Does anyone else get annoyed when..

JoshFaceh said:
Does anybody else get annoyed when youtubers start defending themselves saying stuff like "I DON'T DO IT FOR MONEY" and "I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH 2 VIEWERS"?

The reason it annoys me so much is because on the first comment, no duh, and on the second, no you wouldn't.

People who say they don't do it for money probably don't get any so it goes without saying that you're doing it for no money... Nobody is accusing you, and you're not on trial. Settle down.
Then the people who say they'd be happy with 2 viewers are so full of it. If you joined this forum, if you upload your videos, if you tweet your video out or anything of the sort then no, you want more views and you're completely unhappy with how many you have.

Now does this mean you're ungrateful? No, of course not. It makes you a better youtuber to strive for more views and better videos. There's nothing wrong with this. You can be grateful to whoever watches your video and still want more. That's human nature, we want more more more.

Stop defending yourselves, everybody here is on the same page and you don't need to act better than someone just because you think someone else is doing it for unjust reasons. So what if they are? So what if someone makes a channel and wants money and views. They'll probably just give up. How does it harm your channel? It doesn't. Alright?
Stop it! *Smack*
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I agree! Give this boy a medal! :D
 
I agree to an extent, though I have to say that sometimes it's a personal trial. For me, I once made a video like that. Not because people were accusing me, but because I was trying to come to terms with my own motives and goals. In the end, it's all contradictory. I do it for the money because money is great and I can't find a job! At the same time even if I made no money, I'd still do it because it's fun to make videos and express myself. It's also nice knowing that SOMEone SOMEwhere actually finds my mind interesting.
I do do it for the views because let's face it, if you make videos you're either A) keeping a video journal which is probably private or B) Trying to get someone's attention. At the same time if I only had 2 or 3 viewers, I would be content. I would still try to be interactive, and those people would be very meaningful.

All in all -- Can defending yourself in a video be annoying to others? Yes. Is it a meaningful thing for the poster? Also yes.
YouTube isn't just about the viewers and appeasing the masses... it's also about the journey of the person making the videos.
 
I make a decent bit of money off of my videos and I do believe that the idea of viewer entertainment is the best part of making them. I made a video not too long ago, when I hit 4 years on youtube, and I talked a bit about how I believe Youtubing is best when the Youtuber just forgets about numbers whatsoever, and instead taking the time to completely grasp the idea that a loyal viewer is a human being who apart from there already busy life, takes the time to watch your videos. And I do believe that as long as there is just one person out here, aside from you, who is thoroughly enjoying the content you create, I feel that alone makes it worth it by a long shot. That's just my opinion though
 
I do it with the intent of becoming a big YouTuber or big in the film industry as well as making a full time job out of it and making a living. I also really like doing and I'm very passionate about it.

If you feel otherwise about your OWN stuff, great! Everyone is free to feel however they want about their own plight in life and especially on YouTube...
 
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