I believe that the 'reef influencers' are mostly in it for the money, they just take the sponsors and seldom support useful products. They can also make up an extremely expensive set up as if that is the only way you can have a successful reef.
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Oh I wasn’t trying to label you as one haha, I know you put reefing above all and just make YouTube videos on the side, to share the knowledge you have. And the way you share the knowledge you have works for a lot of people!Thanks, but I’m not a YouTuber, bud. Lol! I’m a Reefer. Yeah, I make sure to say, “ This is what works for my tanks” as often as possible to explain that my methods won’t always work for everyone. I just share what I do without pretending I am an authority on anything reef related.
I feel like that’s the case for most hobby’s. You have those that care about the hobby and just want to share their love for it. Then you have those that take it a step further and want to be a “influencer” trying to push products, make money and a lot of the times not care too much about the hobby they are being an influencer forI believe that the 'reef influencers' are mostly in it for the money, they just take the sponsors and seldom support useful products. They can also make up an extremely expensive set up as if that is the only way you can have a successful reef.
Yeah, it is tempting to get a bunch of free stuff. But at the end of the day, none of it is life critical and ends up being discarded junk at some point. Meanwhile morals and ethics may get compromised over a few hundred, or even thousand bucks. But the truth is that viewers want to be entertained, and entertainment usually beats education.There’s good and bad.. I dislike the “influencers” who are clearly doing it just for the free stuff and ad revenue. Most of them dont actually contribute anything to the hobby other than pretty pictures. Which in itself I think is a massive disservice to the hobby. 99% of the pictures and videos out there are heavily doctored.
Thank you! I have seen my share as well. But if you watch mine, just keep expectations low, and I think it’ll be okay.I like you Matt and I think your posts are informative and honestly think you have all the best intentions.
I use you tube for music but would never rely on it for the aquarium hobby.
I've seen too much misinformation and marketing, people led astray into doing or purchasing the wrong thing.
That is just my opinion.
I have never watched one of your videos but now I might just to check it out.
Give yourself more credit than that Matt.Thank you! I have seen my share as well. But if you watch mine, just keep expectations low, and I think it’ll be okay.
I'm gonna say this just is kind of miser at this point, but there's definitely a dunning Kruger effect with newer hobbyists on social media platforms that, and im being as polite as I can be here, kind of think they know it all.Just a random thought.
Sorta like the blind leading the blind. (Just using it as the saying, no offense meant to anyone! Lol!)I'm gonna say this just is kind of miser at this point, but there's definitely a dunning Kruger effect with newer hobbyists on social media platforms that, and im being as polite as I can be here, kind of think they know it all.
And therefore other new hobbyists that get their information from these people absorb this info right or wrong as their knowledge base.
Is there anything really wrong with that? I'm not sure.that's probably how it's kind of been anyway.
maybe just a bit more obvious now because people can record themselves and say anything they want whenever they want in an effort to "educate"