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Yeah, I don't blame him for not wanting to make this kind of content at all. His answer to why kinda sums it up perfectly: > It’s something I’ve always wanted

by CM30 3y ago

Yeah, I don't blame him for not wanting to make this kind of content at all. His answer to why kinda sums it up perfectly: > It’s something I’ve always wanted to avoid doing because people are immediately rewarded for it, and then you have a very strong incentive to make worse videos that make your life sadder, because of the income and attention it can bring you. Drama videos are like culture war videos in that they draw a certain audience in quickly and in large numbers. So once you make one, it can become very tempting to look at the stats of the video and how quickly your audience is seemingly growing, and pivot entirely to that type of content. We see that all the time with tech and gaming channels for example. They start off talking about Linux operating systems and new game releases, then end up either going down the "oh my god [YouTuber name] is such a scumbag!" or [latest movie] is SJW written woke trash!" route, sacrificing all that made their work interesting in the process. So it makes sense he was hesitant to make such a video here. The topic tends to bring in the kind of audience you don't want as a creator, and can end up incentivising you to change from talking about varied, interesting things to talking about the same reality TV level trash that floods much of the platform.

atoav 3y ago
To be honest HBomberguy could do a video on the merits of watching paint dry and I'd probably watch it. That guy is just intelligent, compassionate, funny and has a big heart.
chii 3y ago
that's why the smarter, more business oriented content creators make separate channels for separate types of content, and only cross promote using the channel audience to get the initial "kick". as an example, the well known channel "economics explained" has found that there's a lot of political content when talking about economics of a country. It brings in different and perhaps undesirable audiences - in the comments for example, arguing. Instead of changing, their (correct, imho) move is to create a new channel ("context matters"), which discusses geopolitical events and such, but cross promote it so that it gets a head start in the algorithm. A youtube channel is a business. Don't let it be personal. Go where the money is, but also keep your integrity. Use smarts to avoid breakdowns in incentives.

by CM30 3y ago

atoav 3y ago

To be honest HBomberguy could do a video on the merits of watching paint dry and I'd probably watch it. That guy is just intelligent, compassionate, funny and has a big heart.

chii 3y ago

that's why the smarter, more business oriented content creators make separate channels for separate types of content, and only cross promote using the channel audience to get the initial "kick". as an example, the well known channel "economics explained" has found that there's a lot of political content when talking about economics of a country. It brings in different and perhaps undesirable audiences - in the comments for example, arguing. Instead of changing, their (correct, imho) move is to create a new channel ("context matters"), which discusses geopolitical events and such, but cross promote it so that it gets a head start in the algorithm. A youtube channel is a business. Don't let it be personal. Go where the money is, but also keep your integrity. Use smarts to avoid breakdowns in incentives.