Life on the YouTube Plantation
Ramifications of YouTube’s Toxic Environment
When you subject large numbers of people to a psychological experiment should it be a surprise when they start snapping..?
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Startup Life
Long Tail Economics for Content Creators
It’s surprising how few people you need as customers to be successful…
Life on the YouTube Plantation
Should Small YouTube Creators Quit?
Should small YouTube Creators quit?
Life on the YouTube Plantation
YouTube Cargo Cult
What happens when society starts praying to the AI?
Life on the YouTube Plantation
Mike the Cop: YouTube Channel of Police Officer
One of the greatest values I see in a platform like YouTube is that ability to humanize people and allow different folks to be able to explain the world as […]
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Listening to the Canaries of Tech
I have the reputation for being arrogant with many people which is ironic considering that I hold very few strong personal beliefs. I come off strong, and sometimes condescending in […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
Milking YouTube
Let me clear. I’m not “back” to YouTube. I’m milking the hell out of something I spent years building until it falls in on itself. I did a Livestream today […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
YouTube is Killing Valuable Content
Last week I was talking with my wife about the future of Failed Normal, and brought up that I plan to start doing video interviews again. At that comment she […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
Grateful to YouTube?
Having posted my “I Left YouTube” video yesterday one of the arguments I have been receiving is that I should be “grateful” to YouTube and should not complain about them […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
YouTube’s Numbers Problem
Over the past two weeks since leaving YouTube I’ve been doing a lot of math. It’s not fancy calculus or trigonometry, but rather good old basic math. Two plus Two […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
PR People and YouTube Creators
Have I told you how much I hate PR folks? I don’t mean that I slightly dislike them, but really detest them in a deep and profound way. They’re the […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
How to Make Money Doing Reviews on YouTube
Doing reviews on YouTube seems to be one of the quickest ways to making money on the platform. By uploading reviews you are easily getting on to the radar of […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
Breaking the YouTube Addiction
I made it half way through the latest Boogie2988 video this morning. I was able to finish a DramaAlert, but then… hit the unsubscribe button. I flitted through a few […]
Life on the YouTube Plantation
How to Get Free Review Items for Youtube Videos
Reviewing products on YouTube is what many creators rely on for video topics. You’ll notice many of the big channels, especially in tech, are essentially review channels. When you’re starting […]