The plan was to write a second blog today about Angelo's @theywillkillyou and my own escapades in Colombia which you can read about here:
- @world5list/interviewing-a-hitman-damnable-or-not
and here - @theywillkillyou/escobar-uncovered-5-days-w-pablo-escobar-s-top-assassin-sneak-peek
Instead, I was blown away by the warm welcome yesterday on my first day on this platform and I decided to dedicate today's blog to the cloud 9 that I was on yesterday.
I posted twice yesterday. The first post was to introduce myself and my YouTube channel, while the second post was the aforementioned post about Angelo and I going to Colombia to interview one of Pablo Escobar's former assassins.
Both posts performed beyond my wildest expectations. But more importantly, I didn't get a single comment trolling me or my mother or the sister that I don't have. I didn't get cussed out and I didn't have to sit there and watch people write about how awesome Hitler is. And much to my surprise, nobody threatened to rape me!
There are 3 possible explanations for nobody threatening to rape me:
They saw a picture of my girl and I, and rightfully assumed that she will fuck up anyone who gets too close to me.
They saw a picture of my face and decided it's not really worth their trouble (the most likely reason!)
This platform doesn't have a sizable population of lowlifes and keyboard warriors.
In all seriousness though, yesterday was one of the biggest eye-openers I have had in a while. It made me realise how POISONOUS YouTube really is. Let me make 2 things clear right off the bat tough!
Firstly, most of the people on YouTube that comment are normal and classy people who don't offend anyone and offer support or constructive criticism. I have a lot to thank to those people and I’m not generalizing. I know that every sane person active on YouTube would not be offended and understands what I am talking about.
Secondly, I am not going to sit here and wash my hands in innocence. I use a bunch of different writers and I don't micromanage them, so sometimes there are topics and questionable jabs within the scripts that slip through the cracks that I am not proud of or happy with. Which I guess means that my videos and I are occasionally a part of the problem.
BUT if YouTube was filled with the same quality/caliber of people that this platform is filled with, then my mistakes would probably be pointed out to me in normal fashion and I would more than likely take measures, because I would be embarrassed and wouldn't want to look like a fool. I also would want to incorporate people’s suggestions (which they were nice enough to take time out of their day for) in order to integrate myself more smoothly into this platform and follow the normal protocol that they’re so used to.
Nowadays, I almost never look at the YouTube comments anymore. I'm tired of having to filter through them and I'm tired of getting insulted at random; it's simply not worth it. I started fantasizing yesterday about being able to take mostly everything off of YouTube and moving it onto here full-time. I don't know in what shape or form just yet, but damn…HOW AMAZING WOULD THAT BE?!?!
A small sample of the lovely, classy crowd on my channel...
If it happens, it wouldn't happen anytime soon. It would be irresponsible to just abandon everything I have worked hard for in the last 4 years. But who knows? Maybe at some point, the Steemit platform gets the credit it deserves, and me and many others would responsibly be able to make the switch from YouTube and possibly from other platforms as well.
I'm grateful for Angelo for telling me about this platform, and I'm VERY grateful for all the support I received yesterday. Venting about YouTube is my personal way of thanking everyone who upvoted, followed, commented or even just read my posts. THANK YOU!!
P.S. If you thought the posts were crap and printed them out to use as toilet paper instead, I’m glad I could be of service to you as well!