Can you still make a YouTube channel if you're not pretty?

[Anonymous]

*I'm not being harsh on myself, don't give me compliments. Physically my face is not attractive because of an injury I had as a kid. *

With that said, I know I have a lot of thoughts and opinions that other people don't notice about situations. I think my brain is valuable but no one listens to me in real life because I'm not pretty. I want to make a YouTube channel because I want to make people think from other perspectives and notice smaller details they're not seeing when they blindly follow social groups, politics, fads, and religions without questioning. A lot of mainstream things have a lot of plot holes and I notice them when other people don't. Irl I'm told I'm being a buzzkill or am bullied for being a nerd. There are channels on YouTube that are completely dedicated to this type of deepdive or arguments and I want to do one, but all the girls have to be pretty. You never see a girls channel do this unless she's pretty. And editing software crashes my laptop. I can't afford a desktop so all I can do is post unedited videos. (And honestly trying to edit them just makes me feel insecure because I'm not attractive and I don't like my thick accent). Guys can be unattractive and not put much effort into editing and still get huge views and people listen but I tried being myself and a big creator started sending me hate mail and telling me to KMS and to fix my face before opening my mouth. So I still have no subscribers or views and now one large creator is obsessively harassing me about how ugly I am and telling people not to watch my channel.

What am I supposed to do? Is it really true that I shouldn't be on the internet having opinions unless I'm pretty? I didn't even say anything that wasn't well researched and fact based. I'm not even saying anything controversial. Should I just give up? I don't know what I'm doing that keeps attracting bullies. And no one is watching any of my content except for the one large content creator I mentioned, spamming me.

Updates

9 mo

Update: she sicked some of her fans on me and now all my videos are just people telling me how much I should kill myself and that I have a baby voice and that I should have been aborted. Good times. I've deleted the account. I don't get how there are so many niche areas of the internet but the only attention I ever get is people feeling the need to tell me how badly I suck at everything and don't matter and shouldn't talk. I hate earth.

[CrimsonAngel09]

Unfortunately bullies will be EVERYWHERE, no matter what you do.

Look at Lizzie Velasquez.

She was deemed "uglist woman in the world" by bullies, told nasty things that involve ending her life. The sickest things a human can do is not even realizing that she has a condition that she literally could not help called Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome. It not only affected her appearance, but it doesn't allow her to gain any weight.

Despite being called things, she has posted all over Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Yes there are still people bullying her over her appearance, but all she can do is ignore them. The most important thing is kill them with kindness, and with a big positive personality.

If you let these bullies get you down and you just quit, then they won. You have to keep getting up and dusting yourself off, and HAVE to ignore them.

Look at CoryxKenshin, another most positive individual.

I have seen this man get some hate, but Cory ignores all of them. Even when he had dysplasia of the mouth, he never let anyone get him down.

Don't let these bullies win. Ignore them to the best of your ability, no matter how nasty they can get.

If you stay positive, you best believe you will attract way more positive people. They will have your back, and don't ever show weakness. Hell, smile back at the bullies.

Smile!

[LostandFound__x]

Yeah a lot of people want to relate to who they watch. Nowadays most people on the internet are “pretty” because they invest thousands into their looks and use filters.

[DannyUk2017]

You asking this question, then means you don't have TikTok, what i see in there, and they do "live" sessions is crazy, i don't even know how are they allowed in the first place! 🤦‍♂️

[Asker]

I had TikTok for a couple months but I got bullied really bad on there too. There didn't seem a point in keeping it because pretty girls will go famous for just having a face. Obese girls will go famous just for wearing a bikini. And then for some reason none of my videos get any viewers who aren't commenting hateful shit about how ugly and useless I am for just talking about a fun chemical fact and why different color fire exists. I don't know what I'm doing wrong that makes everyone hate me but I can't say anything without being told that I shouldn't exist.

[DannyUk2017]

My videos don't get any views either, but for that matter i watch others, so i really can't be bothered...🤷‍♂️, life goes on...😉

[HighValue]

You can still make one, you will just have to work as hard as most guys would to make it successful.

[reds-noro]

Most youtubers don't show their face at all (kind off depends on what type of youtuber though). And many that do are not attractive. Maybe try to do something similar to AdamSomething. He constantly touches on similar subjects as you plan to... Maybe he has different views from you, but you should watch his content and study how he keeps the screen interesting without having to show his face. He often shows some visual information into the mix, but lets his voice, which isn't the prettiest nor the worst in the world, do most of the work. May be a bit more work, but in your case it is well worth it. May be smart to start a new channel as well. Just to get rid of the person harassing you.

[reds-noro]

If only you read my advise a bit earlier.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Yes, anybody can make a youtube channel.

[Iron_Man]

Yes you can