This has been bothering me for a bit, but would you ever unsubscribe or stop following a content creator if they were incessantly self-deprecatory or self-critical (even if their actual content remains good)?
I ask 'cos there's a small youtuber I follow for a super niche hobby and it may be because the hobby is super niche, so the worldwide community is really small and pretty close-knit. His content is pretty good (though his videos could do with some intro music as a hook), even if he has little competition for the stuff he does, but fuck me, he can't stop ragging on it when he publicises his videos. It's like the tonal opposite of the cheery "like and subscribe" sort.
I ask 'cos there's a small youtuber I follow for a super niche hobby and it may be because the hobby is super niche, so the worldwide community is really small and pretty close-knit. His content is pretty good (though his videos could do with some intro music as a hook), even if he has little competition for the stuff he does, but fuck me, he can't stop ragging on it when he publicises his videos. It's like the tonal opposite of the cheery "like and subscribe" sort.