I saw someone a few days ago asking about Hiveans who also upload videos to YouTube. I suppose you could say I’m one of them—but that’s not entirely true. I may upload my videos there, but they exist as unlisted.
My surviving channel—because yes, I did lose two for having non-standard political opinions—has remained, for the past four years, centrally themed around guitars and music. A change of genre didn’t seem like a great idea, so I did the only rational thing: I started a new channel.
I’m under no illusion that I’m going to “become a YouTuber,” or even reach the point of monetizing the channel. After more than twelve years on the platform, I’m well aware that I’m not that interesting. But maybe—just maybe—I can bring a few extra eyes to Hive, ideally from the right audience.
The channel is going to focus on my relationship with technology. I won’t be talking exclusively about Hive, but since I spend so much time here—and work on Hive so much—I’m sure most of the videos will be lightly dusted with Hivean particles.
It could also be interesting to eventually livestream on YouTube: doing some manual curation, talking about our dapps, and seeing where the conversation goes. Who really knows how any of this will work out.
In any case, I’ve already uploaded an introductory video, along with a first proper video about a progressive web app I built a few months ago. I wanted to invite my friends to subscribe over there—help a brother out, as they say—and see if I can reach the 50 subscribers needed to unlock livestreaming. I’m told livestreaming is where audience growth actually happens.
I suppose I’ll find out whether that bridge exists once the water is already wetting my feet.
Cheers,
MenO
New Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalMenO
