Expat Youtubers
- Random Dude
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Re: Expat Youtubers
I don't have a YT channel, and doubt I ever will, it's not my thing.
I do follow some expat channels though and the YouTubers who talk about it often give various reasons for starting their channels. As a hobby, a way to share their experience with friends and family, a sort of personal journal, and/or a possible source of income.
A lot of them are just as you describe... " plethora of very unimaginative ones where it some dude wandering about talking about rent, utilities, latest visa news, where to buy a sim card, stuff like that. Or the really smug ones which usually involve an 'only farang in the village' type living his best life or whatever."
The thing is though, if you're looking to sell everything you own, quit your job, and move to another country those types of channels are a goldmine of useful information and seem to get the views, which in turn leads to money for the YouTuber. If you read the comments, that's exactly the type of question they get asked all the time too, so it makes sense for them to talk about those things.
I do follow some expat channels though and the YouTubers who talk about it often give various reasons for starting their channels. As a hobby, a way to share their experience with friends and family, a sort of personal journal, and/or a possible source of income.
A lot of them are just as you describe... " plethora of very unimaginative ones where it some dude wandering about talking about rent, utilities, latest visa news, where to buy a sim card, stuff like that. Or the really smug ones which usually involve an 'only farang in the village' type living his best life or whatever."
The thing is though, if you're looking to sell everything you own, quit your job, and move to another country those types of channels are a goldmine of useful information and seem to get the views, which in turn leads to money for the YouTuber. If you read the comments, that's exactly the type of question they get asked all the time too, so it makes sense for them to talk about those things.
- Big Daikon
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Re: Expat Youtubers
There's lots of content in Cambodia alone, I would love to do a story on the owner of the Mexican restaurant who chopped up the lady she owed money to, then kept her body parts in the freezer.Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pmThat would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.
Once you've read the dictionary, every other book is just a remix.
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Interested and disgusted.rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:58 pmThere's lots of content in Cambodia alone, I would love to do a story on the owner of the Mexican restaurant who chopped up the lady she owed money to, then kept her body parts in the freezer.Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pmThat would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.
Re: Expat Youtubers
It's a really interesting genre, I am addicted to true crime channels on YouTube.Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:03 pmInterested and disgusted.rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:58 pmThere's lots of content in Cambodia alone, I would love to do a story on the owner of the Mexican restaurant who chopped up the lady she owed money to, then kept her body parts in the freezer.Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pmThat would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.
Once you've read the dictionary, every other book is just a remix.
Re: Expat Youtubers
So it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 amWhy do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:10 am agree with all put the last part,
If you were doing it for you, why bother posting it to try and generate $$
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Does the content creator have an obligation to continue producing videos for subscribers or viewers if they're not feeling it? I'm not sure he or she does.Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pmSo it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 amWhy do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:10 am agree with all put the last part,
If you were doing it for you, why bother posting it to try and generate $$
I will make the occasional video to preserve the channel's monetization in case I want to revisit YouTube full time in the future though - I'm not writing YouTube off completely.
Re: Expat Youtubers
I'm sure they do as it was their original intent.Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:21 pmDoes the content creator have an obligation to continue producing videos for subscribers or viewers if they're not feeling it? I'm not sure he or she does.Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pmSo it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 amWhy do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:10 am agree with all put the last part,
If you were doing it for you, why bother posting it to try and generate $$
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So you believe a person should continue to do something they're not enjoying, or don't want to do, because you demand to be entertained? That comes across as a bit entitled and lacking in empathy somewhat, I think.Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:56 pmI'm sure they do as it was their original intent.Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:21 pmDoes the content creator have an obligation to continue producing videos for subscribers or viewers if they're not feeling it? I'm not sure he or she does.Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pmSo it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 amWhy do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:10 am agree with all put the last part,
If you were doing it for you, why bother posting it to try and generate $$
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Was I smug? Was I bragging? Did I waffle? Was I an annoying self-centered prick while making videos? I don't really care, I was doing it for me and not for anyone's approval.Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:23 pmSo you believe a person should continue to do something they're not enjoying, or don't want to do, because you demand to be entertained? That comes across as a bit entitled and lacking in empathy somewhat, I think.Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:56 pmI'm sure they do as it was their original intent.Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:21 pmDoes the content creator have an obligation to continue producing videos for subscribers or viewers if they're not feeling it? I'm not sure he or she does.Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pmSo it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 am
Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?
Ah The irony!
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