I just don't get it.

Sir. WaflCake IV

Sir. WaflCake IV

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Why do people want YouTube as their source of income? It's not a job, it's a hobby. Just because PewDiePie is famous for it doesn't mean it's okay for you to abandon your dreams and goals for a f*****g website that's more unstable than the Titanic.

Yes, I'm going to stick by this. YOUTUBE ISN'T A SUSTAINABLE JOB, NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.

I know there are people whose into making videos for their career, but that still isn't an excuse. Veelogging isn't a sustainable job, especially on YouTube. Shaytards bullshitted himself too the top.

I think that showing your talents on YouTube is a good thing. If you want to show your talent on YouTube THAT'S better than this job b******t, because you can easily get picked up by movie studios and companies and etc. That's a good YouTube provides for you.

Making veelogs and playing video games for your life isn't a f*****g job, it's just saying that you're a lazy b*****d who cannot get off your a** and provide an ACTUAL service to the world.

It's harsh, but then again, it's reality.
 
Well what is actual service?

Let's say you as a content creator can provide entertainment to one in a poor country or maybe let a sick person forget his problems for 20 minutes. Isnt that providing more service to the world than working at a factory?

Stop caring what people do. If one want to take the risky route down and trying to make it on youtube then let them do it. There are probably a lot less trying to make it on YouTube than people trying to make it as actors or musicians.
 
That's the thing though... For some it IS a sustainable job. And there are many out there, including some here on the forums, that bank over 100k a year. The way I see it, and if you play your cards right once you make way north of 100k, is you do it for a decade and then retire... Or keep doing it, since you are having fun!

For me? Yeah it's a hobby. But I'd be a liar if I didn't wish I could live off it!
 
I don't think people actually go into youtube attempting to make it their job (many do just not all) it snowballs into that and depending on how you do things you can provide a great service. What constitutes an actual job I don't like sports all that much people can sit and watch it all day and it counts as a job and entertainment. I recognize the work that goes into being an athlete but we live in a world were athletes make more than doctors a man who can dribble can get more than a man who saves lives. Youtube is just as valid as any other job as you provide entertainment or education as your service just as a comedian or teacher could. The fact that its a hobby shouldn't matter, I like to draw that's a hobby of mine but people make a living off art, videos are art as well.
A job should be able to make you happy other wise you are going to enjoy life less because you hate your job, a job you enjoy will make you do it to the best of your ability and you'll be satisfied at the end. I get your point but I have to respectfully disagree.
 
Sir. WaflCake IV said:
Why do people want YouTube as their source of income? It's not a job, it's a hobby. Just because PewDiePie is famous for it doesn't mean it's okay for you to abandon your dreams and goals for a f*****g website that's more unstable than the Titanic.

Yes, I'm going to stick by this. YOUTUBE ISN'T A SUSTAINABLE JOB, NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.

I know there are people whose into making videos for their career, but that still isn't an excuse. Veelogging isn't a sustainable job, especially on YouTube. Shaytards bullshitted himself too the top.

I think that showing your talents on YouTube is a good thing. If you want to show your talent on YouTube THAT'S better than this job b******t, because you can easily get picked up by movie studios and companies and etc. That's a good YouTube provides for you.

Making veelogs and playing video games for your life isn't a f*****g job, it's just saying that you're a lazy b*****d who cannot get off your a** and provide an ACTUAL service to the world.

It's harsh, but then again, it's reality.
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I'm fine with people doing whatever the heck they want do in their life whether it comes to hobbies, income, vacations, adventures or lifestyles but no matter what I think people should always take caution in these things and have certain realizations. One of the big realizations that I have about YouTube is that YouTubers are just people. Their opinions don't matter anymore than mine or yours. I say this because individual people put their own value on their heroes or people they look up to or follow or enjoy. So the opinion of one big YouTuber may mean something to thousands of others but it doesn't make it anymore more meaningful, important, right or whatever than others. That is something I have sort of instilled into my subscribers. I tell them that just because I make videos, have thousands of subscribers and have a little bit of some internet "fame" on YouTube doesn't make me any more attractive, righteous, important, knowledgeable, noble, trusting than anybody else. I feel that fame counts for nothing and only applies to the people who are a fan of you.

With that said I think people who watch YouTube Videos (especially kids and young teens) should take into account that what they say matters just as much as those people they follow. "Fame" is like a one way street. A person with fame always seems to be the person on the receiving end of that famous person-follower relationship. I think it should be a two way street. YouTubers are not (for the most part) qualified or licensed to tell others how to think and feel. We are not psychologists. So no matter who is watching should realize this. Fame is like an Illusion. It ain't exactly real. So people (again, especially kids and young teens) shouldn't allow themselves to be persuaded or moved by something just because they saw a YouTuber doing or saying something.

Now with this all taken into account I've made sure to guard my younger brother against certain things in his life such as stuff in movies, television shows, the internet and video games. I've tried to make him realize that there are people in the world that are worth looking up to and things he should know that shouldn't influence him. People that should influence him should be everyday normal people like Firefighters, People in the Military, Doctors/Healers and so on. I think my brother has gotten the message. He wants to go into the Military once he graduates High School. That said, one other realization I hope that people have when watching YouTube is that YouTubers are very hardly worthy of being looked up to. Most people are there to entertain or inform and seldom listen to their audience while collecting ad revenue. YouTube is a place where people can put recordings of themselves just talking in a room about subjects or just playing video games all the while having someone respond to that. Now that isn't my problem. I'm fine with people connecting to those YouTubers and being entertained. My issue is that people should not aspire to that by making it their dream. They can be more than just that. In fact I'd say most people on YouTube who do YouTube for a living are doing YouTube as a temporary thing and plan to accomplish a lot more than just making Internet videos. I know I do.


One last thing, I hope people who do decide to do YouTube and are looking for success should pursue their own success instead of trying to emulate that of another.
 
What everyone need to look at is that YouTube is a lot like the movie business. if you cant get people to like you and follow you all through your life you cant make a job out of it. YouTube isn't even 10 years old yet, so who knows where its even going to be in another five years. I think it should also be mention that just like celebrity's Youtubers also depend on the fans to make a living. Sam Pepper is a PRIME example of this. Once his scandal broke as news in one day he lost nearly half his subscribers. His videos also jumped a few million hits, but hey they say good or bad, publicity is still publicity.

That rant aside I personally think YouTube should be a job for some, hobbies for others, and a means to start a career for others. That being said, You shouldn't go into making YouTube videos just to make money. Those of you who do will not only be disappointed when there channel doesn't take off, but also crushed when you give up on it later on. I cant speak for everyone on YouTube but I wanted to start a Channel to show my talents acting and editing with the limited software I have. Having subscribers tell me things I should improve on has helped make my videos even more fun to watch. The only reason I even partnered with YouTube and AdSense in the first place was so I could upload custom thumbnails and get a longer video time.

The fact that some can make a living off this is great. I think it could be a job for the right people. I just don't think the people that start out wanting to make this a job should have it as a job.
 
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If I may, being late to the party by a few hours...
-None of the following is meant to have an edge-

Your whole argument is, (how I read it, at least) kind of... Er, jealous.
I mean, I don't personally understand the point of going on a site dedicated to YouTube-Talking and then posting an anti-YouTube-Job thread... Kind of like [insert YouTuber Here] fans raging on PewDiePie's videos. Why take the time to find a video and rage on it???

My non-understandabilities aside,
All, and I mean all single-person channels (PewDiePie) started as a hobby. How many times has he said "I make videos for you bros" and actually meant it?
RoosterTeeth, WatchMojo, (insert big company name here) yeah did come in expecting a job. Well, tbh, I have no idea if their site came first or if their channel did, so, can't say much there.

The thing is, these YouTubers didn't come in expecting big six-digits. They came in expecting to
Playinithard said:
provide entertainment to one in a poor country or maybe let a sick person forget his problems for 20 minutes.
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My point is, you have no idea if they're living off it. What if Marzia has a part-time job, and so does Pewds, and he records aaaallllllll weekend long, edits at 2 in the morning, then uploads on a per-day basis?

And, to be honest, it sounds to me like you're kind of jealous... no offense...
 
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