Bad Youtubers

I love YouTube, I really do, to prove this point I'm currently listening to a movie review as I write this. In fact I watch far more videos on YouTube than I watch TV, it's great because it's free and easily accessible, and you can find anything from old documentaries to boiler issues.

But there's another part of Youtube I hate, the narcissistic and often over sentimental personality channels that litter the site, what I like to call the reality TV shows for the web. Not all of these are bad, but the majority of them are. The worst of them are people who play nasty and provocative pranks on the public, to people who film their entire lives for the web, and people who basically want to get noticed for the sole purpose of being outrageous.

A good example of a bad Youtuber are those who dedicate their entire channels to the 'Fifa' video game series. There's a part of the game in which you can buy micro-transactions, these will usually be packs of cards in which you can buy with your own money or money from the game. In these packs will be random players that you can put into your ultimate team, and then play against other people online, the better the players you have the better you're going to be.

My little brothers watch them all the time, which makes me feel uneasy, not only because each and every one of these people are generally annoying, but because they are making money from something that isn't theirs. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with profiteering from something that isn't directly your own, as long as you're taking that material and using it in an informative and entertaining manner.

I hope everyone has success, no matter what they do in life (and that includes Youtubers). But for me the best Youtubers and the most productive ones are those who have something to say and something to discuss, whose channels are not driven by personality and celebrity. I see the internet as a great way of reaching out to people in all kinds of way. But its getting to the point where it has become a new platform for Z-list celebrity. Where mediocrity is allowed to flourish and be acceptable, and the serious stuff goes unnoticed.