>>29053546I don't doubt that there are some really good ones out there that actually do manage to find new ways to forward the franchise. But almost as crushing as the nature of Pokemon is the nature of Youtube. It's an understandable crush, really. If you don't catch on, then nobody will know you exist to look for you. The best way to catch on is by appealing to the people who like shit that is on youtube, rather than actually care about the content within. If you don't do that, you end up on page 7 of a search, and short of someone advertising you, that will never change
I imagine that it it is also a case of of blaming a part for the whole. Youtube in general is a terrible place where, as they say, shit rises. There is good stuff buried under the shit, but that is the issue. You have to dig through several feet of shit to find something you aren't positive will even be there. Poketubers are victim both to the stagnant nature of their subject matter, as well as the environment of Youtube preferring character cults over actual critical discourse and communication. It doesn't alleviate the shit tubers of guilt, but it does spread the responsibility a bit
Another great comparison is this place. When Anon tells you something, you take it with a dumptruck full of salt. When a hundred anons tell you different things, you think people can't make up their minds. That is the danger of popularity. It gets more difficult to decide what the people want as you get more of them. You start taking suggestions here, and get roasted for them there, you start ignoring them over there, and then get burned right here. Eventually you write them all off as trolls, jackasses, and morons and grow bitter, and just start following the numbers. If subscribers rise, do more of that. If subscribers fall, do less. Ignore it, and you go back to square one, sans passion. It is nigh impossible to become popular and survive this process, regardless of whether or not popularity was your intention.
