I would normally broach this in a video but I’m currently in the middle of the French Alps with no camera equipment and I didn’t want my response on here to be delayed too much! I’m not sure how many people will see this as I don’t use this feature too often but I’ll give it a go!
My recent story time seems to have completely polarised response - infact, I’ve never seen opinion so divided on any video I’ve ever uploaded in my 5 years on YouTube! I am aware I don’t do storytimes often, they’re not part of my ‘brand’ so to speak - they’re not videos I usually film but this video was very heavily requested on my Berlin vlog and on every video after that so I decided to film it.
I’m very aware that I made a mistake with the initial title - I changed that when people suggested that i did. However, having spoken to numerous people I decided to keep the video up. That being said - all the revenue for this video is being put in the account I had already set up for my New Year fundraiser. In July when I uploaded my video opening up about my own struggles with mental health, I made a pledge to myself that I would do an update on my situation 6 months later and make it into a chance to raise money for a mental health charity chosen by you guys in a poll. Given the response I’ve received on this video I’ll be adding the money from this video onto whatever we manage to raise at the end of December.
I would, however, stop and urge you to consider the line between constructive criticism and being rather cruel. Some comments sought to point out where they thought i could have improved in a respectful way. Others resorted to calling me a ‘bitch’, telling me to delete my channel and some rather horrible threats. Whilst I appreciate that people are well within their rights to give me feedback on this video, regardless of whether I agree or disagree, attacking me so personally and so rapidly for a video OBVIOUSLY not filmed with bad intentions in mind is practicing the opposite of what you purport to be preaching to me. To those of you who voiced their opinions with respect, thank you. To those of you who felt the need to be malicious, please consider the impact this can have.
That’s the end of my comments on this - to those who found fault with the video, I apologise profusely for any upset I caused and will take your comments on board. To those of you who thought the video was dealt with well and tried to deflect the really malicious comments, I really appreciate you.
Any of you who have watched me for any amount of time will know that I would never ever make a storytime with bad intentions - hope this clears this up and see you next week with an another video and more details about the fundraiser! 💫
Eve Bennett
Hello hello,
I would normally broach this in a video but I’m currently in the middle of the French Alps with no camera equipment and I didn’t want my response on here to be delayed too much! I’m not sure how many people will see this as I don’t use this feature too often but I’ll give it a go!
My recent story time seems to have completely polarised response - infact, I’ve never seen opinion so divided on any video I’ve ever uploaded in my 5 years on YouTube! I am aware I don’t do storytimes often, they’re not part of my ‘brand’ so to speak - they’re not videos I usually film but this video was very heavily requested on my Berlin vlog and on every video after that so I decided to film it.
I’m very aware that I made a mistake with the initial title - I changed that when people suggested that i did. However, having spoken to numerous people I decided to keep the video up. That being said - all the revenue for this video is being put in the account I had already set up for my New Year fundraiser. In July when I uploaded my video opening up about my own struggles with mental health, I made a pledge to myself that I would do an update on my situation 6 months later and make it into a chance to raise money for a mental health charity chosen by you guys in a poll. Given the response I’ve received on this video I’ll be adding the money from this video onto whatever we manage to raise at the end of December.
I would, however, stop and urge you to consider the line between constructive criticism and being rather cruel. Some comments sought to point out where they thought i could have improved in a respectful way. Others resorted to calling me a ‘bitch’, telling me to delete my channel and some rather horrible threats. Whilst I appreciate that people are well within their rights to give me feedback on this video, regardless of whether I agree or disagree, attacking me so personally and so rapidly for a video OBVIOUSLY not filmed with bad intentions in mind is practicing the opposite of what you purport to be preaching to me. To those of you who voiced their opinions with respect, thank you. To those of you who felt the need to be malicious, please consider the impact this can have.
That’s the end of my comments on this - to those who found fault with the video, I apologise profusely for any upset I caused and will take your comments on board. To those of you who thought the video was dealt with well and tried to deflect the really malicious comments, I really appreciate you.
Any of you who have watched me for any amount of time will know that I would never ever make a storytime with bad intentions - hope this clears this up and see you next week with an another video and more details about the fundraiser! 💫
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