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HN guidelines suggest writing comments based on the most charitable interpretation. But yes, honest mistakes can happen.
I would never have thought he meant "actually place a YouTube channel up for sale." This wasn't a choice of being "charitable" or not; it was reading the comment and being perplexed by its contradictions.
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I would never have thought he meant "actually place a YouTube channel up for sale." This wasn't a choice of being "charitable" or not; it was reading the comment and being perplexed by its contradictions.
So now you know, misreading, misunderstanding and misinterpretation are common causes of perplexity.
The mistake was for the expenses to be so high. It's because she previously worked at corporate channels that had those positions so she hired for those roles without understanding that a new channel in a crowded segment (cooking) will take many years to build an audience. If she had done more of the work herself, it may have meant longer time between each video but more potential for the channel to be profitable. Pr…
The main point is, it doesn't really matter if your content is technically good, it has to be genuinely entertaining. Every successful food tuber I can recollect has a very interesting character; they're often genuinely funny. Or they have found a gimmick in how they present their content. Or they have found some topics that can discuss while cooking that keeps the viewers hooked. Basic technical competency in the vi…
There is a lot of bad content on YouTube that’s very successful. I think it’s more about getting into people’s daily routine and occupying mindshare, than having explosions every few seconds like Mr beast.