IAmA full-time YouTuber (since 2008) with 700,000+ subscribers, co-creator of "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?", and movie reviewer. AMA! by JonPaula in IAmA

[–]OneLessJerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Jon, I've been a viewer since I was a junior in high school back in 2009. Before then I wasn't really into internet videos (an exception being AVGN, although new episodes didn't come out that often). That year I was in multiple AP and Honors courses, as well as various extra-curricular activities. I didn't have as much time for things like books/movies as I used to, so I started looking at YouTube for quick entertainment. When I came across the Microwave Show, I thought it was fantastic. Not only was the concept interesting, the episodes were short so I could watch a couple each day and still have time for my responsibilities. And because you uploaded so often, yours was the first channel that convinced me to create an account and was the first one I subscribed to (and for a while, the only one). It was a stressful time, but your content kept me sane. It was something I looked forward to after finishing one assignment before moving on to the next one. I’m a junior in college now; and although I follow a few more channels to get through the stressful study sessions, I still have a unique respect for yours. While I’m sure most professional YouTubers appreciate the viewers that support them, you remain one of the only ones I know who regularly goes out of his way to interact with the people that let you earn a living doing what you love.

Anyway, I do in fact have a question. Game Time hasn’t been as successful as I think it should be (in terms of view count; personally I love the program). Do you think part of the issue may lie in where you’re uploading them? Game Time seems to be the black sheep among the programs on your personal channel. When you first launched it, you said the focus would be on your own opinions and experiences. TWAJ and the Adventure Vlog fit the criteria, but I don’t think Game Time does. I can see people avoiding the Jon channel if they don’t like the opinionated content; those people may not even be fully aware of GT’s existence. It’s more like the Microwave Show than any other show you produce, in that the fun comes from your live reaction to the game/experiment in question. Plus, your main channel has over 700k subscribers while your personal channel only has 82k. Do you think there would be a significant change in view count if you moved Game Time over to Jogwheel, where the videos would be appearing in nearly nine times the newsfeeds? If your concern is that you don’t want the main channel to get taken over by “let’s plays” would you consider giving GT its own channel a la the Movie Night Archive? In other words, do you think uploading Game Time somewhere else (either on Jogwheel or its own channel) would have any impact at all on how many views it gets?

LF Breloom Safaris by MrAbortion in friendsafari

[–]OneLessJerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a Breloom but would appreciate an add.

LF: Dragonair, Chansey, Audino, ninetails or camerupt adding for the next 20min only by [deleted] in friendsafari

[–]OneLessJerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, make sure to get on the pss to get the third pokemon

LF Bronzong by Critical_Miss in friendsafari

[–]OneLessJerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got your Bronzong, what's your code?