Jackasses making millions on YouTube for their "job", how do you feel about it?

AustriaBargain on 04/08/2022 - 14:43
Last edited 04/08/2022 - 22:22

Teenagers making millions just from recording themselves playing video games and trash talking other YouTubers, people just "reacting" to videos and shilling Nord VPN every single video making millions every year, it feels so strange to me. And then there's millions of YouTubers who wish they could become popular and wealthy, pumping out daily videos that no one watches. And there must be plenty of people hustling on YouTube who are coming away with an average income of like 60k a year or so.

Personally it grinds my gears, because I'm not attractive or charismatic enough for it to be me. But really it seems wild to me that there are teenagers out there making millions doing something that they would probably be happy to do for free anyway.

Maybe relevant, but many years ago I did upload a video to YouTube, a recording of an amateur skit at a local convention, which got about 250,000 views and was offered monetisation by YouTube. I accepted it because why not, but I didn't really get many more views after that so never made money. And I didn't have any more content to upload, it was just a random thing I recorded and uploaded, roughly edited with Windows Movie Maker. I guess I had zero motivation or desire to get into that kind of thing.

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    • AustriaBargain on 08/08/2022 - 23:18
      +1

      Wouldn't want to offend millionaire YouTubers with negativity 🧐

  • Cave Fire on 09/08/2022 - 03:14

    Think about the big picture. While the videos look "amatuer" or personal, they usually have at least a small team behind them. The teen could even be a paid actor in some cases. The background corporates can also support multiple youtubers at the same time. They can then use them to create and maintain trends.

  • poochi on 09/08/2022 - 10:36

    I have nothing against content creators that post original and creative content.

    What I find objectionable are YouTubers that just post low effort reaction videos to other media. IMO that's basically copyright infringement.

  • Kurutta on 09/08/2022 - 13:04

    Rather than complaining about the success of others and trying to push them down, you might want to think about why you weren't successful in your stint. There are plenty of successful youtubers or streamers who aren't good looking but they put in a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears to put out content week in, week out. They persisted and kept improving on their contents by analysing why the previous video didn't work out.

    Not good looking? Don't show your face.
    Not charismatic? Use a voice over professional who can add their charisma to your video.
    Don't have content? Be more serious and put more time and effort into it.

    There are plenty of ways to work around the "obstacles" you think are holding you back. And it's up to you to decide whether you want overcome them to pursue the success you wanted.

  • Awoke on 10/08/2022 - 21:32

    Sounds like someone is a little jealous. Come on, admit it. You’re just pissed you didn’t think of it.

  • Mumbles on 11/08/2022 - 19:41

    I actually don't mind and am amoral about how content producers get famous or the amount of earnings on free social media platforms.

    You got to remember everything is fake and its a form of entertainment. Think radio shock jocks, drive home radio banter, morning TV talk show hosts with their mindless banter. If you are angry about online celebrities then you have to be angry about the other banter on TV and radio mediums too.

    On the plus side the internet celebrity is catering to the viewer's human needs. Celebrities will regularly say positive platitudes like "I love each of you". This is a good thing to hear and does no harm.

    The bad side is its a one way communication medium where the celebrity is lying to their viewers and doesn't really want any viewers finding out how to contact them in real life like mobile phone numbers, home address, friends, weekend sports and hobby groups.

    Even the way they talk is abnormal. eg. "Please hit the like, follow and subscribe to my channels". That's the equivalent of a face to face acquaintance saying "I order you to listen to me every week. I am going to talk non-stop for 30 minutes. I want you to read every SMS and message I post. I feel everything I say is important to you. Please pat me on the back. I am insecure and need approval"

    In a way I feel more sad about the viewers who do not recognise that it is not an equivalent relationship to their face-to-face friends and that there is a lot of psychological manipulation, marketing, video production, editing, makeup, product placement, product endorsements, etc.

  • Rangerdave12 on 12/08/2022 - 13:34
    -1

    At least their creating something. Unlike the boomers who make their coin from being slum loards and tax cheats

    • franco cozzo on 01/09/2022 - 15:39

      youve gotta be kidding…milennials at least 'creating something' and the post war generation did….nothing??? lol

  • lamparnon77 on 12/08/2022 - 13:53

    Eh, good for them I say! They are making money doing something that they (according to you) would happily do for free anyway. They are winning at capitalism. I feel that most people would love to be paid for something they would do for free. Sounds like you have a little bit of Tall Poppy Syndrome.

  • nailsforlunch on 12/08/2022 - 13:55

    You don't really have to be attractive to make money online. I'm a 70 average viewer twitch streamer, not making millions but make an extra $1500 or so a month. I'm a hugely fat overweight unattractive white but but I'm still top 0.37% of twitch. I'm not making enough to live off. There's millions out there making nothing

    • AustriaBargain on 12/08/2022 - 15:46

      You're top 1% on Twitch with 70 average viewers?

      • nailsforlunch on 12/08/2022 - 18:29

        Yes. You can look me up on twitch tracker same username. I'm top 0.37% I'm closer to 55 to 60 average. I'll hit 70 average if I stream longer but going to work makes it harder. The first hour of a stream the views are down. So the longer you stream the more views. However working a full time job and streaming makes it hard to stream long enough to maintain 70 average.

        • AustriaBargain on 12/08/2022 - 20:27

          So 99.63% of Twichers average less than 70 viewers? That's grim. But at least it makes being in the top 1% seem more achievable.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/08/2022 - 12:12

    You probably need to fix the way you look at others who have more/less/equal to you.

  • mini2 on 31/08/2022 - 10:00

    Good on them for making big bikkies out of this YouTube/Twitch thing.

    Whether I like their contents or not, that's a separate thing.

    • AustriaBargain on 01/09/2022 - 22:00

      We could make a law that says YouTube can't let their partners publish things that are provably false. That'd stop some of the not very smart people from making millions.

  • franco cozzo on 02/09/2022 - 06:27

    its mainly garbage……none of this has any value and will be forgotten as quickly as its consumed

  • ColonialBoy on 12/09/2022 - 07:50

    There's a popular wookworking/home improvement channel run by a April Wilkerson with 1.5M subscribers, should make $150K pa from youtube. She made enough to move from a small home to a large farmhouse and makes money filming her home improvement projects in the giant workshop she built. Its genius, work from home, improve your property and make money all at the same time. She now has a TV program.

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