Name: 我受夠了！我決定不再當個 IG 網紅了！ (I'm no longer an influencer)
Uploaded: 2023-03-13T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 4 min 30 s

情態助動詞 A2

Granddad, what do you do when you can't do nothing? But there's nothing you can do.

爺爺，當你無能為力時，你會怎麼做？ 畢竟你無能為力。

So, I removed all of my... wait, hang on.

所以，我刪除了我所有的⋯⋯等待。

I removed all of my followers from Instagram, which was my one social media outside of Youtube that I kept with a big following.

我刪除了我在 Instagram 上的所有追蹤，Instagram 是我在 Youtube 之外的擁有大量追蹤的社交媒體。

Now, I don't have anything outside of Youtube.

現在，我除了 Youtube 之外沒有別的東西了。

I wish I could say that this was a hard decision for me, but in all honesty, this was something that I've been thinking about since the year 2020.

我希望我能說這對我來說是一個艱難的決定，但老實說，這是我自 2020 年以來一直在思考的事情。

And so today, I thought that I just give you guys my opinion on it as I tend to do on this channel.

所以今天，我想告訴你們我對此的看法，就像我在這個頻道上所做的那樣。

I'm also kind of trying to film in public as you can see.

正如你所看到的，我也在嘗試在公共場合拍攝。

I'm really stepping out of my comfort zone.

So first of all, I have a lot of videos on this channel talking about how I don't really like social media, how I don't really endorse people investing their time in it in terms of social status.

所以首先，我在這個頻道上有很多影片都在談論我有多不喜歡社交媒體，我有多不支持人們為了社會地位而在社交媒體上投入很多時間。

But at the same time, I feel like it's really important for our generation.

但與此同時，我覺得社交媒體對我們這一代人來說真的很重要。

Like whenever I meet a new person and we want to stay in contact, whenever I make new friends,

比如每當我遇到一個不認識的人並且我們想保持聯繫，每當我結交新朋友時，

the first question to stay in touch, is always, "Oh yeah, what's your Instagram? Let me follow you on Instagram."

為了要保持聯繫，第一個問的問題總是：「你的 Instagram 是什麼？讓我追蹤你的 Instagram 。」

It's the most universal app where you can follow anybody that you meet, right?

Intagram 就是最通用的應用程式，你可以在上面關注遇到的任何人，對吧？

So that's why I always had this dilemma of, I want to be using Instagram for my friends and new people that I meet, new context, but at the same time, I didn't really want to keep it public anymore.

所以這就是為什麼我總是ㄒㄧㄢ這樣的兩難，我想為我的朋友和我遇到的新的人，新的環境使用 Instagram，但與此同時，我真的不想再把我的帳號公開了。

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

我以前說過，現在我還要再說一次。

I've never cared about being an influencer or having a lot of numbers because to be honest, the number of followers has never added any value to my life.

我從不在乎成為網紅或是擁有很多追蹤，因為老實說，追隨的數量從未給我的生活增加任何價值。

I guess the main reason why I kept my public Instagram for such a long time even though I didn't really want to was because there was always the advantage of just announcing my videos to quite a lot of people.

我想我之所以使用 Instagram 這麼長時間，儘管我真的不想這樣做，主要原因是這對於向很多人宣布我的影片有幫助。

But to be completely honest, the cons have always outweighed the pros.

但老實說，缺點總是大於優點。

So I removed about 25,000 of my followers and I only kept people that I know personally, my actual friends, people that I've met in person at least, my acquaintances.

所以我刪除了大約 25,000 名粉絲，只保留了我本身認識的人、我真正的朋友，還有至少我親自見過的人、我的熟人。

Let me talk about the cons of having a big Instagram and mine wasn't even that big.

我想討論擁有很多 Instagram 追蹤的缺點，而我的甚至還沒有那麼多。

The thing is that I've always used Instagram as if I was talking to a bunch of my friends,

有個問題是，我使用 Instagram 就好像我在和一群朋友聊天一樣，

but the truth was obviously that with every story that I posted, I was sharing it with at least 3,000 people.

但事實顯然是，我發布的每個限時動態都會跟至少 3,000 人分享。

And a couple of years back, I haven't really thought about it that deeply, but as I got older, the desire to share my day-to-day life with people that I don't know, slowly started diminishing.

幾年前，我還沒有真正深入地思考過這個問題，但隨著年齡的增長，與陌生人分享日常生活的願望開始慢慢減弱。

Not only that, but having a public Instagram is a lot different than having a public YouTube channel.

不僅如此，擁有公開的 Instagram 帳號與擁有公開的 YouTube 頻道有很大不同。

I can't express how many instances I've had of my friends telling me, "hey, your fans started following me and DM me, asking me about you."

我數不清有多少次我的朋友告訴我：「嘿，你的粉絲開始追蹤我並私信我，問我關於你的事。」

Trying to get my number or stalking my friends and those friends didn't want that sort of attention at all.

我的粉絲試圖獲得我的電話號碼或跟踪我的朋友，而那些朋友根本不想要那種關注。

So I just gotta admit I'm not built for this, I guess.

所以我得承認我不是為此而生的，我想。

It is a little uncomfortable when some people get invested in your life way beyond the point that you'd want them to.

當有些人對你的生活的投入超出了你希望他們這樣做的程度時，你會感到有點不舒服。

I just want to say that this is, I'm not complaining, okay?

我只想說，我不是在抱怨，好嗎？

I know that there are certain aspects that the influencer lifestyle brings with itself.

我知道有網紅的生活會帶來某些方面的困擾。

所以我只是想說我不需要 Instagram。

I value my privacy a lot more than the cool looking number on my Instagram profile, if that makes sense.

比起 Instagram 上好看的追蹤數，我更重視我的隱私，你們懂的話。

I can do whatever I want, right? I got free will.

我可以為所欲為，對吧？ 我有自由意志。

I don't have to abide by any requirements just because I like making videos doesn't mean that I have to participate in this social media game, right?

我不需要遵守任何要求，因為我喜歡製作影片並不表示我必須參與這個社交媒體遊戲，對吧？

And for those of you who watch this video until the very end, if you really want to follow me on another social media than just YouTube for, I guess a little more frequent posts, I guess you could follow me on Tumblr.

對於那些把影片看到最後的人，如果你真的想在 YouTube 外的社交媒體上關注我，看我更多的發文，我想你可以追蹤我的 Tumblr 。