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> What data do you have to back this up? Exactly! That's what people fail to see: it doesn't matter how hard you worked and how good you are - if there's hundr

by brabel 6y ago

> What data do you have to back this up? Exactly! That's what people fail to see: it doesn't matter how hard you worked and how good you are - if there's hundreds of people doing the same as you (and I assume for anything that can "explode" on YT and become something worth 200K a month, there always is), your chances are extremely small, even if you actually happen to be THE BEST (which you can never really know, of course), because someone with just a little less talent, or who put a little less effort, might just happen to know another famous youtuber, or come up with slightly better marketing, or by chance get famous on some important forum because a respected poster mentioned their channel, and really hundreds of other things that would keep you from becoming the one taking all the attraction. Once they make it big, they can invest on their channel (buy professional tools, pay professional artists for illustrations etc) and start producing stuff that leaves your stuff in the dust, quickly compensating for their initial "inferiority".

tomhoward 6y ago
> if there's hundreds of people doing the same as you If you're disagreeing with me because you're thinking I'm talking about the case of someone doing the same thing as hundreds of other people, then you're reacting to a straw man interpretation of what I said. You can only succeed if you are doing something unique. That applies to media just as it does to entrepreneurship.
nickfromseattle 6y ago
Chances are someone won't be the best. >ecause someone with just a little less talent, or who put a little less effort, might just happen to know another famous youtuber, or come up with slightly better marketing, or by chance get famous on some important forum because a respected poster mentioned their channel, and really hundreds of other things that would keep you from becoming the one taking all the attraction. All these things could happen to you also, even if you're not the best.

by brabel 6y ago

tomhoward 6y ago

> if there's hundreds of people doing the same as you If you're disagreeing with me because you're thinking I'm talking about the case of someone doing the same thing as hundreds of other people, then you're reacting to a straw man interpretation of what I said. You can only succeed if you are doing something unique. That applies to media just as it does to entrepreneurship.

nickfromseattle 6y ago

Chances are someone won't be the best. >ecause someone with just a little less talent, or who put a little less effort, might just happen to know another famous youtuber, or come up with slightly better marketing, or by chance get famous on some important forum because a respected poster mentioned their channel, and really hundreds of other things that would keep you from becoming the one taking all the attraction. All these things could happen to you also, even if you're not the best.