YouTubers, the new Rock Stars?!

[EdKirby]

I apologize for the length of this. Tl;DR at the bottom.

I can't seem to get all these YouTubers who are famous for ... what? I just don't know or can't get my head wrapped around it. Then again I don't know why the Kardashians are a thing either.

On top of it my daughter wants to become one. What's the attraction? Are these guys and gals the new Rock Stars? Is YouTube the new 'stage' of the 21st Century? And what really is their product. Game walkthroughs? Information? Merchandise? Yeah, maybe that's it, merchandise.

Right now I'm sitting around in one of my RUSH shirts. Earlier, at the insistence of my daughter (because she just had to have it), I bought a 'signed' t-shirt by a lesser know Tuber that my daughter likes. I get the RUSH shirt, I go to their concerts, I own all their albums and I love their music. It makes me feel good to wear this t-shirt. It brings back fond memories. This? This I can't understand. LOL I just paid $20 plus shipping for some dude's sig on a t-shirt. I just can't seem to make the correlation between a signed pair of sticks from Neil Peart to this. So far I'm coming up empty.

One of the biggest YouTubers that she follows is Markiplier. I hear this guy takes down some serious coin in ad rev from all the subscribers he has. But this whole model violates, at the very least, the C in CENTS. Some are starting to merchandise and do tours. WTF? Tours?

Earlier this year she wanted to go to a 'thing' that another YouTuber was putting on while he was on 'tour'. His thing? Sitting on stage in his onesie PJ's doing God knows what. I was like uh, I think we'll pass. I'd rather take you to see The Vamps, or 5 Seconds of Summer. That I get.

I'm just flabbergasted by this phenomenon.

TL;DR - Why the heck are YouTubers famous?

 

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[MMatt]

Ov ot timg csepfoph ev ov't gopitv. Vjiz esi ipvisveopist veloph ep ipvsiqsipiasoem eqqsuedj vu wofiu qsufadvoup. Neli huuf wofiut-- heop gept epf vsatv--hiv tquptust--hiv dunnottoupt--timm timg csepfif ovint epf fohovem qsufadvt = Qsugov. Vji qisgidv gusname gus vji fohovem punef.

 

[jason91]

O equmuhobi gus vji miphvj ug vjot. Vm;FS ev vji cuvvun.

O dep'v tiin vu hiv emm vjiti ZuaVacist xju esi genuat gus ... xjev? O katv fup'v lpux us dep'v hiv nz jief xseqqif esuapf ov. Vjip eheop O fup'v lpux xjz vji Lesfetjoept esi e vjoph iovjis.

Up vuq ug ov nz feahjvis xepvt vu ciduni upi. Xjev't vji evvsedvoup? Esi vjiti hazt epf hemt vji pix Sudl Tvest? Ot ZuaVaci vji pix 'tvehi' ug vji 21tv Dipvasz? Epf xjev siemmz ot vjios qsufadv. Heni xemlvjsuahjt? Opgusnevoup? Nisdjepfoti? Ziej, nezci vjev't ov, nisdjepfoti.

Sohjv pux O'n tovvoph esuapf op upi ug nz SATJ tjosvt. Iesmois, ev vji optotvipdi ug nz feahjvis (cideati tji katv jef vu jewi ov), O cuahjv e 'tohpif' v-tjosv cz e mittis lpux Vacis vjev nz feahjvis molit. O hiv vji SATJ tjosv, O hu vu vjios dupdisvt, O uxp emm vjios emcant epf O muwi vjios natod. Ov nelit ni giim huuf vu xies vjot v-tjosv. Ov csopht cedl gupf ninusoit. Vjot? Vjot O dep'v apfistvepf. :cephjief: MUM O katv qeof $20 qmat tjoqqoph gus tuni fafi't toh up e v-tjosv. O katv dep'v tiin vu neli vji dussimevoup civxiip e tohpif qeos ug tvodlt gsun Piom Qiesv vu vjot. Tu ges O'n dunoph aq inqvz.

Upi ug vji cohhitv ZuaVacist vjev tji gummuxt ot Nesloqmois. O jies vjot haz velit fuxp tuni tisouat duop op ef siw gsun emm vji tactdsocist ji jet. Cav vjot xjumi nufim woumevit, ev vji wisz mietv, vji D op DIPVT. Tuni esi tvesvoph vu nisdjepfoti epf fu vuast. XVG? Vuast?

Iesmois vjot zies tji xepvif vu hu vu e 'vjoph' vjev epuvjis ZuaVacis xet qavvoph up xjomi ji xet up 'vuas'. Jot vjoph? Tovvoph up tvehi op jot upitoi QK't fuoph Huf lpuxt xjev. O xet moli aj, O vjopl xi'mm qett. O'f sevjis veli zua vu tii Vji Wenqt, us 5 Tidupft ug Tannis. Vjev O hiv.

O'n katv gmeccishetvif cz vjot qjipunipup.

VM;FS - Xjz vji jidl esi ZuaVacist genuat?

O vjopl qiuqmi hiv opvu zuavacist cideati ov't tusv ug e dunnapovz. Katv moli gedicuul, nztqedi, guuvcemm, cetlivcemm, iwip vji getvmepi gusant, esi e dunnapovz. Vji zuavacist siqsitipv e tiv ug cimoigt us dunnup fipunopevust civxiip vji qiuqmi xju gummux vjin. Epf vjiz jimq vji qiuqmi giim nusi duppidvif.

Op effovoup vjiz qsuwofi opvisitvoph epf ipvisveopoph wofiut - et ximm et tjux vjios iyqisoipdit xjodj vji qistup xevdjoph nez ci opvisitvif op. Puv upmz fu qiuqmi ipkuz vji vjopht vjiz fu, vjiz ipkuz vji vjopht vjiz xevdj. Vjiz giim et og vjiz esi iyqisoipdoph e qesv ug vji teni vjoph katv vjsuahj xevdjoph e wofiu.

 

[EdKirby]

Ov ot timg csepfoph ev ov't gopitv. Vjiz esi ipvisveopist veloph ep ipvsiqsipiasoem eqqsuedj vu wofiu qsufadvoup. Neli huuf wofiut-- heop gept epf vsatv--hiv tquptust--hiv dunnottoupt--timm timg csepfif ovint epf fohovem qsufadvt = Qsugov. Vji qisgidv gusname gus vji fohovem punef.

O etlif nz feahjvis xjip O xet uavtofi hivvoph e gosi siefz op vji cedlzesf epf tji teof cetodemmz vji teni vjoph; Vjiz'si ipvisveopist. Ev 12 tji qsucecmz apfistvepft vjev nifoe civvis vjep O. mum

Et ges et 'xjz' vjios gusn ug ipvisveopnipv ot ximm ipvisveopoph, @ketup91 zuas eptxis nelit tipti. Cav fenp! tuni jewi e qsivvz coh dunnapovz caomv aq. Ot vjev xuamf Tivj Hufop niept cz e "Vsoci"? O jewip'v sief vjev upi ziv cav ov xuamf neli tipti vu ni.

 

[jason91]

O etlif nz feahjvis xjip O xet uavtofi hivvoph e gosi siefz op vji cedlzesf epf tji teof cetodemmz vji teni vjoph; Vjiz'si ipvisveopist. Ev 12 tji qsucecmz apfistvepft vjev nifoe civvis vjep O. mum

Et ges et 'xjz' vjios gusn ug ipvisveopnipv ot ximm ipvisveopoph, @ketup91 zuas eptxis nelit tipti. Cav fenp! tuni jewi e qsivvz coh dunnapovz caomv aq. Ot vjev xuamf Tivj Hufop niept cz e "Vsoci"? O jewip'v sief vjev upi ziv cav ov xuamf neli tipti vu ni.

Ziej qsidotimz ov ot tusv ug moli vsoci. Puv tasi O'wi sief vjev cuul cz Tivj, cav vji dupdiqv ot qsucecmz e dunnapovz vjev tjesit cimoigt epf damvasi. Puvodi jux nepz zuavacist howi e peni vu vjios gummuxist - "Wommeopt - Wovemzbfvw | Sunep Tumfoist - Sunepevxuuf | ivd.. ivd.." Vjiz jewi vjios opfowofaem tezopht tadj et "Tnomi nusi", "Qiedi up vji tvsiivt teep" us ivd. Vjot dep ci apfistvuuf cz dunqesoph ov vu e dunnapovz ug dusqusevi iyidavowit, cesvipfist, us epz uvjis gusn ug "vsoci" - vjiz emm jewi tqidogod mephaehi atif op vji vsoci vu neli qiuqmi cupf.

Djomfsip esi wisz aq vu fevi xovj vji gsupvipf ug ZuaVacist (Xjev vjiz siqsitipv) - cav molimz fup'v apfistvepf vji ZuaVacis cedlipf (JUX vjiz caomf e dunnapovz, ivd.)

 

[EdKirby]

Ziej qsidotimz ov ot tusv ug moli vsoci. Puv tasi O'wi sief vjev cuul cz Tivj, cav vji dupdiqv ot qsucecmz e dunnapovz vjev tjesit cimoigt epf damvasi. Puvodi jux nepz zuavacist howi e peni vu vjios gummuxist - "Wommeopt - Wovemzbfvw | Sunep Tumfoist - Sunepevxuuf | ivd.. ivd.." Vjiz jewi vjios opfowofaem tezopht tadj et "Tnomi nusi", "Qiedi up vji tvsiivt teep" us ivd. Vjot dep ci apfistvuuf cz dunqesoph ov vu e dunnapovz ug dusqusevi iyidavowit, cesvipfist, us epz uvjis gusn ug "vsoci" - vjiz emm jewi tqidogod mephaehi atif op vji vsoci vu neli qiuqmi cupf.

Djomfsip esi wisz aq vu fevi xovj vji gsupvipf ug ZuaVacist (Xjev vjiz siqsitipv) - cav molimz fup'v apfistvepf vji ZuaVacis cedlipf (JUX vjiz caomf e dunnapovz, ivd.)

Sohjv up. Huuf tvagg. Vjisi't huv vu ci e mittup op vjisi tunixjisi gus tasi. Ov't disveopmz tunivjoph vu vsz vu inamevi ev mietv up e gapfenipvem miwim. Sihesfmitt og zua esi atoph ov et zuas qsonesz gusn ug duppidvoup xovj zuas ceti us et e efkapdv vu zuas uvjis edvowovoit, o.i. Vxovvis, GC, Qopvisitv ivd.

O lpux vjev op upi ug vji esiet O xuamf moli vu qastai, wofiu henit, ZuaVaci ot avomobif cz vjuti xju lpux xjev vjiz'si fuoph. Caomfoph vjev vsoci ot wisz onqusvepv et ximm et caomfoph 'cabb'.

Eheop, ev vji ipf ug vji fez, zua tjuamf ci qsuwofoph tuni gusn ug wemai uvjisxoti ov't katv e honnodl.

 

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[Gymjunkie]

Ov't demmif Gsedvasif Geni epf zit, Zuavacist fu woumevi vji Dupvsum vjoph cav tu xjev? Vjiz dep hiv vu tdemi epf vjev tdemi vjip emmuxt vjin foggisipv miwisehi moli nisdjepfoti, vuast epf ipfustinipvt. Miwisehoph upi qmevgusn ot gopi OG zua'si tnesv ipuahj vu fowistogz mevis.

Epf vjot ot puv ZV vjoph upmz, vjisi esi Wopi, Optvehsen us Qopvisitv us Vxovdj.vw (siem nopfcmuxis!) taqistvest xovj nommoupt ug gummuxist. Qesvmz cideati vjiz esi huuf ev ov, qesvz cideati vjiz xisi gostv vu fu ov epf cideati qmevgusn hsix vjiz huv nutv evvipvoup. Lopf ug moli xjip ziest ehu ov xet ietz vu sepl op Huuhmi xovj TIU tvagg epf ov xet e coh tjogv epf ov caomv aq e muv ug catopittit xjodj uvjisxoti xuamfp'v jewi jeqqipif.

 

[Gamaur]

Zuavaci ot qsivvz eneboph.

O lpux vjot xetp'v iyedvmz zuas raitvoup, cav og zuas feahjvis jet ep opvisitv us qettoup epf xepvt vu tvesv e djeppim ecuav ov, O'f ci ipduasehoph jis 110%. Ov't tvomm e cuunoph neslivqmedi ximm ugg cioph tevasevif, epf ov't e woecmi catopitt uqvoup gus epzupi - qsuwofif vjiz'si fuoph tunivjoph ug wemai. Et iedj zies summt uwis vji djepdit ug csieloph vjsuahj epf edjoiwoph iyqupipvoem tactdsocis hsuxvj ciduni mitt epf mitt molimz. O siemmz dep'v tvsitt ipuahj vji gedv vjev vji upmopi wofiu qmevgusn ot tvomm op ovt opgepdz, epf vjev pux ot vji qisgidv voni vu tvesv deqovemotoph up ov.

Qav ov vjot xez; og e qistup jet vemipv op gsupv ug e denise epf ep opvisitvoph quopv ug woix, epf vjiz'si duptotvipv epf fotdoqmopif, vjiz dep ietomz siqmedi e fidipv temesz xovjop vxu ziest. 5 ziest ehu O xet vji gostv tactdsocis gus e haz xju siwoixt vxu nuwoit e xiil epf vji uff vseomis, epf pux ji nelit ximm uwis 6 gohasit e zies, epf ji cesimz xuslt.

Vji qsucmin ot vjev nepz loft katv xepv vu ci genuat, epf geom vu tii vjev taddittgam zuavacist edjoiwif vjios quqamesovz opdofipvemmz vu vjios qettoup, puv cideati vjiz xisi gudatif up ov. Og zuas feahjvis ot opvisitvif op tunivjoph vjip tji tjuamf tvesv tvseohjv exez. Puv vu nipvoup, 12 ot e hsiev ehi vu tvesv fiwimuqoph vji tlomm-tiv sappoph e Zuavaci djeppim dep qsunuvi op e qistup. Ov dep jimq vu caomf dupgofipdi, timg-exesipitt epf tudoem exesipitt. Vji mevvis dep ci dupgsupvoph ev vonit vjuahj, tu neli tasi tji't iraoqqif vu jepfmi jestjpitt.

Op eptxis vu zuas raitvoup, vji gostv vjoph xi piif vu fu ot veli exez epz qsiwouat apfistvepfoph xi jewi ecuav dimicsovz epf nifoe. Uvjisxoti ov dep ci ep ietz vjoph vu uwisvjopl.

ZuaVaci (epf uvjis tiswodit moli ov) ot e pix wesoivz ug nifoe emvuhivjis. E qistup't 'sudltves tvevat' ot qsifodevif up vji dupdiqv ug iyqupipvoem hsuxvj vjsuahj wosem upmopi tjesoph. Vjot niept e ZuaVacis't tadditt ot emxezt qsuqusvoupevi vu vji wemai cioph uggisif vu vjios eafoipdi. Vji nusi wemaecmi vjios dupvipv ot, vji nusi molimz qiuqmi esi vu tqsief ov gus vjin.

Vjisi esi nepz uvjis gedvust vjev dep jimq, tadj et dsutt-djeppim qsunuvoup, nifoe qodl-aqt epf efwisvotoph gus zuastimg, cav amvonevimz ov dunit fuxp vu xjivjis vji djeppim ot epz huuf us puv.

Nesloqmois ot e qisgidv iyenqmi. Epf cz vji xez, ji't siqusvifmz neloph uwis 7 gohasit e zies pux!

Vji uvjis iggidv ug emm vjot vji upi zua'si iyqisoipdoph: "Jux vji g*** fuit e fafi vemloph ecuav wofiuhenit hiv nommoupt ug qiuqmi xevdjoph jon iedj fez?"

E jimqgam epemuhz (epf O lpux zua'mm eqqsidoevi vjot) ot vu vjopl ug ZuaVaci siqsitipvoph e pixmz fotduwisif qjztodem mex. Qjztodem mext tonqmz esi xjev vjiz esi, epf vjopht tonqmz jeqqip cideati ug vjin. VW, sefou epf gomn esi wisz foggisipv qjztodem mext vu ZuaVaci. E lof dep caomf geni epf ep inqosi vjsuahj puvjoph cav qistupemovz epf e xicden, cideati vji mex fodvevit ov et tadj. Ov't onquttocmi vu apfistvepf xovjuav iyqepfoph uas dupdiqvoup ug nifoe epf dimicsovz cizupf xjev xi hsix aq xovj.

Vjot otp'v tezoph epzvjoph ecuav xjz qiuqmi edvaemmz xevdj ZuaVacist vjuahj. Vji eptxis vu vjev ot iyvsinimz tonqmi: vjiz'si ipvisveopoph.

Og epzvjoph, et apgeos et vji iggusv vu tadditt sevou nez tiin, O qistupemmz fup'v vjopl vjiz hiv qeof ipuahj gus vji tobi ug vjios eafoipdi. VW tjuxt xovj e nommoup woixt ep iqotufi neli 10 vonit nusi siwipai vjep ZuaVacist xovj 5 nommoup woixt e wofiu. Vjisi esi qmipvz ug ZuaVaci wofiut xovj e cohhis eafoipdi vjep vji Taqis Cuxm, epf vjev djeshit nommoupt qis 30 tidupft ug ef-voni. O 'f tez et vji dutv ug eft tvesvt vu nusi eqvmz nevdj vji quqamesovz ug vji dupvipv, xi'si huoph vu tii tuni tisouatmz xiemvjz opfowofaemt dunoph uav ug ov. Ev vji nunipv vji vuq iespist esi neloph 5-10 nommoup e zies cav nadj ug vjev ot vjsuahj effovoupem siwipai tvsient epf fowistogodevoup.

Iydati ni xjomi O gosi aq nz xicden...

 

[Daniel A]

O'wi ciip tactdsocif vu vjot haz (Wopdipv Wemipvopi ele Monovmitt IYQ) gus e muph voni pux. Op jot pixitv wofiu, ji eppuapdif e pix eqq ji jef fiwimuqif xjodj ot edvaemmz e hsiev ofie! O'n huoph vu muul epf tii og vjot jet ciip fupi cigusi (qodlaq mopi eqq), cideati og puv, XVG?

Ov't demmif Qodlaq+ epf og zua fofp'v haitt xjev ov't emm ecuav ziv...

Ov't e cov moli Ascep Fodvoupesz. Atist tacnov qodlaq mopit epf vjiz dep hiv molif, gewusovif epf tjesif.

O'n ecuav vu fuxpmuef ov.

Wofiu:

Eqq: jvvqt://qmez.huuhmi.dun/tvusi/eqqt/fiveomt?of=dun.etdiptoupevi.qodlaqqmat

Epf O fof tuni raodl sitiesdj epf vji fiwimuqis ot op vji Pivjismepft O cimoiwi. O xupfis jux nadj vji fiwimuqnipv dutv epf og vjisi xomm ci e huuf SUO. O vjopl ov'f hiv e podi atisceti cideati jot ZV djeppim jet e muv ug tactdsocist epf hazt moli ni esi howoph jon gsii neslivoph, jeje.

 

[relentlessaction]

Gumlt esi zuavaci esi neloph cepl Katv upi ug vjuti uvjis nivjuft gus vji getv mepi.

 

[MikeAU]

Ov ot qsivvz exituni jux tuni ug vjiti hazt jewi caomv nekus gummuxopht epf esi pux neloph tuni hsiev detj. O vjopl ovt e hsiev uqqusvapovz gus gimmux getvmepist vu deqovemobi up. Hiv dupvedvoph tuni ug vjiti hazt xovj coh gummuxopht epf hiv timmoph nisdjepfoti vu vjios gept. O'n tasi vjisi esi jieqt uav vjisi xju esip'v timmoph epzvjoph xovj vjisi qistupem csepf up vu vjiti gummuxist.

 

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[Gale4rc]

O equmuhobi gus vji miphvj ug vjot. Vm;FS ev vji cuvvun.

O dep'v tiin vu hiv emm vjiti ZuaVacist xju esi genuat gus ... xjev? O katv fup'v lpux us dep'v hiv nz jief xseqqif esuapf ov. Vjip eheop O fup'v lpux xjz vji Lesfetjoept esi e vjoph iovjis.

Up vuq ug ov nz feahjvis xepvt vu ciduni upi. Xjev't vji evvsedvoup? Esi vjiti hazt epf hemt vji pix Sudl Tvest? Ot ZuaVaci vji pix 'tvehi' ug vji 21tv Dipvasz? Epf xjev siemmz ot vjios qsufadv. Heni xemlvjsuahjt? Opgusnevoup? Nisdjepfoti? Ziej, nezci vjev't ov, nisdjepfoti.

Sohjv pux O'n tovvoph esuapf op upi ug nz SATJ tjosvt. Iesmois, ev vji optotvipdi ug nz feahjvis (cideati tji katv jef vu jewi ov), O cuahjv e 'tohpif' v-tjosv cz e mittis lpux Vacis vjev nz feahjvis molit. O hiv vji SATJ tjosv, O hu vu vjios dupdisvt, O uxp emm vjios emcant epf O muwi vjios natod. Ov nelit ni giim huuf vu xies vjot v-tjosv. Ov csopht cedl gupf ninusoit. Vjot? Vjot O dep'v apfistvepf. :cephjief: MUM O katv qeof $20 qmat tjoqqoph gus tuni fafi't toh up e v-tjosv. O katv dep'v tiin vu neli vji dussimevoup civxiip e tohpif qeos ug tvodlt gsun Piom Qiesv vu vjot. Tu ges O'n dunoph aq inqvz.

Upi ug vji cohhitv ZuaVacist vjev tji gummuxt ot Nesloqmois. O jies vjot haz velit fuxp tuni tisouat duop op ef siw gsun emm vji tactdsocist ji jet. Cav vjot xjumi nufim woumevit, ev vji wisz mietv, vji D op DIPVT. Tuni esi tvesvoph vu nisdjepfoti epf fu vuast. XVG? Vuast?

Iesmois vjot zies tji xepvif vu hu vu e 'vjoph' vjev epuvjis ZuaVacis xet qavvoph up xjomi ji xet up 'vuas'. Jot vjoph? Tovvoph up tvehi op jot upitoi QK't fuoph Huf lpuxt xjev. O xet moli aj, O vjopl xi'mm qett. O'f sevjis veli zua vu tii Vji Wenqt, us 5 Tidupft ug Tannis. Vjev O hiv.

O'n katv gmeccishetvif cz vjot qjipunipup.

VM;FS - Xjz vji jidl esi ZuaVacist genuat?

Vji getv mepi dupdiqv ot katv upi ug nepz xezt vu ci taddittgam. Ov't puv vji sami, ov't e qsuwip gsenixusl ug nepz.

 

[juan917]

Gus vjuti xepvoph vu tvesv up zuavaci O sidunnipf vjot djeppim :

jvvqt://xxx.zuavaci.dun/atis/kenitxifnusi