and it always end up being a boring aerial shot of a latteNon-influncer people do it too. Because apparently, the ghastly IG algorithm doesn't show all post to all followers. So people would post it with a line saying, "Just in case you missed my last post", "I've worked so hard on this post, please go and show it some love"
To continue:Things that annoyed me from her video (bit of a rant, sorry):
- "Talking" about Dan H basically being just being critical and looking down on him for focusing on one project. Clearly Dan made mistakes but it felt so rage inducing as he had real passion for what he was trying to make and put that above "business savvy". Lucy wouldn't know passion for work even if it punched her in the face
- Irritating the amount of times she mentioned coffee/waved her mugs around
- Talking about high fashion and totally missing the point of consumerism and how things work under capitalism. She jumps to work with brands such as &other stories so really needs to check herself
- What does she even do with her time
- Buying the lid to a jar thinking it was a candle stick holder.. I have no words
- No mention of hours.. are we surprised
- No mention of ad in the title/thumbnail. Little miss ethics
He was all but promised his own series by YouTube Orignals. He agreed to other projects with YouTube in the meantime as one of their golden boys, then they ignored his calls and dropped him without a proper conversation after he'd spent months working on scripts etc because he was led to believe it would happen. It got to the point where he even offered to pay for the project out of his own pocket, which they agreed to and then dropped him. It sounded very unprofessional and like his mental health was at rock bottom.Haven't seen Dan's video (and stopped following him a little while ago) - what's the one project? He was one of the first youtubers I followed who did do stuff outside of youtube too - he had a job on the radio and a book and went on tour?
Also the AD really annoyed me. I had the vlog on as background noise and was confused as to why she was giving her thoughts on a film and then saw AD in the corner and just skipped over it.
She also mentioned that she is constantly trying to improve herself and her videos but I just don't see it. She's so much more generic now? Like her personality and videos have been flattened so that she might as well be any influencer.
You really summed up how I feel here! It's like Lucy has no confidence or understanding about what she's doing, and as a defence mechanism convinces herself that "no I'm great and doing it right and this is the only way". It reminds me of her going on about bitcoin which was just embarrassing. I'm not the biggest fan of Dan by any means but have a lot of respect for him as his passion really comes out and he seems like a hard worker. Like he is actually working behind the scenes.Thanks for summarising! I ended up listening to Dan's video today and I have to say, Lucy's take was so off? Cold?
Like Dan is an OG youtuber who made stuff for himself not for money and now when he's wanted to create something personal and on his own terms, it does make sense to stick to the platform where he is most well-known and owes his success (plus who even knows if a mainstream TV station would have taken a punt on him despite the BBC radio stuff?). She made it sound like he was short-sighted for not multiplying his revenue streams but he just comes across as quite earnest? And possibly a bit naive as to where your loyalties should lie (yourself, loyalties should always lie with yourself when working people!).
another reason I am unfollowing so many influencers rn is they spread misinformation and never fact check when it can so easily be doneI'm halfway through it now. Odd her talking about how we don't know the body metabolises alcohol and whether the body converts it into fats in the body when I thought we did know that abuse of alcohol can cause a build up of fats in the liver and lead to liver disease.
Yes, this was so weird for me as well. She's like 'scientists don't know how it works' no Lucy, you're the one who don't know.I'm halfway through it now. Odd her talking about how we don't know the body metabolises alcohol and whether the body converts it into fats in the body when I thought we did know that abuse of alcohol can cause a build up of fats in the liver and lead to liver disease.
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