Telling Friends, Good or Bad?

Is telling friends about your Youtube channel a good thing or band things?

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I would encourage you not to take your channel down just because someone you know have discovered it. As some of the other people here say, one of the biggest advice I think I can give you is try to not let it bother you. If they give you any grief ask if the have any improvements if they really give you a hard time (bullying, and not the friendly kind), then you should reconsider them as friends.

You should never be afraid off anyone seeing your videos.
 
I imagine it is different being in school, but to me... if you're planning on uploading videos that the entire world can watch, you should be prepared for people you know to find out. I'd only consider taking the channel down if having it up could get you in trouble. Otherwise, f**k people trying to intrude on your happiness.
 
I think it's good to be honest, I might only think this though because all of my friends have youtube accounts aswell, It's nice to talk to them about upcoming videos and milestones though :)
 
I think you answeredyour own question. The crucial thing is the word "friends". If they are your true friends they shouldn´t act upon it in a negative way. Yeah, they might giggle here and there but it´s all fun and games. At the end of the day, friends support each other in whatever they do.
 
Most of my Facebook, twitter friends, family and friends are my first subscribers that is how I got a strong following at the beginning. If your friends do not support you in a positive way they are not your friends. Period.
 
It's definitely a good thing. A lot of people that live in my town watch and have subscribed to me. People will come up to me and reference something in one of my videos that they thought was hilarious. I often times see people on my friends list on Facebook sharing my videos to their walls without me even asking for them to or to even watch my videos at all.
 
I don't think the problem is telling your friends though. There were people in my school who I hated and would have said something to me if I made videos then, and they were friends with my friends. If I had have tweeted about it or told my friends, it would have gotten back to them. I'd imagine the OP could be the same. Then again, in our final year there were a few people who put up terrible videos of them singing and nobody said anything about them (to their face), but the people I hated had left school by then and everybody was really nice.

Tell those who you know will support you, and ask them to not let others in school know is what I'd recommend.
 
Both it can help you grow as well as give you a group of people to spitball ideas with but, If you have some troll friends who will only mess with you it can backfire. They may also push ideas on you that you don't really care about. So in all honesty depending on the type of person its your choice.
 
I think that it can both be good and bad to tell them about it. The good thing is that they can support you especially if they are your real friends. They would like what you do on it and laugh about it. The only bad thing is that some people in school may end up finding out and what if you decide to talk about them and then that means they will see it. But honestly some will hate on you when you become popular on youtube and i think it doesn't matter if its good or bad just do it and if they find out about it then let it be. If they hate you and everything you do on it then let them hate because they obviously are just hating on everything that you do
 
HumbleZeus said:
Both it can help you grow as well as give you a group of people to spitball ideas with. They may also push ideas on you that you don't really care about.
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This. 100% true. It's great to have people to tell your ideas to (plus, you know they won't steal them!) but it's awkward trying to tell people you're not into their ideas. I've had a few people be like "I was thinking you should do a video about this!" and you're just like "ehhh, yeah. I'll think about that. Thanks."
 
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