What YouTube Dramas?

It would seem that many YouTubers spend the bulk of their time creating videos and watching a key set of other people's videos. Perhaps they use Twitter and Skype behind the scenes. But if you have things to do in real life and miss a few moments, a drama or two might unfold in your absence. And good luck trying to figure out what it's all about. It's like the community has collectively turned a page and are now in a private club with inside jokes.

I don't have any actual videos yet that would let others in that community have a better idea of where I am coming from. All I have posted so far are just archives of Google Hangouts livestreams. I do hope to correct that in the near future.
I figure I can do recordings of myself reacting to the weekly news as I read through it. The format is probably overdone, but I suspect it is a useful thing to do since everyone reacts to different stories and the way they process that information will always be slightly unique.
But I also intend to do some camera work of natural scenes where I talk as a monologue in the background. These sorts of videos would be more rare since they'd have to be at least lightly scripted. I think this could also serve a useful function, as it gives us a chance to vent our personal frustrations as we cope with our experiences.

Participating regularly in YouTube is almost intrinsically a dramatic affair. That is not so appealing to me now as it once was. Some of my own interest has been in learning how to cope with SJW's, and I am trying to distance myself from that whole range of issues, It just gets so boring after a while. But I do understand why those issues spin people up and they end up talking about them endlessly. It just seems to me like YouTubers are utilizing the medium to engage in some version of a group therapy, hence why I named my own hangout after that impression.

I will probably be changing my schedule for my Group Therapy livestream, since Fridays are too busy in real life.

Reflections on first "Group Therapy" hangout

So I did my first Google Hangouts live stream using YouTube. I have to say the technological integration is not so seamless as you would expect, given that both pieces of software are owned by the same company. But at least it worked, so I shouldn't complain. The early parts of the video are pretty rough, but at some point we start to develop a rhythm in the conversation. So if you want to watch it, you probably want to just skip some of the earlier parts. Maybe the first third should be thrown out. I'm not too worried about it, though, since it was just a maiden voyage.

I look forward to doing this on a fairly regular basis. At this point, I'm thinking I'd like to do it about once a week. And I'll probably want to add a couple of people, but I won't want more than say 5 at a time in there. But it was fun to do, so why not. And it might even do some good, too, so sure. I'm in.

I figure that as I use the software I will get better at using it. Once I don't have to dedicate so much of my attention on what the software is doing I can focus on the conversation a bit better. So I'd like to think the quality will continue to improve over time. 

Please let me know if you want to get involved with this stuff. It's an exercise in community building, so it's kind of by definition that I can't do it by myself.