my time to being social again, joined a music group and putting my energy into making my 3rd album AND learning to make my first videogame 🙂 🎮

@jbmazhar2000

Жыл бұрын

Yea well you know what?!?!! Subscribed ;)

@yourbroskijack

Жыл бұрын

YAAAAYAYYAYAAYAAYAYAYAYYA

@TheCoffeybeans

Жыл бұрын

That's fascinating... I'm sorry you experienced that

I'm not an KZreadr, but I'm an author. After many years of dreaming about getting my first book published, I've just signed a contract with a small publisher. Though I'm really happy with it, it's weird how much I still feel like there's something missing. We are conditioned to never be satisfied, and to be always comparing ourselves with others. There's always going to be another goal, another milestone to reach. And the same applies to Instagram, Twitter and KZread. Social media made us addicted to validation.

@CountDVB

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think it more served as the ultimate outlet/magnet for those seeking validation. It’s a multiplier

@impermanence4300

Жыл бұрын

I remember when I first started making music and it was like: 10 streams is my goal! Then 100, then 1000, then 100 followers so on so forth. We absolutely are conditioned to be so goal orientated even though it can be so counter-intuitive to our personal and artistic growth. I found myself releasing a song, seeing it do well then immediately trying to re-create it for similiar growth. All that did was give me huge writers block and imposter syndrome. Now I just try to take things as they come. Best of luck with your writing!

@drowningin

Жыл бұрын

I literally just started writing my first book this year after day dreaming about doing it. Starting, and trashing it a few years back. So seeing your post made me smile. I'm not to the publishing part yet, and I honestly haven't even looked.

@MoshiSquared

Жыл бұрын

@@drowningin This is gonna sound oddly coincidental and like I'm just clinging on to this thread or something, but I'm actually in the same boat lol. Within the past few months my passion for writing and worldbuilding has finally been rekindled after being suppressed by academia for way too long. Seeing not one but two comments from writers on a video that's resonated with some of my fears about creating and publishing content is genuinely inspiring. I wish both of you the best of luck in all of your writing endeavors.

@Surllio

Жыл бұрын

I am soon to be in this very same boat. I am 80k words into a draft of my first big novel, and a lot of smaller presses are very interested in it. However, I know with a smaller press also comes a lot of the leg work, but not nearly as much as self publishing. I still want to submit to larger houses but I have gotten myself resigned in the idea that that's a crap shoot based on whatever selection reader just happens to get my draft. I am lucky I have had a small career in film to prepare me for the ideas of rejection and helping with expevations vs ambitions.

Dude, you literally changed how I view the channels i love to watch and changed my view on content creation. Ive been wanting to give it a try and i hope the excitement i got from this video lasts me till i finish my first project. Thanks Super Eyepatch Wolf, youre the best👍

As an audience member, I try to keep in mind that you are just a person who works hard on their videos and loves to share their opinions. It can be really easy to think you're some enigmatic consciousness, totally separate from the real world, but that's a dangerous fallacy. I appreciate everything you upload and the reason is your attitude and clear passion about what you're talking about. It's the number one thing I look for in a creator, even if it's not my favorite thing, because I know it's going to be interesting anyway. I'm both glad to be living in a time where this exists and saddened that it can be so hurtful.

Literally turned the concept of youtube into cosmic "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"-esque horror. Amazing video, 10/10

@JamesDecker7

Жыл бұрын

There was no “turning into”. Meet a few aspiring/collapsed social media “influencers” or “creators” (especially as a psychiatrist) and the pain is like most other artists but frighteningly immediate and visceral. The Algorithm is a truly eldritch horror. But it gives me tasty entertainment. It’s like eating human soul bacon watching content now.

@SpaghettyLuvsU

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesDecker7 Thank you for "human soul bacon", it only gets funnier and more apt the deeper I think on it ❤

@btf_flotsam478

Жыл бұрын

KZread is fucked up, and is probably the best single argument for going back in time and convincing Tim Berners-Lee to hand the Internet to the Swedish government or something (because they're more trustworthy than the alternatives... which, to be honest, may have Boko Haram ahead of private industry).

@dudenamedzelda3179

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean? KZread has basically been AM for years

"Take a deep breath and give up. Don't take advice from people like me who had gone very lucky. Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner saying, "Liquidize your assets, buy powerball tickets. It works!"." - bo burnham

@wmurd

Жыл бұрын

I get it, but then why didn't he gave up right from the start. he start from yt and he also didn't gain popularity from his very first videos

@ng.tr.s.p.1254

Жыл бұрын

@@wmurd he didn't, the hundred thousands others who did the same thing but weren't as lucky as him did.

@PLPCPLAPD

Жыл бұрын

@@wmurd He didn't make his videos in order to get famous or be able to live off of them, he made them FOR FUN to share spoofs with friends and family, but he got lucky and blew up.

@arbs-5164

Жыл бұрын

Didn't think i would meet a fellow bo fan here

You have inspired me so much, I started doing this partly because of you and one of my latest additions didnt do so well, your part at the end about "its ok if no one is watching because that art is for you" genuinely made me feel better. Thank you, and as someone who does this and wants to get to your level one day, I dont see you as "status quo to be dismantled" but rather, the kind of artist I aspire to be. Keep making videos man, I genuinely love your stuff and I hope I can inspire someone one day half as much as you have inspired me.

@madmintentertainment6268

10 ай бұрын

Yo, Ive watched some of your stuff, Keep it up man! when people find you youll blow up in no time!

I love 2 hour long videos! The work eyepatch put into this is very appreciated!

as an animator raised on the internet, i've already accepted failure. i've watched children be boosted to dangerous degrees. being exposed to things like SA, burnout, depression, harrassment/d0xxing,,,everything. ive also watched my friends get some cool jobs and create some amazing things. i always wanted to be that "young and talented" animator on youtube/newgrounds. but its terrifying how the internet chews you up and spits you out. it all seems so possible when its all so fake. this is a nice video shedding some light on the dangerous addictive nature of internet fame. thank you for sharing it with us.

@gray2578

Жыл бұрын

Not an animator, but I am an artist and I can relate. I’m just old enough that while KZread was around the majority of my childhood I didn’t start using it consistently until I was at least 10-12, which is extremely young but older than a lot of children now who start watching from quite literally pre k age. The internet definitely encouraged me to practice art and I’ve considered getting into it, but more than anything it’s exhausting to consider. When there’s a million Elsa Gate adjacent channels and unthinkable amounts of content created far faster and cheaper than any visual artist can actually keep up with, why even try?

@parallaxabomination

Жыл бұрын

@@gray2578 id try for your 12 yr old self honestly. put out the things you want to see for yourself in your own time. artist to artist my guy!

@nullakjg767

Жыл бұрын

Animation is a full time job. You have to be rich to be able to do it "just for funsies" on personal projects.

@oncreativemode5486

Жыл бұрын

@@nullakjg767 ehh, not really Animating doesn't need to be taken seriously. It's just another art form anyone can express themselves with, much like digital painting. There are some free apps for animation out there (Flipaclip, Opentoonz, etc) and you can look up tons of KZread videos about how to animate. Not to mention you don't need to pay an enormous amount of money to cleanup artists, storyboard makers, directors, etc. Especially when you're only do it for funsies. if anything the only thing that you're always gonna be spending is your time (and maybe even your sanity if you're not careful.)

@canonicallykayfabe

Жыл бұрын

Fandom animation, especially for ongoing fandoms still releasing content just absolutely sucks. It's all gotta be a race to do things first.

The "slot machine" approach to youtube success does make a lot of sense.... specifically from the perspective of someone making an online course about how to succeed on youtube. Sure, the actual odds that any individual student will succeed are vanishingly small, but nearly 100% of people it does work for will credit that course for their success, meaning you get more testimonials and more suck- uh... "success stories waiting to happen" signing up from that new creator's audience. it's really not unlike a Casino in that sense. Very few of your customers will actually come out on top, but everyone who walks in thinks they'll be the one.

@EggheadsGuide

Жыл бұрын

Wait I thought eyepatch had a restraining order against you... or was it the other way around?

@fraggerlagger

Жыл бұрын

basement thoughts

@fihess

Жыл бұрын

O

@dinogt8477

Жыл бұрын

you are a fraud

@justrobYT

Жыл бұрын

Remember when you were part of the Procrastinators Podcast at the height of their edgy racism? Will that be in your course?

I'm entering the indie animation and illustration industry. Watched from start to finish. All I can say is thank you for your efforts and sharing your experience :)

Honestly, this video really hits hard as an independent freelance artist. I've thought about going into youtube or twitch for art or games just for fun, just because I've had the thought of "Hey, this could be good for a job!" But I've always known it's not all what it seems to be, because I accidentally had a post that went way out of control exactly one time. And this really does capture both the addictive way the numbers go up feeling is, and how it feels dealing with people who you don't even know who... hate you for reasons that you both are super aware of, and that are completely unfounded. I still think about it sometimes, but I have very solidly decided that I never want to be viral. I only ever would want it to be a fun thing... but it's not really my choice, in all reality.

My great granfather was a painter and he hasn't sold any of his paitings. My family still has these and i asked myself a question why he kept going. Now i realised that he was and is a true chad because he just did what he loved

@HenrythePaleoGuy

Жыл бұрын

Now that's some awesome stuff.

I've recently taken up some responsibilities for my family's small business, specifically with regards to social media and a focus on Instagram. Because the follower count isn't raising, my aunt's terrified that we'll have to close the shop because she's been so convinced by other creators in our industry that social media growth is the only avenue for success. And it's really baffling to see that pressure being put on just average people. Content creation and capitalism are destroying people.

@JP-1990

Жыл бұрын

When you're stuck in the rat race, you start acting as paranoid as a rat.

@bluester7177

Жыл бұрын

I am a tattoo artist and I feel this so much, I hate social media but I can't escape it and its really hard to see it not do anything.

So glad I watched this! Refreshing, sincere, open and honest- loved how it was summarised at the end! Do ‘IT’ for you! Do what you enjoy making, and what are naturally gifted with and enjoy sharing YOUR art!

after almost 8 years here... the start of the final third cuts deep for small channels

It’s actually insane how KZread is designed to make you feel inadequate at all levels of popularity. There were multiple times were I felt great pressure to post weekly-sometimes even daily-only to stop and realize “This isn’t my job. I made no money doing this. No one is actually interested in these videos. Why am I so stressed about wether I upload or not?”

@MP-fc7qt

Жыл бұрын

And they still pretend to care about creators despite all evidence to the contrary. As if a visible dislike bar is worse than shoving a video ranking system into people's faces that tells them how disappointed daddy KZread is that they don't make record views on every new upload.

@Fearmylogic

Жыл бұрын

But yet, youtube will disable the dislike button, because it's damaging to the creator.... YT is ran by a bunch of assholes, who do nothing but lie, to even the biggest channels, because the dislike button makes Jimmy Fallon, or some movie trailer look terrible when it has 3x more dislikes than likes.

@ralphwilsin

Жыл бұрын

Bro it’s all about the grind! Grrrr! 🐯

@dralinkushinen

Жыл бұрын

@@ralphwilsin With a massive S for Sarcasm.... right?

@rainydot5442

Жыл бұрын

@@dralinkushinen i feel like the sarcasm is a given w the Grrr 🐯

I was skeptical at first, but despite being a real live talking tiger he had a lot of good points to make

@arcengal

Жыл бұрын

Check out John Bois if you're into tiger creators. It's a real niche but it's good to know tigers have representation online.

@reloadpsi

Жыл бұрын

Just make sure he doesn't put a red bandana on. Twitter will hijack his entire character.

As someone who is aspiring to start their channel, this has been an eye opener. Thank you for sharing your story, and its help me evaluate what I can do for myself.

Wow. Have been loving your content since you blew up. I don't know why I decided to skip this one. I never truly realized the stress and psychology behind content creation. Honestly, I just love the passion you put into you content. It really shows and it makes me happy you can enjoy this great career. The Final Gamer doesn't listen to the haters.

One thing that John didn't mention talking about the streaming is that he has a pre established audience. If those techniques didn't work for him they certainly won't for you or me

@princesseville6889

Жыл бұрын

Yea its a HUGE mathematical difference between 1,2 million people seeing a "John is Streaming" popup or literally noone because John just fucking started his channel. Having an audience to start with is ALL the diffence. Even giant contenct creators have small streaming audiences, its almost impossible to "crack the code" and get to their level while being the average Joe.

@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, if anything, that only makes his arguments stronger.

@gorimbaud

Жыл бұрын

I think that's why it's really important that he gave the numbers from the week before, and ultimately concluded that the numbers don't really say anything.

@funguy398

Жыл бұрын

@@gorimbaud well, one thing is fore certain is when you jump platform with established audience, you will get some followers on the new platform at first, but the time goes by the flow of old followers will dry

@krombopulos_michael

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought the same. His numbers for either week would be hugely impressive for a normal person. Likely, the drop-off was just down to having a spike in the first week from people who were already fans.

In the German KZread community we have a word for this obsession with analytics. We call it "Zahlenkrankheit" wich translates directly to Numbersickness and its so true because it is a sickness

@liptoncunningham6666

Жыл бұрын

German is such a cool language in this way, thank you for sharing this!

@shadow_shine3578

Жыл бұрын

Ok I'm using that now.

@wanderinghistorian

Жыл бұрын

Man I love German. Something new comes up and y'all just jam a bunch of words together to make a new thing. Awesome.

@tomgu2285

Жыл бұрын

@@wanderinghistorian that kinda exist in every language...

@SpinningTurtle66

Жыл бұрын

@@tomgu2285 Well of course it exists in every language, Germany is just especially known for its borderline comedic compound words

hi sam here from South Africa .Being 50 im not a big social media person ,but have been through a hell of a lot in the last few years.Iiv lost my entire family and have found myself in a lot of new situations and have revalued all that i have known before . Thank you so much for your honest view to the you tube thing as i have been thinking about starting a post about what im going through and how im coping and dealing with what i find laid in frount of me to get on and get the shit on with things . I value your advice and words on how to build a chanale. im not realy looking for a job out of this i have my wn small buisness in wellness. i just want to help anyone that finds themselves in a similar situation and mabey let them know theyr not alone and mabey to feel like im not alone. Again thank you for your honest content and advice . sorry for shit spelling .thanx .Sam

@bzipoli

4 ай бұрын

hi, sam. hope you're feeling better. hugs from brazil

I just want to say thank you for this video...I'm an aspiring KZreadr and tears are running down my cheeks while typing this. It feels so good to be told that your value and the value of your art has nothing to do with the numbers. That as long as it makes you happy that's all that matters. In some ways this video makes me feel alleviated by the thought of perhaps not becoming a KZreadr, that perhaps I'm not a worthless sag of dirt if I decide to go off and do something else.

@Manigeitora

10 ай бұрын

The honest advice I have, as someone who has considered it but never actually given KZread/streaming/content creation a real shot as a career, is this: Be passionate, be optimistic, but also be realistic. Like the statistics in this video show, the likelihood that someone will actually make a career out of content creation is incredibly slim. But those few success stories are the stories of the ones that stuck with it, that refused to give up on their dream. Yet, innumerable are the number of people who simply had to abandon that dream and do something else. Not everyone is going to make it, that's true of literally any industry in the world. Don't let the odds discourage you from trying, but do let them keep your expectations in check. And at the end of the day, forget the numbers, and focus on having made something that you can be proud of. That's the most important part.

My dad recently said to me, "These days, with the internet, no one has any excuse not to become a millionaire." He's totally wrong, though.

@Ramsey276one

Жыл бұрын

Top excuse: JAIL TIME

@npc6817

Жыл бұрын

Just hit him with the ol'reliable "what's stopping you then _DAD?"_

@neoasura

Жыл бұрын

@@npc6817 Thats actually a good retort. Unless dad is already a millionaire??

@trashman1605

Жыл бұрын

My dad wants me to make "family vlog" style videos because they recently became popular in Egypt and i puked in my mouth a little bit

@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick

Жыл бұрын

Ask him what his excuse is.

"Just do what algorithm tells" is such a joyful answer to hear for people who seek youtube only for easy money with abosutely zero effort just like they've heard about it from others.

@joaopedrosambatti2474

Жыл бұрын

I know linking yt videos on comments is suspicious, but this guy has a great video about the algorithm and mediocrity kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4SW1KaOdbjOebA.html

It's silly how much this helped me, I decided to listen to it randomly tonight. I wanted to draw tonight, and over the course of this video you reminded me why I love doing art. Not even to show to people though I do enjoy showing it to people. I do art just for fun, for me, it's why i keep all my old art up on every account because at one point I was proud of it like I'm proud of what I make now. Thank you for reminding me that attention isn't everything, and maybe I'll never get the skills to be great, and even if I do maybe I'll never get the recognition but that's okay, because I love my art. I love it as it is.

Hey man, just wanted to say, I have somehow never had your videos come across my feed. And I consumer A LOT of content, lol. I ABSOLUTELY loved your video, you are genuine, sincere and obviously care deeply about the content you produce, and are so honest with your viewers. You hold yourself accountable, and are a breath of fresh air. Just subbed, thanks so much!

As a self published author, that last line struck a chord with me as a human that writes books that nobody reads

@jonathanwright8025

Жыл бұрын

Well most Oscar winners make movies no one sees.

@jinchuriki7022

Жыл бұрын

Whats the books you have?

@tarasummerville4295

Жыл бұрын

@@jinchuriki7022 aw thanks for asking! My recent book is called Mercuryville on Amazon (and my two other books are under my author profile) :)

@FFKonoko

Жыл бұрын

I tried googling for it, then tried searching amazon directly. I tried mercuryville, and then tried Mercury ville. It took searching for Tara summerville to find the author profile, and thus the books. Amazon is absolutely awful. 😔 That said your books have some very mysterious summaries and I think the hunt was worthwhile. But just so anyone else following after knows, author name and profile is going to be the best way to find them.

@tarasummerville4295

Жыл бұрын

@@FFKonoko thanks so much!:) that’s incredibly frustrating about Amazon. I mean, I don’t expect my little nobody books to be on the front page, but I’d at least hope they’d show up when you’re looking for them!!

A true guide to cracking the youtube algorithm: Step 1: Learn Computer Science Step 2: Specialize in machine learning and AI Step 3: Become LITERALLY one of the most brilliant people in the field Step 4: Get hired by google (probably the easiest step in this list) Step 5: Do something that not even your peers can by cracking the neural network in front of you bigger than anything you could visualize. You see - it's possible. And it just takes 5 steps and probably 10-20 years. And you even get one of these cool prizes like a noble prize or something in the end.

@Immadeus

Жыл бұрын

Step 6: Give up because even though you are the best in your field, the KZread algorithm is beyond your understanding

@Wherrimy

Жыл бұрын

By the time you get to Step 5, the algorithm will become sentient and will possess godlike intelligence

@aidangordon2713

Жыл бұрын

@@Immadeus Step 7: Use all your skills to create Skynet from the Youtbe algorithm as revenge for your mistreatment, lol.

@ralphwilsin

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan 💻

You've really done something remarkable here. This is more than a video about "content" creation. It's a video about creativity. As a would-be "creative type" myself, I find the closing remarks particularly resonant. If I only feel motivated to create by the promise of validation, whether fiscal or otherwise, then I shouldn't be creating. If the fear of rejection is keeping me from creating, then it's time to reassess so that I can again. Thank you.

I love how you build narration in your videos. It has quality of a good story. I am not even aspiring to be youtube creator, but I enjoyed the talk about these topics very much.

About a month or so ago, I was lucky enough to meet Eyeptach Wolf in person at MCM London. Super chill guy, had a good talk about Manwha, but I remember mentioning how he's one of my inspirations for starting to write blogs, and how I've been struggling with motivation to write due to lack of any meaningful comments or discussions spawning from them. I know it's a dying/dead form of discussion, but my lack of confidence in getting a YT channel up means that it feels like my primary way of expressing my views in fiction (I have friends but they're more into the VS debates side of things. Nothing against them, but it's difficult to grab their attention on thematic dissections, ya know?) He mentioned he was working on this video, and seeing it come to fruition is a little surreal. Still, I also very distinctly remember him mentioning something to the effect of what this video was saying. That part at the end with how the art should be for ourselves really reminded me of what I talked to him about, as well as what I asked Trash Taste at the same con. Fuck the views or responses, if I enjoy making it then who gives a shit? To be honest, I haven't started any writing since then, but I just wanna say thanks for the shot in the arm. I know this comment is probably going to get buried, and it probably reeks of borderline parasocial shlock, but I just want to say, cheers for the message. I'll try and write something soon, be it buried, shit or otherwise.

@anonymous71207

Жыл бұрын

hell fuckin yeah friend.

@AzaleaBu

Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome, do you have a link to any of your writing? I have a similar situation and don't have many friends who like to go into thematic discussion, so I'd love to read some of your stuff

@salmonandsoup

Жыл бұрын

Listen, it's parasocial (non-derogatory). You can't really stop making emotional attachments to people; the whole point of our species is to bond. As long as you don't think he's an Actual Friend Of Yours and Therefore Get Mad At Him For Things And He Doesn't Remember That You Exist, it's fine.

@jb0258

Жыл бұрын

Your comment here is not buried at all. Hope you achieve anything/everything you put your mind to (:

@toastom

Жыл бұрын

Recently I've been watching more and more of these long-form video essays on youtube from people like SuperEyepatchWolf and BobbyBroccoli. This has also got me thinking about doing something like this on my own, though since I'm no good at videos, maybe also in a blog or traditional written essay form. The videos about The Simpsons and Garfield and finding grander themes in this media has really sparked the creative side of my brain recently I guess, even though I've never really been one super into creative writing in school. I wish you luck on your work!

Super eye patch wolfs "villain speeches" about how hes gonna infiltrate the youtubers courses, get to the top and destroy them from the inside out. Just perfect. 10/10.

This video reached me at exactly the right time. I just recorded a video about how I’m changing my content to more reflect what I want to do. I spent my weekend not editing it because the burnout of making daily videos that I don’t even like to sometimes no views has got me in the deepest funk I’ve been in my entire adult life. This gave me the push to make content for me, not the crappy MLM that is social media

Thanks Eyepatch. This video really helped reconnect my love for drawing again as I used to worry what others would think. Now I’m creating art the way I want it to be.

I immediately respect a youtuber more when they blur the kids in family vlog footage. Good on you, man.

@edatthegovernance

Жыл бұрын

And even the kids chasing Jake Paul's promises. Class act.

It's weird seeing people pushing this as a moneymaking venture. Like teaching an artistic craft is fairly typical, but usually it's to teach you to enjoy it and use it to express yourself. I've never seen a music teacher who says they're going to share the secrets to headlining Glastonbury or getting a platinum album or something, but that's what these courses are doing.

@alexc6088

Жыл бұрын

It's also very, very lucrative to sell that narrative because for most people, real jobs are fucking toxic hell holes existing in a capitalist waste land. Like seriously, we live in a time where Disney owns like 90% of your childhood, housing prices are going out of control to the point where if you're on minimum wage you're fucked into renting for the rest of your life. And to top all of that off, lawmakers are bought and paid for by significant capitalist shareholders. And to top that all off rabid individualist culture fracturing people into accepting only individualist solutions. So of course people are going to flock to whatever money making scheme fits their cup of piss. It's why immediately when I started watching this video I got flashbacks to Nu-F-Tease and the "Crypto rush" followed by a subsequent crash.

@aerickmon3350

Жыл бұрын

I always thought that’s how it should be regarded or mostly at least An art,not a venture to be honest

@aerickmon3350

Жыл бұрын

It’s an art,not a venture,because like the idea of the starving artist, it’s a dangerous game that instead will play with you,rather than you playing it It’ll toy with you and your psyche trying to get yourself to win,so rather regard it as something that is,not something to win or lose

@lovablesnowman

Жыл бұрын

I mean that's nice and all but youtubers make serious bank for a minimal amount of work. There's obviously going to be a huge amount of people who want be rich while simultaneously not having to actually do much to achieve it.

@musicexams5258

Жыл бұрын

Pursing content creation for the sake of making money feels like building a house on sand

I'm nobody but my little ant hills in life have put me in a tailspin. Watching this made me cry out feeling I didn't know I had. Even though I'm not a creator I have felt those same emotions in the same order for similar reasons. Thank you for helping me feel like I'm not alone and love the ending where you're encouraging to express ourselves through making something!

Damn...that 2nd half hit home close. I'm playing in diy hardcore/Metal band that tried to professionalize and make it in the industry. Overusing Spotify artists checking metrics. Thank you for sharing!

Long story short: for most people, youtube has to be a part time job. Not only is maintaining a channel stressful, but having to rely solely on a channel for your entire income can be corrosive to your mental health.

@maineman5757

Жыл бұрын

The way how some of these youtubers talk it's A LOT of work. Way more work than a regular 9-5. It's fun work or at least it should be anyway if you're making stuff you want instead of grinding and chasing trends.

@giulioceresini1435

Жыл бұрын

@@maineman5757 This can be applied to any self-employed person. In a 9-5 most of the times your performance only partially influences your income, if at all. If you are self-employed everything you do lays its consequences on you: you are the one directly benefiting the same way you are the one directly damaged by your own doing. This is not something strange that just creators face, every job comes with its perks, but also its hardships. It is fair stating that people should not romanticize the job to the degree it is right now, but it is what it is. Being a athlete is also a lot of work, nonetheless has been a very desired career path in the past years. Internet creators are just the 'new athletes' to the eyes of the consumer. Its equally fair to state that being a creator isn't the hardest job or the nightmare sometimes people try make it seem. If it was, nobody would be doing it. Work its work, it will always be hard, you can only go so long doing something everyday and loving it to the fullest.

@teratoma.

Жыл бұрын

@@giulioceresini1435 man, youve put into words perfectly why i fear starting freelancing and get paid 5x as much instead of continuing my relaxed web dev job where i work effectively 4h and have minimal worries

@ripplecutter233

Жыл бұрын

once upon a time youtube was mostly just for fun. monetization wasn't a thing. I miss that. there's still a ton of small channels like that and I always seek them out.

@MrMarinus18

Жыл бұрын

One thing I have noticed is that almost all big content creators on youtube are from middle class origin. I think the reason for that is because schools especially at higher level just really teach the skills for content creators like creative thinking, setting up work flows and other such things.

The part about the kids blaming themselves when it doesn't work out should not be underestimated; having been diagnosed with autism at age 5 and having undiagnosed ADHD, pretty much everyone has always expected me to be able to do the things that most people can do in order to live a "normal" life, but I simply can't, and until I realized I had ADHD at age 33 I kept blaming myself, actually believing that I was just a lazy good-for-nothing loser, despite my ability to dominate in academic settings... "I can do it, and therefore YOU can do it!" is a powerful and extremely misguided gaslighting that does no one any good whatsoever, except for people like Jake Paul who cash in on it of course...

@thisrandomdude_

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for writing this.

@zacharypayne4080

Жыл бұрын

ADHD isn't real..I was diagnosed with it in the 90's.. it's a scam. nothing is wrong with you...get rid of the slave, victim mentality and escape the matrix..then you will be truly free! If I did anyone can..

@PLPCPLAPD

Жыл бұрын

@@zacharypayne4080 Well, it is real, but it is not what most people think it is...

@cranberryrosebud

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It's interesting you used something like ADHD as a comparison, because I was recently thinking about how people with mental/developmental/learning disorders are always being put down for not having the same skills as neurotypical or chemically-balanced people, and being told they're 'weak' and whatnot. Looking at a pattern of human behaviour or action and deciding on a standard, then holding tightly onto that standard and refusing to accept any other metric is reallly unhealthy, and we do it all the time - you should be working x hours a day, or a week, you should have x amount of contact with others, you should react to x like this, and to y like that, because Jake Paul does it that way, and Ninja does it that way, and your parents did it that way. And this line of thinking rarely accounts for differences between people. This could affect you as a content creator to a great extent; not so good at speaking? It'll be really hard to feel confident in your recorded voice, and you'll have to work harder than others to come up with your final draft for a video. Camera-shy? You'll have to work harder than others to appear confident enough to 'prove' that you believe in what you're saying in your video. Socially anxious and people-pleasing? You may focus so much on one or two hate comments that you'll get discouraged from making videos altogether. And if you're young, and you look up to, say, Jake Paul, it may not occur to you to not think about numbers, because he boasts his all the time - it may not occur to you to make audio-only videos with footage of something else in the background, because he's always showing his face - it may not occur to you that it's normal not be confident while speaking, because he sounds so sure of everything he says. A lot of us are comparing ourselves to people we just can't be like, and social media encourages this in countless ways.

@PLPCPLAPD

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@@cranberryrosebud Indeed...

I think this was a brave video to put out. And it was really great for anyone who was inspired by you, so honest without being brutal.