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Caspar Lee on the Struggles of Being a YouTuber #shorts

2023-01-16 · Short · Caspar Lee · recording, 0:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Conversation and interview

In a clip from a full episode with Ali, YouTuber Caspar Lee says YouTube's transparency makes a creator only as good as their last video, that daily analytics swing creators' moods, and that if you let the good make you happy you let the bad make you sad.

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00:00:00 — Caspar Lee on analytics and the struggles of being a YouTuber

  • ★★ Caspar Lee says YouTube is very transparent: everyone can see exactly how a creator is doing every time, so you are only as good as your last video. — 00:00:00 · YouTube
  • ★★ Caspar Lee thinks that whatever creators say about not caring how their videos do, they look at the numbers and are disappointed when a video falls short of what they wanted. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Caspar Lee says that with the analytics in front of you every day the numbers wax and wane, and one weaker video can make a creator feel it is the beginning of the end and they are irrelevant. — 00:00:29

  • ★★★ Caspar Lee says that if you let the good make you happy you let the bad make you sad, so creators should avoid getting too excited when things go well and try to find happiness elsewhere. — 00:00:29

    “When you allow the good to make you feel happy, you allow the bad to make you feel sad.”

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