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What YouTubers did you used to watch back then but not anymore? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by zachimusprime44 to c/[email protected]

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And why did you stop watching them?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Jimmy Diresta. I'm a huge fan of makers, and the maker movement in general, and there was a time I just couldn't wait for Jimmy's next video.

Lately, I've come to feel that he no longer lets his work speak for itself. His videos used to just be really well made time lapses of him making a thing. But, for the past couple of years now, he feels the need to narrate just about everything. And there's the faintest whiff of semi-arrogant self promotion about it, which just puts me off every time.

Don't get me wrong. Talking through the making process is 100% OK with me. I watch plenty of makers that talk through their videos (Pask Makes, Wesley Treat, etc) but something has changed in Jimmy's style, and I just don't like him any more.

Shame. Arguably, Jimmy is the one that (re)ignited the movement's popularity on the internet, but it just kinda feels he's let it go to his head somehow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I don't know. I found him always the worst of this kind of makers. His work wasn't very professional, he was kinda... Well himself, the end result was pretty meh and he had his own name plastered everywhere. Don't get me wrong, i think he's a smart guy, he had a high production level and knew that shoving up his name down everyone's throat will yield him results. He even has a very shitty netflix show