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From a personal point of view, if I were in a similar position and needed helped out (to be honest I’d probably just go home bankrupt and work in McDonalds) but if I were to set up a gofundme to replace stolen gear it would be for the bare minimum I needed to get through whatever needed getting through.
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Not that I don't think it's monumentally stupid to travel with that kind of gear uninsured, of course. I can just see a reasonable path from there to here.
Kickstarter campaigns, when run properly, are a completely different case, I also don’t have a problem with Patreon etc
Out of those 700-odd thousand subscribers, how many really are really engaged? How many belong to can't be bothered to unsubscribe? How many are dormant accounts?
I'm sure the figure of true followers, if that's the right word, is quite high but just because it states 737,000 subscribers do we think 737,000 people actually give a turd?
I half ask the question out of a genuine curiosity as I don't know how YouTube metrics really work and half out of scepticism that people really give a toss about half the things they subscribe to/sign up for/follow online.
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Bit of trading feedback here.
If his videos were pay per view then that would be comparable but they are funded by advertising and sponsorship.
He was asking for charity to replace equipment and personal items.
Digitalscream made the argument that those items were needed to make the videos which the fans want to see, and they are free to do with their money what they wish, but it’s still not the same as paying for a good or service
Furthermore, if any of this missing equipment was vital to their channels production then it should have been insured (as Digitalscream pointed out) and therefore cutting corners and saving money on insurance then expecting others to foot the bill isn’t a business practice (or personal financial gain) that that sits well with me
If, however, only 20% of those total subscribers are actively engaged regularly (eg as it is with a forum, which is my only frame of authoritative reference), then that loss becomes 5% and is much more significant - particularly since the lost subscriptions will be largely comprised of previously-active subscribers.
Looking at it another way, he gets an average of 30k-40k views within the first four weeks on his videos of late. If even half of those lost subscribers were previously part of those early viewers (ie not part of the long tail), then that's a massive loss.
Yes, there's conjecture and assumption here, but still...if I were Rob, I'd be rather concerned right now.