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the latest trend in Youtube, from Charlie for our subscribers, and finally we can join in
Charlie (she ends up jumping at the camera the process of creating it ourselves.” One-man
screen) to cup stacking (she smashes all the broadcasting systems can provide spectators
cups in a fit of anger). Sometimes she drops out a multitude of quality content, and due to the
of her normal character and emotionally tells abundance of quality content strewn all over
fans about her divorce and haters’ comments. the Internet, watching ‘homemade’ video
All of this, from start to fame, is depicted in content can be a new way to enjoy your free
her own Netflix series, Haters Back Off, taking time.
us back to not the Miranda we know and adore However, with great fame comes great
but to Colleen Ballinger starting her career as responsibility, and also entails great price.
a Youtuber, hoping to get fame and fans. Later As shown in Haters Back Off, Miranda is
on, she appears in numerous TV shows and relentlessly pestered by haters and their hate
even lectures Jerry Steinfeld on how to become comments. She wastes no time for criticizing
famous in Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. all the hater comments in her comments
Her videos boast millions of views, scoring a section and always keeps an adamant position
total astonishing 1,159,369,719 views – haters reserved just for them – “I’m going to pray for
indeed should back off. the souls of my haters. I’m going to pray for
Miranda is not the only one, nor is she God to punish them and teach them a lesson.”
Miranda Sings the most well-known on Youtube. Swedish However, her demeanor softened a little after
content-maker Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg,
she experienced an all too real life situation
– Youtubers’ Rise to Fame or better known as his Youtube personality over her recent divorce. She even came out
Pewdiepie, is the largest channel out there
of her usual character (and even none of her
on Youtube and boasts a total 48,924,796 thick lipstick) to bemoan her recent loss and
followers, making approximately 16 billion the continuing derogatory comments on her
dollars on income on Youtube only and has channel by haters. Because of this sudden
shown himself in numerous TV shows - he outcome, Miranda has decided to take a break
even made a joke of Warner Brothers making from the internet. Miranda chose her way
a movie dedicated to him in one of his videos. to live both lives as Colleen Ballinger and
Not only on Youtube, Afreeca TV also hosts Youtube celebrity Miranda, but it is up to her
several prominent one-man broadcasting whether she will continue to live as either
studios which produce content of their own Miranda or Ballinger. The era of one-man
free will. People can now earn actual money by broadcasting has started, but with it many
playing games or trying out the newest trend, social problems have surfaced. The question on
but most of all, people now have the ability all of us to answer will be whether life on the
and the freedom to produce their own videos Internet is worth all that trouble and fame.
and express themselves freely. “I think all this
one-man broadcasting system is pretty much
hopeful of the future,” said Daejunglyung, a Kim, Minseong (1-5)
famous Korean Youtuber. “It means that we rlaalstjdtls@naver.com
care more about producing quality product
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