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I'm debating the pros and cons of making satirical political content for YouTube, but I value my privacy and personal information. Its especially concerning because I think it could easily be taken the wrong way by people or piss people off. I really don't want to incur the wrath of the internet. Seeing people get doxxed and all that nonsense. No thanks. But then I wonder if there's a way to still produce the content and stay anonymous? Anyone here given it a shot on YouTube for fun/profit? What steps should one follow if they want to start a channel and keep their life separate from it?
 
I'm debating the pros and cons of making satirical political content for YouTube, but I value my privacy and personal information.

Don't do it.

Part of being famous, even on a small level, is having a large chunk of you belonging to the public. If you don't have the patience for that, it's not worth doing.
 
I'm debating the pros and cons of making satirical political content for YouTube, but I value my privacy and personal information. Its especially concerning because I think it could easily be taken the wrong way by people or piss people off. I really don't want to incur the wrath of the internet.

And stop. You're done.
 
You're not going to start out with millions of views the moment you start your channel. I think you're way too far ahead of yourself dreaming up that you'll have a ton of followers. You may get your grandma to give you a view and some close friends at first and that's it. Also, if people want to find out information about you they will. Just don't go broadcasting it and stay in character.

If you want nobody to give a fuck about you try radio.
 
What would you do that I couldn't find anywhere else? What would be the incentive to watch you over something like the Daily Show? Those are the things you have to figure out if you are serious about this.
 
Pat from TBFP is on NeoGAF. Think his handle is "Snapshot King." Maybe PM him?

(Sorry for the unsolicited attention Pat)
 
What would you do that I couldn't find anywhere else? What would be the incentive to watch you over something like the Daily Show? Those are the things you have to figure out if you are serious about this.
Not trying to compete with the daily show. This would be more of an Ali G kinda thing. Ridiculous character not to be taken seriously, but some people inevitably would.

First couple of replies have struck a nerve. I think I'll just forget about it. The idea of death threats and whatnot is not enough for it to be worth it. Lock thread, etc. Thanks everyone.
 
In my experience of running my podcast, just be cautious at all times. Be self-aware, and know that if you say something extremely controversial, there may be repercussions. Be prepared to stand by anything you've said that has pissed somebody off, and back up your opinions with facts, and well thought out details. Do not react harshly, as that only makes things much worse. Also be able to tell the typical YouTube wieners apart from people who actually have something to say. You need to have thick skin to take a lot of crap, but be able to admit when you're wrong.

It's a difficult balancing act, but it's doable. Good luck if you decide to pursue this further!

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First couple of replies have struck a nerve.

If we've already struck a nerve, then I say yeah. You're probably better off forgetting about it. YouTube is way more harsh than your friends here on GAF.
 
You're not going to start out with millions of views the moment you start your channel. I think you're way too far ahead of yourself dreaming up that you'll have a ton of followers. You may get your grandma to give you a view and some close friends at first and that's it. Also, if people want to find out information about you they will. Just don't go broadcasting it and stay in character.

Yea this is the thing to keep in mind. The odds of your channel gaining any actual traction is like .001%. There are literally millions and millions of youtube channels, very few go anywhere.
 
One of my friends is a reasonably popular Pokemon youtuber that just had a video hit 5 million views. It's kinda weird for me to think about.
 
The Twitch Streamers who make a living from their popular twitch streams blow my mind. All those people donating to watch someone play games.


This podcast with Jordan Gilbert "c9n0thing" (of CS:GO) is hilarious. Joe Rogans world is being rocked as he is taken into the world of streaming. He himself was severely addicted to Quake, but haven't been following up on gaming. It's funny seeing someone who is legitimately "traditionally famous" be floored by this new internet fame. They crash a few other streams, he gets mad at league of legends and other stuff : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPFhL_g5Mo

He also spends some time explaining just how much time he spends on it. It sounds very consuming. Like a full time job consuming. So you need to be very skilled, a community builder, able to ask for donations to make an income and have a charming enough personality for people to want to watch you blabble about random stuff.
 
Someone I went to school with is a pretty successful vlogger. She does a series of videos called "10 reasons why" which are very popular and have gotten her alot of attention. Personally, I don't rate her comedy, but she seems to have alot of fun with it, and any hassle she gets seems to be from thirsty guys rather than genuine agg or threats of any kind.
 
I was going to start a videogames channel myself a while ago and I even recorded a couple of videos, but honestly looking into it there are so many people vying for attention and a lot of decent channels with only hundreds or maybe a couple of thousand subscribers, and I don't see any way to stand out against all of that.
 
Ask Jim Sterling?

He's relatively "minor"in the grand scheme of things,

The biggest one on here is probably jacksepticeye, he has nearly 6 million subscribers, although sorry if you're reading this but your gaming channel has one common trait with a lot of the other popular gaming channels....

You all scream and shout and are very obnoxious, I get it, I get it, it's not aimed at people like myself, and you're "playing a character". Younger kids seem to love it, 12 year olds nowadays spend more time on YouTube than watching traditional TV it seems, but my god I can't watch more than a few minutes of any of it.

Good luck to people who are successful, I'd love to get paid large amounts of money for uploading and editing videos of me playing games while talking shit.
 
Value your privacy?

Do it with sockpuppets like in your avatar.

And get them to send the fat YouTube checks to 123 Fake Street.
 
I am quiet a famous Hookah Reviewer here in Germany (ShishaForU) and back then people watched us for our personality...soo... I guess I count in? :)

I've got a video with 650k views, that's it
I didn't monetize it. Is that a mistake ?

Big mistake - would have been worth a few bucks. ;-)
 
I'm debating the pros and cons of making satirical political content for YouTube, but I value my privacy and personal information. Its especially concerning because I think it could easily be taken the wrong way by people or piss people off. I really don't want to incur the wrath of the internet. Seeing people get doxxed and all that nonsense. No thanks. But then I wonder if there's a way to still produce the content and stay anonymous? Anyone here given it a shot on YouTube for fun/profit? What steps should one follow if they want to start a channel and keep their life separate from it?

You won't have to worry about any of that unless you get big.

To be honest it seems many people are trying to "jump on this YouTube thing" but very few make it.

A lot of people that are big now jumped on YouTube before it was what it is today, chances are whatever type of content you decide to make there'll be a shit load of other people doing it, and likely doing it better than you.

Ways to keep your privacy? Obvious ones really, don't show your face, use your real details etc. if you show your face the rest of the details are irrelevant as if you get big someone you know in real life will recognise you and word of mouth on things like real name etc spread quickly online, especially if someone doesn't like you.

The reality is if you ever got big enough your privacy would be compromised in some way, it's not possible nowadays to be famous while anonymous.

But again as I said the chances of you shooting to YouTube personality status are very slim anyway.
 
I am quiet a famous Hookah Reviewer here in Germany (ShishaForU) and back then people watched us for our personality...soo... I guess I count in? :)



Big mistake - would have been worth a few bucks. ;-)

like how much we talking ?
anyway I uploaded it a while ago it just got some views over the time. It's probably kind of copyrighted too (it's from a TV show) so I wouldn't have been able to anyway
 
like how much we talking ?
anyway I uploaded it a while ago it just got some views over the time. It's probably kind of copyrighted too (it's from a TV show) so I wouldn't have been able to anyway

Possibly a couple of hundred if that at a push.

The real big money comes from things on the side, as your popularity increases offers come in from various companies be it product placement, or promotion of their products services in your videos etc, views alone don't really equal big bucks. However a channel that starts getting consistent views in large amounts attracts the attention of the right people and the rest falls into place. You also get a higher cut from adverts, and certain companies choose to place adverts on your channel. Plus you then start attracting the more famous media agencies etc who can really help your "career".

YouTube is more of a stepping stone to earn, the likes of Zoella is a perfect example, she's got her fingers in so many pies that she could quit YouTube Today and still get the bucks.

Look at the Charlie bit my finger video as an example, the views alone wasn't the main source of income on that one hit wonder, it was the promotion, and merchandise etc that they then milked. It was laughable seeing them trying to do more videos after that though and failing miserably to try and cash in.

Another misconception is views alone equal bucks, it doesn't, the viewing time has a big effect too. Have you ever seen those click bait videos on YouTube to try and get views? Whether it be a naked women, or some bullshit title of a subject that's trending, they fail despite views, the "watch time" is shit as people view and close very quickly. The top tier advertising don't want to associate themselves with channels/videos like that, the chances of the creative and media agencies contacting them is even slimmer.

The popular Youtubers attract more viewers than big budget TV shows on their videos, advertising agencies etc want a slice of that potential market, and you know how on TV advertising at certain times e.g prime time, and or during certain shows costs more money? Like advertising during the Super Bowl is more expensive than getting a slot at 2am in the morning with no viewers. Well the principle is the same in YouTube, a popular YouTuber has more "power" and are given bigger cuts of the advertising revenue.

Someone getting a few hundred thousand views on one of their video isn't going to be offered a big cut, or have the big companies falling over themselves trying to get adverts on your channel. And it's not adverts themselves that earn you money, watch time, and clicks on the adverts earn you money.

Who's going to click on some random advert full of shit like a washing machine advert in a KSI video, but there's more chance of a big companies getting a click, or someone sitting through the advert, for example a FIFA 16 video on a KSI Video is going to get clicks, and people are more likely to watch the FIFA advert. It's a cycle...and the likes of EA want to advertise on a popular FIFA YouTuber. The chances are if you had monetised it you'd get the shitty washing machine advert lol

Man these Youtubers even have sponsorship deals with gaming chairs, there's a reason certain gaming chairs are featured in their videos....
 
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