Copy-cats

[aarondafish]

Okay, so i met this one youtuber about a week ago. And at first, he seemed pretty cool, but then i noticed he was copying me. I dont know if this is just a coincidence but, the ytber started signing off like me, and now looks like hes posting on the exact same days as i am. It just makes me angry, what do you think?

 

[Lizzeelive]

Wow. That seems odd. Copying gets you nowhere. Maybe he is doing it subconsciously and doesn't realize he is doing it. Or maybe he just looks up to you.

 

[Commander Skull]

Over the years I have had to deal with a lot of copy-cats... take it as a flattery, someone else wants to be just like you.
But on the other hand it can get a bit annoying... and depending on how far it goes you may want to take some preventive action against it or just talk with the person and let them know that flat out copying is wrong and they need to be themselves.

 

[scatteredtrophies]

As long as he's not stealing your videos I would say you should feel flattered someone wants to copy you because they must look up to you or something just my opinion tho.

 

[Mogawty]

No offense, but as a channel with about 100 subscribers, it's VERY unlikely someone is purposefully copying you. People copy others to try and get the same success, which isn't all that apparent yet. Posting on the same days could easily be coincidence, and I'm not sure what you mean with "signing off." If it's like a very detailed closing message, then he could very well be copying, but something like "peace out" or similar could also be coincidence.

Why do I care so much?

A guy in the same niche, much smaller than I am was accusing me of copying him, starting drama in the comments section of my videos, etc... It really p****d me off especially because I never even watched this guy's videos.

 

[Sunsbookishgamesx]

hahah it does happen!

 

[aarondafish]

Wow. That seems odd. Copying gets you nowhere. Maybe he is doing it subconsciously and doesn't realize he is doing it. Or maybe he just looks up to you.

I never thought of it that way, i thought he was doing it on purpose[DOUBLEPOST=1471212344,1471212174][/DOUBLEPOST]

No offense, but as a channel with about 100 subscribers, it's VERY unlikely someone is purposefully copying you. People copy others to try and get the same success, which isn't all that apparent yet. Posting on the same days could easily be coincidence, and I'm not sure what you mean with "signing off." If it's like a very detailed closing message, then he could very well be copying, but something like "peace out" or similar could also be coincidence.

Why do I care so much?

A guy in the same niche, much smaller than I am was accusing me of copying him, starting drama in the comments section of my videos, etc... It really p****d me off especially because I never even watched this guy's videos.

Yeah, maybe. Thats stupid! Maybe the guy just did it for attention? After all, there is a lot of youtube drama for attention XD[DOUBLEPOST=1471212390][/DOUBLEPOST]

Over the years I have had to deal with a lot of copy-cats... take it as a flattery, someone else wants to be just like you.
But on the other hand it can get a bit annoying... and depending on how far it goes you may want to take some preventive action against it or just talk with the person and let them know that flat out copying is wrong and they need to be themselves.

Thank you for the advice!

 

[TheSuperFunArt]

he probably looks up to you...that could be positive.

 

[aarondafish]

he probably looks up to you...that could be positive.

Yeah, you've gotta point!

 

[haley&connor]

Copying is the best form of flattery is that some sort of saying?!?! lol! Copying is pretty annoying