Money, hate comments, and selling out: the realities of being a youtuber 

Thank you for the kindest comments imaginable, I've been shocked and heartened by all the kind words 🥹 I want to clarify that I'm doing fine, I promise! The new way I interact with comments has helped me feel less burdened by the worst parts of the internet. I'm grateful for you and that you watch any of my videos and make it possible for this hobby to be so fulfilling. Thank you!

Thank you for the transparency video! I can't emphasize highly enough how truthful and relatable the hate comments portion is. I've wanted to make this video for a while now, but never seem to find the energy for it. But yeah, it is frankly astounding the number of hate comments we do get, most of them unseen by viewers, just for talking about books. The name-calling, the racial slurs, the accusations, the assumptions out of thin air. It truly makes me wonder why people are so hateful sometimes. And as you said, it's not even on a controversial video. Sometimes it's just a book haul or even a TBR video. Someone once told me, that after 10k subs, you will see the hate comments starting to come in. And that statement couldn't be more true. For what it's worth, I love your videos. I think they are incredible. Just like this one. :)

Bookborn! I know this is unpopular, but turn them mid-roll ads on! Your work is worth the inconvenience. You deserve to get paid! Love your content. Thanks!

I had NO IDEA about those hate comments! I'm so sorry you or any creator has had to deal with that bullying, especially in a way that keeps you isolated. I really appreciate your being so honest. I think you're a fantastic creator and I really enjoy your videos!

Your ASOIAF videos are how I stumbled upon your channel and I really love everything about your videos and your presentation, plus your personality is really awesome. I hope you grow exponentially because you really do deserve it.

“And then I met the internet” Really enjoyed this video. I’ve watched probably to many transparency videos but never knew y’all had a different comment section. Really explains a lot. Thanks for sharing!

You said you are grateful for us, but many many of us are even more grateful for you and all the effort you put in to what you do. It was fascinating to hear about the monetization and sad, but not surprising, to hear about the haters. Just to let you know there are a lot more lovers out there than haters. Keep up the awesome work and thank you.

As a booktuber this was incredibly cathartic to hear. Thank you for your honesty. Being seen and publicly criticized has been tough, but i like to view it as a character building exercise 💪

This is one of the most open videos I've ever seen on the business of youtube and creator experience. Until this video I also had the "well are the comments really that bad?" opinion, but didn't understand how they were displayed for creators. Thank you for sharing that.

Wow, this was great. As fellow booktubers, it is beneficial to hear about your journey and process. Comments are an odd beast to tackle. Like you said, on one hand, you are grateful to the people interacting with your work; on the other, some comments are hard to imagine coming from a real human being. Anyway, we wanted you to know we appreciate having you on this platform!

Thanks for making this! As a content creator myself, I very much relate to your sentiment of thinking you'd be okay with a few hate comments here and there, then turning out to be more sensitive to them than you thought. My channel is still small, but ever since it's started to get some modicum of attention, I've been surprised by the way my body has reacted to getting comments at times, even with all my attempts to persuade myself they don't matter. I remember the first time one of my videos skyrocketed to like 70,000 views out of nowhere - back when I still had only a couple hundred subscribers - and I would sometimes find myself shaking uncontrollably because I just kept thinking about the comments that were rolling in, nonstop, every hour of the day. My reaction took me completely by surprise, as much as the video blowing up did. I don't think there's anything I could have done to prepare myself for it. And nowadays, even though I've gotten used to the constant influx of comments, I still fixate on the negative ones over all the positives ones, and spend nights tossing and turning wondering if I've done something horrible. Obviously there are plenty of things worse, but it's such a bizarre experience and it's hard to describe to someone who hasn't experienced it themselves. Anyway, really appreciated your honesty here!

It's really cool to get this kind of insight into the process. As an English teacher, I get a lot of students tell me they want to be content creators (one or two of them even want to be booktubers), but they have no idea about is entailed in the process. So, it's nice to be able to give them both a resource and a great channel to check out.

Thanks for this. I'm just a viewer with no interest in ever being a creator. As such I've never put any brain power into how content actually gets to my screen. Even stupid stuff like how much a good camera costs, never really considered any of that, so thanks for mentioning the costs to involved. It gives me appreciation for all the content I watch and what it actually takes behind the scenes. For many years I've written as a hobby, mostly for myself and a few friend/writers. I always had it in the back of my head that someday I'd like to try to publish something and share it with the world. That urge has been completely snuffed out at this point. The ease in which people can just pour on the hate and negativity, it's just not ever going to be worth it for me. I'm glad you do this and hope you keep at it. Thank you again for your time, energy, and passion.

This is why I LOL when someone asks if I'd ever quit my job and do BookTube full time. The same people make snarky comments about ads and having a Patreon.

Obviously I’m seeing this video months after it was made. Still, I wanted to comment. Bookborn, you are one of the most intelligent book tubers I follow-there’s a logic and a method to the way you approach any topic you undertake that is much appreciated by this viewer any way. You give data. You organize that data and inspect it. You look at things from several perspectives. Some of this comes from just being thorough. For example, you don’t just tell us how much you make month to month or year to year. Like an accountant you also tell us how much you spent and then how many hours were involved in this video or that one. And then, having explained that you spend as much time on your videos as many people spend in doing their jobs, you point out that you are not producing these videos in order to make a living. It’s a hobby. However, you go on, many people are in fact trying to make a livable income from RU-vid, and so these issues matter. The way you present your content here seems obvious in the context of your topic. But I know, and you know, and anyone who spends any time watching RU-vid knows that most creators don’t operate this way. So thank you. [New paragraph] I should say that I came to your channel through seeing you interviewed on another book tuber’s channel. I’m not a particular fan of fantasy. But I am a fan of books, and you discuss all things book related in such an interesting way. I love it when you do research and present data. You should maybe write a book. You have the mindset

the single most honest, transparent and clear behind the scenes from a Creator I've ever experienced. Thank you - but after watching so many of your videos, this is expected of you - conducive of your character and personality - thank you for that. You're a true gem of a person. Oh and your book reviews and discussions are pretty damn good too!! ;)

What you said about hate comments calling you an idiot made my heart so sad! I love your commentary and perspectives so much because it is obvious that you think deeply about things before saying them and then you speak very articulately! I don't agree with every idea you put forward but I love being pushed to see things differently or even changing my viewpoint because of your good arguments. Sorry the internet is the worst--you're too pure for this platform haha

I'm not interested in the content creation part of RU-vid, but you are so well articulate and honest about everything you cover here in this channel that I had to watch it. Great video and I hope RU-vid stop sending notifications of mean comments before filtering it, it's a bad design, they should change it. The hate comments won't stop, because, Internet, but the algorithm should start to help instead of deteriorating the mental health of creators

As someone who just started their own BookTube channel, I cannot overstate how valuable I find this kind of content. Thank you for always putting viewers first, you are an inspiration!

The last five minutes the hurt really came through...😟 Keep on making videos, you're good at it!

Echo some the comments saying to turn on midroll ads. I get RU-vid is a labour of love but it's still a labour. Appreciate you sharing your whole approach to RU-vid and the finances behind it so openly. Thank you for all your efforts!

Wow I feel all of this in a BIG way! *Especially* as a new/small Booktube channel it's SO cool to see the reality of what a RU-vid journey looks like!! Thanks so much for taking the time to share! Also on the comments side... it's crazy how many people take the time out of their day to say rude/mean things on random content, but I guess that's just the way the internet is sometimes :P We've already started to see that.

I've heard other RU-vidrs talk about negative comments before, and one thing that was said that I think is SO accurate: People making mean/negative comments are telling you more about themselves than they are about you or your content. Some people just need a place to rant about something, and content creators are an easy target. You make great content. Please do not let the negative people get you down. Please do not stop.

I used to constantly have anxiety about the "top 10" video rating on studio. It was terrible for mental health. Keep it up you are doing amazing :)

Love your honesty/transparency/general-no-BS as always Bookborn 😄 I avoided mid-roll ads in my videos for the same reasons (I write Ambient music for studying and sleeping so not ideal to wake people up in the middle 😂) I ended up ticking that box and realised I could manually place just one mid-roll ad at the verrrrry end of the video (right before the post-vid ad would show up) I figured most people would click away by that point, but for the audience binge-listening to my vids on a playlist, it would help me get a few extra bucks! I’m not sure if that’s something you’d want on your channel but could be worth trying it to see if your RPM goes up at all 🧐 Keep up the great work as always!!

Wow what a great insight into being a RU-vidr! I don’t normally comment on videos but I feel like I had to give a little positivity to you. I also did not realize the difference of what the viewer sees and what the creator sees with comments. I always had the same view as you had that they were sensitive but now it makes more sense lol.

Hey! Viewer who started watching during the first WoT season here. I usually don’t comment on anything, but felt like I really needed to on this. I really appreciated this deep dive and seeing the hard work and thought you’ve put into the channel for our benefit. I’m only a very casual fantasy consumer, but your perspectives are so well-thought out and helpful, and your presentation so clear and accessible, that I find all your content so compelling. Thank you for everything, and I hope this channel grows into whatever you want it to be.

I also used to think that when creators complained about nasty comments, there’s no way they’re that bad or why can’t they shake it off? But I have a small 900 follower twitter account and holy cow, people get so nasty so easily. I even switched my profile picture out from being one of me because of it. Some of them really affected me in ways I never expected. Or when I had a tweet get to a bad side of twitter, it’s really mentally draining to deal with lots of negative interactions

I BELIEVE YOU! :) about the trauma of a comments section... and it sounds even more brutal than I've imagined. Nice to hear you say that the positive outweighs the negative.

I don't understand people's hate. If they don't like it, don't watch it. I understand having a difference of opinion and discussing it, but to attack a person with such nasty comments is unnecessary. Thank you for being so intelligent and transparent. Love your videos (and I'm new to your channel).

Very insightful! I had no idea about how bad the hate could be. Glad you can keep adding great content despite the hate.

I didn't realize your channel is so new! I thought you'd been doing this forever with how great your videos are and I was late to the party. Like others have said already, this was so interesting and loved the transparency. Excited for the eventual patreon!

That comment you made a screenshot of, it's crazy. What does go through people's mind to post stuff like that, I will never understand.

This is a really great behind-the-scenes look at actually running a RU-vid channel. Very informative, and eye-opening. We used Streamyard a lot at work when you couldn't have humans together in the same room and it's great, but yeah if you aren't streaming pretty regularly it is totally not a worthwhile expense. Thanks for putting this out there. I think it's really beneficial for all of us in the audience to get this peek behind the curtain. And, just thanks. I don't watch every single video because I haven't read every book you're talking about, etc., but I am very appreciative of what you're doing. I hope you continue to enjoy doing this.

The hard part of the internet is impunity. People in the comments say whatever they wanna say, with zero consequences (in their head, anyway). Internet is a tool, and it can be used to good or bad things, but man... the bad things are sad to see. Makes me lose a little bit of faith in humanity overall. I'm sorry you have to deal with hate comments out of the blue! I really enjoy your channel and your reviews! Keep on the good work :)

I have to be honest, I've never even noticed you don't do mid-roll ads. I watch pretty much all your content, and I'm sure I'd still watch most videos right to the end, regardless of an ad interruption. Your content is amongst the highest quality on booktube, I would vote for you to turn on those extra ads, you definitely deserve the extra revenue

Thank you so much for your transparency! I definitely believe that you deal with some terribly hateful comments - I used to be part of a number of Wheel of Time groups, and once the show came out they almost all turned into cesspools. I went from having light hearted chats with fellow book fans to getting absolutely ripped apart for any perspective I offered - with pretty much any criticism of the show resulting in calling me out for being a cis straight white male who was clearly homophonic, racist, a bigot, etc. It was even group leaders saying these things a fair portion of the time. And even the slightest praise resulted in being told I wasn't a fan of the books, I was a snowflake pushing a woke agenda. These conversations were with people I had once considered friends too - so I can only imagine how much worse it is for the general anonymity of RU-vid accounts. And, just because I feel the need to justify myself -I started reading the books when I was a teen in the very early 2000s. I chose to get into the film industry over a decade ago in hopes of being part of the team that brought the books to the small screen (something I saw as an inevitability). I'm now a 10+ year veteran in the film industry - primarily as a vfx artist and supervisor, but also having written scripts, done camera work, helped as an AD, scriptie, gaffer, grip, worked as a professional photographer for a while, and a copy and content editor (for novels and scripts). I've worked on indie projects, major blockbusters, installation projects, virtual reality, corporate videos, and everything in between. I've done deep breakdowns of every book, how to adapt it in either 8 or 10 episode seasons (it would require 9-10 seasons depending on the length of the season), and those are all with typical production limitations taken into account, working through how to combine or cut characters, scenes, locations, etc. I've done vfx tests for different things from the books. But despite those years of investment, I was shunned by group leaders and new fans alike without any consideration to my criticism or praise - just because I presented an idea they didn't already agree with. Getting back to the point - I love that you have an honest look at the financial and time investment (and reward) of getting into RU-vid! I've been considering starting up a podcast, and doing some videos that would simplify and make more easily accessible my 240 page deep dive into season 1 - and this gives me a great starting point to work from. I'm glad you are filtering those horrible comments, and taking care of your mental health - and not letting it dissuade you from continuing on your video content creation journey! I love watching your videos, so keep em coming. 😊

Now I feel even more appreciative when you like or reply to my comments! 😊 I totally didn't even realize that they filter it that much, but it makes sense given the RU-vid comment section ten years ago or so.

Thise screenshot hate comments are horrid goddamn… keep up the quality content, we really appreciate it. Always coming back for your interesting takes, passionate interpretation and open-ness to discussion😊

Sorry to hear about your experiences with hate comments. My channel is small (~2k) so I haven't had those issues yet. But just know that there's a large group of us here who enjoy your content and have your back.

This is a really interesting video. Appreciate the transparency about the finances, because that's certainly a topic that people often seem to shy away from. The mid-roll ad thing isn't something I've ever thought about, but it makes sense that it would be such a jump. As for the hate comment thing, it's sadly unsurprising, but as you noted, it's definitely not just being "thin skinned" or "too sensitive". Pretty much every creator who I've ever heard talk about has said that no matter how thick your shell is 99% of the time, eventually there's going to be that 1% of the time where you see a negative comment that just pierces right through. Maybe it's a comment that unknowingly strikes right on something you're already upset about, maybe it's so vile even above-and-beyond, or maybe it just happens on an already crappy day where you're already a bit down.

This was super cool of you to share. As a BookTube channel coming up on 10k subs I found a lot of these experiences relatable. A way that I found helpful to think about comments was this: If I saw a film had 98% on rotten tomatoes I would think that was amazing, so there’s no need for me to be bothered by 2% of the comments.

Decided to scroll from newest first, and yeah...there are 10 hate comments that are actually labeled as hate comments. Thats a new one! At least they are being upfront with you haha humanity was not designed to be this interconnected, and I do feel for those who have to deal with these keyboard warriors.

Shockingly little money for what is (effectively) a professional quality review show. It's tough, bc "free content" is often monetised through means that creative people are uncomfortable with... but it is rather perverse that people offering original or transformative works are often making substantially less than other, more exploitative, entertainment. I can only be thankful you enjoy it as a hobby, and remain thoughtful and engaged with your comments section despite the challenges we pose (I do not absolve myself from being an argumentative bugger, even if I never speak with malice merely with passion) Responses from content creators really do mean a lot, but REALLY don't kill yourself over it. Your content is the important part! Shared joy can't really be assigned a value, but "priceless" is near enough the truth.

I've been on booktube for about a year. Finding time to present myself coherently is a challenge and i'm at the point where i've decided to give up on the algorithm in order put out videos I care about. And I have decided to check the analytics once a week... i have a very, very small channel and I still try to reply to most of my comments because i'm only dealing with maybe a dozen or a few dozen per video, but i'm also shocked at the level the comments stoop to. Rest assured, you are not an idiot! You're very good at this, and you've chosen a very difficult hobby! Thanks for this video!

This was a very interesting video. The total amount was definitely a lot less than I would have expected. I don’t know if that income would even cover my book buying habits.

Thank you for this video and perfect timing! As I just made the requirements for monetization. As of now, I did not add mid-roll ads (and not sure if I ever will), as I'm just too new. (Personally, I think you earned to run them, especially after watching this, but that is of course up to you). I've been pretty lucky with hateful comments so far...a couple of criticisms pop in here and there, nothing compared to what you showed us. I do have a couple of people trolling my channel just to click the thumbs down on every one of my videos though. Haha. -Cheers and keep up the amazing content!

I’m always excited when I see one of your videos drop! Thanks for your insights/experience in this one.

This was extremely helpful. I appreciate the detail and openness to share. Thank you!

Even as small as my channel is I would get a healthy amount of hate comments and super weird and inappropriate things sent my way, and that's as a guy. I can only imagine the amount of shit that gets sent to women on RU-vid. You are doing great though and you'll continue to kick ass and grow =D

Love the channel!! Thanks for all your hard work. As soon as the patreon/discord goes up, I’m freakin in!

It is wild to me how little revenue is coming in through your videos. I realize what you said about not operating to make money, but realistically if a viewer is letdown by the quality of content in any way, this is very enlightening. Thanks for the effort for little monetary reward.

Love this video and its honesty! Love your channel! ❤

I always find these kinds of videos fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

I love hearing your opinion even if I don’t always agree. You’re one of my favorite booktubers for that reason. I hate that you’re experiencing hate comments. I’m also glad you’re speaking out about it.

Great video! Thanks for sharing all of the nitty gritty details. It’s really opens my eyes as I’m trying to grow my own channel. So thanks for giving me things to look forward to and to watch out for

Very insightful! The 4,000 hours certainly seems more daunting than 1,000 subscribers.

This was so informative! I really appreciate your transparency on all aspects of being a booktuber.

Love your content. Your channel helped get me back into reading and more than that I think much more critically about my reads now. Also just finished thread light and pass some love along to your husband. Great trilogy. Keep doing what you’re doing, the overwhelming majority here love what you create!

We should all scroll through old videos and leave heartfelt comments. From one stupid book fan to another, this channel is amazing!

As a creator myself I love seeing the process other creators have and I appreciate how open and honest you are in this video. I also agree the internet is brutal and mean/rude comments can slowly bring a person down. Great video!!

Thanks for your transparency about this, specifically with the numbers. I've been on BookTube since 2018, and my channel is small (

Thanks for another great video Bookborn! It's great to get an inside peak into how book tube works. Sorry you have to deal with hate comments. You're probably my favorite booktuber and i always appreciate your takes even on things we disagree about.

This kind of content is very interesting, and thank you for sharing it. I’m not a subscriber but I’ve viewed all your ASOIAF videos and now this one. Keep up the good work!

Your channel is real quality - you are doing amazing and your time will come. Thanks for keeping this up!

Hey I discovered your channel a year ago and loved the analytical/research approach you take to most of the videos. Keep it up

Great video, it is nice to get some insight into your process. I really do enjoy your wheel of time videos, so I appreciate all the work you put into those

Thank you for making this video! I'm not surprised with the monetary side, but it was certainly eye opening about the hate comments - l knew this was a problem but was not aware of the extent of it. It helps me better understand what people mean when they talk about RU-vid affecting their mental health! Also thanks for the explanation of the algorithm. People say that word a lot, but your explanation is the clearest I've seen so far, in unpacking what that means.

Great video! Keep climbing!

That was really insightful, thank you for talking about all of that stuff! I’m not big enough to be faced with a lot of that yet, just a couple here and there. It makes me think hard about how much “success” I want to strive for.

Thank you, Bookborn, for this and every one of your videos! My 2024 TBR is looking epic because of your thoughtful commentary.

You are amazing and one of my favorite creators. I love watching your videos and appreciate the way you talk about topics that need attention.

Really appreciated the transparency in this video! Genuinely changed my perspective on YT creators. Had no clue the dynamics of the payouts and the impact sponsors have.

Thank you for sharing the details. I've been thinking about starting my own booktube channel and this gave me a lot of greate information!

Your A song of Ice and Fire videos are what got me here. Love the channel!

Thank you so much for sharing! You are by far my favorite on here. You bring wonderful topics to the fore and insightful and thought provoking ones! Sadly, the internet is a wonderful place and an absolutely vile one at the same time. I don't understand those who interact in such negative ways. I have seen it in so many places and I am sorry you have to deal with all of that! This should be a discussion... but sadly too many view it as a way to rage and hide behind an anonymous screen. Also found the transparency report fascinating. Thank you for sharing!!

You are such a gem. Your authenticity and openness are so refreshing. Thank you for making great content. Just speaking for myself here. I would love to see you make more money from this as the enjoyment i get out of watching your content is incredible, but honestly, you do you. Thanks again

💓You're awesome Bookborn!!!

Thank you for this breakdown and transparency!

Love your content and I’m blown away you get any hate comments because you always seem so sincere and respectful. I guess some people just like to try breaking and tearing things down. I hope you can tune out that awful noise and enjoy what you do and share your gift with your audience 🎉

Appreciate you for sharing all of this information! It’s too bad to hear about all of the hate that you and other RU-vidrs receive. I think your content is fantastic and I am thankful that you continue creating said content. I just picked up the first book in the Dandelion Dynasty because of your recommendation and cannot wait to start it!

Interesting and very honest video, which I think is great. You have insightful and analytical videos covering unique topics and takes on books. Keep up the good work and ignore the haters!

Fascinating video. As someone in the finance field I love videos like these. Its crazy to me that you barely made a profit in 2021 and 2022. I am glad 2023 you saw a good increase in profits. Lets hope 2024 the trend continues. Though It is always surprised me you have never had a Patreon (or even a discord), but I respect you desire for growth and just doing this for fun. Even if I think your Pateron would be popular because your video's are so unique and analytical compared to most Booktubers (I know I’d sign up for it). Happy to see your growth. Even if you have to deal with nasty comments.

So much of what I love about your videos is how you look at things from an analytical perspective. I find it fascinating, even if I can’t figure out how to do that myself. Plus, anytime creators go through their analytics I find it fascinating. So keep it up. 👍🏼 -T

Really great video! Never watched you before but I found it very insightful and eye opening. Keep up the great work!

I loved everything about this!!! Thank you so much for putting yourself out there, we are all so enriched by your beautiful heart and beautiful brain 💗 I honestly didn't know the extent to which creators are subjected to negativity. Your solution to interact like a viewer is so smart!

I found you from your review of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn, and I love how detailed your videos are. The immense amount of effort you put in comes across and I’ve gotten so many great recs from you, so thanks for taking the time to share all of your bookish thoughts! ❤

I rarely post comments. But thank you for making this video and also making effort to read and reply to "non-hate" comments. I just have to say I subbed to this channel all because of your videos on Cosmere, and WoT. You are my first booktuber!! I view almost every video (except GoT material, I have not boarded that train), and discovered lots of good books to start on. I found your taste in books matches mine quite nicely. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for sharing your experience and work put into what you do on YT. I appreciate your insights and content! I'm glad you feel that the benefits outweigh the negatives

Wow I really enjoyed the look behind the scenes. I really appreciate your channel, thanks to you and a few other booktubers that you led me to my passion for reading has been renewed the last couple years. The quality of books I've been reading has also really increased, I feel like I'm enjoying almost everything I read these days because I've been getting such good recommendations from your channel!

I find your channel easily my favorite. Every time I finish one of your videos, I find myself thinking about whatever subject you talked about. I liked your Game of Thrones videos so much I started rereading the series, something I swore I would never to until the next book came out. I am sorry about the hate comments but I thank you sincerely for your time.

Bookborn, thank you for a very informative video. I find you intelligent and entertaining and I love your content, in fact, your reviews and discussions encouraged me to get back to reading good science and fantasy fiction again after years of immersion in Game of Thrones fan fiction. I think I first started watching your reviews of the "Wheel of Time" TV show directed towards non-book viewers and was impresssed enough to follow ALL your content. I am mainly writing to encourage you to set up a Patreon site, as I would support it in a heartbeat and believe you deserve the money. Keep up the good work!

I would wait through a midroll ad. And thank you for explaining the hate comments from the creator side. I wondered.

Thanks for this very insightful video! I don’t normally comment but I want to let you know I really appreciate your content! I just don’t understand all the haters on RU-vid. You do an amazing job with your book reviews and with exploring fascinating topics for all of us who love reading!

Thanks so much for making this, I started my channel in August 2023 and have been shocked at how quickly mine has grown so it's really cool to see where this might go. I was really interested to see the things you chose to buy in particular.

What a great video, thanks for all the incites. I feel so much of what you said and I've got a fraction of the subs. Especially the part about the hate comments, people are so mean on the internet and it's hard that they take up more brain space than all the great people who love what you do when it should e the reverse.

Hey just wanna say that I really enjoy your videos and that you're content bring joy to many of us:)

I'm not a youtuber but I found this very informative and interesting. I also think this will be a good resource for anyone who is looking to start a book tube or RU-vid channel (especially if they are hoping to make a living off of it). I'm really sorry you have to deal with such vitriol on a regular basis, no one deserves that. Thank you for your channel, I've really enjoyed your videos & hope that the negatives don't ever deter you from continuing to make such great content.

This is such a great video! I feel like I'm sitting with my friend and chatting. You are so personable and easy to watch, I really wish you the best! Internet is gonna internet, no matter what we do or what we say. There's always someone unhappy who wants to make others unhappy too. That's why I make it my mission to remind my favourite creators how much I appreciate them and how well they are doing. We live in a stressful time, why add to it when we can be the one who lifts people up? If I don't enjoy a piece of content, I just don't engage with it. It's as simple as that.

Thanks so much for this deep dive. And so sorry you have to deal with negative comments. I got 2 negative comments my first week of my channel and it was such a downer, so I can't imagine what you have to deal with on a regular basis. Glad you have found a good method of avoiding them!