Why do Youtubers Fail on Dtube/Steem
I'm sure others have noticed their failed Steem Takeoffs. I guess this vlog is my attempt to help one that may be considering quitting Dtube/Steem understand why the Youtube formula doesn't work here.
I'm sure there will be those who disagree with me, but at this point in time I've collected enough anectodal evidence to make these points valid to the conversation.
What do you guys think?
I think I'm on to something here.
I totally agree with ya dude. It's a totally different animal than the Clickbaity, heavy title, 'be sure to like and subscribe' Youtube that we've all seen. To those who get it, it's refreshing. But for those who don't, and don't have the patience to reprogram, they don't seem to last.
I remember commenting or posting on a similar thought a long time ago. I thought to myself, if I have found a lot of success on one platform, why spend a lot of time and energy reprogramming to move to another? That's their home, they know how to work the system (as crappy as we may think it is), and unfortunately those credits don't transfer here. Essentially, there's no reason to leave without having strong faith in crypto and Steem in the first place.
I think Youtube vs. DTube harbors the biggest divide though. I think there's much more overlap from some others, like Twitch to DLive for example. I think someone moving from a live streaming platform is used to interacting with their fans, and would be totally okay with the system here, DLive or otherwise. Even Facebook, as much as I'm not a big advocate, encourages fan pages to interact, answer messages, reply to comments, etc. Youtube seems to be the platform that really encourages automation and ad attention over interaction. Point being, if we're going to pitch to anyone, maybe it's better to look at Twitch users, Facebook [live] users, hell, maybe even Twitter/Insta users.
Regardless, I think human interaction is back in style and they're missing out! Great video, as always dude!
Thank you for the feedback brother and of course you and I are 100% on the same page here.
I'm happy the human element seems to be taking over again.
Hi meno. You tuber's won't get it.Here you have to work and be social. They don't want that, they think they are the star and you must just upvote them. They are in for a rude awakening as in order to take you have to give.
Very true my friend, but maybe we can teach them... of course, only if they are willing to listen.
It is also a bit of laziness I think too. They worked hard to build up a successful channel and coming to steem is like starting on the ground again. It is too much work when I am already "rich and famous" over here.
I'm sure that's part of the picture too. No doubt...
This is a great overview! I have noticed a big difference between YouTube and DTube.
I brother, I'm checking out your content, your video quality is superb. How has your experience been so far? If you are on discord, look me up! meno#5416
You're definitely onto something. I've been considering making a video just like this for a while because I have brought on a number of YouTubers but unfortunately they didn't understand, or take the time to understand, the Steemit/Dtube/Dlive platforms and how the blockchain works. They had great videos and content, but they failed to take the proper steps to actually build their channel. It takes a bit of work here, but it's totally worth it. You can't just create a channel, throw up a background image and profile picture, and copy and paste your content into Steemit... then think the money will flow in. You have to get to know the community and build a new audience within this ecosystem.
Maybe we should start something like:
A practical guide for the Youtubian Migration
Right? - they need to come with a different mental chip or it's doomed from day one.
That's not a bad idea. Because I'd love to see some of these guys make it here, and bring over the audiences they have from YouTube. That's another issue though; they assume that because they have 100,000 followers on YouTube that they'll just follow them over to Steemit. But I've found that getting people over here is like pulling teeth.
Maybe once the signup process becomes more "fluid" then, not only will these YTers build their Steem following faster, but they'll get rewarded quicker. Could be good and bad now that I think about it. Maybe it's best they can't do that lol. Then it would become just another community of "post and run" content creators.
Brandon, have you ever tried creating exclusive content here, and telling your youtube followers about it?
Because if they have a choice, they will always stick with youtube. But if they like you enough, they may come over to check out your dLive EXCLUSIVES. :)
Yeah, that’s actually what I’ve done now. Up until a month or so ago I was posting on YouTube and embedding to Steemit. But now I’m only using Dlive for my steem related videos. I’m not a major YouTube creator or influencer, but I’ve brought on a lot of people from YouTube bc of my Steem(it) videos. I’ve pretty much told them that now they can follow me on Steemit to continue seeing that video content. 😁
Clever. Always keep your youtubing going, and then mention when there is extra exclusive content on dLive, and you will be doing a great thing for Steem. Thanks. :)
Damn I love it. Great Message!
Thank you brother... btw I noticed @Bembelmaniac invited you to discord, i would love to show you our little community. I doubt you will be disappointed.
Did he? I have to check the comments again.😁 Thanks for telling me.
I believe you are right on this topic and it's why I prefer this website in comparison to youtube. It puts the power back into the hands of the people. Not some biased algorithm.
The people get to decide what they like and what they want and that should be what the experience is all about.
I agree, totally.
I watch a lot of youtube videos (hang me lol) and I never comment any more because I either never get a reply, or my reply mysteriously never appears there.
And yet, Youtube algorithms mean that even channels I don't comment on, or like or subscribe to, just pop up anyway, for me to watch, because youtube knows me.
So the channel doesn't even need to acknowledge me at all, because youtube is curating me, and protects the youtuber from having to interact with me lol.
You called it. Youtube is the media part of "social media," whereas this place is the social.
There is an old post (by steem standards) written by @ankapolo that explains this perfectly. Check this out.
https://steemit.com/steem/@ankapolo/the-visualization-of-the-ideal-internet-ecosystem
to me this made perfect sense!
Thanks. I will. :)
Good video. Youtube is more general and dtube can have harsher critics.
When I listen to a few big time youtubers one of which brought me here, they have one main gripe. Thats the whole taking 6 hour+ hours to upload a video and having it compressed to 480 makes it fustrating for them. Period.
dtube has improved a lot... it took me a minute to upload this one, and the quality has also improved tons... So those frustrations are part of it, but I think they would not mind waiting a bit longer if they were making some good income. Don't you think?
I will recognize it is hard to compete with free services that google has the ability to offer. Dtube has a realllllly long ways to go before even being mentioned as a suitable replacement to youtube.