Why do you do it?

thefedoranerd said:
I ask myself this question a lot about my YouTube channel, I wonder why I make videos and if the investment of my time, energy and emotions worth what I get out of it. I do enjoy making videos and for some people that is enough but can you honestly say you only make them for your own entertainment? If you post videos on you tube then you want people to watch them it’s as plain as that.

There are times when I wonder if my channel will ever become popular, I wonder if I have the time and ability to even make it reach that far. I am no were near as bad as I was but I am also far from where I need to be. My channel has grown faster in the past few months then it has in the past few years but I still feel like it’s a slow growth.

Maybe I am just being hard on myself, maybe it’s just a bad day but I wonder that if I kept doing this for another few years what would happen? Would my channel still be small? Will I ever be truly good at it?

If you asked me why I started making videos the honest answer is I wanted fans. I wanted to have a group of people who thought I was awesome and could not wait for the next video. I wanted to maybe even do conventions as a guest and have people line up to meet me. I know it’s vane but it’s something I want but I don’t think I will ever have.

I am not closing my channel but I am wondering if all this work is paying off in any way.
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Yeah I agree YouTube is really tough sometimes, and I do go through stages of thinking what is the point? I have 600 subscribers and struggle to hit 200 views per video, however, I am so grateful to the people who do watch and support my channel! They keep me going! :)
 
I don't think I've told anybody this, but the reason I started up my youtube channel was to impress the girl that I liked. She had started to upload videos of her singing so I decided to upload some of me playing my guitar. I then realised that I could use Youtube as a way to track my ability. Now I use it to try and build up a fan base and be able to achieve my dream of being a professional musician
 
Also on a kind of related note, if your ever feeling too down, give this a listen: youtube.com/watch?v=fBreDtazad8
Nothing of mine btw, just something that ups my spirits if I'm ever feeling too bad.
 
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I do youtube because I love it a lot more than anything else now. Sure, it has it's tough moments, but I'd rather do this than go to school and do other stuff. And there's also my dream of doing this as a living. I mean, who wouldn't want to do something they love for a living? That would be freakin awesome.
 
While I will admit that I too want a following and dream of being a "big youtuber" in termss of having fans and conventions and what not, I started it to become a part of the community I had sat back and watched grow for years. I knew I loved the community, but I was afraid to join it. At the end of the day, I just want to make someone laugh or feel less alone.
 
thefedoranerd said:
I ask myself this question a lot about my YouTube channel, I wonder why I make videos and if the investment of my time, energy and emotions worth what I get out of it. I do enjoy making videos and for some people that is enough but can you honestly say you only make them for your own entertainment? If you post videos on you tube then you want people to watch them it’s as plain as that.

There are times when I wonder if my channel will ever become popular, I wonder if I have the time and ability to even make it reach that far. I am no were near as bad as I was but I am also far from where I need to be. My channel has grown faster in the past few months then it has in the past few years but I still feel like it’s a slow growth.

Maybe I am just being hard on myself, maybe it’s just a bad day but I wonder that if I kept doing this for another few years what would happen? Would my channel still be small? Will I ever be truly good at it?

If you asked me why I started making videos the honest answer is I wanted fans. I wanted to have a group of people who thought I was awesome and could not wait for the next video. I wanted to maybe even do conventions as a guest and have people line up to meet me. I know it’s vane but it’s something I want but I don’t think I will ever have.

I am not closing my channel but I am wondering if all this work is paying off in any way.
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I'm interested in videography and visual effects as a hobby. I don't have a lot of free time outside of work, so it would be discouraging if I just practiced and never released anything to get feedback.

Putting videos on YouTube as I learn is encouraging, and it serves as a platform to see how I have improved over time. Also my friends find my content funny. I hope... haha
 
I started YouTube because I wanted something to do. I didn't want to spend a whole lot of my time just sitting at the computer or playing games and getting nothing out of it. Obviously I still want to gain an audience and have people actually watch my content.
 
I guess it was also to have fans. It's cool to have a fanbase or at least people that care about what you think and are expecting more videos from you.
 
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