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Hit 1000 subscribers on my diy channel last night. Still feels weird.
I started posting build videos back in March just to have a record of my projects, mostly garage shelves and a shed. But last night I was eating dinner and my phone buzzed that I crossed 1000 subs. That number just seemed so far away when I had like 12 people watching. The weird thing is I didn't change anything special - I just kept filming my mistakes and fixes. My most popular video is literally me struggling with a crooked fence post for 15 minutes before figuring out I needed a longer level. I think people like seeing the real screwups not just the polished final result. Has anyone else had a milestone sneak up on them like that? What was your first big number that caught you off guard?
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adam4146d ago
...and that's exactly it, the real screwups are what make it feel human. I hit 500 subs on my woodworking channel a few months back and the video that did it was me trying to fix a dado blade that kept chattering. I spent like 20 minutes on camera just muttering about alignment and finally realizing I had the arbor nut on backwards. People ate it up, more than any of my "perfect" furniture builds. It's weird because you think you need to have everything clean and edited but the raw stuff just connects better. The crooked fence post thing is so relatable because everyone who's built anything has been there, you know? That moment where your brain finally catches up to what your hands are doing.
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Right? Its like people can SENSE when something is real versus produced. @adam414 nailed it, that whole arbor nut story hits hard cause everyone whos ever held a tool has felt that exact embarrassment and relief when they figure it out.
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jessica3316d ago
The arbor nut thing is pure gold because we've all been that person staring at a tool like it's personally attacking us.
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