Most of what I see on YouTube now is super high quality, long form content. Usually a commentator sitting at their desk with a very bright light and microphone in their face. They find their niche and then post the same kinds of videos over and over again.
There’s certainly a place for videos like this, but I’m feeling nostalgic for the old days of YouTube when people posted unedited vlogs, rough-cut skits, and random videos that they have fun with. I loved watching Jenna Marbles because she really posted whatever she wanted. Joana Ceddia gave me a similar feeling, but she’s gone now too. I think Dan and Phil have a good balance of old school YouTube while keeping up with modern interests.
So, who do you watch that reminds you of old YouTube?
Some old gamers from the past.
What are their names?
Oh, like The Nostalgia Critic and MatPat, Etc, etc.
No joke the smallest YouTubers you can find.
I'm so glad recently YouTube has been randomly throwing channels with 0-200 subscribers into my recommendations & the energy these people have is so much more genuine and actually helpful compared to the pristinely produced channels that get paid on YouTube.
Even the comments & interactions feel so old school because the creators will actually reply to your questions about things in the video & respond so kindly when you tell them they're doing a great job.
Yeah I’ve been getting channels like that too!! Can you name a few that you like ??
I honestly don't remember any specifically. My method is just clicking on a random one when it pops up & showing support so they get motivation to keep going.
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I'll grab a link when I get home tonight
It's so 90s
For me, old YouTube is someone just video-blogging about their day so when I want that nostalgic fix, I'll watch a man named Timothy Brimingham. His videos from years ago always give me that nostalgic, comfy feeling.
https://www.youtube.com/@btim50
I watch lo-fi (early smartphone shot) asmr videos from the og artists (Maria, Heather, Aly) and low-fi emo-girl with guitar or piano videos (bethandthemusic). Things were so much simpler thennnnn...nuh.
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