Ok, so I confess I was surprised by the comments about Jackie/SE being too positive. There are frequent comments on here about the Trackers complaining about everything, so I guess I just assumed folks in these parts expected vloggers to act like everything is sunshine and roses.
I think it's more about balance. Everything cannot be wonderful, just as everything cannot be horrible. It's OK if Jackie doesn't like something; she doesn't have to spin everything to a positive because it just comes across as ass-kissing. If she *has* said negative things about a food, drink, experience, etc., I've never heard it. Trackers did the same thing for awhile when they were first #hosted and everything they ate at Disney was spun super positive even if you could tell they didn't like it.
Call this an unpopular opinion, I like the vloggers. I actually really like YouTube as a whole. Cream does rise to the when it comes to YouTube. As someone who actually works in traditional broadcast television, I can appreciate the work these people put in. Also I don't love every Disney vlogger but some are better than others. I don't ever wish for the YouTube bubble to burst because it's another Avenue for the industry to go down. But ya'll didn't come here to talk shop.
The skinny, I appreciate the good vlogger and poo poo the tit ones. Pun intended.
I agree with you. I have no real issue with YouTube as a whole. My apologies if that didn't come across in my prior rants!
My issue is more with the tired group of Disney vloggers who churn out similar content day in and day out and then expect accolades, fish for freebies, drop hints to stans for what they want, practically beg Disney for #hosted and stuff, get caught up in unnecessary social media drama, have legions of stans go after innocent people for a difference of opinion or a simple mistake... etc....etc.
Like I mentioned before, Josh from WDW Couple actually said in his stupid comments under an FRE video that he wanted pulled, that he actually hated doing vlogging. WHY say such a thing? How does that make people want to watch you?
I'm not sure if you're a local, and I guess I can't speak for everyone, but maybe it's different if you're a local like I am and you watch these vloggers and see just the ridiculous things they do or spout off sometimes (often so wrong!) - and / or generalizations about the area and / or just plain overly dramatic crap JUST to get stans to comment.
I'd roll my eyes every time a hurricane or tropical storm would come around because the Trackers were sure to amp up the drama, give misinformation, and overall give the impression that everything that came through was the equivalent of Andrew. At one point, I lived like 10-15 mins. away from them and I'd be like - Dude, I experienced the same thing you did. It was not like that. WHY the
bleeping drama? And, of course, the vlog would end up with 500 comments akin to "OMG are you OK?" "OMG we were praying for you!" "OMG please stay safe!"
Just gets old after awhile.
I really think that so many people jumped on a bandwagon of being a Disney vlogger and now are terrified of going back to a "real" job so the churn out repetitive crappola in high volume and somehow people are buying that crappola and treating these vloggers as if they are "gods" of sorts - gifting them with expensive things via their P.O. boxes, DVC stays, heartfelt gifts that are left unopened for 2+ years, etc.
Of course, everyone is free to do what they want with their time and money - and I get the "escapism" aspect of it... but I just wish these stans / viewers would stop putting so much energy into falling all over themselves in adulation for a group of people who trip over each other to show the same dang content day in and day out without really contributing much to society beyond "here's a new cupcake! check me out at my next free vacay! look! I'm riding a ride!"
Edited to add: I actually watched a bit of Spokesmayne's livestream last night at EPCOT. I watched him for 20 mins. drink a beer, sitting down at Akershus and getting a superchat here or there. Literally, we were watching him drink a beer. And even HE even made a comment that all he was seeing was people with their cameras recording and vlogging.
When a vlogger makes a comment like that (and not even a vlogger I like), you KNOW there's too many of them.
(Yikes...that was a long rant! sorry!)