Youtube.

9or10 wrote: »

and Nationwide

The local, small scale programs are the ones I'd miss the most. They're the ones hard to come by if you watch online. The Irish TV had some local programs like that by counties too didn't it ?
Ear to the Ground has that quality too.

I guess it's up to RTE & co to have the wherewithal to provide more local scale or local interest stuff, instead of paying empty money for empty programs that can be watched elsewhere anyway.

What can I not watch on RTE, that I get from people's crappy phone videos on Facebook ? Give me bits of that in locally targetted programs then.

Like, kids matches, some gig in a pub, the local charity/talent show, the local tractor run, the summer festival ... something about a crime at small scale.

Pewdiepie popped up in my recommended list recently so I had a look after years of defiantly avoided all that shíte.
Now that he's set for life he seems to have toned down the nonsense and is making the odd existential video about the tropes of youtubers and how having to conform to that started to get to him in the end.

Saw another interesting vid explaining how these people cleverly manipulate young viewers into sub'ing and staying with them through the use of fast cut editing, shifting perspective, loud obnoxious speaking volume interspersed with quiet moments. It's essentially the same as a baby's mobile, never let them get bored for a moment, keep the attention on you with as much flashing lights and noises as possible. The Jackseptic eye guy must need to pop a box a parcetamol and go lie down in a dark room after listening to himself all day, then having to edit it!

Weird phenomenon but it is what is it. Personally, can't stand the FIFA idiots bragging about their lambo's etc. Don't begrudge them at all, they were smart enough to see the opening and took it. But when you see young lads that self absorbed, living like monte carlo playboys off the back of recording themselves opening packs on Fifa, then think about all the people in society who do important work for very little pay, it's just deeply sickening imo.

kneemos wrote: »

Doesn't seem very profitable,as a hobby fair enough,but as an income?? How many videos even get 10,000 views.

You'd be surprised how many people make money off it. Forget about the heavyweights like pewdiepie and others. But a lot of people actually make a living from there. It's not easy but YouTube is such a large beast of a website with so many genres of videos.

But a lot of people make the mistake of looking at the cpm ($1.50 per 1000 views) and think a channel does not make money while it actually does.

Most people make money from having a library of videos. Say 100 videos you created over 3 years. Not to mention patreon these days.

Prefer the crazy Russian hacker / Tarus Kul as he has two channels, the greedy git

They do make money no doubt about that but it must get tiring making those videos. Having to act excited about everything you're unboxing or playing at all times practically too. I like jacksepticeye though. He seems natural on YouTube. They have to upgrade cameras and microphones every once and a while also. A lot have multiple screens too for their videos depending on what they're doing.

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Yeah it's a real job I'd say.
Planning, preparation, scripting to an extent, acting/performing, then editing and publishing.

These guys who make money treat it as a proper job, and along with a bit of talent, manage to make a career out of it. Good for them. They created a job, and it's successful because there's a demand for the performances. I don't see how they can be begrudged.

They're just like the boy/girlbands of yesteryear.

I'm in my 40s, but I love Rhett and Link and the Good Mythical Morning shows

A fellow Irish Mythical Beast!! I love it Their shows are quite good. They're not afraid to try stuff out.

This guy makes money from his grandpa .

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I know several people now who are making their living from You Tube. I think it is a fantastic thing. People making money from sharing their hobbies and interests. One of the most positive developments in the Internet economy ever.

I guess I never really thought about it but it is excellent for artists (of all descriptions). It can be hard to make a living from your work.

I used to watch videos about vaping to learn how to make coils and such. There's a lot of great instructional vidoes for all types of things, which is brilliant too.

When people do it well, it's a good thing.