If The Outlaws Had YouTube Channels (Part 2)
JOHN
• He started the channel just when YouTube was becoming a thing, in case he was ever required to use it for business, but that never came about.
• He's not really a big fan of all this social media stuff, but occasionally uploads private videos of sweet family home videos so he can rewatch them easily while unable to access the device they were originally filmed on.
• Currently has 10 subscribers, some of which are his family, and the rest of which being a handful of Community Service friends; it used to be 11 but Rani unsubscribed after she went on the run.
MYRNA
• Myrna had - and still does not - no real idea of what a "YouTube" is, and why it was so popular. Initially she chalked it down to "a bunch of straight white men messing around and getting paid for it", but was since informed that it can be a great place for community if used correctly. In light of this, she decided she wanted to make a channel, which Claire helped her set up. She struggles to make proper videos and upload them, but managed to navigate her way around liking videos and subscribing to creators she likes.
• Her channel is primarily used for exactly how you'd expect it to be - discussing political unfairness and mistreatment, and organising protests.
• She used to get quite a lot of hate comments, and instead of deleting them or ignoring them, she would go on multiple paragraph-long rants in reply, pointing out why they were wrong in every way, effectively entertaining the trolls. Eventually, Claire turned off the comment section feature for her.
• Myrna currently has around 800 subscribers; most of her Community Service friends, people from the Bristol Justice Collective, and other citizens who share her beliefs and ideals.
FRANK
• Frank "I only follow the big people on social media" Sheldon started his channel a little while after discovering how the internet worked, and finding out a few little scheme-y ideas while he was over in Japan. Perhaps this "You-Tube" thing could be used to his advantage.
• He would mostly upload things that were rather... morally questionable, shall we say? Convoluted explanations and convincing for some fund one day and an obscure scheme the next, mostly in the name of fraud. And he made a few from it, honestly, all without getting properly caught.
• The channel is under a fake name, because he knows better than that, and despite a few reports to YouTube's help page regarding his channel and it's controversial practises, his channel is still up and making money here and there, because YouTube's support team is complete and utter trash - exactly how he'd counted on it to be.
• He doesn't follow many people - mainly only those he either a) respects or b) he could use to manipulate into helping him. For instance, he initially followed Gabby when he didn't like her as much just so he could pull the "I don't follow many people on YouTube, but I follow you" card if he ever needed her to attend more parties.
• Frank currently has 1.2k subscribers thanks to his distinct, persuasive phrasing and his quick, sly wit. None of his friends at Community Service know of the channel, becuase it's not exactly the sort of thing you shout around, now, is it?