Gonna try to organize this the best I can. Just giving my insight (just gonna post it below) and timestamps so I can organize myself. Also this is my first time posting time stamps so don't trust it ig. 0:01-0:52 Intro (Bad events that happen that get tracked) 0:53 Keeping track of an event 1:23 Being tired of the events that happens and there being no change 1:42 Talking about dramatic situations (and giving insight) 2:15 Some drama is necessary for better insight or information 2:35 Giving insight can sometimes lead to more unessary discussion 2:46 People are getting tired of everything 3:09 The Internet commercialization is the issue 4:08 Nothing good is being pushed anymore 4:46 Starts to seem like a game of mortality 5:18 Starting not to care 6:13 Feeling incapable to care 6:33 Others feeling the same 6:43 Shocked in where we are 7:00 Talking about Mogul Mail (Ludwig) Most recent video 7:40 Silly drama is better than what being adressed 8:24 It feel like it's all for making money 9:30 Optimization to target people retention 10:36 Trying to get people a break from reality 11:46 A (license) therapist & She's not a new channel 12:16 Thing that be told 12:40 Just wanting to yap 13:03 What to take away 13:50 Reminiscing and reasoning (kinda back tracks) 14:46 Take a break And have a good day. (holy shit posting time stamps are crazy and people do this for VODS I like it)
if you need a break from the constant loudness of the internet, please take one. watch a show, read a book, go for a walk, turn off your phone for a while. 🙏
It's 100% why I deleted my Twitter account - It's toxic and 2 and a half years ago I cut it off and I'm glad I did You are on the money with the pressure to "Do your part" - Twitter is both the driving force for people to do that, and the way to pretend your making a difference to the world The reason you have the moral imperative is you will have had one or 2 things you actually cared enough about to call out: but twitter has a culture "If you did it for X why would you not do it for Y" and the answer of Because I don't actually care about that specific issue feels like a moral failing on our own part There is an old quote "It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." We have allowed ourselves to become the moral busybodies, and the conscience doesn't just approve - it INSISTS
Your feeling of numbness is a genuine phenomenon that people are taught about in media degrees called "compassion fatigue." Having constant demands made upon your compassion and empathy is too much for any person to bear, let alone at the scale facilitated by the Internet. No one is in the wrong for disengaging, it's just a shame that people are forced to that point every day.
One of the big things I learned in counseling is that I only have so much capacity for *everything* and you can't take it all on. I still catch myself doomscrolling and saying nope thats enough of that and pivot to something else so I can survive the rest of thr day.
Honestly this is why I kinda been using the internet less and less. I'm so sick and tired of my life being filled with constant hate, drama, exposing and all this pointless petty stuff. I just want to be free for once, I want to be happy. That's the entire reason why I came to the internet in the first place. I'm purposely choosing not to involve in drama anymore. I am playing video games, watching animations, anime, movies, talking with online friends and doing hobbies now. Thats all I am focusing on because the internet is too much for my sensitive heart to handle.
Thanks for talking about this. I feel like it's really been hitting me lately that the algorithms are aiming towards controversy and negativity. And I try my best to carve out my own space in it, but sometimes I worry that the old internet might become lost to greed. I miss when people could talk like humans and do cool things together! When it wasn't about "networking" and "clout chasing" and "here's today's drama!". Maybe it is a cycle thing after all. I felt this way in 2016 when drama was big that year too. Call it naive, but I don't want to give up on the hope of things getting better. Maybe not amazing, but at least okay.
Great video once again!! I'm so glad you and I, and maybe more people in the near future, are willing to talk about this I also just really hope things improve soon.... ( also the bit about the good bits in vtuber news being on screen for like 15 seconds was too real 💀 )
I feel the same, i bet that the next step is a partial death of this draining parts of internet, i bet people will start focusing more in "life-like experiences" and less "news" in the internet
I think that's actually happening right now! A ton of larger creators have stated they're done with the constant grind of drama and opinions on it all, and want to go back to just having fun and entertaining people.
@@koziitwoIf you also ask me, I actually do hope people who do drama content realize they can't keep up with this style of work forever. You wouldn't want to pass away being known for spreading negativity. Wouldn't it be better to be known for actually helping others?
I really feel this. This stuff is the reason I outright refuse to use Twitter, it's just a cesspool of: - people accusing other people - twittlonger docs - reveals that your favorite person actually sucks (and its true) - reveals that your favorite person actually sucks (and it's not true, but that taints the perception of your favorite person forever) - being mad for some arbitrary reason that they don't actually care about but want brownie points for "bringing it to light" and so on, it's just too much man 😒 life is too short to be having a day ruined just because you wanted to check your timeline
Thank you for a balanced perspective and some healthy recommendations. I have had to take breaks (except for very specific needs) from certain content or news for periods that sometimes have spanned several months, purely because of how they were negatively impacting me. I became more selective with my level of engagement and research. As a result, I adapted to a healthier strategy that rebalanced my exposure and engagement, with safeguards to check myself more often and take regular breaks. It sounds like you have done a lot of your own homework to discover improvements you wanted to make to your own circumstances, and I appreciate that you shared that journey with us. Thank you. 💜
Your videos on this channel have really helped me a lot. They are really retable and I’m so glad to see someone talking about all these topics so we all feel less alone. I don’t know if I would have found your work without this channel and these videos so thank you for doing them! ❤
When there's so much negative information, the impact of each info deminishes Look at school pewpewing now. Nobody panics as hard as they used to years ago. It's even memed now How much more negative can news get before people's willingness to care goes poof? It already happened to me and I have no idea which year that happened The internet's so negative now. I wanna play Halos 1 & 2 again
I've felt this big time. And oh boy, the constant morality checking(and even people getting annoyed that someone's not up to date with it which my brain registers wrongly as me being a bad person and thus, entirely dismissed) back and forth rather than being able to converse with people normally... I'm even unintentionally doing what I think to be a version of it right now as I type here about this topic, expecting someone to respond in kind! And perhaps confirm my suspicions... lest I get annoyed that someone's not up to date, so I obsessively compulsively try to get them up to date to save them from potential exclusion and ostracism from other people... with me being too scared to actually ostracize or exclude myself cause that's what bad people do. But I think my definitions of the two terms are a little faulty, when not looking at and not talking to people even when I don't know them and they're just strangers on the bus is something my brain considers excluding and ostracizing people
I agree with so much of the grief you've expressed in this video, though personally I will always say "There is so much more beauty in the world than evil." I have no 'evidence' of this but it is something I have always believed.
I think drama shouldn't be pushed into the lives of those that can't handle a lot of drama. I involve myself with stuff like that because I can handle the potential backlash.
Unfortunately, this i think this is when the internet is doing what it was intended to do… whenever pivotal events are about to happen… DIVIDE & CONQUER. But you hit an important point, in times like these, it is also important to rally more people to your cause and uplift those who have fallen for negativity and try to snap them out of it. You’re doing good Kozii, keep fighting the good fight 😁
Yeeea i just can't keep track anymore at this point im just holding my breath and just watching everything unfold and hoping there is a light at the end of this long and dark tunnel before i get ready to relax.
Thank you for reminding people to shape their own bubbles of information! I barely keep myself informed with any drama as it's for the most part unnecessary burden to the mind. I'm thankful for these spaces that have some extra bright output in contrast to the rest and would recommend anyone else with fine-tuning their bubble to keep things that motivate and inspire them.
Thanks for this video, I’m gonna try to avoid internet drama moving forward. You so right about us becoming desensitised to negativity. I’ve also stoped watching the Vtuber drama channels cus I just don’t want to see a bunch of negativity. There was a point to this video, it was great.
It's hard to see social media without a system that doesn't inherently push controversy. If there's something I've learned about the internet, you just can't take anything seriously on here. I look at some of my friends and they generally just avoid saying anything publicly like 99% of the time or just vent in private. This isn't to say speaking on what is right is not necessary. But there has definitely been a loss of priorities on what is important to address or not. I can only hope it doesn't continue to get more sensational as the years go by.
I thought I was insane for going completely numb to literally every possible bad situation that could happen. This video made me feel a little more seen and like I wasn’t actually going crazy or anything like that. Although I do hope things get better for everyone and everything really, it’s just so tiring that I often don’t even know what I want from the world anymore. Do I want things to get better? Do I wanna watch the world burn with me in it? I’m not sure to be honest. The worst part about all of this is I don’t know how to break the cycle. I’m a literal internet addict. It’s been my only coping mechanism that had worked for years for better or for worse. I don’t know what else to do really. It’s frustrating.😓
This isn't necessarily a new thing, but it's certainly a LOT more prevalent than it used to be. Scandal sells, and it has always sold (which is why gossip columns existed in the earliest days of print journalism, gossip radio shows existed, talk shows on TV went viral, etc -- heck, there is ancient graffiti in Pompeii that puts people on blast). The difference now is that it has changed in the last 5-10 years from having some good to virtually no good stuff; it's pretty much all drama. I see it in vtubing for sure (in fact, that's pretty much all I see in vtwitter), but it expands across all forms of content. Heck, one of the sites I used to watch for Disney news is all clickbait titles now - and yes, people are definitely reading stuff like "(theme park) ride closed forever" more than "(theme park) ride temporarily closed for renovation, reopens (date)". It fuels a sense of urgency or plays into our fears of loss, destruction, etc - you "have" to read that stuff, even when you know for sure it's just more clickbait. (Well, not me + that specific site anymore, I refuse to open a single piece of their content now because it's all garbage and most of it isn't true.) There's an old saying about how nobody takes their eyes off the trainwreck... and sadly, it's true. But when you do stop watching the trainwreck, you can focus on more important things, and I think you're right, it's perfectly healthy to disconnect and step away instead of doomscrolling for more horrible stuff that screws with our mental health.
I have noticed that it's an easy trap to fall into as a content creator covering drama. I seen an educational youtuber recently started covering vtuber drama because it was getting more clicks than the tutorial and helpful videos. I am glad to know i am not the only one who's tired all the time even after work doesn't help my irl job being a nurse is super stressful most of the time. I think we're going to see a part of the Internet get bigger of people who just want a couple of hours of fun and want to just chill/have fun after a long day. I also think we need to stop trying to punish people who haven't or don't want to make a statement on every issue no matter how serious or small it maybe.
Funny enough, I was thinking about this recently. And frankly, I'm not even surprised this is all happening. I remember back in 2018 or 2019, I mentioned on a different social media platform that things were going to get worse (and I tried mixing it with something positive), and one person thought I was only being negative or nihilistic but I was only picking up on patterns of what's going on; being realistic about it. I'm seeing that I was right, after all these years since then (not just online but in the real world too). I can relate to you when you mentioned you grew numb and stopped caring. I'm at the point myself. You just get exhausted from all the noise after a while.
All the controversy I see over the internet is definitely making me emotionally drained, but I can at least take solace in the fact that I'm not the only one tired from hearing about it constantly. Totally agree that it is good to just get off the internet for a while for the sake of our mental health. The internet and media makes so much information accessible to us instantly that it can be overwhelming at times.
The algorithm has pushed two smaller vtubers my way in the last two weeks and your one of them and i'm so happy about it. I love your voice and personality so much and really enjoy your content. Your model and it's colours are so striking and vibrant and it's such a joy to have your model on screen. I can see and feel the polish and care you put into your model and content, they are both so fun and interesting. I'm not sure if you've done stuff before your channels creation but the vibe and confidence you put though the screen feels like you've already been doing it for years. I love how each of your thumbnails are different from each other and eye catching without just being i'm lewd and my model is hot please notice me (but your model is absolutely gorgeous).You are a breath of fresh air, keep it up 💜
@@Treebornfrog5383 ah thank you so much!! 😭 Yeah, I've actually been a Vtuber for coming up on four years soon! My main channel is @koziichu, where I do all my streaming and games stuff. I've done some talkshows over time, events, been in a small agency, etc, so I'm glad that my attempts at quality show! 🙏
@@koziitwo Oh wow! So many livestrems yet so little videos over the years on your main channel. It's really great to see you doing more videos now. These kinds of videos are so different to a livestream and feel so much more targeted and relaxing. I really hope you'll continue uploading them as livestream are so time consuming to watch and catch and are sometimes impossible to do so. I understand they don't generate need as much revenue, but i can see myself and other seeing these videos and then maybe getting into a livestream of yours i or others wouldn't have normally seen/discovered or randomly clicked on. Just watched your live 2D showcase and omg your model is absolutely fire! Look forward to seeing more of you in the future ☺
You're not alone. There's so much! Try to be a positive force and example to those loved ones around you first. Block out the large-scale negative. I know it's not easy! The sin of greed...😢
It's common to be emotionally fatigued if you expose yourself a lot to shit as it also happens to actual therapists. Honestly there is nothing anyone could ever do or say to drag me out of misanthropy as mine is from when i was a kid. Over 20 years of isolation, do you know what that can do to a person? I can never really trust someone to not be animalistic and give in to their urges as deep down they are all the same nothing but a pack of wild animals only wanting to fill their carnal desires and lust for power. It's all the same people don't really care about others just how they can satisfy their own animalistic instincts, instead of evolving past Humanity as a whole is regressing back to that of a animal that laughs as it is throwing it's shit at a wall or it's own kind
I think the thing is that now it is ALOT easier and faster to find and spread info/misinfo than in recent years given the size and importance of social media in everyone's lives
This channel is wonderful. 4 or 5 videos I needed to hear. Thank you. Yeah the internet right now feels so negative and out to destroy each other or just make up nonsense to generate outrage. Sometimes yes, some things need to be called out but its 90% of the noise now. Makes me really sad because I would love to see more friends made, people talking civil and having a good time. I need my break. Hope it gets better soon 😅
12:17 i agree so much. Because most of these vtuber news channels simply do not have to abide by any integrity a real journalist or a news anchor has to. They are essentially drama channels! If there's important or positive news or a tech advancement relevant to the niche, it will get ignored for whatever will keep them relevant or make them money! It's so frustrating because in this space the numbers can and do usually dictate who people take seriously when if you look closely, that person may be anything but a grifter or releasing misinformation. I don't think they are the "source" of why things have become so sour in the scene, but I do think the space would be better with either them gone or shifting to giving legitimate news or interviews, especials or even documentaries, not simply showing us twitter screenshots and their unprofesional opinions....
I'd argue commodification is actually a big driving force in this. People want to get the most clicks/money/clout/what have ya possible, and if they can take out potential competition? All the better. With that in mind consider that drama gets hue amounts of attention, AND it eliminates competition as the topic of said drama tend to be in big time trouble. Morality aside, why wouldn't you do that? It's the best of both worlds!
I too am getting sick and tired of the constant drama, people turning mole holes into mountains just for attention. Like why can’t people just simply block someone and move on? I posted that on Twitter after someone decided to turn a simple critique into a problem. Like really? And this is why I hate Twitter. I gave my opinion about a game and some incel decided they just had to comment for attention. Like are we not allowed to talk about the things we love anymore? It’s getting exhausting the constant fucking drama and shit flinging that could’ve been stopped by the block button. My mom was right, the block button is the best button for social media
Chaos to a point that you might feel very little want to participate in the internet. Completely honestly, that is how it should be. Still, finding spots where the wider internet does not touch, is very worth the while. Much better to create that space than to wait for it.
Absolutely needs to be said the amount and intensity of the negativity only seems to be increasing with no signs of stopping. Its actually hard to avoid it if you are regularly engaging with user made content. Ofc some stuff needs to be said, we want the things that are happening to be out there but I think the way it's covered by people whos professional experience of news coverage essentially boils down to "what the algorithm likes" is just typically very unbalanced and unhealthy. For the most part it just comes off as people permanently yelling at each other. I can't lie, I'm so over it.
I actually kinda miss the Myspace era, worst that happened there was emo kids going 'Cried for 6 hours again today... Life will never be ok...' with 'P A R A N O I A' as their username (it was me, I was emo kids) But we all customized our pages, and besides sad posting, we mostly just posted pics and talked about random stuff goin on.
@@koziitwo I think that is because on MySpace, you generally didn't have a ton of reach so people didn't treat posting as necessarily consequential. Additionally you had space for nuance. Twitter in particular is designed for toxicity because the character limits reduce posts to quips, and then promote the most 'engaging' quips to lots of people.
@@koziitwo I did have a myspace, but I only bothered to change my music on it. XD Thank you for your videos though. They are inspiring me to make my own chatty topics inbetween gaming content.
Negative stuff weighs more than positive people click on it because there are more curious and people make because it gets more attention doesn’t mean you should never look at drama if it’s ti much to look at try ignore and look at more positive stuff and if you want to cover it make sure it’s something important and nit a nothing burger that causes more drama
It is the world in general right now. Economy js bad abd getting worse, what semblance of Pax Americana there ever was is fading out, election year for multiple prominent countries, people are dealing with the economic and social aftermath of the lockdowns and en$hittification of the Internet _before_ getting into anything deemed as a problem based on specific ideological or political perspectives.
People talking about positive things in the vtuber sphere: 5 minutes. People talking about vtuber drama and negativity: 500 hours. For real, it gets so overwhelming... I've failed at it a couple times, but I want to actively distance myself away from news and just make content I enjoy.
This year has pretty much been the “year of Combat fatigue” on the internet. Between the vtuber agencies that have now been marked as evil, or black companies, weekly reveals of monsters on the internet, scams, irl wars that have bled onto the internet, drama between people. Heck I just want to grow, and improve as a vtuber l, and person but the one day I set aside for recovery is taken by the hell of the world and internet.
Well yeah, because our internet lives affect our real lives. Most people have a phone in their hand every single day, so many people work online now. But this isn't really affecting people as broadly when they step away from the internet's constant effects.
@@koziitwo I mean I've seen people who don't use the Internet who also prioritize stuff that makes money. I don't think it's an internet thing I think it's a world thing. Not to say the internet hasn't contributed any to this it has. However I think it really got started back in 2020 and we're now feeling this on a larger scale. It started with the pandemic then the price increase in pretty much everything. You're gonna see greed and controversy everywhere. Hell I've had experiences recently that made me loathe, hate, and despise money. If I could if it wasn't a necessity I'd outlaw money from my life. But yeah, speak that truth.
Ahh, see, prioritizing money, that's everywhere. But I think the internet sells controversy best. I don't think there's as much real world selling of controversial things, because nobody wants to look at that stuff in their normal day to day lives. Imagine a billboard talking about abuse or p*do callouts, or etc. Online, that sells fantastically, but offline, they have different strategies. Mostly, making you feel safe, and happy, and like things are actually good. ...as long as you spend money. I actually plan on talking about how annoyed I am about the commercialization of everything in more detail soon too!
@@koziitwo ah, I'll definitely check that video out then. But yeah amazing vid as usual. Love it when people chuck a sword slash at this stuff. You'd love the game guardian tales btw it constantly calls out the toxicity of society. In a good way.
its insane how much is going on i thought about becoming a vtuber ever since it started ive had a oc i made a long ass time ago based around vocaloid. I messed with a software thats still around called MikuMikuDance that used the xbox 360 kinnect for body motion of the 3d characters it was quite janky but seeing it all evolve to how things are now is insane i like the tech behind it but seeing all the drama strayed me from even attempting it a old friend of mine is wanting to get into vtubing and im like are you really sure u wanna get into it.
HOnestly, the negativity in the community is getting ridiculous. In my opinion we got a loooooooot of bad actors due to the last year's incidents. Sure there was always hators but they are actively farming bad stuff now. And in some cases making shit up. On my twitter I fight to keep it mostly positive for my community, but dang it's hard sometimes.
TLDR: Good video, interesting subject; I just want to add my opinion to it. Drama is part of our lives; we need to not be interested in all of them and look somewhere else sometime. Social media are bad for this. Handpick the drama you want to be invested in and do your best to ignore the rest, but I understand for content creators it's harder to do so. Taking a break is healthy, and being "selfish" is important to do it sometime. Drama is always part of life, but nowadays, with the internet, we are exposed to it every day. Before that, it was usually small stuff at work, drama in the family, and the big one hitting the news on TV. Today with the social media, it's like a giant office 24/7 where pointless drama never ends with the sheer amount of people. Except RUclips, I do my best to avoid any social media. I do know what's going on with the news channel, but I'm never overexposed. For content creators who are in need of those accounts to build an audience, it's harder to avoid, plus, like you said, viewers want the opinion of all creators on all drama subjects. It's impossible to care for everyone and everything; it's not in human nature to do that; it's unhealthy. It's ok to care when there is drama that touches you directly, concerns a friend, or even a content creator we like and follow, but the more we care, the more numb we grow. In the end, it became the doomscrolling phenomenon, if I recall. Yet drama sells; look at all the TV series with drama in them to get people hooked on them. I think it's in our nature to be drawn by it, but too much of it can damage us. No wonder people can live by reporting or even making drama on the internet. I understand those who report all drama; I think it's up to the viewers to handpick the drama they deem important and want more info on. But it's hard to control this emotion and just want info and opinion on everything. In those situations, it's important to take a break, like you said, look outside, take a walk, or do something else. Sadly, I think the FOMO started as well and to not be in touch with what's going on. But once you succeed in passing that phase, I think it's possible to find balance and inner peace.
I personally only watch one drama channel that is opinion based and one news drama channel that is just straight information and no opinions. That's all i can handle, i'm no longer on social media and haven't been for over 5 years. Been there and it's so time wasting and too much brain drain altogether. It's so hard these days to be informed and yet not dog piled by everything all at once. It certainly feels like you watch one drama video and suddenly the algorithm flood gates open. I think the only "drama" i'm invested in and have been for a long time is anything to do with nijisanji, but apart from that i really try to avoid everything else like the plague. Having been online since the beginning of the internet and social media, it's always surprising and shocking to me how bad things have gotten. Yet every year somehow manages to get worse.
Constantly being bombarded by information that causes you stress, sadness and anger really damages your health. Whenever I see a post about someone doing something bad, its exhausting. Ofcourse, we should talk about it, ofcourse, we should do something about it. But at the same time, theres been so much happening that you end up not even knowing what to adress first, but also have to face the headache of "if I talk about this, or even just comment on a post, people will start attacking me, no matter my opinion". It just builds up even more stress. Honestly hope people find out that using all of their energy on other people is unhealthy and they should instead focus energy on things that make them and others happy and promote it!
The amount of drama and hate on Twitter the past few days, from basically every corner of every online community, has been absolutely exhausting. I'm finally taking a break from parts of the internet and I think I'll be better for it.
It's a really odd predicament as human beings to be stuck in this vicious cycle. Using myself as an example, I tend to click on videos with negative topics because it's hardwired to our species to care/wonder what's going on. I _want_ to care, but have no power to do anything about it, so it seems like I don't & I constantly berate myself for this. And it's also depressing to see this trait being exploited, to the point that I have no "cares" remaining to give. I'm basically paraphrasing what's been said in this video, but I just want to type my thoughts.
for me, when something terrible happens, i remind myself that i don't fully understand the problem if its a novel problem. if its something i do understand and i know how to fix it, then its manageable. after seeing Taiga get deplatformed by a bunch of insane minority of people, I'm convinced i should do something about it, however, what i should do, and if i have the ability to do it an run a content creation site and convince people its worth using seems like a herculean multi year task, and very likely to fail, and i kinda want to do it anyway. I feel like every vtuber i meet is burned out. and the platforms we use do not cater to us, nor do they respect us, and are easily deplatformed the moment someone is popular and someone wants to get a streamers livelihood ruined.
noticed this is nearly all content creators. if they're not part of the controversy they're talking about it. one solution to get out of the toxic sludge; dont worry about the issue. if you cant do anything to fix it then why worry about it? removes a bit of stress or at least doesnt add to it. even if you talk about it, there are going to be bad actors against you or (worse) just stupid people. its fine to just walk out of it all. you're not gaining anything from it. since everything is monetized now, do enough work at your job to keep your head above water and use the other time to just relax or do something that isn't part of a problem. you cant buy back time so why waste it?
The algorythm will only push what you engage with. Over the last two months I've proven this by changing my algorythm to suggset liberal videos to me, then I got it to suggest conservatives, then I got it to suggest creators with under 5k subs, then only vtubers, then only history, then only tornados. Your algorythm is what you make it.
@@koziitwo The algorytm is even informed on what thumbnails you pause on, your clickthrough rates- as well as how much of a video you watch through if you do click on one
Join the fediverse. There's a lot less grass, but it IS greener. At least once you figure out how to find it, or grow some yourself. Some places there are ghost-towns, but damn there are some small communities that are just... So much nicer and welcoming, and human.
I get what you're saying. One of the reasons why I'm still subbed to someone like Revsaysdesu cause sometimes he will talk about more controversial things but every once in a while he'll bring up something funny like how he's made a monthly sub-series called community notes violate people where he goes over what someone posted on Twitter and then show some community notes on how they're factually wrong. I get a bit of a snicker out of that especially when the notes cause the poster to private their Twitter. Honestly if more indie journalists did a bit more funny news to level out the more serious takes I'd probably be less desensitized from all the stupid BS we hear constantly.
"If you don't care about this thing then you're a bad person" Couldn't have said it better myself. I've only recently begun to accept that I'm always going to be a bad person to some. Too many of us tend to focus too much on what we can't control, and nowhere near enough on what we can control, and that doesn't even include the "holier-than-thou" hypocrites. Nobody can pour from an empty cup, that's just reality.
I feel like using the goth colors while keeping a light voice and showing alternatives to just endless doom scrolling is a good microcosm for what you're talking about in this video.
Nice video for starters Now on to the content of it! I wholeheartedly agree! I was never one to use social media because... well the internet can be a cesspool of negativity. I checked on youtube mostly for things that interested me that had no drama, like playthroughs or music or some clips from vtubers/streamers that would give me a laugh or entertain me. It’s only this month that i figured why not check twitter and... damn there hasn’t been a single day where a post on drama reached me. Way i figured, i had two choices. Either i react to the drama or i ignored it. I have been leaning towards the latter. Only ones i react on or try to are ones where the OP in question is having a personal bad time. Everyone needs a few words of encouragement even if from a stranger. So, maybe... one needs to regulate not just the time spent in front of a screen, but also knowing what to choose to watch while in front of the screen and when. There’s too much going on in one’s life to also having to be put down with so much... i guess hate? In the world that doesn’t directly affect you. Even if it does, taking a break and getting updated later on might be what you need to lift your spirits up Like... there was a point in twitter yesterday when i just said, the heck with it and just do something else. Think it helped. Had a pretty chill time afterwards
The constant stream of information doesn't really make us more in tune with the world anymore. It kind of just results in just becoming apathetic to everything. I wish we'd really pushed more for internet intake moderation education like when it was first becoming a mainstream source. But, tbh, saying that outloud makes me sound like a boomer lol
Honestly, more than intake moderation, I wish we had pushed more for fact checking, and keeping up with local area things more than worldwide events or drama in communities that don't affect us at all. I think that's the main thing that makes it so rough.. usually, it wouldn't be so bad to keep up with our own local news, but the fact that we log in for the day and see everything that's wrong with the world all at once is what really skews our perception and our capacity for empathy.
@@koziitwo Oh for sure! I don't know when we stopped prioritizing critical thinking and personal fact checking but it's definitely having a devastating effect on our world and the mental health of people.
Being someone who kept up with politics for 8 years, I can pertain to your fatigue. Especially in this current season, politics is nothing more then a showboat for morality. All sides partake in the elementary sport of virtue signaling and dehumanization, all the while contributing zero positive change because that's beneath them. Central leaning individuals also engage in this futile play, by addressing the asininity on either side, but never conduce any difference in the same vein as the political left or right. Conclusively; it's just fruitless banter of grown people arguing about their sides integrity, and it reached its zenith of annoyance. So there is a valid reason why we all feel fatigued right now. Solid video overall!
Sweetie people can only handle so much news, but when it's news from population in the billions , something is always going down, I suggest to minimize how much you consume cause you have no control over it and it's pointless to stress about it
In the end, everything on RUclips competes with cat videos. That's been true since the site launched; for as much effort as we put into building up personalities and then tearing them down, documents of nature itself tend to tell more complete stories. I went through a phase of watching various great apes a few months back: they have rich inner lives, even though their verbal communication is limited. I believe the source of the pain is that we react more immediately to language, and language allows us to craft our own stories, but it tends to override nature and point us towards less truthful stories with hyped-up headlines and commentary.
I agree about 60% of what you said, the other 40%, it comes from a researcher/journalist perspective. I feel you in every way you feel about information. It has been non-stop bad news since the outbreak of Covid. We have been hit for years, of just bad news. It’s extremely hard for anyone, especially me, to attempt to be, not just stay informed, but to contain all the information I consume. The things we watch, the reading, the listening and experiencing, it’s way too much for anyone to handle… Having said all that, it’s because people payed attention far too late. Society waited till it started to affect them, and when it reaches at that point, it’s far too late. We watched as our politics is ran by ancients who definitely saw the Roman Empire crumble, we waited till the pollution got so bad that fires are not containable and only finally waking up to green technology, waited till the trash we threw away got so bad that there are 2 plastic patches in 2 different oceans that are the size or bigger than Texas, waiting and consuming all the products we can till even the poor look like assholes for not getting at least 1 gift on Christmas whether they can afford to or not. All the decisions that society and humanity as a whole, chose to ignore and not act, has lead us to this moment. The politically dividing, having the most powerful computer in your pocket that is stronger than the ones that sent men to the moon, to not research, play candy crush, or to just hate on the other for having different, jaded, skewed views where you only consume a very select view point that you let the algorithm gives you, letting ourselves become mind dead as we let others do the thinking for us, it’s all coming ahead. I do blame our boomers and back for the suffering we have now. Because they labeled the millennials and younger as lazy and poor, nothing but complainers and uninformed, when we got very close to electing Bernie sanders and try to save the years to come. 47%, that’s how close we were. But the boomers blocked us from fixing the system twice, and actually getting change, but because we were labeled as commie socialists, we lost. Gen Z hasn’t been able to add to our fight as they are/were not old enough yet, but now it’s far too late. I’m sorry if I add any depression, or make any of you worry, but there’s no way to sugar coat it, it’s going to get worst. We can save our selves, there is technology out there, inventions already made, that can fix our ecosystem?! I mentioned a shirt plant already where they send workers to the beaches to pick up plastic trash and make them into yarn, but there’s also a device called a Stupa, where it’s artificial ice that takes all winter to grow, then can be harvested in the summer as it melts! An india man made it for his village as they couldn’t get water. There’s an idea in California to explode the goat population as they eat dried dead brush, and their droppings would help fertilize the soil. There are ideas that we need to implement that will help drastically. We recently discovered that, at the bottom of the ocean, these combination of rocks actually produces oxygen for the ocean! There is stuff we can do to save our species and the earth. But capitalism, this idea of consistent consumption, needs to die off. We can no longer ignore what is going on. The wars needs to stop, as when I see oil depots get destroyed, all I see is those chemicals go into the air. We need to tax and regulate the rich, as there isn’t a single reason that not everyone should have a job, both immigrants and citizens, as there is a lot of things to do. Also regulate the companies as they find loopholes in every contract and law so they can steal natural resources and pollute our waters as it’s cheaper than properly getting rid of waste.
I agree, but that wasn't necessarily what I was talking about as much with this video. Most of the drama ISN'T that stuff. Most people are STILL ignoring that, until they literally can't anymore because people are dying. But they ARE using petty drama to fill their time as they ignore the world burning around them, and that makes us even less empathetic overall. There's only so many times I can hear someone called out as a p*do before I kinda just stop caring about that accusation anymore, which makes me sick to my stomach, yknow?
@@koziitwoI fully understand, in fact, I really can’t have a good argument against your line of thinking. Both yours and my line of thinking are equally valid. I know the amount of information is too much, people just want to live and let live and be left alone, all people ask for is, a stable job, loving family, and neighbors you can invite to a BBQ or go be kids and play laser tag. Fully understand and I can’t argue against limiting consumption. It’s just, knowing the things that I know, has led me to see clearly, the timeline, on how we got here. I prefer that people stay informed, but be informed in a smarter way. And I mean by that is, watching people that you would probably hate to get their point of view, watch debates with their phone ready as they look up claims by both sides, pick an expert to listen to for a particular topic and not someone who summarizes 10 news articles on 10 different subjects (example, I watch Dylan Burns on his, on the ground reporting and knowledge, on Ukraine specifically, my domestic guy is Kyle kulinski, my hacking news is Mutahar, so on and so forth (and to get all point of views and see what’s being said, I got piers Morgan)). I can’t argue against you, but I also can’t argue in stopping your information in take. I know it’s draining and exhausting, but to me, too important to not see what connects the dots.
If it hurts, it's because you care. And it's good to care, even though it hurts, because it means you can be empathetic and good. Bad people don't care. But the reality is, bad things have always happened, and more or less, they've happened at the same rate today as they did before. The difference is how fast information travels these days, and the sheer quantity of that information. In the age of the internet, we can get all worldwide information immediately. 100 years ago, you might only hear about something a week after the fact. 200 years ago, it could be months before you hear about a significant event as a synopsis from a 9th-hand source. If it ever feels like too much, take a break. Read a book. Build a model. Call a friend to touch grass with. Do something that's not on the internet.
Not wrong, part of it is definitely just the amount of information. But people are also over sharing at a high volume, and are more likely to publicly defame each other over things like relationship issues or misunderstandings. I think that much has definitely increased, and the only real reason I can see for that is people thinking they're morally superior and wanting to ruin other people's public platforms. That stuff is so tiring. 😔 Still, good to take breaks, good to look at something like that and go 'Why does this matter? Why do I care?' sometimes, because a lot of this stuff will never affect us.
I miss when I could just go on RUclips and watch people play games or be whacky and funny. Or go on the internet in general and look up a new game or anime or whatever. But now, everyone's mad at something or someone. Someone did something to someone and it's like....dude! I just want to relax! "But this person said this!" So what!? Please...just let me relax. My life is stressful enough...please just stop.
Yes. Very much so. At the moment I've spent so much energy typing comments on controversies, as a kindof way to process everything I'm hearing & seeing in the videos I've been consuming... And more importantly, the lack of interraction & engagement I get from them + my comparison of that engagement with, well, bigger things, kinda exhausts me further... If you wouldn't mind, could I get a signature in the form of you hearting one of my comments to prove that my comments are worthwhile? If not, then I guess my comments probably aren't worthwhile, OR you didn't see this one... yeah gotta love random strangers expectations on the internet eroding at- nope, not at all, but I'm just over explaining at this point because I don't have a club who gets me & my sense of humour IRL or on the internet(I lied, its you guys! Whichever group you guys belong to! No idea, don't ask me, modern internet outcast-club TM or something? Gen Z? Yeah, no idea :P). P.S. Random person asking questions like me in the comment section = ??????? I dunno, they don't have any credibility in my mind cause they're POSSIBLY just the real world equivalent of some rando on the street spouting nonsense essentially = my brain actually is just making shit up because I have hatred & want to take it out, but can't so I take it out on myself which some people see as me taking it out on them for some reason even though I'm not. Communication & wanting to tell someone clearly that I want to communicate with and hang out with them is infuriatingly difficult!!! Because I don't want to be a normie.
(this comment got held for review, aha) I do read everything and I appreciate all input! I may not always respond or heart everything, but it's not really an indicator of me not liking it or thinking something isn't worthwhile. I just tend to stick to things where I have a lot to say, or that really help to explain the point I was trying to get at/add a lot to the point of a video. But I'm still reading! 🙏
@@koziitwo one last argument i promise, i blame how toxic idol culture as a whole became normalized in the west because of the advent of digital idols and japan being fine with oversexualizing anime characters, marketing them to oblivion and going so far as to keep them single in the public eye because idol culture says they gotta be single and "pure" this is just gross..
I honestly think none of the drama I've personally seen this year has been from anything related to idol culture, and if it was, it was something that passed quickly because it was picked up by the people who were like 'who was angry you had a boyfriend! that's stupid!'
Only good news is, I think the youtube algorithns can detect doom scrolling and recommended a few of these types of videos to me after a bit, did this just happen to anyone else?
Things seem to be getting chaotic right now, which can be scary, but it's not necessarily bad. If real life starts to mirror what's happening online, there could be some serious upheaval, and that’s where things might get messy. Unfortunately, even though some people, like you, are noticing these issues, most others won't listen. Many are already blaming others in the comments of this video, missing the point that they too play a part. Everyone, including you, has sometimes contributed to the problem, whether by insulting others or getting caught up in drama. There have been moments when we could have tried to understand opposing views, but instead, we've often reacted aggressively, justifying it because we feel like we're defending ourselves. Others feel the same way about you, seeing you as the "bad guy" and making decisions based on that belief. This creates a cycle that's hard to break, as we're all convinced we're right and afraid of being victimised. Think about it: can you imagine a situation where extreme groups like the Alt-Right and Antifa would work together to improve the world? If not, that same difficulty applies to less extreme disagreements. We don't truly know if others want to harm us, and with so much evidence of bad intentions, it's safer to assume the worst. Most people will take the safer route, and that's understandable. As I said before, this situation is scary but not inherently bad. Our current system is too broken to fix, it needs a complete reset to start anew.
Keep in mind that I am a creator and engage with other creators because it's my job. My feed is primarily just indie pixel games, live2d rigging, and cool art, but part of that drama comes from other creators, and then part of the drama also just hits different communities. There's been drama in all of the communities i've listed this year.
People quickly get used to everything. No politics. One vtuber girl from DNR (eastern ukraine that got bombed for 10 years) streams whenever she can. She's so tired from explosions and alarms that don't want to run in bunker. She tired to fear. For their own safety people blocking themselves from annoying things. We're not brave, we're tired. Even kids that invest emotions the most can be sick of all this.
Unfortunately in the news world the mentality is: if it bleeds it leads. I think bad things always happened, we’re just so well connected that we learn of it way faster and it’s not healthy at all. In a way we create entertainment to escape the horrors of reality and end up consuming that same horror as content. I click on your videos cause I know it’s gonna have a positive approach to things and it’s refreshing, I appreciate it a lot.
vtuber news channels were such a bad idea, we became our own celebrities, and our own paparazzism like the EYE guy, why would we recreate some of the worst parts of stardom, also who made your model, it is quite lovely
Yuuup, we're keeping an eye on it. Hopefully it'll stay where it's at and they'll get it fully under control far before we need to worry about getting out of here. 😔
![Diggy Graves - Red Vineyard [Official Lyric Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Ro085T0mnQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Gonna try to organize this the best I can. Just giving my insight (just gonna post it below) and timestamps so I can organize myself. Also this is my first time posting time stamps so don't trust it ig.
0:01-0:52 Intro (Bad events that happen that get tracked)
0:53 Keeping track of an event
1:23 Being tired of the events that happens and there being no change
1:42 Talking about dramatic situations (and giving insight)
2:15 Some drama is necessary for better insight or information
2:35 Giving insight can sometimes lead to more unessary discussion
2:46 People are getting tired of everything
3:09 The Internet commercialization is the issue
4:08 Nothing good is being pushed anymore
4:46 Starts to seem like a game of mortality
5:18 Starting not to care
6:13 Feeling incapable to care
6:33 Others feeling the same
6:43 Shocked in where we are
7:00 Talking about Mogul Mail (Ludwig) Most recent video
7:40 Silly drama is better than what being adressed
8:24 It feel like it's all for making money
9:30 Optimization to target people retention
10:36 Trying to get people a break from reality
11:46 A (license) therapist & She's not a new channel
12:16 Thing that be told
12:40 Just wanting to yap
13:03 What to take away
13:50 Reminiscing and reasoning (kinda back tracks)
14:46 Take a break
And have a good day. (holy shit posting time stamps are crazy and people do this for VODS I like it)
Nvm I have no clue how to say my insight
oh thank you!! Also true, yeah, people do full heckin vods worth of this stuff, sheesh
if you need a break from the constant loudness of the internet, please take one. watch a show, read a book, go for a walk, turn off your phone for a while. 🙏
It's 100% why I deleted my Twitter account - It's toxic and 2 and a half years ago I cut it off and I'm glad I did
You are on the money with the pressure to "Do your part" - Twitter is both the driving force for people to do that, and the way to pretend your making a difference to the world
The reason you have the moral imperative is you will have had one or 2 things you actually cared enough about to call out: but twitter has a culture "If you did it for X why would you not do it for Y" and the answer of Because I don't actually care about that specific issue feels like a moral failing on our own part
There is an old quote
"It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
We have allowed ourselves to become the moral busybodies, and the conscience doesn't just approve - it INSISTS
i could use one
Your feeling of numbness is a genuine phenomenon that people are taught about in media degrees called "compassion fatigue." Having constant demands made upon your compassion and empathy is too much for any person to bear, let alone at the scale facilitated by the Internet. No one is in the wrong for disengaging, it's just a shame that people are forced to that point every day.
One of the big things I learned in counseling is that I only have so much capacity for *everything* and you can't take it all on. I still catch myself doomscrolling and saying nope thats enough of that and pivot to something else so I can survive the rest of thr day.
yep!! gotta moderate your intake on stuff, for sure
Honestly this is why I kinda been using the internet less and less. I'm so sick and tired of my life being filled with constant hate, drama, exposing and all this pointless petty stuff. I just want to be free for once, I want to be happy. That's the entire reason why I came to the internet in the first place. I'm purposely choosing not to involve in drama anymore. I am playing video games, watching animations, anime, movies, talking with online friends and doing hobbies now. Thats all I am focusing on because the internet is too much for my sensitive heart to handle.
Thanks for talking about this. I feel like it's really been hitting me lately that the algorithms are aiming towards controversy and negativity. And I try my best to carve out my own space in it, but sometimes I worry that the old internet might become lost to greed. I miss when people could talk like humans and do cool things together! When it wasn't about "networking" and "clout chasing" and "here's today's drama!".
Maybe it is a cycle thing after all. I felt this way in 2016 when drama was big that year too. Call it naive, but I don't want to give up on the hope of things getting better. Maybe not amazing, but at least okay.
Great video once again!! I'm so glad you and I, and maybe more people in the near future, are willing to talk about this
I also just really hope things improve soon....
( also the bit about the good bits in vtuber news being on screen for like 15 seconds was too real 💀 )
I feel the same, i bet that the next step is a partial death of this draining parts of internet, i bet people will start focusing more in "life-like experiences" and less "news" in the internet
I think that's actually happening right now! A ton of larger creators have stated they're done with the constant grind of drama and opinions on it all, and want to go back to just having fun and entertaining people.
@@koziitwoIf you also ask me, I actually do hope people who do drama content realize they can't keep up with this style of work forever. You wouldn't want to pass away being known for spreading negativity. Wouldn't it be better to be known for actually helping others?
@@koziitwo hope you go well on this vtubing space, you seem like a valuable person
I really feel this. This stuff is the reason I outright refuse to use Twitter, it's just a cesspool of:
- people accusing other people
- twittlonger docs
- reveals that your favorite person actually sucks (and its true)
- reveals that your favorite person actually sucks (and it's not true, but that taints the perception of your favorite person forever)
- being mad for some arbitrary reason that they don't actually care about but want brownie points for "bringing it to light"
and so on, it's just too much man 😒 life is too short to be having a day ruined just because you wanted to check your timeline
Thank you for a balanced perspective and some healthy recommendations.
I have had to take breaks (except for very specific needs) from certain content or news for periods that sometimes have spanned several months, purely because of how they were negatively impacting me. I became more selective with my level of engagement and research.
As a result, I adapted to a healthier strategy that rebalanced my exposure and engagement, with safeguards to check myself more often and take regular breaks.
It sounds like you have done a lot of your own homework to discover improvements you wanted to make to your own circumstances, and I appreciate that you shared that journey with us. Thank you. 💜
Your videos on this channel have really helped me a lot. They are really retable and I’m so glad to see someone talking about all these topics so we all feel less alone.
I don’t know if I would have found your work without this channel and these videos so thank you for doing them! ❤
When there's so much negative information, the impact of each info deminishes
Look at school pewpewing now. Nobody panics as hard as they used to years ago. It's even memed now
How much more negative can news get before people's willingness to care goes poof? It already happened to me and I have no idea which year that happened
The internet's so negative now. I wanna play Halos 1 & 2 again
I've felt this big time. And oh boy, the constant morality checking(and even people getting annoyed that someone's not up to date with it which my brain registers wrongly as me being a bad person and thus, entirely dismissed) back and forth rather than being able to converse with people normally... I'm even unintentionally doing what I think to be a version of it right now as I type here about this topic, expecting someone to respond in kind! And perhaps confirm my suspicions... lest I get annoyed that someone's not up to date, so I obsessively compulsively try to get them up to date to save them from potential exclusion and ostracism from other people... with me being too scared to actually ostracize or exclude myself cause that's what bad people do. But I think my definitions of the two terms are a little faulty, when not looking at and not talking to people even when I don't know them and they're just strangers on the bus is something my brain considers excluding and ostracizing people
I agree with so much of the grief you've expressed in this video, though personally I will always say "There is so much more beauty in the world than evil." I have no 'evidence' of this but it is something I have always believed.
i enjoyed listening to this yapping video, compassion fatigue is an interesting topic discuss in the vtubing sphere. thank you for sharing this
Yeah, it's an interesting topic in general, I feel like, it's kinda crazy how hard it's hitting people in recent times too. It's rough out there! 😔
I think drama shouldn't be pushed into the lives of those that can't handle a lot of drama. I involve myself with stuff like that because I can handle the potential backlash.
It's impossible to care about everything. Pick things to care about and let things you don't have time for slip by.
Unfortunately, this i think this is when the internet is doing what it was intended to do… whenever pivotal events are about to happen… DIVIDE & CONQUER.
But you hit an important point, in times like these, it is also important to rally more people to your cause and uplift those who have fallen for negativity and try to snap them out of it.
You’re doing good Kozii, keep fighting the good fight 😁
Yeeea i just can't keep track anymore at this point im just holding my breath and just watching everything unfold and hoping there is a light at the end of this long and dark tunnel before i get ready to relax.
Thank you for reminding people to shape their own bubbles of information! I barely keep myself informed with any drama as it's for the most part unnecessary burden to the mind. I'm thankful for these spaces that have some extra bright output in contrast to the rest and would recommend anyone else with fine-tuning their bubble to keep things that motivate and inspire them.
Thanks for this video, I’m gonna try to avoid internet drama moving forward. You so right about us becoming desensitised to negativity. I’ve also stoped watching the Vtuber drama channels cus I just don’t want to see a bunch of negativity. There was a point to this video, it was great.
It's hard to see social media without a system that doesn't inherently push controversy. If there's something I've learned about the internet, you just can't take anything seriously on here. I look at some of my friends and they generally just avoid saying anything publicly like 99% of the time or just vent in private. This isn't to say speaking on what is right is not necessary. But there has definitely been a loss of priorities on what is important to address or not.
I can only hope it doesn't continue to get more sensational as the years go by.
I thought I was insane for going completely numb to literally every possible bad situation that could happen.
This video made me feel a little more seen and like I wasn’t actually going crazy or anything like that.
Although I do hope things get better for everyone and everything really, it’s just so tiring that I often don’t even know what I want from the world anymore. Do I want things to get better? Do I wanna watch the world burn with me in it? I’m not sure to be honest.
The worst part about all of this is I don’t know how to break the cycle.
I’m a literal internet addict. It’s been my only coping mechanism that had worked for years for better or for worse.
I don’t know what else to do really. It’s frustrating.😓
This isn't necessarily a new thing, but it's certainly a LOT more prevalent than it used to be. Scandal sells, and it has always sold (which is why gossip columns existed in the earliest days of print journalism, gossip radio shows existed, talk shows on TV went viral, etc -- heck, there is ancient graffiti in Pompeii that puts people on blast).
The difference now is that it has changed in the last 5-10 years from having some good to virtually no good stuff; it's pretty much all drama. I see it in vtubing for sure (in fact, that's pretty much all I see in vtwitter), but it expands across all forms of content. Heck, one of the sites I used to watch for Disney news is all clickbait titles now - and yes, people are definitely reading stuff like "(theme park) ride closed forever" more than "(theme park) ride temporarily closed for renovation, reopens (date)". It fuels a sense of urgency or plays into our fears of loss, destruction, etc - you "have" to read that stuff, even when you know for sure it's just more clickbait. (Well, not me + that specific site anymore, I refuse to open a single piece of their content now because it's all garbage and most of it isn't true.)
There's an old saying about how nobody takes their eyes off the trainwreck... and sadly, it's true. But when you do stop watching the trainwreck, you can focus on more important things, and I think you're right, it's perfectly healthy to disconnect and step away instead of doomscrolling for more horrible stuff that screws with our mental health.
I have noticed that it's an easy trap to fall into as a content creator covering drama. I seen an educational youtuber recently started covering vtuber drama because it was getting more clicks than the tutorial and helpful videos. I am glad to know i am not the only one who's tired all the time even after work doesn't help my irl job being a nurse is super stressful most of the time. I think we're going to see a part of the Internet get bigger of people who just want a couple of hours of fun and want to just chill/have fun after a long day. I also think we need to stop trying to punish people who haven't or don't want to make a statement on every issue no matter how serious or small it maybe.
Funny enough, I was thinking about this recently. And frankly, I'm not even surprised this is all happening. I remember back in 2018 or 2019, I mentioned on a different social media platform that things were going to get worse (and I tried mixing it with something positive), and one person thought I was only being negative or nihilistic but I was only picking up on patterns of what's going on; being realistic about it. I'm seeing that I was right, after all these years since then (not just online but in the real world too). I can relate to you when you mentioned you grew numb and stopped caring. I'm at the point myself. You just get exhausted from all the noise after a while.
All the controversy I see over the internet is definitely making me emotionally drained, but I can at least take solace in the fact that I'm not the only one tired from hearing about it constantly. Totally agree that it is good to just get off the internet for a while for the sake of our mental health. The internet and media makes so much information accessible to us instantly that it can be overwhelming at times.
The algorithm has pushed two smaller vtubers my way in the last two weeks and your one of them and i'm so happy about it. I love your voice and personality so much and really enjoy your content. Your model and it's colours are so striking and vibrant and it's such a joy to have your model on screen. I can see and feel the polish and care you put into your model and content, they are both so fun and interesting. I'm not sure if you've done stuff before your channels creation but the vibe and confidence you put though the screen feels like you've already been doing it for years. I love how each of your thumbnails are different from each other and eye catching without just being i'm lewd and my model is hot please notice me (but your model is absolutely gorgeous).You are a breath of fresh air, keep it up 💜
@@Treebornfrog5383 ah thank you so much!! 😭 Yeah, I've actually been a Vtuber for coming up on four years soon! My main channel is @koziichu, where I do all my streaming and games stuff. I've done some talkshows over time, events, been in a small agency, etc, so I'm glad that my attempts at quality show! 🙏
@@koziitwo Oh wow! So many livestrems yet so little videos over the years on your main channel. It's really great to see you doing more videos now. These kinds of videos are so different to a livestream and feel so much more targeted and relaxing. I really hope you'll continue uploading them as livestream are so time consuming to watch and catch and are sometimes impossible to do so. I understand they don't generate need as much revenue, but i can see myself and other seeing these videos and then maybe getting into a livestream of yours i or others wouldn't have normally seen/discovered or randomly clicked on.
Just watched your live 2D showcase and omg your model is absolutely fire! Look forward to seeing more of you in the future ☺
You're not alone. There's so much! Try to be a positive force and example to those loved ones around you first. Block out the large-scale negative. I know it's not easy! The sin of greed...😢
It's common to be emotionally fatigued if you expose yourself a lot to shit as it also happens to actual therapists. Honestly there is nothing anyone could ever do or say to drag me out of misanthropy as mine is from when i was a kid. Over 20 years of isolation, do you know what that can do to a person? I can never really trust someone to not be animalistic and give in to their urges as deep down they are all the same nothing but a pack of wild animals only wanting to fill their carnal desires and lust for power. It's all the same people don't really care about others just how they can satisfy their own animalistic instincts, instead of evolving past Humanity as a whole is regressing back to that of a animal that laughs as it is throwing it's shit at a wall or it's own kind
I think the thing is that now it is ALOT easier and faster to find and spread info/misinfo than in recent years given the size and importance of social media in everyone's lives
This channel is wonderful. 4 or 5 videos I needed to hear. Thank you.
Yeah the internet right now feels so negative and out to destroy each other or just make up nonsense to generate outrage. Sometimes yes, some things need to be called out but its 90% of the noise now.
Makes me really sad because I would love to see more friends made, people talking civil and having a good time.
I need my break. Hope it gets better soon 😅
12:17 i agree so much. Because most of these vtuber news channels simply do not have to abide by any integrity a real journalist or a news anchor has to. They are essentially drama channels! If there's important or positive news or a tech advancement relevant to the niche, it will get ignored for whatever will keep them relevant or make them money! It's so frustrating because in this space the numbers can and do usually dictate who people take seriously when if you look closely, that person may be anything but a grifter or releasing misinformation. I don't think they are the "source" of why things have become so sour in the scene, but I do think the space would be better with either them gone or shifting to giving legitimate news or interviews, especials or even documentaries, not simply showing us twitter screenshots and their unprofesional opinions....
I'd argue commodification is actually a big driving force in this.
People want to get the most clicks/money/clout/what have ya possible, and if they can take out potential competition? All the better.
With that in mind consider that drama gets hue amounts of attention, AND it eliminates competition as the topic of said drama tend to be in big time trouble. Morality aside, why wouldn't you do that? It's the best of both worlds!
@@kharne83 yuuup, huge agree on this
Yeah turns out when you're plugged in all the time it's bad for you. Serial Experiments Lain talks about that come to think of it.
I too am getting sick and tired of the constant drama, people turning mole holes into mountains just for attention. Like why can’t people just simply block someone and move on? I posted that on Twitter after someone decided to turn a simple critique into a problem. Like really? And this is why I hate Twitter. I gave my opinion about a game and some incel decided they just had to comment for attention. Like are we not allowed to talk about the things we love anymore? It’s getting exhausting the constant fucking drama and shit flinging that could’ve been stopped by the block button. My mom was right, the block button is the best button for social media
I feel like it is draining with everything going on we all need to take a break from the internet and social media.
Chaos to a point that you might feel very little want to participate in the internet. Completely honestly, that is how it should be.
Still, finding spots where the wider internet does not touch, is very worth the while. Much better to create that space than to wait for it.
I only watch vtuber news when its someone i watch but then i watch thst segment
Mood, me too!
Absolutely needs to be said the amount and intensity of the negativity only seems to be increasing with no signs of stopping. Its actually hard to avoid it if you are regularly engaging with user made content. Ofc some stuff needs to be said, we want the things that are happening to be out there but I think the way it's covered by people whos professional experience of news coverage essentially boils down to "what the algorithm likes" is just typically very unbalanced and unhealthy. For the most part it just comes off as people permanently yelling at each other. I can't lie, I'm so over it.
I stopped using Twitter to separate myself from all of the drama. Never could get into facebook or myspace. I just couldn't...
I actually kinda miss the Myspace era, worst that happened there was emo kids going 'Cried for 6 hours again today... Life will never be ok...' with 'P A R A N O I A' as their username (it was me, I was emo kids)
But we all customized our pages, and besides sad posting, we mostly just posted pics and talked about random stuff goin on.
@@koziitwo I think that is because on MySpace, you generally didn't have a ton of reach so people didn't treat posting as necessarily consequential. Additionally you had space for nuance. Twitter in particular is designed for toxicity because the character limits reduce posts to quips, and then promote the most 'engaging' quips to lots of people.
@@koziitwo I did have a myspace, but I only bothered to change my music on it. XD Thank you for your videos though. They are inspiring me to make my own chatty topics inbetween gaming content.
...the fact you've been able to articulate what I've been feeling for the past almost decade so perfectly is... terrifying.
I genuinely agree with this. Took the word out of my mouth
Negative stuff weighs more than positive people click on it because there are more curious and people make because it gets more attention doesn’t mean you should never look at drama if it’s ti much to look at try ignore and look at more positive stuff and if you want to cover it make sure it’s something important and nit a nothing burger that causes more drama
It is the world in general right now. Economy js bad abd getting worse, what semblance of Pax Americana there ever was is fading out, election year for multiple prominent countries, people are dealing with the economic and social aftermath of the lockdowns and en$hittification of the Internet _before_ getting into anything deemed as a problem based on specific ideological or political perspectives.
People talking about positive things in the vtuber sphere: 5 minutes. People talking about vtuber drama and negativity: 500 hours. For real, it gets so overwhelming... I've failed at it a couple times, but I want to actively distance myself away from news and just make content I enjoy.
This year has pretty much been the “year of Combat fatigue” on the internet. Between the vtuber agencies that have now been marked as evil, or black companies, weekly reveals of monsters on the internet, scams, irl wars that have bled onto the internet, drama between people.
Heck I just want to grow, and improve as a vtuber l, and person but the one day I set aside for recovery is taken by the hell of the world and internet.
Trust me. It's in real life too. I've seen it.
Well yeah, because our internet lives affect our real lives. Most people have a phone in their hand every single day, so many people work online now. But this isn't really affecting people as broadly when they step away from the internet's constant effects.
@@koziitwo I mean I've seen people who don't use the Internet who also prioritize stuff that makes money. I don't think it's an internet thing I think it's a world thing. Not to say the internet hasn't contributed any to this it has. However I think it really got started back in 2020 and we're now feeling this on a larger scale. It started with the pandemic then the price increase in pretty much everything. You're gonna see greed and controversy everywhere. Hell I've had experiences recently that made me loathe, hate, and despise money. If I could if it wasn't a necessity I'd outlaw money from my life. But yeah, speak that truth.
Ahh, see, prioritizing money, that's everywhere. But I think the internet sells controversy best. I don't think there's as much real world selling of controversial things, because nobody wants to look at that stuff in their normal day to day lives. Imagine a billboard talking about abuse or p*do callouts, or etc. Online, that sells fantastically, but offline, they have different strategies. Mostly, making you feel safe, and happy, and like things are actually good. ...as long as you spend money.
I actually plan on talking about how annoyed I am about the commercialization of everything in more detail soon too!
@@koziitwo ah, I'll definitely check that video out then. But yeah amazing vid as usual. Love it when people chuck a sword slash at this stuff. You'd love the game guardian tales btw it constantly calls out the toxicity of society. In a good way.
its insane how much is going on i thought about becoming a vtuber ever since it started ive had a oc i made a long ass time ago based around vocaloid. I messed with a software thats still around called MikuMikuDance that used the xbox 360 kinnect for body motion of the 3d characters it was quite janky but seeing it all evolve to how things are now is insane i like the tech behind it but seeing all the drama strayed me from even attempting it a old friend of mine is wanting to get into vtubing and im like are you really sure u wanna get into it.
HOnestly, the negativity in the community is getting ridiculous. In my opinion we got a loooooooot of bad actors due to the last year's incidents. Sure there was always hators but they are actively farming bad stuff now. And in some cases making shit up. On my twitter I fight to keep it mostly positive for my community, but dang it's hard sometimes.
TLDR: Good video, interesting subject; I just want to add my opinion to it. Drama is part of our lives; we need to not be interested in all of them and look somewhere else sometime. Social media are bad for this. Handpick the drama you want to be invested in and do your best to ignore the rest, but I understand for content creators it's harder to do so. Taking a break is healthy, and being "selfish" is important to do it sometime.
Drama is always part of life, but nowadays, with the internet, we are exposed to it every day. Before that, it was usually small stuff at work, drama in the family, and the big one hitting the news on TV. Today with the social media, it's like a giant office 24/7 where pointless drama never ends with the sheer amount of people.
Except RUclips, I do my best to avoid any social media. I do know what's going on with the news channel, but I'm never overexposed. For content creators who are in need of those accounts to build an audience, it's harder to avoid, plus, like you said, viewers want the opinion of all creators on all drama subjects. It's impossible to care for everyone and everything; it's not in human nature to do that; it's unhealthy. It's ok to care when there is drama that touches you directly, concerns a friend, or even a content creator we like and follow, but the more we care, the more numb we grow. In the end, it became the doomscrolling phenomenon, if I recall.
Yet drama sells; look at all the TV series with drama in them to get people hooked on them. I think it's in our nature to be drawn by it, but too much of it can damage us. No wonder people can live by reporting or even making drama on the internet. I understand those who report all drama; I think it's up to the viewers to handpick the drama they deem important and want more info on. But it's hard to control this emotion and just want info and opinion on everything.
In those situations, it's important to take a break, like you said, look outside, take a walk, or do something else. Sadly, I think the FOMO started as well and to not be in touch with what's going on. But once you succeed in passing that phase, I think it's possible to find balance and inner peace.
I personally only watch one drama channel that is opinion based and one news drama channel that is just straight information and no opinions. That's all i can handle, i'm no longer on social media and haven't been for over 5 years. Been there and it's so time wasting and too much brain drain altogether. It's so hard these days to be informed and yet not dog piled by everything all at once. It certainly feels like you watch one drama video and suddenly the algorithm flood gates open. I think the only "drama" i'm invested in and have been for a long time is anything to do with nijisanji, but apart from that i really try to avoid everything else like the plague. Having been online since the beginning of the internet and social media, it's always surprising and shocking to me how bad things have gotten. Yet every year somehow manages to get worse.
Great video!
I once was into politics but the constant bad news and drama let me turn my back on it.
And my life absolutly got better .
I hear you 😭 It's really so tiring. Thank you for talking about it
Constantly being bombarded by information that causes you stress, sadness and anger really damages your health. Whenever I see a post about someone doing something bad, its exhausting. Ofcourse, we should talk about it, ofcourse, we should do something about it.
But at the same time, theres been so much happening that you end up not even knowing what to adress first, but also have to face the headache of "if I talk about this, or even just comment on a post, people will start attacking me, no matter my opinion". It just builds up even more stress.
Honestly hope people find out that using all of their energy on other people is unhealthy and they should instead focus energy on things that make them and others happy and promote it!
The amount of drama and hate on Twitter the past few days, from basically every corner of every online community, has been absolutely exhausting. I'm finally taking a break from parts of the internet and I think I'll be better for it.
It's a really odd predicament as human beings to be stuck in this vicious cycle.
Using myself as an example, I tend to click on videos with negative topics because it's hardwired to our species to care/wonder what's going on. I _want_ to care, but have no power to do anything about it, so it seems like I don't & I constantly berate myself for this.
And it's also depressing to see this trait being exploited, to the point that I have no "cares" remaining to give.
I'm basically paraphrasing what's been said in this video, but I just want to type my thoughts.
Tbh I've become very apathetic, if it's not that I feel disgust or hopelessness.
for me, when something terrible happens, i remind myself that i don't fully understand the problem if its a novel problem. if its something i do understand and i know how to fix it, then its manageable. after seeing Taiga get deplatformed by a bunch of insane minority of people, I'm convinced i should do something about it, however, what i should do, and if i have the ability to do it an run a content creation site and convince people its worth using seems like a herculean multi year task, and very likely to fail, and i kinda want to do it anyway.
I feel like every vtuber i meet is burned out. and the platforms we use do not cater to us, nor do they respect us, and are easily deplatformed the moment someone is popular and someone wants to get a streamers livelihood ruined.
noticed this is nearly all content creators. if they're not part of the controversy they're talking about it.
one solution to get out of the toxic sludge; dont worry about the issue. if you cant do anything to fix it then why worry about it?
removes a bit of stress or at least doesnt add to it. even if you talk about it, there are going to be bad actors against you or (worse) just stupid people. its fine to just walk out of it all. you're not gaining anything from it.
since everything is monetized now, do enough work at your job to keep your head above water and use the other time to just relax or do something that isn't part of a problem. you cant buy back time so why waste it?
The algorythm will only push what you engage with. Over the last two months I've proven this by changing my algorythm to suggset liberal videos to me, then I got it to suggest conservatives, then I got it to suggest creators with under 5k subs, then only vtubers, then only history, then only tornados.
Your algorythm is what you make it.
Lucky, cus I specifically do not interact and say not to recommend, and my algorithm still does.
@@koziitwo The algorytm is even informed on what thumbnails you pause on, your clickthrough rates- as well as how much of a video you watch through if you do click on one
Maybe the algorithm shouldn't save me pausing on a thumbnail if it's to tell RUclips not to recommend me that video 🙄
Well, I do have a few unread books on my shelf; maybe it's time to pick one.
Join the fediverse. There's a lot less grass, but it IS greener. At least once you figure out how to find it, or grow some yourself. Some places there are ghost-towns, but damn there are some small communities that are just... So much nicer and welcoming, and human.
Why do i feel the need to argue with this message.
Thanks for this video.
I get what you're saying. One of the reasons why I'm still subbed to someone like Revsaysdesu cause sometimes he will talk about more controversial things but every once in a while he'll bring up something funny like how he's made a monthly sub-series called community notes violate people where he goes over what someone posted on Twitter and then show some community notes on how they're factually wrong. I get a bit of a snicker out of that especially when the notes cause the poster to private their Twitter. Honestly if more indie journalists did a bit more funny news to level out the more serious takes I'd probably be less desensitized from all the stupid BS we hear constantly.
"If you don't care about this thing then you're a bad person" Couldn't have said it better myself. I've only recently begun to accept that I'm always going to be a bad person to some. Too many of us tend to focus too much on what we can't control, and nowhere near enough on what we can control, and that doesn't even include the "holier-than-thou" hypocrites. Nobody can pour from an empty cup, that's just reality.
I feel like using the goth colors while keeping a light voice and showing alternatives to just endless doom scrolling is a good microcosm for what you're talking about in this video.
Nice video for starters
Now on to the content of it! I wholeheartedly agree! I was never one to use social media because... well the internet can be a cesspool of negativity. I checked on youtube mostly for things that interested me that had no drama, like playthroughs or music or some clips from vtubers/streamers that would give me a laugh or entertain me. It’s only this month that i figured why not check twitter and... damn there hasn’t been a single day where a post on drama reached me.
Way i figured, i had two choices. Either i react to the drama or i ignored it. I have been leaning towards the latter. Only ones i react on or try to are ones where the OP in question is having a personal bad time. Everyone needs a few words of encouragement even if from a stranger.
So, maybe... one needs to regulate not just the time spent in front of a screen, but also knowing what to choose to watch while in front of the screen and when. There’s too much going on in one’s life to also having to be put down with so much... i guess hate? In the world that doesn’t directly affect you. Even if it does, taking a break and getting updated later on might be what you need to lift your spirits up
Like... there was a point in twitter yesterday when i just said, the heck with it and just do something else. Think it helped. Had a pretty chill time afterwards
The constant stream of information doesn't really make us more in tune with the world anymore. It kind of just results in just becoming apathetic to everything. I wish we'd really pushed more for internet intake moderation education like when it was first becoming a mainstream source. But, tbh, saying that outloud makes me sound like a boomer lol
Honestly, more than intake moderation, I wish we had pushed more for fact checking, and keeping up with local area things more than worldwide events or drama in communities that don't affect us at all. I think that's the main thing that makes it so rough.. usually, it wouldn't be so bad to keep up with our own local news, but the fact that we log in for the day and see everything that's wrong with the world all at once is what really skews our perception and our capacity for empathy.
@@koziitwo Oh for sure! I don't know when we stopped prioritizing critical thinking and personal fact checking but it's definitely having a devastating effect on our world and the mental health of people.
Just found you, your model is so cute! Subbed~! >u
Being someone who kept up with politics for 8 years, I can pertain to your fatigue.
Especially in this current season, politics is nothing more then a showboat for morality. All sides partake in the elementary sport of virtue signaling and dehumanization, all the while contributing zero positive change because that's beneath them. Central leaning individuals also engage in this futile play, by addressing the asininity on either side, but never conduce any difference in the same vein as the political left or right.
Conclusively; it's just fruitless banter of grown people arguing about their sides integrity, and it reached its zenith of annoyance. So there is a valid reason why we all feel fatigued right now. Solid video overall!
Sweetie people can only handle so much news, but when it's news from population in the billions , something is always going down, I suggest to minimize how much you consume cause you have no control over it and it's pointless to stress about it
In the end, everything on RUclips competes with cat videos. That's been true since the site launched; for as much effort as we put into building up personalities and then tearing them down, documents of nature itself tend to tell more complete stories. I went through a phase of watching various great apes a few months back: they have rich inner lives, even though their verbal communication is limited. I believe the source of the pain is that we react more immediately to language, and language allows us to craft our own stories, but it tends to override nature and point us towards less truthful stories with hyped-up headlines and commentary.
good video kozii, thank you for this
I agree about 60% of what you said, the other 40%, it comes from a researcher/journalist perspective. I feel you in every way you feel about information. It has been non-stop bad news since the outbreak of Covid. We have been hit for years, of just bad news. It’s extremely hard for anyone, especially me, to attempt to be, not just stay informed, but to contain all the information I consume. The things we watch, the reading, the listening and experiencing, it’s way too much for anyone to handle…
Having said all that, it’s because people payed attention far too late. Society waited till it started to affect them, and when it reaches at that point, it’s far too late. We watched as our politics is ran by ancients who definitely saw the Roman Empire crumble, we waited till the pollution got so bad that fires are not containable and only finally waking up to green technology, waited till the trash we threw away got so bad that there are 2 plastic patches in 2 different oceans that are the size or bigger than Texas, waiting and consuming all the products we can till even the poor look like assholes for not getting at least 1 gift on Christmas whether they can afford to or not.
All the decisions that society and humanity as a whole, chose to ignore and not act, has lead us to this moment. The politically dividing, having the most powerful computer in your pocket that is stronger than the ones that sent men to the moon, to not research, play candy crush, or to just hate on the other for having different, jaded, skewed views where you only consume a very select view point that you let the algorithm gives you, letting ourselves become mind dead as we let others do the thinking for us, it’s all coming ahead.
I do blame our boomers and back for the suffering we have now. Because they labeled the millennials and younger as lazy and poor, nothing but complainers and uninformed, when we got very close to electing Bernie sanders and try to save the years to come. 47%, that’s how close we were. But the boomers blocked us from fixing the system twice, and actually getting change, but because we were labeled as commie socialists, we lost. Gen Z hasn’t been able to add to our fight as they are/were not old enough yet, but now it’s far too late.
I’m sorry if I add any depression, or make any of you worry, but there’s no way to sugar coat it, it’s going to get worst. We can save our selves, there is technology out there, inventions already made, that can fix our ecosystem?! I mentioned a shirt plant already where they send workers to the beaches to pick up plastic trash and make them into yarn, but there’s also a device called a Stupa, where it’s artificial ice that takes all winter to grow, then can be harvested in the summer as it melts! An india man made it for his village as they couldn’t get water. There’s an idea in California to explode the goat population as they eat dried dead brush, and their droppings would help fertilize the soil. There are ideas that we need to implement that will help drastically. We recently discovered that, at the bottom of the ocean, these combination of rocks actually produces oxygen for the ocean! There is stuff we can do to save our species and the earth. But capitalism, this idea of consistent consumption, needs to die off.
We can no longer ignore what is going on. The wars needs to stop, as when I see oil depots get destroyed, all I see is those chemicals go into the air. We need to tax and regulate the rich, as there isn’t a single reason that not everyone should have a job, both immigrants and citizens, as there is a lot of things to do. Also regulate the companies as they find loopholes in every contract and law so they can steal natural resources and pollute our waters as it’s cheaper than properly getting rid of waste.
I agree, but that wasn't necessarily what I was talking about as much with this video. Most of the drama ISN'T that stuff. Most people are STILL ignoring that, until they literally can't anymore because people are dying.
But they ARE using petty drama to fill their time as they ignore the world burning around them, and that makes us even less empathetic overall. There's only so many times I can hear someone called out as a p*do before I kinda just stop caring about that accusation anymore, which makes me sick to my stomach, yknow?
@@koziitwoI fully understand, in fact, I really can’t have a good argument against your line of thinking. Both yours and my line of thinking are equally valid. I know the amount of information is too much, people just want to live and let live and be left alone, all people ask for is, a stable job, loving family, and neighbors you can invite to a BBQ or go be kids and play laser tag. Fully understand and I can’t argue against limiting consumption.
It’s just, knowing the things that I know, has led me to see clearly, the timeline, on how we got here. I prefer that people stay informed, but be informed in a smarter way. And I mean by that is, watching people that you would probably hate to get their point of view, watch debates with their phone ready as they look up claims by both sides, pick an expert to listen to for a particular topic and not someone who summarizes 10 news articles on 10 different subjects (example, I watch Dylan Burns on his, on the ground reporting and knowledge, on Ukraine specifically, my domestic guy is Kyle kulinski, my hacking news is Mutahar, so on and so forth (and to get all point of views and see what’s being said, I got piers Morgan)). I can’t argue against you, but I also can’t argue in stopping your information in take. I know it’s draining and exhausting, but to me, too important to not see what connects the dots.
110% agree, incredibly true!!
If it hurts, it's because you care. And it's good to care, even though it hurts, because it means you can be empathetic and good. Bad people don't care.
But the reality is, bad things have always happened, and more or less, they've happened at the same rate today as they did before. The difference is how fast information travels these days, and the sheer quantity of that information. In the age of the internet, we can get all worldwide information immediately. 100 years ago, you might only hear about something a week after the fact. 200 years ago, it could be months before you hear about a significant event as a synopsis from a 9th-hand source.
If it ever feels like too much, take a break. Read a book. Build a model. Call a friend to touch grass with. Do something that's not on the internet.
Not wrong, part of it is definitely just the amount of information. But people are also over sharing at a high volume, and are more likely to publicly defame each other over things like relationship issues or misunderstandings. I think that much has definitely increased, and the only real reason I can see for that is people thinking they're morally superior and wanting to ruin other people's public platforms. That stuff is so tiring. 😔
Still, good to take breaks, good to look at something like that and go 'Why does this matter? Why do I care?' sometimes, because a lot of this stuff will never affect us.
Dammmm you right
I miss when I could just go on RUclips and watch people play games or be whacky and funny. Or go on the internet in general and look up a new game or anime or whatever. But now, everyone's mad at something or someone. Someone did something to someone and it's like....dude! I just want to relax! "But this person said this!" So what!? Please...just let me relax. My life is stressful enough...please just stop.
Yes. Very much so. At the moment I've spent so much energy typing comments on controversies, as a kindof way to process everything I'm hearing & seeing in the videos I've been consuming... And more importantly, the lack of interraction & engagement I get from them + my comparison of that engagement with, well, bigger things, kinda exhausts me further... If you wouldn't mind, could I get a signature in the form of you hearting one of my comments to prove that my comments are worthwhile? If not, then I guess my comments probably aren't worthwhile, OR you didn't see this one... yeah gotta love random strangers expectations on the internet eroding at- nope, not at all, but I'm just over explaining at this point because I don't have a club who gets me & my sense of humour IRL or on the internet(I lied, its you guys! Whichever group you guys belong to! No idea, don't ask me, modern internet outcast-club TM or something? Gen Z? Yeah, no idea :P).
P.S. Random person asking questions like me in the comment section = ??????? I dunno, they don't have any credibility in my mind cause they're POSSIBLY just the real world equivalent of some rando on the street spouting nonsense essentially = my brain actually is just making shit up because I have hatred & want to take it out, but can't so I take it out on myself which some people see as me taking it out on them for some reason even though I'm not. Communication & wanting to tell someone clearly that I want to communicate with and hang out with them is infuriatingly difficult!!! Because I don't want to be a normie.
(this comment got held for review, aha)
I do read everything and I appreciate all input! I may not always respond or heart everything, but it's not really an indicator of me not liking it or thinking something isn't worthwhile. I just tend to stick to things where I have a lot to say, or that really help to explain the point I was trying to get at/add a lot to the point of a video. But I'm still reading! 🙏
maybe the solution is less twitter 👍
Most of this is youtube, tbh.
@@koziitwo yeah but the ecosystem thrives on twitter, thats what feeds the "news" channels, they literally comb twitter feeds in the very same videos
@@shikabaneconga true!
@@koziitwo one last argument i promise, i blame how toxic idol culture as a whole became normalized in the west because of the advent of digital idols and japan being fine with oversexualizing anime characters, marketing them to oblivion and going so far as to keep them single in the public eye because idol culture says they gotta be single and "pure" this is just gross..
I honestly think none of the drama I've personally seen this year has been from anything related to idol culture, and if it was, it was something that passed quickly because it was picked up by the people who were like 'who was angry you had a boyfriend! that's stupid!'
i agree whit you
Only good news is, I think the youtube algorithns can detect doom scrolling and recommended a few of these types of videos to me after a bit, did this just happen to anyone else?
Heyyy, I hope they helped some!
Things seem to be getting chaotic right now, which can be scary, but it's not necessarily bad. If real life starts to mirror what's happening online, there could be some serious upheaval, and that’s where things might get messy.
Unfortunately, even though some people, like you, are noticing these issues, most others won't listen. Many are already blaming others in the comments of this video, missing the point that they too play a part.
Everyone, including you, has sometimes contributed to the problem, whether by insulting others or getting caught up in drama. There have been moments when we could have tried to understand opposing views, but instead, we've often reacted aggressively, justifying it because we feel like we're defending ourselves.
Others feel the same way about you, seeing you as the "bad guy" and making decisions based on that belief. This creates a cycle that's hard to break, as we're all convinced we're right and afraid of being victimised.
Think about it: can you imagine a situation where extreme groups like the Alt-Right and Antifa would work together to improve the world? If not, that same difficulty applies to less extreme disagreements. We don't truly know if others want to harm us, and with so much evidence of bad intentions, it's safer to assume the worst. Most people will take the safer route, and that's understandable.
As I said before, this situation is scary but not inherently bad. Our current system is too broken to fix, it needs a complete reset to start anew.
my twitter looks fine, i just get cool art, animations, tech demos and memes on it.
you might just have to fix your feed
Keep in mind that I am a creator and engage with other creators because it's my job. My feed is primarily just indie pixel games, live2d rigging, and cool art, but part of that drama comes from other creators, and then part of the drama also just hits different communities. There's been drama in all of the communities i've listed this year.
People quickly get used to everything.
No politics. One vtuber girl from DNR (eastern ukraine that got bombed for 10 years) streams whenever she can. She's so tired from explosions and alarms that don't want to run in bunker. She tired to fear.
For their own safety people blocking themselves from annoying things. We're not brave, we're tired. Even kids that invest emotions the most can be sick of all this.
Unfortunately in the news world the mentality is: if it bleeds it leads. I think bad things always happened, we’re just so well connected that we learn of it way faster and it’s not healthy at all. In a way we create entertainment to escape the horrors of reality and end up consuming that same horror as content. I click on your videos cause I know it’s gonna have a positive approach to things and it’s refreshing, I appreciate it a lot.
why are you in a laundromat
Cus drama is like airing out your dirty laundry
But also, why not?
vtuber news channels were such a bad idea, we became our own celebrities, and our own paparazzism like the EYE guy, why would we recreate some of the worst parts of stardom, also who made your model, it is quite lovely
I made and rigged my own model! :D
@@koziitwo its so pretyy!!! 🤩
Oh damn, the fire's near you too? Honestly, I'm not that phased by it since the Carr fire. That one was especially bad. Pack a bag, just in case.
Yuuup, we're keeping an eye on it. Hopefully it'll stay where it's at and they'll get it fully under control far before we need to worry about getting out of here. 😔