well it looks like our old pal keemstar from dramaalert
just popped off on tea spill over on twitter and he seemingly started a war
with all of the drama channels so i wanted to take this opportunity to
discuss something that's kind of been on my mind for a while what is up everybody
this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but
focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I'd like to do is
take a look at the YouTube community or pop culture in general I try to see what
lessons we can learn from them so if you're any of that stuff makes you
subscribe and ring that notification about so long story short what happened
over on Twitter it was Keemstar started arguing or calling out tea spill
about how they haven't retracted any videos about the James Charles drama with Tati Westbrook and Jeffree Star
all right and something that cube star's gonna have to live with for the rest of
his life is how he pulled somebody out for being a pedo and he was incorrect
about that all right but he defends himself on that front but anyways what I
want to do the purpose of this video we're just gonna circle back around to
all this is distinguishing the difference between channels all right
so I kind of categorize everything and think about okay what kind of content am
I looking for which channel am i watching so I want to talk about three
different categories okay and that's news channels commentary
channels and drama channels now the differences between these might be
nuanced but in my opinion I feel that it's pretty important like look at the
National Enquirer right look at the stories that they put out there look
what's on the cover of their magazine is right and then look at the New Yorker
okay like they both publish things about what's going on in the world but would
you really put those two in the same category so first let's talk about news
okay so news channels I think the best example is Philip DeFranco okay Philip
DeFranco has been around for a while in recent years he's really found like
his momentum of how he wants to run his channel create his brand and he is
branching out and creating this like mash
like online news organization but here's the thing that I want you to think about
Philip DeFranco has been covering the James Charles Tati Westbrook and Jeffrey
storage situation he's covering that drama in the beauty community so would
it be fair to classify Philip DeFranco as a drama channel of course not now
other stories that Philip DeFranco covers are on an international level or
relationships between you know different countries so when he talks about the
United States and North Korea is he talking about the drama between the
United States and North Korea no the dudes reporting on the news and I think
what makes Philip DeFranco more of a news channel is he really keeps his
opinions on things very minimal depending on the subject all right he
tries to attack these stories from a very objective point of view and present
the facts on both sides and then ask you what your own opinion is the only time I
really see him form a very strong opinion is when that's like it's kind of
like a black and white situation like when he's talking about somebody like
abusing children or murder or something like that all right so now let's talk
about keemstar what kind of channel is keemstar
now for any of you who know me I am NOT a huge fan of keemstar mainly for his
views on mental health not a fan on that I've called him out plenty of times but
one thing that I have to give keemstar credit for is that I do feel that he
runs his channel with integrity and here's what I mean by that as mentioned
he took down the video accusing somebody of being a pedo and he's kind of at a
level I don't I wouldn't say he's at the size of Philip DeFranco with the team
he's running but they do put an effort to report the news get the right news
now what's tricky about keemstar is his channel is called drama alert okay so he
covers a lot of drama but the way I see it I would categorize him as a news
channel that's kind of adjacent to drama channels if that makes sense so while he
does cover a lot of drama he is reporting on the news and giving a lot
of facts he does interject his opinion more than
Philip DeFranco on his channel and if you follow him on Twitter he puts his
opinion about literally everything out there now let's talk about commentary
channels so what I think of commentary channels channels that I put into this
category are ones like I'm a burr I'm Alex the right opinion a tozi psych IRL
and then there's like a sub-genre in the commentary community and it's like
comedy commentary community right where you have people like Danny Gonzales Drew
Gooden Leon lush Jarvis Johnson Elvis the alien Bionic Pig and a bunch of
other ones alright so when I go to those channels I'm trying to get some extra
yucks in here I want them making fun of things but look at commentary channels
this is my personal favorite type of channel and that's why I'm trying to
find my voice with the way I've rebranded my channel and how I'm doing
these these videos I really like watching commentary channels because
what they're doing is they're reporting our dnews right in pop culture typically
in the YouTube social media kind of genre but they are really showing you
their opinions on these things and the reason I enjoy these channels is because
I feel like they're thought-provoking they initiate some critical thinking
like when I turn to these channels I look to get information about the
stories that I'm following and maybe see different points of views different
angles that maybe I didn't think of but I feel like these channels are very set
in their values and their opinions and I really enjoy those channels because it
feels like you get to know that person a lot better too
because they're like here's what I stand for here's what I believe
so as I'm covering this story you're getting a sense of who I am and what I
believe in now when it comes to commentary channels they also operate
with a certain level of integrity okay not all channels not all the times but
here's what I mean by that much like news channels like philip defranco or
kim star i matter is a great example he recently just took down one of his
initial videos about James Charles because he admitted that all the facts
went out he formed an opinion too soon he got it wrong
he removed that video from his channel he stated it over on Twitter as well as
in his last video about this situation alright so when you see that you're like
okay he is operating his channel and running his channel kind of in a way
that aligns with the values in the person that I've gotten to know now
let's talk about drama channels and that community and this is the part that's
gonna get me into trouble but now that you guys understand how my
mind works and how I categorize these channels let me tell you this anybody
who categorizes a channel based on titles thumbnails or topics like that is
literally one of the most ignorant things I've experienced on my 33 years
on this planet now here's the thing when I go to drama channels I am expecting
something different I do not expect the same level of integrity as I would from
a commentary channel or a news channel now that does sound harsh it does sound
like I'm throwing shade they hear me out what I mean by that is like if I go to
McDonald's I don't expect the same level of food or the same quality of service
as I would if I went to a nice restaurant okay so I'm not saying it's a
bad thing I'm just saying I don't expect as much out of these channels this is
what inspired this video when Ken Starr was talking about tea spill not taking
down any of her videos if they got it wrong I don't expect that from drama
channels I just don't I go to drama channels to get some information and
here's what I respect and appreciate about drama channels they are quick they
are quick with it if you want somebody who has their pulse especially on the
beauty community it's the drama channels okay they are all up on snapchat
Instagram Twitter YouTube following all these people looking to see what's going
on what controversies are happening and
anything like that so if you just want to stay up to date on that whelmed drama
channels are definitely the place to be something I've noticed about drama
channels is and this isn't all the drama channels okay but there are minimal
opinions in there so they noticed especially following this James Charles
situation was there were a lot of channels covering it which I would
categorize in the drama channels where a lot of them were trying to get to ten
minutes and you know do your thing boo I understand how mid roles work on YouTube
but they were trying to get 10 minutes and most of the content like I'd say
probably between 70 to 80 or 90% is just clips of like Jeffrey's on snapchat or
clips from videos or reading receipts and the opinions are very minimal okay
so again like what I when I see drama channels or commentary channels I
separate the two because I see commentary channels putting themselves
out there just a little bit more and their opinions and standing firm and
their values and everything like that no circling back to this something that
I've noticed something that I've noticed in my time here on YouTube is this about
drama channels which I feel also separates them from commentary channels
and news channels they can get very emotional and that can guide their
opinions as well as the topics that they cover because when we're looking at what
is the purpose of videos like philip defranco to report the news write
commentary channels like I'm Alex and I never to talk about what's going on what
their opinions are what they feel is right or wrong and they try to take a
step back and look at these things objectively
now what is the purpose of drama channels typically drama channels their
purpose is to expose people is to show what is going on with these people and
it is a level of accountability but one of the issues that I have seen within
that community is that they can let their emotions depict the type of videos
they make and the opinions that they have now again that's human nature but I
do not categorize them as as news and commentary channels the last
thing I want to touch on and I'm not gonna name any specific channels but you
guys have probably seen these channels then there are channels that are
specifically there to try to take people down in careers and I find these as
being the bottom of the absolute barrel like whoever out there is running a
channel that is designed to like try to ruin somebody's life or in their career
like in my opinion like that is like the trashiest of the trash here on YouTube
and if you're into those channels you do you but anyways like I said those of you
who have been following my channel for a while maybe you've just got a little bit
more into my mind but I think it's something to discuss like and I would
love to hear your thoughts down below like when I was planning this video
there's a bunch of channels I was gonna talk about and I was actually talking
about this video idea with a fellow creator and there's a lot of overlap and
I didn't mention too many channels in this video but there are some channels
who consider themselves drama channels but I personally see them more as a
commentary channel because most of their video is based on opinion you know what
I mean so like there's a bunch of overlap and nuances and things like that
but like I said going back to my original example like I pick up you know
the New Yorker for a different reason that I would pick up the Enquirer or one
of these like magazines that's telling me about people's relationships and
things like that so I just wanted to get your wheels turning so maybe you can
walk into videos with a little bit more intention and being more conscious of
the content that you're consuming and maybe asking yourself why am I going to
this channel like I kind of shared with all of you why I watch news channels why
I watch commentary channels and why I watch the drama channels so I would love
to hear from all of you like what are your thoughts on this why do you turn to
different channels let me know down in the comment section below
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