Vidcon 2012: The Suits Takeover
After going through the full agenda of Vidcon2012 in Anahiem it is painfully clear that the bubble/suits have completely taken over and all the fun of past years has been relegated to a sideshow.
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ReplyDeletemm:
Many creators seem to focus too much of their attention on other creators. This is something that began to happen with the Tubefilter Meetups and the formation of the IAWTV. It is not that these are not important relationships, but rather these are not the only relationships.
If you are going to focus on other creators make sure you watch their show, comment on their show and interact with their show. You build stronger relationships by showing an interest in the work of others. That is how you build a community.
However, there is a much wider and more important community out there. This has always been the key to the Youtubers success in channel building and was also the key to the success of lonelygirl15: just watch the two videos PRIOR to Bree's first vlog on June 16, 2006 or research the comments left by lonelygirl15 during the early months of the show. The Youtubers understand that while building your channel you need to reach out and interact with other channels. More importantly you need to interact with the comments on those channels. By reaching out you build a complex matrix of online relationships that will eventually feedback into your own show if you produce something that is engaging.
If you approach a Web series as an island then most probably you will remain just that. There are a few notable exceptions where a Web series has been "adopted" by a large pre-existing community and hence were drawn into a larger World. However, for most shows, the onus of reaching out is on you. And as stated before that does mean investing a lot of time in watching and interacting with the work of others in the community.