Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc???????
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Shnozz said:
This thread gets better as time goes on.
We have beefmeister, the balding middle aged guy that's hip with the yoof (when he isnt throwing a strop and never returning to the thread) in his new trainers or giving e-felacio to the youtubers.
We have Horsey McHorseface knocking one out over the lardy arsed sister of a vacuous fraud based in the most vacuous of cities doing what appears to be fook all. Reading fan mail and eating don't really count
We have vloggers despairing their millions are diminishing. We have some having meltdowns.
What a melting pot. WHAT WILL HAPPEN - CLICK HERE AND FIND OUT
Or you may not give a fook.
Either way, #youtoobmoney and all that jazz.
Perfect summary. And why we all keep coming back. We have beefmeister, the balding middle aged guy that's hip with the yoof (when he isnt throwing a strop and never returning to the thread) in his new trainers or giving e-felacio to the youtubers.
We have Horsey McHorseface knocking one out over the lardy arsed sister of a vacuous fraud based in the most vacuous of cities doing what appears to be fook all. Reading fan mail and eating don't really count
We have vloggers despairing their millions are diminishing. We have some having meltdowns.
What a melting pot. WHAT WILL HAPPEN - CLICK HERE AND FIND OUT
Or you may not give a fook.
Either way, #youtoobmoney and all that jazz.
Beefmeister said:
Right, to start with - I'm BALD, not balding. That ship has sailed my lad.
The new trainers were awful when they arrived, so were returned. I've since forgotten about them.
And I don't give e-fellatio to them. I'm a taker, not a giver.
Ah - thought you had took the huff ?!The new trainers were awful when they arrived, so were returned. I've since forgotten about them.
And I don't give e-fellatio to them. I'm a taker, not a giver.
Perfectly sums up the current state of YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du20dCX_6xs
You'll notice this fits the automotive world too.
Apart from TGE... TGE doesn't get excited.
You'll notice this fits the automotive world too.
Apart from TGE... TGE doesn't get excited.
The whole influencers vs vloggers thing reminds me of uber vs black cab drivers.
Black cab drivers are the traditional, reliable service.
Uber drivers are the new, 'cool' service which offers all that black cabs offer and more at a reduced rate.
While the initial reaction is for the traditional service to somewhat attack the new service eventually it will calm down as there is still a place in the market for both.
I can see why some journos might be annoyed that they work their arse off reviewing cars traditionally which takes an awful lot of effort for not much reward meanwhile they're watching vloggers make a 10 minute video (which I have no doubt takes a lot more effort than most expect) on the same car which is actually them walking around the hotel the launch of the car is based at and then in the next sentence mentioning that they've wrapped their Lamborghini. If I was a journo I would certainly feel a bit weird about it.
However as the old saying goes 'don't hate the player hate the game' these vloggers have found a way to be able to get all the benefits of being a motoring journo (free loan cars, flying out to launches, cool experiences etc etc) without actually having to be one, and they make a decent living in the process and they don't have to actually review the cars or get a article in by a deadline they just have to make a video documenting the experience and have a good personality and the confidence to do it on camera. Then they upload it to a platform of which the vast majority of the younger audience (16-25) use everyday for them to watch for free meanwhile the magazine review is out a week later you have to go to the shop to buy the mag or wait another week for it to be online and then you have to read the article rather than simply watching a video.
I personally watch every video from some vloggers (some I agree are absolute s
te) and read every article from journos and I hope I can continue to do so in the future!
But I rarely use black cabs and most the time uber, to bring it back to my original point
Black cab drivers are the traditional, reliable service.
Uber drivers are the new, 'cool' service which offers all that black cabs offer and more at a reduced rate.
While the initial reaction is for the traditional service to somewhat attack the new service eventually it will calm down as there is still a place in the market for both.
I can see why some journos might be annoyed that they work their arse off reviewing cars traditionally which takes an awful lot of effort for not much reward meanwhile they're watching vloggers make a 10 minute video (which I have no doubt takes a lot more effort than most expect) on the same car which is actually them walking around the hotel the launch of the car is based at and then in the next sentence mentioning that they've wrapped their Lamborghini. If I was a journo I would certainly feel a bit weird about it.
However as the old saying goes 'don't hate the player hate the game' these vloggers have found a way to be able to get all the benefits of being a motoring journo (free loan cars, flying out to launches, cool experiences etc etc) without actually having to be one, and they make a decent living in the process and they don't have to actually review the cars or get a article in by a deadline they just have to make a video documenting the experience and have a good personality and the confidence to do it on camera. Then they upload it to a platform of which the vast majority of the younger audience (16-25) use everyday for them to watch for free meanwhile the magazine review is out a week later you have to go to the shop to buy the mag or wait another week for it to be online and then you have to read the article rather than simply watching a video.
I personally watch every video from some vloggers (some I agree are absolute s
te) and read every article from journos and I hope I can continue to do so in the future! But I rarely use black cabs and most the time uber, to bring it back to my original point
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