Topic: Bitcoin videos on Youtube....and a suggestion for our possible BCT channel. - page 2. (Read 349 times)

I agree with the OP for the videos he has posted here as they don't have any real value to give a beginner a better understanding of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.However I want to point out that Youtube videos that explain mining in general are really informative and can help the newbies get in the mining business if they want to.So as already said here we have to divide wheat from the chaff.

For the forum channel I think only educational videos in general about what Bitcoin is and how it works together with many tutorial videos for different things related to cryptocurrencies,that would be good for the forum channel I think.

I am thinking the videos will be monetized as a source of revenue, not that am supporting this, but I am guessing this because their are some ads on this forum, this makes me guess the vidoes will be monetized.

Yes.

Bitcointalk Youtube channel - what would you like to see?

These social media platform like Youtube is very powerful when addressing us on how to start and what is the essence of bitcoin in our world.

Videos will help us visualize, and understand cryptocurrencies much clearer with complete detail and also for those people who likes watching instead of reading, you can subscribe on their channel.

Let's just support and help each other grow so that we can make build a healthy crypto community.

I'm going to put a channel that I haven't seen on the list and I think it's different from all the ones you've put here.

Trader University

It provides in-depth analysis and detailed explanations. Basically of two types: 1) about Bitcoin, its nature and current news 2) about shitcoins, to explain in detail why they are garbage. I've never seem him or other person holding his chin in his videos.

He also has some video on stock market and the like but focuses quite a bit on Bitcoin.

In short they are just copying one another so that they can also become popular, get bunch of views and fulfil the requirement of ad revenue structure.
It's all about earning money on the YouTube.

What could be best topic if BITCOIN or CRYPTO is highly searched word around the Google/YouTube platforms. The later platforms themselves earn huge amount of revenue from the crypto advertisement and thus the mentioned YouTube channels by you are the war-land for them to get more views.

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However, I wanna specifically mention that, it's not just about the crypto channels but all the similar "categories" which may be cooking, entertainment, money making site reviews etc which are copied all the time.

All of them will have same subject, same content etc.

A channel from our forum is good. Here we can get precise information. Even some channel has started courses for cryptocurrency, which means for limited number of classes they're charging few hundred dollars.

Maybe an official YouTube channel could help us making things better. Here our forum users itself can create good videos and submit to the selection committee. Based on the experts knowledge they can select the videos and upload to the channel and reward few merits or some form of appreciation to the user who has created it.

If the forum has an official Youtube channel, it would be a channel for education, about Bitcoin from basics to advanced. About the forum rules, community contributions and suggestions to improve the forum.

If there is a playlist for speculation, it will cause attacks from people who don't like the forum. I watch many videos on the channel of Antonop and it is one of the best educational channel I know.

What's worse with that thumbnail is that it seems to be giving the message that "you can easily earn 13,000 PHP(260 USD) just by doing bitcoin trading", which as we know, is really really misleading simply due to the fact that trading is far more complicated than YouTubers make us think.

Perhaps we just need to separate the wheat from the chaff. And while we do not judge a book by its cover or a video by its thumbnail, it is also undeniable that thumbnails are oftentimes suggestive as to which one is truly informative and which one is a waste of time.

The kind of thumbnails posted by mk4 should tell me to go on find another Bitcoin video. If I were the one looking for a Bitcoin tutorial, I'd dismiss all of them right there and then simply because of their thumbnail. Or perhaps their title.

But more than faked shocked faces, perhaps the worst thumbnail when looking for a Bitcoin video is that which shows money. When I search for Bitcoin on YouTube, the third video that would come out has this thumbnail.

Yea.. I really don't want to set the bar too low, but there are definitely FAR more worse(and far more annoying) thumbnails than the hold-the-chin thingy.



Grabbed from: https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptocurrencymemes/comments/mriwsf/i_only_trust_youtubers_with_soyfaces_in_the/

The holding chin is actually decent compared to those screaming thumbnails like what that youtuber from D.I.Y Investing channel does. Anyway, I get the point. I actually prefer they simply use charts or other graphics that shows none of their faces.

Mixed feelings with the clickbait thumbnails. Yes, they're doing those styles of thumbnails simply because it's what gets them clicks, but there are some that have those kinds of thumbnails that has actually decent videos that doesn't contain people that scream "moon" at you. Perfect example is the 3rd example(Coin Bureau) as I think he actually produces decent videos(outside the potentially sponsored coin/token vids).

Even Andreas himself has those kinds of thumbnails from time to time, despite his videos not sucking.



With that said, has there been a discussion concerning Bitcointalk creating an official YouTube channel?

I’ve watched so many videos about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on Youtube that it’s amazing I haven’t gone into full strabismus mode, even with my high-powered prescription glasses.  One thing I’ve noticed is that Youtube as a platform for learning about crypto is a joke, a wasteland of professional Youtubers existing primarily to shill products—whether they’re shitty ones or not.  This video is a pretty good analysis of what’s going on, but there’s more to the story than just being an influencer (a word that I detest when used in the context of these phonies).

In particular I’ve noticed that there’s a trend toward videos becoming very similar in a sinister sort of way.  It’s almost as if there’s a formula these Youtubers follow, from the thumbnail to the intro music, and even to the content of the videos themselves.  I’d like to give a visual example of what I’m talking about, and you can click right out of this thread if you don’t want to see a bunch of images—but they’ll support my point.

Monkey See, Monkey Hold Chin:






















By the way, this crap is all over other topics too, like video games.



Even stories about missing kids (or at least one I picked from a search):








And even random topics like true crime combined with fucking makeup:


I could go on and on with examples, but I’ve already provided too many (source: Youtube).  So here’s my second point: if bitcointalk decides to create a Youtube channel, I’m really hoping whoever’s in charge doesn’t decide to go the cookie-cutter route like all of the above jokers did.  I also hope the goal of the forum's channel isn't primarily to monetize its videos, else the creators are going to have to follow all of Youtube's algorithms to the letter--and I think that's exactly what these faceholders are doing with theirs, i.e., they've figured out exactly what type of video gets the most views, thumbs up, subscibes, and everything else they're obsessed with.

So please, at the very least let's not ever have a forum video with a thumbnail of Foxpup holding his/her/its chin (even though I'd love to have the Pup interviewed).