Reply To: Vlogs, podcasts and our hobby on YouTube and their (lack of) quality.

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The thing with YouTube (and modern technology) is that the threshold to produce is practically zero, but it hasn’t reduced the skill needed to make something worth watching.

Add to this that whenever there is money to be made the content will shift towards what makes money as opposed to what makes good content.

We’ve seen this with Steam after Valve removed the barrier to entry.
We’ve seen this in app stores for mobile phones.
And we’re seeing this on any social media platform.

One thing I’ve noticed is that the good channels/youtubers have become ridiculously good.
They are on par with tv channels.

So the barrier to entry may be low, but the bar set by the top end is the same as that of a national tv channel.

Given the gazillion channels available I think we can and should be picky.
I don’t have time to waste on content that lacks basic quality control of output.
Never mind the content itself.

I must say that I haven’t dared to watch Dutch youtubers, because I just know that they will try to speak English with the most horrible accent you can think of.
And as for how horrible ? Think of an English person trying to speak German  …

Oh … and then there’s the native English speakers who like .. speak like … *eh* … you guys know like … *eh* what that is like, right you guys ?

So @sundancer I wouldn’t call it being picky.
I don’t even care if they monetize it or not.
Crappy content is crappy content.

This is what is possible when people make an effort :