Do You Think Youtube

Do you think YouTube ruined or is ruining the hair game yay or nay?

MISS CR wrote: ruined it in what sense? Too many folks buying vendor hair instead of BSS? If that's the case so did BHM. LOL. Seriously, I never had any idea that I could buy hair direct from a vendor at a cheaper price until I found BHM. Many of the YTubers are BHM members anyway. But I do  think that supply and demand has diminished the quality of hair as a result of YT and the exposure that it created.

I think YT just misinformed people. First they some just be happy to have hair then they only do 4 week updates. I dont think a every week update just monthly really

YouTube helped to speed up the already in-motion destruction of the hair game.

There are a lot of people who are too lazy to read and would have been too lazy to come across BHM, but will definitely sit and watch YouTube videos for HOURS. This mostly includes college students and teens, IMO.

In 2008, I was a senior in college when I joined BHM it was because I was transitioning and interested in "premium hair" all my searches about both topics kept coming up BHM. When I joined, it didn't even occur to me to check YouTube for advice about premium hair. I probably would never have done so. Most people didn't know about BHM, and premium hair was the stuff that comes in the box in the BSS. I was personally wearing Outre Velvet Remy. 

Also, a lot of these "gurus" joined around 2010... MAYBE 2009, right around the time that cell phone technology practically exploded with integrated YouTube apps, faster data speeds etc.  So now that everyone's got access to the internet (and thus to YouTube) and people became aware of Ali and AliE.

Enter fly by night hair companies, repackaging and selling CV hair with crazy markup. Thanks YouTube for providing these fly by night companies free marketing! If Guru 1 and Guru 2 who both look great in our weave give a seemingly honest review, others will do the same!

Enter "helpful" gurus, who find out about CVs and broadcast the info. Hooray! Now, Boomshikashay, who only has internet access from her phone, is able to get some good hair too! Hundreds (thousands?) of Boomshikashays hit up CVs and AVs trying to duplicate what they saw on YouTube including AliE, sending screenshots and links of Guru 1 and Guru 2's installs, and even the CVs send Guru 1 and Guru 2 free hair in exchange for good reviews.

Because so many more people found out about the previously less-widely known sources of good hair, the supply can't keep up with the demand. The CVs and fly by night AVs prey on the fact that Boomshikashay gets all her hair knowledge from YouTube instead of more reputable research, call all kinds of processed bs "virgin" and get even more clients.

I don't see it getting better.

Now vendors can send crap hair because it's guru-endorsed and blame the customer when it acts up.

Im new to the hair game. & yes youtube is where I started to learn my education on hair then found my way on here when I started researching to make a virgin hair purchase. But to me it sounds like hating. Why not as women would you not want the next woman to be able to better herself. To me idc. Because I think every woman has the right to beautiful & I would never hold back something that could possibly help someone feel better about themselves.