This is opinion with personal experience and witnessing to back it up.
Desperation is something that inflicts us all on YouTube, at least those of us who are small channels with goals and ambition for growth. Let me make this thought train into a story process of sorts.
A new YouTuber uploads his first video. Let's say this video is on Minecraft to give an idea of a channel that would get minimal views on it's first video. This person pulled on the stops that made it the best SEO possible, but he still wakes up to find just 5 views on the video.
This person, perplexed by the lack of views, heads to the internet in search for ways to get more views. This is the beginning of desperation. It seems harmless, but he is in the want to get more views and exposure. Perhaps desperation is a bit strong for a word, but it works for the context that will be coming up.
This person goes on the internet and discovers, "oh, there are forums designed for this stuff". He boots himself online and signs up.
From here, there are two routes to take. There is the route of the internet-literate and he will try to follow whatever standards the forum has, or he will jump straight on and plug his channel everywhere he sees possible rather than fit.
This is YouTube desperation and where it starts. One feels as if YouTube alone is not enough to get what he wants, so he'll do whatever possible to get a few views.
Which this is a completely natural mindset, and while it can be discriminated on these forums for the improper use and what common sense should dictate is "spam", it is understandable through this context why someone would shamelessly advertise.
Anyone who comes to a forum to advertise, the thought pattern always boils down to the want for more views. However, there is a sharp line that separates the mindsets of "I want this" and "I need this". The latter being worse under the YouTube law: "desperation is disastrous", where the more someone tries to scrounge for individual views, the faster they'll be dissuaded from producing YouTube content.
There isn't a single YouTuber alive who doesn't want to get successful at some point, whether that is for the gratification of success or to be successful as a concept is a different post all together. It is up to the person behind the channel how bad they want it, and what lengths they'll try to go to, to get it.
Desperation is something that inflicts us all on YouTube, at least those of us who are small channels with goals and ambition for growth. Let me make this thought train into a story process of sorts.
A new YouTuber uploads his first video. Let's say this video is on Minecraft to give an idea of a channel that would get minimal views on it's first video. This person pulled on the stops that made it the best SEO possible, but he still wakes up to find just 5 views on the video.
This person, perplexed by the lack of views, heads to the internet in search for ways to get more views. This is the beginning of desperation. It seems harmless, but he is in the want to get more views and exposure. Perhaps desperation is a bit strong for a word, but it works for the context that will be coming up.
This person goes on the internet and discovers, "oh, there are forums designed for this stuff". He boots himself online and signs up.
From here, there are two routes to take. There is the route of the internet-literate and he will try to follow whatever standards the forum has, or he will jump straight on and plug his channel everywhere he sees possible rather than fit.
This is YouTube desperation and where it starts. One feels as if YouTube alone is not enough to get what he wants, so he'll do whatever possible to get a few views.
Which this is a completely natural mindset, and while it can be discriminated on these forums for the improper use and what common sense should dictate is "spam", it is understandable through this context why someone would shamelessly advertise.
Anyone who comes to a forum to advertise, the thought pattern always boils down to the want for more views. However, there is a sharp line that separates the mindsets of "I want this" and "I need this". The latter being worse under the YouTube law: "desperation is disastrous", where the more someone tries to scrounge for individual views, the faster they'll be dissuaded from producing YouTube content.
There isn't a single YouTuber alive who doesn't want to get successful at some point, whether that is for the gratification of success or to be successful as a concept is a different post all together. It is up to the person behind the channel how bad they want it, and what lengths they'll try to go to, to get it.
