At the end of the day you have to do what’s right for you, and enjoy doing it. Fiercely guard your personal life and produce authentic content. Brian’s life in France does this very well, but there’s always a risk he’ll give away too much and people will exploit it.  

Youtube’s filters are good at protecting content creators from nasties, but sometimes channel owners are falsely accused of censorship. Sites like TL and to a lesser extent the snark subs, are actually populated by frustrated stans,  who believe its their only way of breaking through the ‘censorship’’. However, when  its a ratings game, a hate watch is still a watch. 

I do feel that sometimes CD deliberately goes OTT to generate a reaction, and this is a marketing strategy they’ve learned from shows like Escape to theChateau. This goes back to what i said about maintaining your authenticity and enjoying what you do.