All right,
Just seeking some general advice from all you fellow enthusiasts and YouTubers.
As a lot of you probably already know, I put a decent amount of my time into YouTube channel and my videos, especially throughout the summer. And since I don’t have friends at school or anything that share my interests (though I do feel really proud that a good amount of my high school class watches my videos and appreciate what I do, even though there are some that give me hell for it), I spend a lot of time when I’m not swimming or working out or enjoying the outside world, I’m down in my dark basement working on my system, and yes, that’s somewhat of an accurate way to describe my basement. Pretty dreary. During the winter it’s not as noticeable as it is now.
But anyways, so I’m looking for some advice. Regarding none other than YouTube itself.
I have spent the majority of my summer vacation working on my brand new system, trying to get a new intro done for videos, maybe even a channel intro too, and also to figure out what the heck an end screen is (yes, even though I am a really good video editor that is one thing I can’t figure out for the life of me).
So, when kids at school contact me and say, “Hey, (my real name here), your YouTube channel is awesome and really cool!”, I can’t help but feel pride in my work, because people really appreciate what I do, even though they might think it’s weird. But those other enthusiasts, whom I call the “bigger and better enthusiasts” seem to lack that same appreciation. And this makes me feel bad. Now a lot of you probably think that’s silly, but as a kid who’s shy, socially awkward at times, and has friends but not those who I spend time with outside of school, I rely on this community for support, because while it is online and not really friends, I do get a lot of support from you all and that makes me happy.
So these people have huge fanbases right? Not really. But whenever they upload a new video I comment on it. But when I upload a video, most of the time those people won’t even reply, let alone leave a comment, and that hurts me, because it seems like while I respect them and their hard work, they don’t respect me back, and that hurts me a little bit inside, because it’s like doing some hard work for your parents and not getting a thank you.
By the way, I’m not referencing anyone on TFP, I know you all are a great help and support to me, my channel, and my system, and I appreciate that!
Now I’m probably blowing this out of proportion, but still, it irks me. I completely understand that a lot of people have work/school/sports, etc. or might just not be that active on YouTube, because that’s even me sometimes. But that doesn’t mean I’m gonna quit YouTube or anything like that, I’ll still keep making videos because they’re fun, informative, and I honestly don’t care how many views and subs I get, but still, this seems to bother me for some reason or another. I know it’s probably something I shouldn’t worry about, but still.
Any thoughts?