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codevil

On Vlogging

Advice

There’s not much variety in topics where I come from—it’s all fitness, street comedy, and travel. I’d like to start a talkshow vlog to talk about philosophy, politics, history, economics, and science. My intention is to stimulate critical thinking among children, teens, and young adults.

Those of you who vlog, what do you vlog about and how did you get over the anxiety of possibly going viral and famous? Do you use your real name? Do you project different online and offline personas? How do you deal with toxic comments sections and threats on your safety?

Posted Apr 25, 2019, 4:56 AM UTC

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Scintilla_Bear•

My extroverted friend tried to loop me in during an educational non-profit community thing they were helping run.

I was supposed to help in the background (introvert) writing topics, scripts, filming, and select people to interview. I wasn't so helpful because I was busy at the time and we didn't have decent equipment and were just college kids. --point is, vlogging turned more into interviewing a guest so the full "burden/blame" wasn't solely on my friend. We were supposed to have topics based on the US education system and draw people from my friend's large pool of friends of friends/colleagues/family/and so on to follow in their day to day like a poor college student with a full ride scholarship who was homeless.

My friend was a bit nervous despite being an extrovert, but felt like the message and raising awareness was a higher priority than their fear. It also helped that we had a "stage/background" room like you often see. I mean were were supposed to originally follow in true Vlog style someone through their day because were were supposed to engage the audience that way. The videos only ended being 4 made, 3 were in office so to speak and 1 was out and about, but the videos were so bad we didn't know about lighting, editing, or anything. Then we both got paranoid of being failures, so instead of posting online we ended up taking the audio and put it up in a podcast, but of course, no one knew about them. Well, the project died and I guess this wasn't a positive success example. Hope you didn't find it a waste of time to read.

It's ok though. My friend and I learned a lot. Seems like Vice and some other you-tubers have actually done well in awareness. Solving the actual issue is still up in the air.

  • We never addressed the name issue. It did help to just use one's first name especially if it's common like John or Michelle. If your name is unique, it's up to you. Alternatively, you could script out your entire narrative to avoid saying anything giving away your identity.
  • You don't read the comments or you disable them. We never got to that point, but we already agreed we wouldn't be able to stomach the trolls or haters.
  • Not sure why you would be getting threat to your safety except for maybe discussing politics. Maybe just stick to the other 4 topics.
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codevilOP•

Thanks a lot for the insight! Read the whole thing, and this is actually more helpful than even you yourself think. Appreciate it.

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Scintilla_Bear•

Cool. Good luck! I hope you do go ahead with the Vlog!

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ICannotHelpYou•

You came to a subreddit for introverts to ask about one of the most extroverted hobbies. That's for sure an approach someome might take. Hot take though, don't worry about going viral if you're trying to "stimulate critical thinking".

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codevilOP•

The existence of a subreddit, a gathering, of introverts is already a contradiction it itself. No one would have joined it if they didn’t seek community. And yet here we are.

And besides, many introverts are nerds and find wonder in acquiring and sharing knowledge. Even some introverted scientists teach and make educational video blogs online. Just want to know how they got over the anxiety.

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