mermaid blood wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:44 am
a part of me hopes dan feels comfortable enough to make another 'regular' video (that isn't a phil collab or spon). spraying deodorant in his eye, the bahamas fiasco, even the depression video to an extent (like, it doesn't have to be up-roaringly funny every time). i think he feels pressure to have every dinof channel video have a moral message or lesson these days; that's a lot of expectation for any content creator. but even moreso if you're someone who is continually figuring yourself out and how best to cope in your own life. it's unrealistic to expect yourself to have profound revelations every month, and then to convey and ~relate them to others.
to me it's not even about fans lowering their expectations (because i know this view will be given). most of us seem to actually just enjoy his storytelling or take on an issue or spin on a challenge, because we're subbed to the creators we're subbed to for a reason. we
enjoy them.
I feel your post. It's not easy to get a good understanding of where Dan is at with his youtube
or life in general. I love that derp, i hope he still likes to be that guy that makes video's for a living.
He just contradicts himself at times.
Relatable. But I feel like i always understand what place he's coming from. He likes to be the perfectionist, a content creator who brings us entertaining yet profound video's about topics. I remember when he talked about the 'creation process' of DINOF vids that he aims to make every video about a topic "complete", so he feels like he should do proper research on topics until he feels confident that he can make the "definitive" dinof version on it. Which is a terrible idea. You can't predict whether you'll want to revisit a topic, I certainly hope he will make another one about cyberbullying. Feeling confident that you're knowledgeable about something is, with Dan's character in mind, the surest way to make a video not happen or make the whole process excruciatingly slow.
Still, I understand him. He wants to have integrity and stand out a bit from the youtubers who just produce regular content every day. That's one reason I do like his main channel video's: they are usually finished pieces of work which have a higher quality and standard of finishing than most other video's i watch - especially considering there's no 'team' behind him (well except Phil
).
It can also put him in an impossible situation. What do you do when you want to have integrity and want people to value your content first but then people mostly are appreciating you for your character, your looks, your presumed relationship with a friend? I guess making a 'ironic' gorgeous selfie to please the fans and at the same time loathe yourself because 'you're the guy with the flesh on parade yup that's you Dan'?
You can almost see the inner conflict Dan has about things playing out in some of things he does. I wager that explains a good deal of the "sarcastic" and "extra" attitude people associate with him: he's just honest and conflicted about a lot of the things he does.
If he'd ask me, I'd tell him to stop trying to only make those video's that bring us a timeless and universal revelation about the human condition. Those you won't find every month, and you're way more likely to find inspiration for those while you're making other content. I wish he would approach his channel with a more risk-taking, more free attitude. Make that political video you just want to make. Give the people what they want with a "cheap" day in the life of... or appartment tour. None of those things can stop you from creating more creative, niche content too that you yourself find valuable. If the alternative is slowly burning out on youtube or feeling that you're stuck in an ever smaller box of branding, expectations and crippling standards... what do you have to lose Daniel?
Sadly he's not asking me so i'm telling you. I know, you didn't ask for this either :mrgreen: But then why are you on this forum reading this?.
So my expectations for the next DINOF video? Only the highest, and I hope he blows me away with a personal and thoughtful video about something near and dear to us. If it's something predictable with some meme tangents, I'm down for that too, it just hope he brings us some of all the content we love him for.
Good, kill us all with some confidence. 
now whatever it is I’ll be disappointed. I swear.....if it is any of the bottom two..... 
I can’t watch another meme video! I still don’t understand the last one
I need a mockumentary about that! 
But it's probably not what most people would have wanted to see 
