Youtube donations?

Do Youtubers use donations for future videos?

  • NO, they spend it on Junk!

    Votes: 3 25.0%

  • Yes they use it buy materials for future Videos.

    Votes: 9 75.0%
  • Total voters
    12
Lightsen said:
well that's just illegal I'm pretty sure. :/ reminds me of that twitch streamer that pretended to be disabled, and took money for a wheelchair and more.
plain wrong.
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I have seen people saying that they were homeless, while they weren't, amongst other stuff!
 
Lightsen said:
well that's just illegal I'm pretty sure. :/ reminds me of that twitch streamer that pretended to be disabled, and took money for a wheelchair and more.
plain wrong.
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Didn't he get banned from twitch for that? Then he did the same thing on hitbox and stood up from his chair not realizing he was supposed to be crippled! LOL FAIL
 
Haight said:
Didn't he get banned from twitch for that? Then he did the same thing on hitbox and stood up from his chair not realizing he was supposed to be crippled! LOL FAIL
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yeah I think so xD it was pretty funny, but If I had donated I would have been really mad.
 
I see this a lot on small gaming channels mainly because gaming is expensive and attracts kids who don't perhaps have a lot of money.

It's ridiculous when their 3rd video is asking for money and their excuse for their terrible content up until that point is that they need a $500 graphics card to make good content. If they could get that $500 card, then suddenly their terrible content would become amazing and they could be the next pewdiepie or something.

My overall opinion is that crowdfunding rarely works. If you're too small, people won't donate because you haven't proven any potential yet and if you're too big, people consider you don't need the money. Catch 22.

Personally what I like about YouTube being free is that I'm not accountable to anyone. If you start taking donations, then that dynamic changes.
 
I think that so many people expect all the things they watch, listen to, read, etc. should be free that they're shocked, SHOCKED! when people ask for money. Making videos is very time-consuming, the equipment can be expensive, the time promoting is grueling, and the money you make from ad revenue is a pittance. I give to a good number of Patreons for YouTube channels I like, and I do it happily. I also donate to Kickstarter projects for theater groups and writers and game developers, because not everybody can get a deal with a big company that results in steady work.

I'm all about paying the people whose content I think deserves it. If you want to get paid for what you do, eventually you have to ask someone for money, and sometimes, that someone is the person who is enjoying the things you made.
 
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