Anyone intimidated about showing their channel?

I did get a lot of exposure from Reddit, but it depends heavily on how much you use it and where you post your videos.
Myself, I wouldn't be too worried regarding the hate.
There are two kinds of haters:
1) The one that simply spew hate and disappear - they probably won't remember you in the next hour;
2) Persistent troll - just ban them on your channel and you're good to go. :-)
 
I find if I don't know the person and probably won't bump into them on a regular basis, it's easier to promote my channel. And, at something like VidCon, I find it super easy to promo. I haven't mentioned it to my co-workers though. It took me quite a while before I was comfortable showing my close friends and family and now I force my family to watch my videos. Haha.
 
The Other Niki said:
I find if I don't know the person and probably won't bump into them on a regular basis, it's easier to promote my channel. And, at something like VidCon, I find it super easy to promo. I haven't mentioned it to my co-workers though. It took me quite a while before I was comfortable showing my close friends and family and now I force my family to watch my videos. Haha.
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I'm the same way. I don't mind if my friends know about my channel but I find it uncomfortable if my family knows about it so I kind of keep it to myself. My coworkers know about my channel though, and a few watch regularly! Which is pretty cool.
 
Im quite grateful really that my channels content is more subjective and that anything I post tends to be very heavily "Opinion" based. It means I can always open a dialogue with even the harshest critics of my work. I used to be a little bit intimidated of showing my stuff on Reddit because i'd heard loads of horror stories of people getting ripped apart for sharing on there. but having posted on there now a few times Its actually not that bad. you do have to have a very thick skin though to push your work out there...I've been quite lucky really in my experiences but I know people who have had it a lot worse.
 
It is rather scary. I promoted an old channel that grew quite a lot in a very short time. But i also got the normal trolls :) I guess the only thing to do is live with it :) Never get down on their level and start an discussion d:
 
I'm not too concerned. I only worry about working at some place where they're super strict on what you do on your down time, including social media. Other than acting crazy during game reviews, I don't really have anything offensive and controversial to worry about, and while I mention having a job, I never go into detail about it or ever name where I work. Most of the co-workers or friends that find out I have a Youtube channel just basically know it exists, but don't really have the patience to actually watch the videos, or care enough about the particular games and anime I review.
 
I know exactly how you feel. I'm very selective in where I promote my channel. I think the tick is to promote to like minded people, who are likely to enjoy your content.
 
One of my videos blew up. 1.5 million views. In the video I do a dumb thing. I dumped a bunch of coins down a coin star. From this action I have gotten at least 1 message every day calling me a moron but in not as nice words. I agree I did mess up and coin collectors have every right to be upset. At first the personal attacks really upset me but at some point I stopped caring. I put myself out there for the world to see. I never expected so many people to ever watch my video but once you are out there anything can happen. It is apart of letting the world into your life. Now I really don't give a damn what people say. I chalk it up to the price of making youtube videos.
 
videoeditgr said:
Imagine this.
Forget your channel.
You are in a street giving flyers of your firm to people passing by.
Some say ok
some say thanks
some say "no"
some take the flyer and tear it or drop it to the ground.
It is not your problem.
Your job is to deliver flyers to everyone.
:)
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I think this is just great, Your advice I have seen you give is always great and so well delivered.
Also if the forum was Reddit like I think you said then please Ignore it Reddit is savage.

I can not speak for you but once i decided I wanted to try making YouTube videos if I never went through with it
I would regret it if I never gave it a go, and would always wonder what would happen.
I also have all these doubts, I have started releasing my videos been doing it for 7 weeks and it has not always gone the way I hoped,
But it has been so much fun and I have learnt so many new skills.
My next big fear i want to over come is to start using a face cam, I brought one 5 weeks ago and I have been trying to get the confidence to put my face on a video.
Maybe one day.
 
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