I Watch Reaction Channels on YouTube

 I watch, and subscribe to, a lot of YouTube reaction channels.

Those channels got me through a year of COVID lockdown, when there wasn't much to do. Once I found them, I went through a lot of them - and found out what I liked and what was meh in the genre.

After a while, I thought why am I just watching them, when I could start one myself? So, I did.

I Need a Fixed Setup!

 I've been struggling with the technology of creating a YouTube reaction channel. I don't have it nailed yet.

I need a fixed setup - a studio of sorts - that works, and that I can leave set up to come back to and just create content. I don't have that yet.

I have a cheap laptop for this, with not enough USB inputs for everything I'd like to hook up.

I can't get OBS Studio to work with my microphone that I bought on clearance yet.

I don't have a place in my house to setup and leave a green screen up, or have a good background. Most of my house space is devoted to family and kids and a new grandchild, and it would be selfish to have space for this activity.

Just when I think I have it working, it's not. 

Frustrating.

But, I'm soldiering on....

If this is the biggest problem that I have in life, then I'm okay...

19 Videos In!

 So, I'm 19 videos into my reaction channel on YouTube. I've learned about the following things:

- OBS Studio: getting better, but don't have a go to setup yet

- SEO: I've hired a solid professional for Search Engine Optimization and saw some initial success

- FIVERR: a website where I can hire professionals for SEO or editing etc

- CANVA: a website where I create Thumbnails to upload for my videos

- Copyright disputes: for "fair use exemptions" for reaction channels. I've won two and lost one. 

Note: If the reaction videos are going to be restricted for Copyright infringement and can't be monetized, there's probably not enough reason to keep going. I have to win!

I have 69 subscribers somehow at this point, on a journey toward 1000. Onward! 

My latest video is: Divided We Fall