12.28.2012
12.24.2012
Christmas in the countryside
When I walked towards my girlfriends house two days ago it looked like Autumn. Rain and sharp wind everywhere. Then suddenly it snowed for four hours straight and we had Winter!
Today, on Christmas Eve, it was 10°C and birds were happily singing, my girlfriends cat demanded to go out and I swear I felt spring in the wind.
Stop trolling, nature!
Anyways - Merry Christmas everyone!
Today, on Christmas Eve, it was 10°C and birds were happily singing, my girlfriends cat demanded to go out and I swear I felt spring in the wind.
Stop trolling, nature!
Anyways - Merry Christmas everyone!
12.12.2012
Alfapiomega’s Youtube etiquette v 1.0
The recent growth of my channel and the general rules of conduct on the interwebs has led me now for a long time to thinking about some sort of etiquette for subscribers and the general Youtube population. Because face it, guys, Youtube is no more orderly than a mob of drunken guys in a pub shouting political agendas at each other. And has about the same amount of decency.
Now please note that this is just a suggestion, not a law I will impose or anything and that it is a process in making. Therefore feel free to disagree with me, suggest additional rules or why you think that some rules I propose below should be abandoned, ammended or why different rules might be added. As always I offer you my position and if you provide me enough arguments for the contrary, I will change it ‘cos that is how we can all move forward, right? Right?! But so far this was the best moral compass for me when running around Youtube. And it worked better than shouting "FAG!" everywhere I went.
Rule number 1: Don’t live in the past
I have been here for two years and tried to get in touch with everyone who commented on one or more of my videos. But when someone comments on a Let's Play that ended a year and a half ago saying: “You should really consider attacking someone in the next episode” or “can I join you guys?” it is a bit annoying. I wonder what people think when they do that.
Rule number 2: Right place at right time
I had numerous occasions where I upload a part of one LP and someone comments: “Hey, when is the other LP coming in?” or: "You should really try to play this!" Now that is annoying as hell. I understand you might not be interested in this particular LP (we all have different tastes) but general questions/suggestions belong to the channel page (or that's what I think). You can comment there with ease and I will respond as soon as I see it. Just don’t spam other Let's plays demanding that I play something else. Know that at some other channels you can get banned for that. I dread that solution but you try getting annoyed by this again and again.
Rule number 3: Being vocal about unsubscribing or disliking something
Now what do I mean with that? Exactly what it means. As my channel grows I have started witnessing strange things. Like gaining 10 subscribers at one day or loosing 3 at another one. I am not saying that if you are subscribed to a lot of people and just have to let someone go you will send everyone a weepy message of how you will miss them. But I had about 650 people unsubscribe to me over time and not one of them actually ever told me why he did. I doubt it would be because they all died or because my channel died (whenever I go on a holiday or there is a longer pause I try to inform you guys ahead of time of why that is). I also haven’t drastically changed the content of my videos and I still try to move in one particular direction. So why haven’t some of them said: “Hey, bro, you know this thing that you do? It just annoys me so much that I can’t continue watching anymore. Can you do something with that?” It would be helpful.
Again I know that some people would just come and pass but this is exactly the reason why I might be doing something annoying for months without ever noticing. And exactly why I appreciate when people say: “Hey, yo, this word you keep saying, you pronounce it wrong and it is annoying. So get your shit together, yeah? Kthxbye”.
Now please note that this is just a suggestion, not a law I will impose or anything and that it is a process in making. Therefore feel free to disagree with me, suggest additional rules or why you think that some rules I propose below should be abandoned, ammended or why different rules might be added. As always I offer you my position and if you provide me enough arguments for the contrary, I will change it ‘cos that is how we can all move forward, right? Right?! But so far this was the best moral compass for me when running around Youtube. And it worked better than shouting "FAG!" everywhere I went.
Rule number 1: Don’t live in the past
I have been here for two years and tried to get in touch with everyone who commented on one or more of my videos. But when someone comments on a Let's Play that ended a year and a half ago saying: “You should really consider attacking someone in the next episode” or “can I join you guys?” it is a bit annoying. I wonder what people think when they do that.
Rule number 2: Right place at right time
I had numerous occasions where I upload a part of one LP and someone comments: “Hey, when is the other LP coming in?” or: "You should really try to play this!" Now that is annoying as hell. I understand you might not be interested in this particular LP (we all have different tastes) but general questions/suggestions belong to the channel page (or that's what I think). You can comment there with ease and I will respond as soon as I see it. Just don’t spam other Let's plays demanding that I play something else. Know that at some other channels you can get banned for that. I dread that solution but you try getting annoyed by this again and again.
Rule number 3: Being vocal about unsubscribing or disliking something
Now what do I mean with that? Exactly what it means. As my channel grows I have started witnessing strange things. Like gaining 10 subscribers at one day or loosing 3 at another one. I am not saying that if you are subscribed to a lot of people and just have to let someone go you will send everyone a weepy message of how you will miss them. But I had about 650 people unsubscribe to me over time and not one of them actually ever told me why he did. I doubt it would be because they all died or because my channel died (whenever I go on a holiday or there is a longer pause I try to inform you guys ahead of time of why that is). I also haven’t drastically changed the content of my videos and I still try to move in one particular direction. So why haven’t some of them said: “Hey, bro, you know this thing that you do? It just annoys me so much that I can’t continue watching anymore. Can you do something with that?” It would be helpful.
Again I know that some people would just come and pass but this is exactly the reason why I might be doing something annoying for months without ever noticing. And exactly why I appreciate when people say: “Hey, yo, this word you keep saying, you pronounce it wrong and it is annoying. So get your shit together, yeah? Kthxbye”.
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