I like watching vloggers on YouTube because it’s interesting to see what other people have to say, and the ways they choose to portray their thoughts. I don’t think many people vlog or make youtube videos necessarily because they’re trying to create fantastic art– it’s fun, and it’s a way to connect with people that you would probably never know otherwise. I think 99.9% of the people who vlog on YouTube would sell out in an instant if given the opportunity– let’s face it, if you’re on YouTube to begin with, you’re probably a shameless attention whore. Why else would you make videos about yourself and post them in a place for all the world to see?

You may call your old videos “bullshit” but I don’t think that’s what they were. And most of the people who like you now only like you because of those videos in the first place. They may say now, “oh, those old videos, what crap, what you’re doing now is sooo much better,” but you know that last year they were just waiting for you to make a “dear table” or “email moment with Boh3m3″ video.

I’m sorry if this doesn’t make any sense, I’m having trouble getting out exactly what I want to say. I guess anymore I’m getting sick of watching your cynical, whiny bullshit. And to be perfectly honest, I think you’re becoming quite pretentious yourself, holding yourself on a pedestal high above every other user on YouTube. I don’t know why I keep watching you, but I’ll probably watch your next obnoxious, whiny, pretentious video. See you then.

I think the true glimmer of hope lies in channels that DO dare to reach for something more. Whenever I feel like the internet is a pit of the worst of humanity, I personally go watch the vlog brothers. If a couple more partners, or just any vloggers, could accomplish what Hank and John have started, maybe the virus of intelligent communication and art for the art’s sake will spread. VlogBrothers 2.0 has inspired a shockwave of really quality content from well-meaning people hosted on YouTube.

I get the feeling more videos would go viral under that system…

It is creepy to think that we all have watched you grow and evolve.

What I wonder is…what would happen if YouTube didn’t have a “Most Watched” or “Most Subscribed To” list? If they didn’t have a visible view count on every video. People would stop automatically looking at videos with a million views as entertaining and videos with 100 views as trash. Videos could just be videos and their creaters could just be creaters. Simple things like that could effectively reduce the amount of politicking on the site and once again let a good video be a good video, regardless of how many hits it’s getting.

But, trolling doesn’t really have that great of an effect now with the way YouTube works today and how huge it has become.