YouTube adventures -80- YouTuber vs viewer
There are moments when you get comments that just annoy you, there could be multiple reasons but one of the things that annoys someone would be if they tell lies about you or just try to make you look bad for no real reason other than their own sad motivations. I've seen YouTubers respond to some of these comments and some of them are pretty agressive, which is understandable if someone is spreading lies about you or is just being a big douchebag but isn't it better to ignore these comments? Otherwise you get the...
YouTuber vs viewer situation.
The benefit of having a small channel is that there aren't a lot of people contacting me, those that do feel the urge to contact me are often trolls or just people that don't understand why I would upload a low quality video. I always try to be patient and friendly, at least up to the point that someone else is also friendly. If someone is insulting me then there is no need to be friendly anymore, but instead of making it a contest who can insult the other better I prefer to use sarcasm.
Sarcasm is a great way to not only keep things civilized, up to a certain point, but also to often leave someone confused. There are moments when people aren't even responding anymore, I guess they were hoping for anger but all they got was sarcasm. Which makes it also a good way to defuse a situation. Of course it's not always a great way to counter negative comments. Sometimes people have a serious question and it might seem that they're trolling but in fact they're just wondering why you do something in a way they don't understand.
For me this is often recording low quality videos. A lot of people don't understand that and I try to explain that, because I can understand that the low quality videos seem like they don't belong on YouTube and maybe that's true. But for me it's the only way to record at the moment. Of course I always hope for something better to come along the way, to have better recording equipment but for the moment I have to work with what I have.
There are also YouTubers that absolutely can't stand this and will either respond with a negative comment themselves or just block and ignore this person. I can understand frustration and it absolutely makes sense that you don't want to respond to people that are trying to be an asshole to you. But it shows character if you actually do try to talk to this person. Explain why you do things your way. If they keep being negative or even go over to insults then you can always block and ignore this person.
YouTuber vs viewer situation.
The benefit of having a small channel is that there aren't a lot of people contacting me, those that do feel the urge to contact me are often trolls or just people that don't understand why I would upload a low quality video. I always try to be patient and friendly, at least up to the point that someone else is also friendly. If someone is insulting me then there is no need to be friendly anymore, but instead of making it a contest who can insult the other better I prefer to use sarcasm.
Sarcasm is a great way to not only keep things civilized, up to a certain point, but also to often leave someone confused. There are moments when people aren't even responding anymore, I guess they were hoping for anger but all they got was sarcasm. Which makes it also a good way to defuse a situation. Of course it's not always a great way to counter negative comments. Sometimes people have a serious question and it might seem that they're trolling but in fact they're just wondering why you do something in a way they don't understand.
For me this is often recording low quality videos. A lot of people don't understand that and I try to explain that, because I can understand that the low quality videos seem like they don't belong on YouTube and maybe that's true. But for me it's the only way to record at the moment. Of course I always hope for something better to come along the way, to have better recording equipment but for the moment I have to work with what I have.
There are also YouTubers that absolutely can't stand this and will either respond with a negative comment themselves or just block and ignore this person. I can understand frustration and it absolutely makes sense that you don't want to respond to people that are trying to be an asshole to you. But it shows character if you actually do try to talk to this person. Explain why you do things your way. If they keep being negative or even go over to insults then you can always block and ignore this person.
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