flybmw
Wannabie Member
Hello folks!
Let me share with you a very interesting observation of mine about motovlogging in this part of the world (Post-Soviet Central Asia and Post-Soviet World in general). So a month or so ago I started motovlogging. Actually I already have four videos posted to my YouTube channel which you can check out here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdws4PbnV0hxGyITkkxOE-Q
I sent the link to my channel to some local motorcycling forums and my local WhatsApp groups as well as my other acquaintances over FaceBook. And you know what the reaction of people was? They said, 'what the heck? who the hells will watch these videos? why on earth do you speak in English there? what a crap, etc'. Well, my videos may look crap to some, but I think the major reason for this frustration and disappointment on the part of locals has to do with their tastes. The thing is, if you watch the sort of videos that are especially popular among the Russian-speaking (post-Soviet world) world, you'll notice that it is these videos with fails/wins, violence, fights, deaths, rampage, etc that grab viewers' interests. This passion for blood/violence and absolutely thoughtless video content makes locals spit at the sort of Western-like phenomenon as videoblogging. Could be due to the post-Cold War era anti-Western sentiments or just a local culture, but the huge difference in the perception of videoblogging here (post-Soviet world) and there (West) make many people confused.
What do you think about this? I am almost sure that nothing similar to this observation has ever been made here on this forum
Soviet man is alive! )))
Let me share with you a very interesting observation of mine about motovlogging in this part of the world (Post-Soviet Central Asia and Post-Soviet World in general). So a month or so ago I started motovlogging. Actually I already have four videos posted to my YouTube channel which you can check out here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdws4PbnV0hxGyITkkxOE-Q
I sent the link to my channel to some local motorcycling forums and my local WhatsApp groups as well as my other acquaintances over FaceBook. And you know what the reaction of people was? They said, 'what the heck? who the hells will watch these videos? why on earth do you speak in English there? what a crap, etc'. Well, my videos may look crap to some, but I think the major reason for this frustration and disappointment on the part of locals has to do with their tastes. The thing is, if you watch the sort of videos that are especially popular among the Russian-speaking (post-Soviet world) world, you'll notice that it is these videos with fails/wins, violence, fights, deaths, rampage, etc that grab viewers' interests. This passion for blood/violence and absolutely thoughtless video content makes locals spit at the sort of Western-like phenomenon as videoblogging. Could be due to the post-Cold War era anti-Western sentiments or just a local culture, but the huge difference in the perception of videoblogging here (post-Soviet world) and there (West) make many people confused.
What do you think about this? I am almost sure that nothing similar to this observation has ever been made here on this forum
Soviet man is alive! )))
