psychicpebble

before i answer, let me recap for those who are confused about what you're asking. for the first chunk of youtube's life, getting good views is what mattered. you could upload one video every 1-3 months (the average length to create an animated video by yourself) but if you pulled in good numbers it didn't really matter and you could make a consistent income.

now, some may remember around 2013 or so there was a phenomenon known as "reply girls", who were women who would push their tits into the camera and ramble about a video without even watching it. they would spam these videos to the point where it consumed the side bar and suggested videos on youtube. these girls were getting loaded, and the entire community was furious and demanded youtube fix it.

so, like youtube does, they cut the entire arm off to fix the cut on its finger. they changed their algorithm in a variety of different ways, the most substantial aspect being they didn't reward views, but instead, minutes watched. this means that under the new system if you upload a minecraft lets play every day and get only several thousand views per video, you get paid more than someone who uploads less frequently but gets a million or more views per video. thus, the animation community on youtube was beheaded. it is literally impossible to outpace or even match the content production level of a letsplayer or vlogger if you're an animator.

shit, that was a lot longer than expected. to answer your question, i don't think the youtube "goldrush" of 2007-2013 will ever come back. i do however have confidence that something will take it's place. when or how, i have no idea.

it wasn't the funniest joke, but the original narration line in "hellbenders christmas" was something about chris and zach celebrating christmas because they were part of the superior aryan race. tomar (the narrator) delivered it dead straight and it was really funny, but we ended up cutting it for time and convenience. to top it off i learned afterwards that tomar was jewish. the man is a god damn champ.

toby turners AMA is that way

listen, you don't need to beat around the bush. slaying mad pussy and hitting the waves would be my part time job regardless if i animated or not. also my real answer is maybe something to do with biology or history, but my brain ain't work no good so maybe i'd be digging ditches or something.

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