YouTube Feud?

I'm sure feuds boost views, and it's probably been done on purpose before (rather than just a natural consequence of people wanting to watch drama). I don't have any good examples because most of the people I watch are shiny, happy unicorns like me, but I heard a mention of some fallout about a YouTuber's wedding and some threats made and stuff like that maybe a month ago? I'd be shocked if both parties involved didn't see their views and subs skyrocket during that time frame.

But when it comes to just talking trash, no, probably not. Some get a lot of attention for it, but it's not usually good attention. I feel for the people who decided to go down that road and ended up burning bridges forever, just for a temporary boost in popularity (that woman who did the Dear Fat People comes to mind - she'll never wipe that from her reputation, and she really didn't get much popularity from it).

Edit: Nicole Arbour. I don't know why her name escaped me.
 
Yea, in the same way that hip-hop "beefs" and diss tracks were used to promote artists from different areas. People LOVE drama, and it's a great way to cross-promote, even if they actually are in a feud with that person it will probably grow both channels even more than a collab (because people outside of the fanbase will share the "drama" videos, growing the channel). There's been entire channels who succeeded on the back of saying bad things and essentially stalking already famous Youtubers, which I won't mention here because I think it's reprehensible and won't promote that stuff lol

MichaelNoker said:
she'll never wipe that from her reputation, and she really didn't get much popularity from it
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Really? Because her channel went from ~80k subs and an average of ~20k views a video to ~250k subs and a ~500k average viewership. 'Dear Far People' is now sitting at 8 million views, and she got featured on Playboy Radio. She absolutely succeeded in every way for what she was trying to do. She has more than 10 times the viewership and exposure than she had before. It's hard to argue that's "isn't much popularity" lol

Drama sells, folks.
 
She only has 80K subs? I thought she would have more... She is feuding basically with the whole world though.... brings up topics she knows will get a rise.... and people starting watching because of those hot button search topics... she comes up in results... she is hot, so people watch ;) winning combination, hahaha
 
I only saw one YouTuber try the tactic of feuding (or ranting) with/about someone, and it gained them a lot of views on that video, and then for 1-2 videos thereafter, but then the drama calmed down and views have gone pretty much back to where they were. Unless you're going to be feuding with/upsetting people all the time, I don't know that it's a long-term strategy. Also, it's not good for your karma.
 
Right, why would you want to keep that going? a channel founded on negativity? idk, I don't watch those kind of channels........ with negative or shady themes....
 
binky VS bunson said:
She only has 80K subs? I thought she would have more... She is feuding basically with the whole world though.... brings up topics she knows will get a rise.... and people starting watching because of those hot button search topics... she comes up in results... she is hot, so people watch ;) winning combination, hahaha
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No, she had 80k before she ever talked crap about fat people. Now she has over 250k.
 
I think a good example of this is a youtuber called "Vegan Gains". I know his name even though I've never visited his channel or watched one of his videos.
Why?
I've seen other youtubers I sub to respond to his attacks on them!
He's made a youtube career out of spitting drama, and no genre is safe. Lol. Fitness youtubers, political youtubers, vloggers, I've seen it all.
I don't know how successful his normal content is, but I can only imagine that he racks up interaction/views when he goes after other content creators.
 
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