I HATE Vlogging
Let’s talk about how it came to be that the last THREE AND A HALF HOURS of my life were wasted on vlogging, also known as video blogging, also known as worse piece of shit thing ever.
I log into my youtube account today and am informed that my view count is such that they would like to start paying me. However, I don’t want ads on my current videos because I want them to look professional, but it gave me the idea to mass produce videos and perhaps make a few bucks this route. I thought maybe simply filming my blogs… a vlog if you will.
I filmed my first one and I loathe it. LOATHE. I don’t think I’ll keep doing this. Maybe just once in a while. Like once a year. Or for really big and/or interesting things, but not on any kind of regular basis.
- Did I mention it took THREE AND A HALF HOURS start to finish for this project. For a 4 minute and 27 second clip. Eff that.
- I can blog while naked and in hair rollers. Vlogging… not so much.
- Even though everyone knows all my business, I feel a certain level of protection and anonymity typing. My face on camera blabbing about all the personal intimate things I write about- not going to be nearly as effective. And my rants, MUCH more effective in writing than sitting in bed yelling at a webcam.
- I can edit blogs. If at the end I reread it and feel something may be misinterpreted, I go back and add something to clarify. If I vlog and that happens, that means going back to refilm and reedit. It took me 3 ½ hours without refilming and reediting…. Shit, it’d be a full time job if I actually tried to make it nice.
Actually, I loathe it so much, I took the video down from youtube. I need to give this more thought and see how much youtube is paying before I do this. I’m pissed I spent THREE AND A HALF HOURS setting up proper lighting, filming, editing, and uploading this stupid video for nothing. I’m going to stick with writing my rants for now.
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