Hello YouTube. What Dreams Do You See for Becoming a YouTuber?

Hello everyone.

This time, I want to further explore a theme I’ve covered in the past.

There was a man who was a YouTuber. At the same time, he also had a job to give hope to young people aiming to become YouTubers. This is the job of a 「YouTuber vocational school」 teacher.

The 「Profession」 of YouTuber

Before getting into the main topic, I need to supplement some information about the YouTuber profession. It’s a job where you earn income by posting videos on YouTube. The more views you get, the more advertising revenue increases, so becoming popular is the goal. However, to become popular, you need to prepare original ideas (neta) that make your personality stand out. In other words, a major characteristic is having a strong aversion to copying (pakuri – plagiarizing) ideas.

In fact, students aspiring to be YouTubers showed strong rejection to having their ideas copied. Out of fear of losing their identity, they became extremely sensitive to having their ideas copied. However, from the viewer’s perspective, they don’t care whether an idea is copied or not. Their honest feeling is that anything goes as long as it’s interesting. Here lies the difference in values between YouTubers and fans.

“Imitation” is Common on YouTube

Additionally, copying ideas is not limited to just YouTubers. For example, 「slowly explained」 videos are essentially copies, yet viewers accept them. In other words, the problem does not lie in copying ideas itself, but rather in the YouTuber’s insistence on guarding their own ideas and not being copied.

One example is the case of the popular video editor 「Zunda Monn.」 When the editing style of his posted videos was copied by another channel, Zunda Monn himself expressed protest. However, the viewers’ reaction was tolerant, saying 「It’s Zunda Monn for video editing to be copied」 and 「It’s fine as long as it’s interesting, doesn’t matter which one.」 Even if the editing methods are copied, what viewers want is simply an interesting video, not caring about who made it.

Considering there are also many channels that simply edit others’ gameplay videos, it can be said that copying ideas is commonplace on YouTube. It’s clear there is a big gap between the values of YouTubers and YouTube viewers.

By insisting too much on protecting one’s work, isn’t the freedom of creators being lost? To become popular, all you can do is conform to the masses. In the world of YouTube, respecting the values of the masses and not being too hung up on one’s own identity may be the shortcut to success.

The Miserable Reality of YouTuber Vocational School Students

Next, let’s look back on the reality of the students. The students were always convinced that they were chosen ones. This conviction is thought to stem from their parents telling them “you are special.”

However, among the students were shut-ins in a NEET-like state, as well as many who couldn’t make decisions. There were even some in charge of editing videos who failed to submit their work. Unable to set goals or prioritize. Many students simply made excuses and procrastinated.

He viewed this situation seriously and provided personal counseling to the students. The students should have had a week’s worth of free time. If they couldn’t prioritize video editing or resume writing in that time, then it meant they themselves were undervaluing making their dreams come true, he pointed out.

He also encouraged students to actually post videos, and continued pushing them to do so even when they initially made excuses that they couldn’t. However, in the end, many did not take any action, such as skipping the next class.

This way, many students resorted to making excuses and procrastinating when it came time to take action. The majority were unable to make decisions and take responsibility. This is thought to be partly because parents. “did not give their children opportunities to make decisions.” As a result of being deprived of chances to make decisions, they likely did not develop the courage to forge their own path.

For those students who did make decisions and had some successful attempts, he personally praised them. For those whose video views increased, he evaluated them as 「really amazing.」 He set aside opportunities to call only the students with certain achievements to a separate room to individually encourage them.

However, many students did not show the desired change and did not take proactive action. Students who did not receive an evaluation of 「amazing, good job」 may have felt a sense of inequality.

Considering this, his personal praise may have created a divide among the students. A collectivist approach of the entire class reaching the goal together may have been more appropriate. Instead of subjective evaluations, setting objective evaluation criteria may have been better.

Through his experience at the YouTuber vocational school, he gained many realizations. First, there is a gap between the values of YouTubers and fans. YouTubers should not insist too much on individuality and originality. Rather, it becomes more important to conform to the masses.

Secondly, he realized the educational experiences provided by parents up until adulthood are extremely important. Whether or not the ability to make decisions can be instilled in children leads to the ability to take action as an adult. In other words, real adult education lies in the guidance from childhood.

Conclusion

Everyone tends to convince themselves that they are special, but that is merely an illusion. Rather, it is important to face reality. Through being a YouTuber vocational school instructor, he seems to have been able to learn these important lessons.

Of course, who this 「he」 refers to in this article is left to the reader’s imagination.