Simply amazing!

I’ve been on YouTube ALOT lately, as you can see! And I’m starting to see some odd patterns.

I am amazed at the amount of younger YouTube “magicians” who show a relatively boring magic trick, and then say they will reveal the secret when they get 50 subscribers. Or 100 subscribers. They seem to have this thought in their head that their “number of subscribers” gives them more relevance in the Net-O-Sphere* than “actual content.” How sad that people want followers when they offer nothing to follow. It’s part the “entitlement mentality” that is so prominent these days.

People think that they deserve followers, that they deserve fame. And hey, maybe they do…but not until they actually put the work and effort into it. Nearly everyone that has “made it big” on YouTube and in the Net-O-Sphere** has obviously put time, thought, and effort into what they do. Unless you get beat up or crunch your crotch on a bicycle- you can get famous that way, too.

It’s also the “teaching mentality” – everyone wants to teach a trick, and I’m not exactly sure why…people with bad presentations, poor scripting, or a total lack of scripting, and no sleight of hand dexterity are wanting to somehow automatically become an authority because they teach a trick on YouTube.

I realize that it’s a free country with free speech and the right to sound out ideas. I just know they have it wrong, and wish I could convince SOMEBODY that there is a better way.

In Magic, on YouTube, and in Life, put the effort in first. Don’t gain followers by promising to offer them something later. Gain followers by offering content worth following. That’s all. Back to the reviews.

*I made this up. You can use it for $.03 per usage

**I used it again. I’m either three cents richer, or I owe myself the money, depending on how you look at it.