After watching Louise aka Sprinkle Of Glitter's video on this subject i have wanted to do a response to it and let you know how i feel about youtubers from a viewers point of view.
As much as i love Louise, Zoella, Alfie, Emma Blackery and many other youtubers i would never see them as celebrities or much different to me other than they are well known for what they do as a job. No matter how good the reason is i do not know them one bit in real life which means this does not give me the right to idolize them or think that they are perfect in any form. Idolizing anyone for any reason is unhealthy whether that is a celebrity, youtuber or even someone you know because by idolizing them you are saying that they are perfect in every way and you basically obsess your life around them because of this. Yes it's absolutely fine to look up to someone like a youtuber and maybe take tips from them and observe how they edit their footage or what their writing technique is in there blogs because this means you are not looking up to them personally or idolizing them you are literally just observing their work. This is a lot better than idolizing someone and i think youtubers would appreciate this more because they know as well as watching their footage you are appreciating and making use of how they edit their footage. This also means you are focusing on their work and not them personally. I think it's wrong to idolize anyone personally or their work because even if you are idolizing their footage youtubers may see this as pressure to constantly make sure their footage is 100% perfect all the time which can be extremely unhealthy not just for the youtuber but for you as well.
Talking about youtube culture makes me think about celebrity culture and how we don't know them either personally and how some celebrities are not famous for any important reason but people still feel the need to idolize them. However it isn't just a one sided thing celebrities need to respect their audience and treat them gratitude because they would not be successful without their audience.
I feel extremely let down by the way some viewers act towards youtubers by screaming and running up to them, not respecting their personal space or the fact that a lot of youtubers do suffer from anxiety and the audeince know this but still choose to invade their space. In one of Emma Blackery's videos she talks about how a few of her viewers have sent her a message saying they know where she lives and have been hanging around there for a picture with Emma. That is her private space in absolutely no circumstances should people be invading youtubers space in this way because it's going to put a bad light on all of us. Even though youtubers know that not all their viewers are like that and respect that it still is not acceptable and is incredibly rude. These viewers should know Emma suffers from panic attacks and anxiety and things like this only makes it worse.
To make things easier for viewers as well as youtubers we need to respect their privacy and not invade their private space when they clearly need some alone time. Calm down at events and always remember that youtubers are only human and will be more grateful if you treat them like any other person in a calm manner. Yes it's fun to get excited but screaming non stop and constantly shouting their names is not the way forward. Youtubers need to show respect and always appreciate their viewers/fans and don't be rude.
Viewers should always remember that we only see a snippet of their life even on daily vlogs we only have 10 minutes of edited footage. Just because we feel as if we know our favourite youtubers because we watch all their videos does not mean we know them personally in any way. Off camera these youtubers could be having the shittiest time or doing anything so we really need to remember this before we start looking up to them or even worse idolizing them. This footage is not only short but it's edited to the extent where they only let us see what they want us to see.
I hope this post has helped you think about viewer and creators relationships.
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