I’ve been vlogging on YouTube for just over a year now. In this year, I’ve managed to meet so many wonderful people, Declan Proud (Moohalaa), Tom Milsom (Hexachordal) and Chris Lomas (Lomasca) to name a few.
The first gathering I went to was the Nerdfighter Gathering in June 2009. It was organised by Charlie McDonnell (Charlieissocoollike) and Maureen Johnson. I went there and was very nervous as I recognised everyone but was too scared to say anything because I felt, for some reason, that they were better than me.
The only person I could talk to was Tom Milsom, as I had spoken to him on Skype several times and he seemed like (and indeed is) a normal person. I had no problem talking to him.
I left that gathering thinking; ‘that was a lot of fun’ but then it was only a few days after I thought: ‘no it wasn’t, I didn’t do anything’.
After a while I went to a few more gatherings and got to know more people, georgieBOOM, CheekTV, Nerimon, just really nice, down to earth people. These people are willing to talk to people and go round a group just asking if you’re ok.
But some people will only stay with the people who are “famous”. Tom from RandomProdInc only stays with his “famous” friends. Tino from Tinoforever only stays with his “famous” friends. I just don’t get it.
‘Hi how are ya?’
That takes no effort at all.
It just seems to me that if you have fewer than 1,000 subscribers, to some people, you’re invisible.
This was done purely to catch the attention of bigger YouTubers. Please, make the effort to see people who are your fans.
At the Nerdfighter Gathering, someone who I found very approachable was Myles Dyer a.k.a. Blade376. He makes the effort. I’m not asking to spend 5 hours having a chat with one person then another 5 hours with another person, I’m simply saying, please just say “Hi” to the people that think you’re brilliant, instead of just ignoring them.
To conclude, if you are a big YouTuber and have a moderately large following, please say “Hi” to the people who take the time to do what you ask them to: rate, comment and subscribe.
