This is a thread about discussing the pros and cons of showing your /pow/erlevel for people with typical Zig Forums opinions. You can talk about anything related to the topic here, but I have a specific situation in mind I need advise with.
Zig Forums, I am going to be a content creator on youtube. It's not a question of if, but when. After diligent preperation and many video ideas in my folder, I am at an impasse though. What prevented my from producing a single video is a dilemma.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Now I am quite knowledgable about politics and history and I 100% believe that I would bring new arguments to the table, no one has ever mentioned before, so that is definitively my strong suit. So should I really go all according to my talents or rather what I want to be? I want to do potential IRL skits, so I am really torn. I also thought about doing both at the same time and hoping no one would recognize my voice. But I do speak English with a bit of an accent, so that is never going to work out as one of my Zig Forumsfriends told me.
Just make a normal channel. Its more valuable to have people in higher places that may be #JWOKE than it is to have just another totally based/redpilled going over all the talking points that everyone knows already. Theres just a lot more mileage in a non Zig Forums channel. Plus if you actually manage to get anywhere you can network with likeminded people and THEN reveal your power level. Theres no reason to potentially ruin your life right out of the gate for a YouTube channel that isn't even going to go anywhere because you'll be shut down the second you gain notoriety.
But I think I would talk about stuff that is completly new. I have video ideas that talk about phenomena that no one ever mentioned in the way I would.
Would I even be able to allude to this with Option 2?
Good for you going out to make some content like that. I've been considering something similar. You've got a few more options that what you've posted here, and depending on what your goal is and requires for success should direct you towards some options more than others. Literally make both channels and populate both. You do this by making two entirely separate accounts, meaning completely different emails and, if they require phone numbers, using a burner phone for the edgy one. You then make all your edgy stuff without using your voice or face while you do the other channel according to your preferences. It is vitally important to make the styles different enough and to set them up on different days and to have those unlinked accounts in case your edgy one gets shoahed. You'll likely get more interest if you make your history channel have some kind of hook, and sprinkle in (emphasis on sprinkle) some winks and nods as you would do in real life with non-Zig Forumsacks. It's riskier than just presenting history, but if you stick to the facts and don't spill your spaghetti your channel should be fine. Should be, though YouTube is obviously trying to eliminate such channels, so be prepared to move your archives elsewhere. Just go for a different platform right off the bat. It is likely that in the next five to ten years that YoutTube will diminish while some other platform ascends. If for nothing else, finding another platform that would let you make your content as you please would be good to have as a backup anyway. Forgo the fame and fortune and just make webm-style clips to post on the boards. It likely won't gain any traction, but it would be the safest option I suppose.
I think the biggest thing is for you to honestly figure out what you want to make content for. Is it to gain an audience to speak to, or is it for revenue, or is it for laughs, or is it for some other reason? Ask yourself that honestly and then, when you know the answer, consider those options, weigh them out, and execute on one. That dilemma is basically just a part of your brain's excuse to not take that action, and remaining idle is the worst action you can take. Weigh out the full pros and cons, come to terms with your eventual doxing either by being extra careful or just preparing for it, and take action.
You need to lead the horse to water. They just flat out won't let you do anything more.
I guess you could produce content directly challenging Youtubes censorship policies w/o violating it. Maybe that would do a lot of good.
Tbh we aren't going amywhere until we can start undoing the draconian censorship policies being forced on us. This is np way to have such an important cultural conversation
Nolan Cox
I mentioned that. A huge problem is that English is not my native language. So I do have a recongizeable accent from a certain ethnicity (in Europe). I would basically have to use a completly different mic and maybe adjust it, so 2 audio clips of me talking from either channel wouldn't be too similar, but that is a lot of work. Doing 3 channels (because of one gaming channel) at once would be a lot of work. It would allow me to shoah the less succesful one, if I noticed one being a lot more popular than the other.
Another problem is that it would kinda overlap though. I wouldn't not talk about any history with Option 2 at all. Just more mild and avoiding maybe more edgy things.
I would talk more about historical lessons. I wouldn't be a channel that just states facts and moves on to the next topic.
That wouldn't solve the problem. I would still have to decide a route for my channel. And there would be no reason to not go on youtube, if I went with Option 2.
No, I want a bigger audience for my arguments. They deserve to be heard and just spamming them on Zig Forums is not enough. Sometimes threads get just ignored too.
The thing is the following. My abilities would be better suited for a more political, debate-style oriented channel. But would I enjoy that? What I want is a more normie channel with opportunities for recognition and potential revenue and especially cooperation with other youtubers I wanted to meet for some time.
But I would basically have to carry a beast around with me that wants to talk about more and can't. Zig Forums would basically be my only outlet, while I would dream about going on JF's, Ralph's, Andy's shows and talk with them, but I wouldn't, because association with them would out me.
But the thing is, do I have it in me to really be a succesful normie youtuber? It's what I want to be vs What I am. Fuck, there is no good answer to this.
Maybe I should just start mild and see where it goes, so I still have the option to still go either way?
I suggest to never expose your face. It doesn't matter how subtle you may be, if your face is out there, you will forever be deemed as a bad goy. You also have to do something different to make your videos stand out. Truth is, no one is going to care about your opinions because you aren't special. Add something unique. Also, don't forget to have fun with it. If you are, than the audience knows to have fun too. No one likes getting preached to
