Do you want to hurt yourself just for the sake of number of YouTube views?
@luisga814 (7140)
Quezon City, Philippines
July 23, 2022 1:27am CST
Good afternoon from here in the Philippines. It's 2:15pm of Saturday here in my computer clock.
While responding in some of the discussions here in myLot, it's raining outside but still we're opening the AC because of the humidity inside the apartment. Before the rain drops, it's very hot outside. Maybe later, we'll turn off the AC.
Anyway, our topic for today's discussion is few minutes ago, I've got a chance to watch some videos on YouTube in which I'll not share here the link because I don't want to. Or maybe some of you already watched it.
Some of the YouTubers filmed to hurt themselves just for the sake of having views. You know for sure that every views has an accumulated earnings in YouTube. And as I've checked their number of views in particular that video hurting themselves has already 5 million+ views. Wow, imagine the number and keeps on growing views. That video can even kill themselves. Just to give you example that man swam under the frozen river while his girlfriend is filming. Then, on the video, he tried to escape underwater because he can't find where to go out from another hole. And his girlfriend was not aware that he's almost drowned. And checking the number of subscribers, it's already in millions. Imagine, they had lots of followers with that. I haven't checked some of their videos but for sure that will be more or less about 5 million views again.
I have my own channel but I don't want to hurt myself just to gain views and earnings. What if I'll kill myself just to earn with that?
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9 responses
@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
23 Jul 22
Many people film stunts such as this to get viewers. I would never do something like that.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
24 Jul 22
@luisga814 They have whole TV shows of videos such as this in the United States.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Jul 22
@LindaOHio I admit, there some chances that I've watched some of the life-risk takers stunts but most of the time I can't finish the whole video.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@LindaOHio Some sort of life risky stunts?
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@porwest (90872)
• United States
24 Jul 22
The fact is that some people HAVE been seriously injured or killed trying to make YouTube videos. I understand the draw of wanting to gain an audience, but I also think there are other venues and ways to do that without killing myself in the process.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@porwest That's correct. If a need to kill ourselves just to earn money seems odd.
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@cacay1 (83480)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@luisga814, Tulfo became a billionaire because of his shows in YouTube.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
25 Jul 22
@cacay1 Yes. He became a billionaire but not hurting himself. He's just doing pranks as well helping others such as legal assistance that has so many subscribers and viewers.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
24 Jul 22
@luisga814 If you die what will you do with the money those views are bringing?
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@LadyDuck Honestly, those money will be wasted.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Jul 22
@LadyDuck Yes even if I can do to risk a life but I will not because I love my family. I don't want to risk my life for the benefit of earning number of views and tomorrow I'll die.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
23 Jul 22
YouTube pays well if a person can get lots of subscribers and the subscribers watch all the videos by that person but nothing is worth getting hurt or dying over. Your wife and sons would miss you and you wouldn't get to see your grandkids when your sons have them.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
24 Jul 22
@cacay1 No, a very, very few people become rich. The odds of the person doing ignorant stunts to draw subscribers is very low. It's just not worth taking a chance like that.
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@cacay1 (83480)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil, many became rich because of that. Technology changes lives on many ways.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Jul 22
Yes indeed. I love my wife and my sons. If I'll do something just to earn a number of views, a possibility of not to see my grandkids will be in 100%.
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@Hildasalom (954)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Jul 22
There are some people who just have that attitude they want to do something dangerous to look brave and all that. As long as they are the ones putting their life at risk it is all their fault Incase something happens.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Jul 22
@Hildasalom Yes. They don't regret of doing their dangerous acts just for the sake of number of views and earnings of course.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Jul 22
Yes. Sad to hear but that's the reality. My issue with this that I saw some of my friends been a subscriber for this kind of channel.
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@sica98 (2441)
• Malaysia
23 Jul 22
@luisga814 I don't subscribe to such thing.It is simply encouraging them if you subscribe and they will do it even more.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Jul 22
@sica98 Yes. Those channel will do more of hurting themselves because they do want to retain the number of subscribers that they had. I don't know about their possible income with lots of views of hurting yourselves.
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@psanasangma (7288)
• India
25 Jul 22
It seems majority of the viewers doesn't care about the creators/ behind the scenes and the purpose of creating the video. They seems wanted entertainment and the owner of the channel is sharing to them and delivering to them at any cost for gaining number of views which in return they too earning money from it.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
25 Jul 22
@psanasangma I know for sure when creating stunt videos the have their production team. And the creator is only the actor.
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@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jul 22
I agree that is the stupidest thing I ever heard and I would never participate and I don't even want to see these things,
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@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jul 22
@luisga814 as the saying goes Hopefully the Lord will forgive them because they don't know what they do
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@RasmaSandra There are lots of them. And still increasing.
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
24 Jul 22
@RasmaSandra Yes. Indeed. 
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@cacay1 (83480)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
25 Jul 22
@luisga814, I spend 3 hours reading news this summer vacation. I feel bored, hoping classes start tomorrow. September 2 is too far.
@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
25 Jul 22
@cacay1 Oh. Is that for real? I'm not aware of that. 
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@luisga814 (7140)
• Quezon City, Philippines
25 Jul 22
@cacay1 Oh. I think I've missed that. Sometimes due to busy schedule, I find hard time reading some news / features in the internet.
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