SVSeeker Update

I'm more concerned for Zap than anything else, I haven't followed this chap and don't know anything about him, but Zap put a lot of skill and hard work into that bronze. I'd be royally peed off he has it now.

 

It's not just Zap I feel bad for... It's the countless number of hard working people that dumped thousands of FREE MAN hours into this thing. And this is how Doug shows gratitude by screwing with their emotions? I choose not to get life lessons from social media, that's what my parents were for.

Maybe Zap thought the joke was funny, we don't know. Surprisingly, 37% seem to be "on board" with this... (see what I did there?)

 

I thought his boat build was pretty interesting in the beginning, where he hoisted some big steel sheets up and started welding them together.

At some point his build morphed from "building a boat" to "perpetual boatbuilding artwork".

I was never a subscriber because I expected him to finish the boat and launch in about a year, or two years max.

Then he monitized everything with the stuff he sells in his store, and it became obvious that his channel was about selling stuff, not boatbuilding.

Monitizing stuff and making artwork is fine, and I didn't really care if he launched the boat or not (I never really took his boatbuilding seriously).
The maintenance on a steel hulled boat in saltwater is not something most people can afford (fresh water is bad enough on a steel hull).
Dock fees can be rather high too.
He never really seemed to have a good game plan once he got the boat done, and I would be surprised if he ever finished and launched the boat.

I always looked at his build as an entertainment thing, never as a serious boat build.

From an artwork standpoint, I really liked the octopus, and I thought that whole process and the creativity involved was fantastic.
There is no way to know that the person you give artwork to will jump shark.

I saw some obvious red flags in his videos that others mentioned made it obvious that it was a hoax, but I guess we tend to want to believe and trust people, and so we make excuses for things that are not adding up.

In the grand scheme of things, he and his boat are less than a tiny gnat smashed onto the great windshield of life.

From an ethical standpoint, I find fraud like this to be rather disturbing.
From the standpoint of those who were subscribed as monthy financial contributers, I would not be at all surprised at a class action lawsuit for fraud, and even a civil lawsuit for fraud.

He will get what he plays for, but he may have some really ugly stuff come his way.

He has become the king on the ytube throne of stupidity (just my opinion), and that takes a significant talent to get to that position.
I watch ytube because I don't have much time to get out and do much else, and it serves as a way to take a quick break from work without leaving the desk.

As the old saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me".

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With all the YT unsubscribers and Patreon unsubscribers, maybe he had add some more commercials to make up for lost revenue.

 

Made the Tulsa newspaper and tv news.... I think Matt is onto something.... Wonder if the FBI will pay him a little visit for this stunt? The kingofRandomUseles-shit went through something very similar... minus the brain doctor of course.

 

Ya know...he did pour a lot of lead into those keels ??????
What's the effects of lead poisoning?
Brain loss

 

He runs a docudrama, and you get what you pay for.
Someone called him a psychopath in his comment section.
I think that is a pretty accurate description.
From the net:

Psychopathy is traditionally a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits.

There is nothing to say that ytubers are necessarily normal people, and indeed it is the most outrageous behavior that gets the most views.
I can think of several ytubers like that.

We all reward the behavior with each view.
To be fair, I was not viewing SV's channel, and would never have looked at it had Michael not made that wonderful wheel decoration for him.

I did not watch KOR, or Glumpy, or many others.

Once they cross over from creative stuff into docudramas, I tune out.
Watching docudramas is like watching soap operas on TV; its quite far removed from every day reality, but many folks watch that stuff like hogs a a trough, and just can't seen to get enough.

I don't have cable, and don't watch TV or Netflix, so ytube has sort of evolved into a modern day TV for me.

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There is money to be made, and anyone with a dynamic sort of personality can get on ytube and basically chat about anything, and a surprising number of people will subscribe.
Its about entertaining people, and people want to be entertained.
Movies at the theater are basically crap these days, and people want better entertainment that is not make by the Hollywood elites.
There is a very real demand for it, and people will pay for it.
Quite a phenomena.

Edit:
I would never make it on ytube because I come across on video like wet cardboard, with about the same or less appeal.
I just like making stuff.
If people watch my videos, that is icing on the cake, but I never make things to get ytube views.
I make things because it is a fun hobby that I enjoy.

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His station has over 50 million views. Most of them in the past six years. His Adsense is probably between $2000-$4000 per million views. So it’s safe to say he makes $25,000-$30,000/y. His Patreon followers probably match that or more. Then he has his swarf, t-shirts and stickers and crap. I also think he has crowdfunding and a online store.

I might be short guessing this, but he’s having fun in his backyard making $100,000 a year.

YouTube gave him AdSense never gave him common-sense.

 

I think your numbers are a little low Matt.

 

Come on Zap.. I KNOW you see us.. How ya doing bud?

 

There are probably copies out there in internet land.
This video will probably dog him for the rest of his life.
It will never go away.
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As they say... the internet never forgets.