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Markiplier said it himself that he wishes he could go back to having a small fanbase, not because he hates his fans, but because he feels like he cant have normal friendships with people now.
The inspiration for the meme: I used to stream and treated it like a social thing. I don't have anytime, anymore for streaming but made lots of close friends. Recently I found out a few freinds that I thought were close were using me for exposure. Then another streamer I liked blew up mid stream that he had less than 10 viewers and started a piity party... Its a real 3-15 people decided to spend time with you, appreciate that fact.
This seems like the fastest way to go from having <10 viewers to having 0 viewers...
Yeah I don’t understand it either. I dabbled in some occasional streaming of games I play, but I mostly do it for fun or when I play a single player game and miss the occasional chat you get to have in most multiplayer games.
Usually I have 4 or 5 viewers, from which I suspect two might bots, but it’s cool either way. I don’t try to monetize it or even build up followers, so that takes a lot of stress out of it and helps keeping it fun for me.
The last thing that came to me would be to bitch at my handful of regulars for being not enough lol.
Ya, there is literally endless amounts of content to consume. The fact that anybody at all thinks that watching you is better than the endless media pile is awesome.
I have about 800 YouTube subscribers and that took about 10 years for me to get with my very niche hobby videos. I think it's awesome that people take the time out to watch and comment. I would never blame the people watching for my view counts, that would be so silly.
My average viewership is like 5, with about 40 regulars. I fucking love that they take time out of their day to hangout.
Tom Scott is a brilliant (subjective opinion) YouTuber, and he seems to be the "Simpsons Did It" YouTube equivalent to unique and interesting topics to cover.
I was super surprised to hear him basically say - and I am paraphrasing because I forget the exact video to reference - "I don't want to meet all my fans, you don't know me, I'm a YouTuber putting on a polished front to make good videos", and it was beautifully brutal in how honest he was in keeping that distance between him and his fan base. I think it's nice to ride the wave of being cool and famous, but there must come a point where nobody's interested in who you are, they're just in awe of the channel you embody. That must be super tough - and it's a tale as old as time in showbiz but for the first time, it seems like the everyman (other genders and identities are available) can end up going through this on their own without the glitzy PR campaign behind them, without easy access to medical staff paid for by big production studios, or without big Hollywood wages to cry in to at the very least.
Geoff Marshall is another fantastic UK YouTuber, someone I imagine I'd quite happily buy a pint and chat bollocks for half hour waiting for a train - but even he's quite open about having his YouTube channel to address the world, alongside his own social media identities that are completely disconnected from his public-facing life.
I'm not sure if it's healthy for people to have to go through this, or whether it's just a necessary evil of wielding influence online.
That’s too bad.
I hadn’t seen him before (heard his name though). After a month maybe .06% of the world will see a video he puts out - I’m surprised he has trouble meeting people who’ve never heard of him.