I make and watch and think about YouTube for a living. So, when YouTube is launching a new feature I might have any emotion ranging from Christmas-morning enthusiasm to utter terror. Hank Green Read Quote
There have been, in my life, a number of times when I have intentionally made decisions that I knew would mean I would make less money or be less influential. I did this because, for whatever reason, it just wasn’t worth it. It wasn’t worth the stress, it felt icky, it relied on me exploiting relationships that I valued. Stuff like that. Hank Green Read Quote
There are lots of YouTubers that no one knows about who are getting hundreds of thousands of views on content that we would be really upset to see. And no one’s holding them accountable because their audience shares all the same biases. Hank Green Read Quote
Don’t feel bad about getting someone to click on something if the thing they’re clicking on doesn’t suck. Hank Green Read Quote
YouTube is very culturally recognized. When we started in 2007 YouTube was very relevant, but completely unrecognized. Hank Green Read Quote
The problem with educating in online video is that online video is funded by advertising almost exclusively. Hank Green Read Quote
We had such a dedicated and interested audience that they provided the opportunity to do cool new things – and we like doing cool new things. Hank Green Read Quote
Everyone talks about how the anonymity of the Internet allows people to behave badly, but I think it’s the other way around, that the anonymity removes the ‘self’ from the people we’re talking to online. Other people lose their humanity in our eyes. The system is set up to dehumanize. Hank Green Read Quote
