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Honestly, there is no way this ends well. I hope so badly I'm wrong, but coming from a guy who has had moderate success via youtube/reddit, I gotta tell you I don't think that'll be the case. This kid essentially won the lottery (now I am going to continue on under the premise that his channel is in fact legit and it is in fact a kid who loves dino's). But any regular poster on youtube dreams about hitting it big and getting a massive fan base over night, as unlikely as that is. This kids dream came true, he hit the jackpot when someone posted here with the goal of making an unknown kid a star. Lucky him. However, winning the lottery often has pretty negative consequences the world never sees. The media gets in their photo shoot with the smiling winner, overcome with happiness, and we never hear from them again, assuming they lived happily ever after. But here is the the thing about human nature, we adapt very quickly. The initial burst of happiness of becoming a millionaire overnight doesn't last. People normalize. For most winners that becomes the norm, and when they are unable to sustain that lifestyle (because they don't have the financial responsibility that someone has who worked their entire life to earn that money), they become unhappy, even if they are financially better off than before. Do you see the parallel? How do you think this kid is going to feel in a week, a month, a year, when people have lost interest. I mean ideally he has the foresight to see that what is happening is temporary, and is just a really cool, albeit brief, 15 minutes of fame. That's asking a lot of a kid. When I first started youtubing a year ago, I thought "if I could just hit 10,000 subs I'd be soooo happy". I did it, and it felt pretty alright, but I wasn't satisfied like I thought I'd be. Every time I post a vlog, which I know doesn't really gain me any followers but engage a lot of my subs in a way that my other videos don't, I lose 10-30 subs. I can rationalize this and see it as a necessary thing, but it still bugs the shit out of me. When my viewership goes into a bit of a lull, or a new video I thought would be a hit doesn't get a lot of views, I'll be honest, it gets me down. I'm 28, have a fair bit of experience with the internet and have built up some tough skin making youtube videos. This kid is 12, every negative comment, every comment saying he should do this or that, the inevitable decline in attention would cause stress to anyone, especially an everyday normal kid. When his page blew up, reddit got its moment of "feel good", that moment where the lottery winner poses for pictures and does their interview. We are now seeing what happens after that. This turned into a rant, I really really hope I am wrong and this turns out great for that guy, he seems like a good dude.

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