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.

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:52 am I would love to be involved in a YouTube channel about true crime stories in South East Asia.

That would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pm

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:52 am I would love to be involved in a YouTube channel about true crime stories in South East Asia.

That would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.

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.

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:58 pm

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pm

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:52 am I would love to be involved in a YouTube channel about true crime stories in South East Asia.

That would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.

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.

Interested and disgusted.

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:03 pm

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:58 pm

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pm

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:52 am I would love to be involved in a YouTube channel about true crime stories in South East Asia.

That would quite interesting. I only know of one serial killer in Thailand.

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.

Interested and disgusted.

It's a really interesting genre, I am addicted to true crime channels on YouTube.

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 am

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 $$

Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?

So it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 am

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 $$

Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?

So it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?

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.

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.

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:21 pm

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 am

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 $$

Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?

So it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?

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.

I'm sure they do as it was their original intent.

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:56 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:21 pm

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:15 am

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 $$

Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Can't I do it for me and for money?

So it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?

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.

I'm sure they do as it was their original intent.

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.

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:23 pm

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:56 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:21 pm

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:01 pm

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?

So it was all about you aye What about the waiting audience?

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.

I'm sure they do as it was their original intent.

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.

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.

Ah The irony!