Tips on making Youtube videos on Atheism

[Cholley71]

I been making You tube videos in my free time over the summer break. And I do videos on Atheism as well as college,video games, relationships, a little political here and there. And my videos quality has been improving a lot I would say. When I make videos on Atheism i'm somewhat nervous because no matter how much I try to make a great engaging open video on atheism I always get negative feedback. How should I respond to people who make negative comments. And if you were making videos on atheism how would structure it.

my atheism/religion playlist is here
<SNIP>

and the channel link
<SNIP>
And feedback on the videos on how I could improve and/or what you liked

[Bad Wolf]

No matter what you say, there will always be people that disagree with you. You can't please everyone so don't try.
Don't worry about it.

[Polaris]

Do your research. Too many atheists that post online are extremely lazy and just repeat the same nonsense they see online. It's easier to attack these atheists on the issues they are so proud of than anything else, even on religious-centered moral issues.

[TaraJo]

Just do the videos for yourself, maybe to communicate with a few youtube friends. Don't worry about a fanbase just yet. Worry more about content as you go on and get a feel for things. Yes, being prepared, doing research and a script are all helpful.

[Angrboda]

Perhaps it's like any other kind of review, such as book or movie reviews. People who are either strongly positive or strongly negative likely have such reactions because of factors they bring to the video, a strong bias of one sort or another, an intellect that isn't particularly discriminating, or whatever. It might be prudent to toss out the extremes at both the positive and negative end of the scale, and concentrate on the more tempered comments in the middle 2/3rds or so. (It's also true that some of the most unvarnished truths come from the most extreme reviews, but you have to know how to sift the wheat from the chaff.) The other thing to keep in mind is that a criticism or comment is only as good as the person giving it; you likely have no way of knowing one way or the other whether the person commenting is competent to make constructive criticism, has the social skills to communicate it effectively and so on. Perhaps instead of concentrating on reviews from random strangers, you might spend some time cultivating relationships with people whose opinions you find credible, and most importantly, useful. You might start by contacting or subscribing to producers of videos, blogs and other content which leads you in that direction, but don't just mine them for their help; invest in relationships, even if they never pay off or you never intend to make use of them. It's called networking, and it works. If you can find someone who is willing to take a personal interest in your work, all the better; just remember, most people lose interest in you if they feel you've lost interest in them. It's a two-way street. You get what you give.

More than that, I'm sure there are style guides in terms of both video guides, and written material on the web. Perhaps spend some time watching videos you like for their content and production values, and as you watch, write down the things you like or that you feel are effective; then watch your own videos with your list in front of you or otherwise review your video to see how well or poorly you did on those things. (It may help to reduce the list to some manageable number like the 12 top things if the list gets very long.)


Best of luck.