So I've been on Youtube for a bit now. My 3 year anniversary.
Is july 23rd which might not seem like much compared to other people who have been grinding ever since Youtube was invented?
But it's longer than I thought I'd be doing it for so it's an accomplishment for me when I first started
I didn't know a thing about animating. People
Ask me all the time about animation classes and special courses they should take but I mean I
Didn't do any of that you want to know how I learned how to animate I searched on YouTube 'how to animate'
That's it. You'd be surprised at what you can learn from YouTube, and how unprofessional
I am. if you think I'm some sort of animation expert
Stop that. I still have no clue about anything. I could be doing everything wrong
I probably am I always thought "Man doing youtube would be so fun, but nah it'd never work.
I'm just me there's nothing special about me"
I never really had the thought that it could even be a possibility you know, but here
we are three years later with two million subscribers, a great community, and pretty much surpassing all my
Expectations which were pretty low to begin with so that part's not as impressive
But it's so crazy Youtube even sent out a little yearbook to all the channels with over 1 million subscribers
Which I didn't even know what the thing so came in display package here open it up like that
You open it up like.. hold on
like that. I didn't even know YouTube does this thing I've never seen any of the channels kind of like talked about it the
Front has like a bunch of all the names that are in there. up there I am right next to your boy
Open it. It says "hey, Jaiden Animations
You started your" okay? So that's that I made the channel, and I didn't post anything until July
So that's what I just like and it's like "since then your channels hit some
Serious heights. keep reading and relive some of your biggest and most amazing moments" you open it and whoa
It's like this huge time line! who could forget your first video. Jaiden Animations in Pro. I
Wish I could forget it. "up till now you've uploaded 47 videos that's an average of one video a month!"
2016 as well, so it's not like up to date on things during that time
I was in college
so I only
Posted like three videos in the span of the entire college year. it sounds worse than it actually is, I post more now
Two videos a month and then it says like "this is the class of 2016"
A million you can read that if you want, I'm not well
I already did and then I go through like all the channels that hit 1 million this year or in
2016. oh there I am!
it's dope! and also I
I tweeted about this I do have the two plaques that youtube sends at a hundred thousand and of course the
Million. yeah, I haven't shown in the video, but look at all of that. That's insane!
Putting yourself out there in front of so many people is a bit
Intimidating and a lot of people can get stuck at that part. YouTube is unique
And I can't really think of many other careers that are like this
You're flat-out exposed to the huge spectrum of different types of people all at once and they all have the freedom to say anything
They want to you while hiding behind a computer screen with almost no repercussions- like wimps!
I think youtube as a real life cubicle job would be
Ridiculously hilarious your at your cubicle minding your own business
Doing work on your little computer and some random co-worker person peers over your wall and goes
"Hey! you
suck and I hate you" and
walks away
"and
You're gay!" I'm self-conscious and have low self-esteem
but even I've been able to get desensitized to meaningless hate comments and ignorance. on the surface a lot of people probably think 'wow that
Must be hard is constantly dealing with an entourage of stupidity and ignorance', but in a way
I really respect how youtube is helping me grow tougher skin. it can be harsh, but you can learn to take it
I can tell the difference between a meaningless
"You're stupid!" and a genuinely helpful Critique that I can use to improve my content
another thing is that when I first started youtube I had no idea that people could start seeing me as more than just an
average person
Okay, wait
I might have sounded super pretentious! what I'm trying to say is I don't see myself as
Famous or anything other than just me. I grew up as an average kid in an average school doing average things
Literally nothing special or stand out and the fact that a lot of people watch videos
I make on the internet doesn't change the fact I'm still that average person. don't put me on a pedestal,
I just talk about the way I see things and my opinions!
It doesn't make them more valuable than yours or anyone else's. and if you disagree you can GET OUT!
Just kidding. I've gotten comments and messages from people actually saying 'I'm a God that can do no wrong' and that
Yeah, don't do that
it's not healthy for
Anyone to view someone as more than just a human. all I do is draw dumb cartoons on the internet in my pajamas and people
Watch them. yes
95% of my videos are created in pajamas. You think I'm joking but I spend like two to three weeks of the same clothes
One more point about being considered a big channel now is how meeting new people and friends on the internet is actually more difficult
You think it's a complete opposite right like "hey, Jayden
You've got like at least two million people who most likely be willing to be closer friends with you
Why would you even have the balls to complain about this kind of thing" right?
But this ties in with the people start seeing me as more than just an average person
Thing it's getting harder and harder to be able to meet someone new without them seeing my sub count and either
seeing value in becoming my friend per personal benefit or
Being intimidated.. because I'm so intimidating. It's strange how it can go out can go in completely different directions like that
Isn't it? I miss being able to just talk to someone new and not get sad to hear that they brag to other people about
Being my friend.. because that's not friendship in my opinion at least. I say friendship as a mutual balance to respect for each other
one person shouldn't see the other person in a higher light or something, you know? because then I wonder if you're my friend because of
Me or because you like the idea of being my friend
There's actually been a situation where I found out someone was all gloating like "oh, hey guuyss
Yeah, Jane
and I are
Besties were oh my God such good friends" to a bunch of people and an actual friend of mine asked me if that was true
And I was like,
"I've
Never even had a full conversation with that person!" I didn't even know their name. Sorry person. I'm sure you're cool and nice I
Still don't know your name. you probably don't know this, but when I meet new people
I definitely hide the fact I do YouTube for a living, mainly because
how the frick do you even explain "I post videos on the internet as a job!" to someone without them getting either confused or
Very concerned? yes, I put going to college and getting a degree on hold so I can make youtube videos. also
I still can't stand when people watch my videos in front of me you think I get desensitized by it after three years
But nope! whenever someone puts on one of my videos in front of me
I still want to slam my head on the counter and frisbee the computer away
Frisbee the computer away, and then slam my head on the counter. So when people ask me what I do. I just go "I do
{Long Pause}
animation"
"oh cool." and also
It's kind of weird to just meet someone and find out right away that millions of people
Watch their dumb internet videos. that's something I prefer they find out after they get to know me a bit
So they judge me less.
but even with all the weird difficulties Youtube comes with between trying to explain to your
grandparents that you aren't becoming a failure by dropping college for a bit to post internet videos and dealing with
Stupid people leaving stupid comments, and generally being stupid. I really really am grateful to be able to be in the spot. I'm in ooh
too cliche
Yeah, I agree
You're probably super
Desensitized from YouTubers always talking about being grateful to be where they are, so I'm going to say I'm totally
Not thankful and lucky to be in the spot
I'm in and I'm not always going to be in debt to you for watching my videos and
Helping my impossible dream come true that I totally thought I could reach in a million years because I'm so full of self-confidence
It's not like all of this has changed my life forever, and I'm doing what I love with amazing friends
I definitely would have met otherwise, and I can make people happier. Which is all I ever want to do yeah
I'm not grateful at all. Ptchh. you think I'm grateful? You're grateful. I'm not grateful
Get outta here
Yeah, well anyway congrats on three years everyone. We should all do something like
I don't know. I'd say I can post a video, but I just posted this video
So I wouldn't have enough time to make one. That's not
crap
Sorry, we should all
What if we did like a toast like at a certain time we all pour a drink of whatever
Could be water could be juice could be hard liquor
I don't care and then we all have a massive long-distance toast to our anniversary. That'd be cool
I should think of a time okay, so on july 23rd at 12:00 p.m.
Mountain time we all pour one out together Mountain time is just my timezone
So you have to translate what that is for you when I set up the 1 million livestream?
I said I was going to do it at whatever time it was in mountain time and people didn't know how to convert it to
their Timezone
Just Google it
Anyway, I like that idea july 23rd 12 p.m.. mountain in time. We all do a toast to me posting my first YouTube video
Which was very bad don't watch it. Tweet me a picture of you doing the toe skating silly bad
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