The YouTube stars heading for burnout : ‘The most fun job imaginable became deeply bleak’
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/08/youtube-stars-burnout-fun-bleak-stressed
Why are so many YouTubers finding themselves stressed, lonely and exhausted ? When Matt Lees became a full-time YouTuber, he felt as if he had won the lottery. As a young, ambitious writer, director and presenter, he was able to create low-budget, high-impact films that could reach a worldwide audience, in a way that would have been impossible without the blessing of television’s gatekeepers just a few years earlier. In February 2013, he had his first viral hit, an abridged version of Sony’s (...)
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