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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - intro
4:38 - shout out to today's sponsor
6:01- the storytime youtuber personality
7:16 - creators like Tana Mongeau & Gabbie Hanna
8:58 - the issues with storytimes
9:42 - oversharing & lack of boundaries
14:26 - exaggerating and lying
16:07 - insensitivity & lack of care for extreme topics
20:28 - what happened to storytimes? where are they now lmao
23:25 - tiktok storytimes
24:52 - final thoughts?
RESOURCES & REFERENCES:
"It's Storytime" by Emily Brown - theoutline.com/post/1189/stor...
"what I learned from posting 100+ storytimes on CZcams" (Carrie Dayton) - • what i learned from po...
"Crazy Fake Uber Story That Didn't Happen! (Storytime)" (Danny Gonzalez) - • Crazy Fake Uber Story ...
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there's def something to be said about how loneliness plays a part in the popularity of these videos. of course everyone's reasons are different, but i was pretty indifferent to storytimes until i was bedridden for a few months following an injury and started watching storytimes late at night. it felt like someone had come to visit and tell me about their wild and unpredictable life, and it was fun and soothing for me. i don't use tiktok anymore, but when i did i loved running into people's stories -- especially when they kept it to one video -- because it was a little something similar. late-night scrolling, 3am being the lonely hours, and all that
I think a lot of media today is geared towards lonely people. Podcasts are only so popular because it's like listening to your friends have a conversation. Obviously everybody is different but that kind of content would be much less appealing if you lived in a crowded house or a busy neighborhood.
You’re so right, I never thought it like that
@@aok2075 this is why I cannot find podcasts I like. Heaven's Gate docu-series is like the only one I remember liking. There was this awesome one related to TEDtalks but it was about different places in the world, not about ideas as such. But it only had like 5 episodes when I found it, and when I returned to it, no more had appeared. I am so tired of podcasts sounding like a few friends talking to each other, instead of me hearing clearly about a topic I am interested in. Oh, and Not Your Average Runner! I think I stopped listening to that because there were too many ads, though.
Is your injury better now?
I found I had to cut tiktok out of my life bc I had essentially replaced putting effort into socializing with living through people on tiktok.
Honestly I do think there's something insidious about the way storytimes depict kidnapping. I think it perpetuates the general idea that traffickers wait at target parking lots to kidnap pretty white girls when the vast majority of victims of trafficking are put in that situation my people they personally know and that people in precarious situations like people just out of foster care or homeless people much more vulnerable to trafficing than the general population.
Spot on!
i know a few ppl who used to do story times said they would clickbait so badly. like some guy asked them for their number twice and they made it into a “i almost got kidnapped” story time. they know now it was bad, but clickbait used to be the main way to get views
On TikTok for a while there every other video would be someone saying “I was almost trafficked at Target because someone talked to me!!” It became so annoying. That’s not how trafficking works. Then there was that mom influencer who is now in trouble for accusing a couple of attempting to kidnap her kids who did nothing similar. They were in line and the couple were speaking Spanish but she thought they were talking about her so she came up with this big story about people watching her kids too closely and acting weird around her and her kids.
There are also a lot of TikTok videos of people saying "if someone puts a thing in you car or leaves some kind of mark in it, it means you are marked as a potential traffic victim". But (almost) all of them are bs.
Especially because the reality of the story was actually that their driver took a different route because of traffic not that "I was KidNapPeD by my Uber driver. cRaZy!" Nothing like real and horrific stories of people being kidnapped.
I think having tana mongeau as my older sister would emotionally traumatize me for life
Older siblings are traumatizing either way.
@@Haru-nee as an older sibling, i can agree
@@Haru-nee well then I’m happy I’m an only child lol.
@@Viktoria-yn5yn only child gang
Viktoria having siblings is fun tho
The 25-30 year olds who pretended they were teens in their bedroom for their brand would lie? That’s unbelievable
Uhh most of them were not that age. Most were early 20’s at the latest when this started. Tana even younger
"As someone who used to film exclusively on my bedroom floor..." --Tiffany, from her bedroom floor
One of my old high school friends wanted to become a "youtuber". She did storytimes where she talked about crazy drinking at parties, hooking up, and her job. She lost her job because her employer found her videos from instagram and didnt want her nannying anymore. Then she made a storytime involving one of my friends and he threatened to sue her since she used his pictures in the thumbnail. All to never pass 200 views a video
The last line, I- 💀
oh my god this reminds me of a guy i knew in HS who started CZcams and basically alienated himself because he would want to turn all his hangs into content and air all his friends' business online to make himself more interesting and we all knew who he was talking about even if he didn't use names. all his friends started avoiding him. he still does vlogs i think but has never made it past 1000 views
Omg
whats the channel called? i’ll watch lol
@@caramelcoffees What's it called? The channel.
Yes! This was so interesting. Watching storytimes was almost like watching people put THEMSELVES on doctor phil or jeremy kyle (the uk equivalent).
For me these story times make me think about chat shows more than the “self help” shows like Dr Phill as the guests may not be aware that they are being used for entertainment value. I think shows like Loose Women (but strangely not “the view” as they seem more guarded), The Real Real are more story-timey as the hosts willingly do it for entertainment and content. Also, I always felt dubious about how Ellen would poke her guests into telling personal stories & to a lesser extent the Jimmy talk-shows do it but it seems to come up more organically. Ellen always seem like she tapped into an arsenal personal relationships with celebrities. It was a bit “yoooo know” with a wink as guest try and act like they don’t know what she is talking about.
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My therapist (meaning that mental health professionals are paying attention) mentioned a word she heard recently about social media oversharing: "Vulnerability porn." We're seemingly not allowed to share or feel our feelings in real life (or less often, some folks are just narcissists), so we dump our lives on socials so that as many people "see" our issues in real time as possible whether they v want to or not. Then people start feeling overwhelmed, and since our society has trained us to help even if we're not asked for help, we feel responsible for others' struggles. We may also receive that unwanted advice and get upset because people aren't actually listening to us. Either issue tends to result in resentment. All that doesn't even touch on just vlogging in general, which imo, becomes deeply invasive when, say, parents raise their children from literal birth on camera.
I actually find these vulnerable videos extremely comforting. It helps me to judge myself less when I'm struggling with something and shaming myself for struggling and shaming myself for shaming myself. when I see that other people are also having bad mental health moments and that it is very human thing to struggle from time to time, it makes it easier to accept my feelings of struggle.
Well said. This is also why I find a lot of subreddits toxic. It’s full of people unloading their therapy sessions on the Internet. Basically, anyone who reads these subreddits are put in the position of a therapist without actually (for the most part) being a trained therapist or in a clinical setting attending to one person at a time, instead of a bunch of people at once.
@@sweetembrace6706 I have to agree with you. I think people can offer valid and helpful advice, insight, or encouragement without the degree or title. But I see how it could be harmful if someone naive or impressionable reads bad advice and doesnt have the discernment to know if its sound or not.
Some of us have oversharing issues due to ADHD or BPD. I spill my shit on reddit, because I've learnt not to do it to real people. I've realised how uncomfortable it makes people, but these things fall out of me and I can't stop, so I try to redirect. My oversharing and trauma dumping is the thing I hate about myself the most, so I'm trying to deal with it. Reddit is how I deal with it.
As a Black woman content creator, its interesting to see the change in "storytime" tellers go from mostly young white women to mostly Black women today. There's an interesting correlation to Black women using video "storytimes" as one of the only ways for them to speak up about a conflict or experience that would normally go ignored IRL but has the chance to get public attention and even a chance at justice if shared online. Some of these stories of ab*se and kidnapping that would be embellished for views are real life stories for Black women but "storytimes" still have this frivolous connotation to its genre because of how its feminized and capitalized. This video was great food for thought.
Cosmeholics Anonymous’ recent exposé of her sister’s abusive pastor partner spring to mind, that was literally the result of the problem being ignored for years and her feeling like she had no choice but to put him on blast on her platform. HeyParis is another one who’s had to do similar on her page to set records straight. Those are the ppl I traditionally associate with storytimes tbh, along with The Voodoochild (who stopped doing them years ago)
thank u sm for this perspective it's v v important and factual
i need to watch more of these storytimes then (if anyone has any recommendations for youtubers especially black women/non white women pls lmk!!).
I noticed this too! Maybe it’s just the algorithm doing his job but I also noticed that mainly bw are doing storytimes now
you're being way too charitable. storytime is still 95% a grift, not an outlet for black voices (with exceptions of course). it's just that black grifters catch on to these grifts after white grifters. Not any different from hoteps recycling conspiracies that white conspiracy theorists have been spewing for years.
Honestly, even talking to friends, I‘m constantly scared of oversharing - couldn't imagine being a story time CZcamsr. Especially because the internet doesn’t forget.
Same. And in Internet's case, you have no idea who is watching your video and there might be someone who will completely misinterpret your words and then try to make you look like the worst person on the planet. I considered being a storyteller on yt at one point, because I LOVE telling stories, but I kept thinking of all awful people online, who would think they can totally dox me or my parents because they believe I'm their family or a ''big sister''. There are way too many entitled deranged people online to share anything with them.
And depending on who you are, the Internet never forgives. Especially if you’re a woman.
So sososososo true!
I an internet weirdo list off where I live and the names of my kids in a threatening way, none of which you can find with a Google search of my name. After that I deleted my Facebook and I will not be joining any other social media. Ever. This right here is the extent of my social media presence.
YEAH
ESPECIALLY with your face. I do (though rarely) overshare on IRC, but at least I am a faceless persona I can easily discard in case of shame.
You need to do an internet analysis on the HUGE amount of ‘true-crime’ storytellers that have crept up recently, particularly ones who do their make up alongside telling the ‘story’… Is it ethical?
I was just wondering about those... with the makeup...???
It’s just so they’re doing something while they’re talking
@ABC Maybe, I looked but couldn’t find anything though…
@ABC Pinely did a video on it czcams.com/video/6YWIcyachUY/video.html
About as ethical as the news reporting I feel
Loved this video, friend! Super fascinating and I'm honored to be a small part of it. 💞 **books therapy session to unpack storytime era trauma**
I remember being young and wanting to be just like my favorite CZcamsrs who told super dramatic storytimes on CZcams...oh how times change. 😅
That still a thing
@@mariomario1462 I think they meant it’s not as glamorous as before
@@sams3015 I think she just means she don't think she wanna do that anymore
@@kitty_k4to yeah, to clarify, I meant that as a young teenager I idolized people in that genre and now it's been years since I've been interested in that content.
The ''I don't care if someone is lying or not, I just want to be entertained'' mentality is what frustrates me the most, because that's why problematic, toxic content creators like Shane Dawson, Tana or David Dobrik will never lose their platforms. Their fans act like these are the only good content creators on youtube and they won't find funny, engaging videos anywhere else, so they throw their moral compass in the trash and turn a blind eye on the creator's literal CRIMES for the sake of ''entertainment''. ''I don't care that he hurt someone, as long as he makes me laugh and keeps me entertained''. I can't imagine still being entertainted by someone's content while being fully aware of how awful they are in real life.
Me too! An example is this one story time by Tana Mongeau in which she lied about a particular singer/rapper. The truth came out and people in the comments were literally saying that they didn't care because it entertained them.
Huh? This person is potentially ruining someone's reputation 😒. weird.
You will be a great help in writing the history of CZcams.
the way tiffany is the heritageposts of youtube...
@@slowdancers oh my god the accuracy
Nothing beats the story time animators.
Let's be real here: Storytime CZcams just turned into Reddit Story CZcams.
Speaking of storytimes paired with unrelated footage (e.g. slime, cooking): Ann Reardon of How to Cook That recently made a video about "life hacks" or cooking channels combining their innocent cooking/baking footage paired with some... occasionally disturbing storytime audios in the background. Someone could be baking a chocolate cake, and tell a story about being poisoned. Like, they make no sense at all. And this stuff is clearly marketed towards kids, it's very weird. I recommend that video, too!
I was just about to comment on this! It might seem cool to have “satisfying” content paired with a story, but like Ann Reardon pointed out, it can be dangerous for kids
Oh I’ve seen these videos! I think a lot of the time they’ve just stolen a story from Reddit and slapped it over random footage, but the comments section is always so confused haha.
Omg yes I watched her video discussing this and I was disturbed
I remember loving the sub genre of bad Sephora store experiences until I worked there and was treated horribly by clients who were expecting to have the same experience. Looking back a lot of the videos had the exact same format so I think creators made employees lives hell for no reason.
Omg that was my fav lmao
I used to like the coworker stories at Sephora lmao
@@sweetembrace6706 the issues are definitely there in the stores which is why I left. In my experience it mostly came from management and I didn’t have luck changing the attitudes. I don’t fault the creators talking about their genuine experiences. But some videos at the time were blatantly copying other peoples real experiences with racism/classism in the stores. I remember one video blew up where the employee said not to help the girl because shes Asian. After her video got traction there were a bunch of others telling the exact same story as the original girl with the exact same dialogue by the employee. Those are the people who I think made the employees lives harder for no reason.
I teach ESL and I recommend Storytime videos to my students to practice their listening skills! It's very close to the tone and vocabulary that non-native speakers will encounter in real world conversations and listening to storytimes in other languages has also helped me in the languages I learn.
This is a great idea. I'll have to keep it in mind!
when the pandemic started, i used to be obsessed with vlogs and storytimes. back then, i always felt my life was more boring and less happy that others and got second hand happiness and experiences from them. now i’m in a more positive headspace, and if i ever want to watch these types of videos, it’s not out of insecurity, just curiosity, and i’m really glad i got to have this positive development.
this is nice, I'm glad you're feeling better now
call me crazy i miss it, i loved getting ready listening to their storytimes
Pretty sure the story time era is why I’m constantly listening to podcasts lol
I still listen to old 2016 story times
@@Msrainbowzebras98 that's why I listen to the good mythical morning podcast 😭😭 it's just them talking abt their week and being funny
ME TOOOOOOOAHH
50% of what I watch are storytimes, idk why I just love them
1:58 "used to exclusively film on my bedroom floor" she says, while filming on her bedroom floor lol
Hahaha an intentional departure from my usual desk spot!
I feel like I never realized just how young Tana was when she started her channel. I was only in middle school when she became popular so I just saw her as being older and more mature.
The oversharing part was super interesting. I remember James from TheOdd1sOut, a storytime animator, sharing in his video about meeting fans that we all know that he wet the bed until he was 8-years-old, and he knows nothing about us. That was my first introduction to the idea of parasocial relationships
This is so random, but I went to undergrad with you, and I remember you always having a camera anytime I’d see you. I’m so proud of you for following your dreams and making this happen!!! ❤️
omg that’s wild! Loyola? thank you so much, that’s very sweet 💖💖💖
Great video ! Regarding great black story time creators ; I watch Oh! Stephco and video essayist Khadija Mbowe 💕
Yesss i love Oh! Stephco, I could listen to her all day😩
I appreciate you Lorry! Love your channel
@@vepri9421 Yeah I think she would like to tell them to stop, but her channel is still pretty small so it would be disadvantageous and detrimental to channel growth. So I understand just avoid those comments.
I loooove Khadija she really opens my mind and gives great advice and keeps my plants fed We stan
@@alienatedlibrarian5017 Khadija is non-binary and their pronouns are they/them btw (:
I'm surprised Creepshow Art didn't get a mention in this, the controversy surrounding her was huuuuuuuge amongst the sketchbook storytime CZcamsrs. It leaked out into other drama spheres as well. Look it up if you're curious.
That’s a whole ass video on its own, lol.
Wow I had completely forgotten the existence of "girl code", you just gave me a massive flashback
12:00 yes! and I HATE the phrase "we're the ones who got you to where you are so be grateful!" or the entitlement that sometimes goes with being a loyal superfan. the creator "owes" them collectively AND individually because they wouldn't be said creator without them [watching]. in my own personal example, I made a tiktok account talking about my recovery from hero!n, and people would get offended if I didn't open up the rest of my life to them as well. or when creators get into some type of controversy (whether it be, negative, positive, or SUPER drama) and the fans want some sort of explanation or questions answered and they don't get it - or if they don't get it as quickly as they THINK they should. in that situation, I commonly hear "you owe us an explanation" or "you at least owe it to us to answer _____". that's not fair at all. just as with any other "normal" relationship irl, I can opt-out or renege at any time with zero explanation. that may not be very polite of me, but we as individuals do NOT *owe* anyone anything.
was i incredibly gullible for believing 90% of these ridiculous story times? yes. would I still consider this time one of the peaks of youtube? yes.
Despite what was said at 1:30, there was a pretty large storytime audience among young men, too. Though much less popular in the mainstream, creators like Luna were famous for their daily storytimes. Luna narrated his stories over footage of him playing Call of Duty or surfing in CS:GO. While it doesn't follow the typical dramatic storytime on the bedroom floor format, it was equally as overdramatized. Luna's topics usually involved drugs or girls or school punishments, and they appealed to a similar audience as Leafy, Pyrocinical, and other early male commentary CZcamsrs
This is a great point!
Male story time CZcams is a whole.other conversation bc they would bully ppl
I'd like to imagine in 100 years from now anthropologists are pulling up these videos and creating a whole "orgins of the internet" university course with these videos being source material.
A internet analysis on the podcast boom would be so interesting. It's relation to ASMR, the shift in entertainment consumption, the pitfalls (misinformation, incel culture)and cult followings. So so much to touch on.
17:10 and your point abt thumbnails immediately made me think of true crime CZcams and the lack of boundaries that exist in that space. TC is consumed the same way story time videos are (mindlessly cooking, cleaning, etc.) I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic and how this specific area of true crime “content” has spawned pseudo-detectives and the like. I used to be an avid consumer of the “genre” but as I’ve matured I’ve become really grossed out by these channels.
Yes!!!
yesss that would be so good!
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Agreed
a perspective of someone who use to watch it, for me i realized it was all about my comlpex-ptsd (not ptsd) I watched murder/crime shows on tv because i felt it made me safer in this world, the logic being that if i keep up with what criminals are capable of then i'll have a better chance of protecting myself if I encounter a scary situation. I started watching make up ones because they didn't cause me as much anxiety. the tv shows play a lot of dramatic music and dramatize everything, it would make me tense the entire time i was watching it. With the make up ones i can take in all the information without the dramatization. I don't watch any of these videos anymore true crime alone or mixed with make up because i've seen how unhealthy it is to keep myself in a state of fear under the guise of "protecting myself". i will say that some of the makeup crime ladies sincerely care and i think thats why they share these stories, ofc i can't speak for anyone tho.
I was the story time guy in my early 20s in my friend group before I knew it was a genre on CZcams. It turned out that friend group, who encouraged me to do it (especially when we were at a party and met other groups) weren’t the nicest people. I can’t imagine how vulnerable I would of been if I got the idea to do CZcams as I suffered for oversharing in real life. Also, I ended up having to dig deeper to to keep this “party trick” going crossing into topics I told a friend privately who would bring it up in a larger social setting. Anyway, nowadays I love “spooky true stories” especially non paranormal, to sleep to. I can relate to it but it’s refreshing it’s not me (at least not right now).
Drama videos definitely seem like a new evolution of storytimes. I used to never click on storytime videos because I never believed them, but everytime I see a video about some drama (which is essentially?? a storytime!!) I feel compelled to know what happened! But it's difficult to contend w the fact that a lot of drama videos involve very intense/triggering situations, PERSONALLLL info, real people (sometimes named but mostly identified through deduction), and the reality that there will be a response from the audience (people going to someone else's page to berate them for their part in the drama or people demanding to know more about something sensitive that happened to the person recanting the "drama"). It's interesting to pontificate abt
Yes! I totally agree with this!
Would love to see you breakdown the "news", News Corp and other mega conglomerates, and the polarization if media outlets at least in the USA. Much love from Uruguay.
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Oooh great idea!
I'd like to see that video, too!
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I so glad I’m a generation older. This is a genre that has never appealed and made me very uncomfortable. All these young people sharing true (or not) stories to the world with no thought to the future or other people just never sat right with me. I didn’t even realise how young Tana was either, I was shocked when I realised. I’m just glad I grew up before the internet was a thing and there wasn’t this pressure. There was plenty of pressure, but less that could shape your life in such a drastic way.
Perfect timing, needed some procrastination from my studies! :D
Also heads up oversharing can be a trauma response, which is generally not healthy and sometimes even risky since you haven’t built trust with the people you are sharing with. Definitely not something to be ashamed of, we all respond to trauma differently, but something to be aware of for sure especially when talking about this type of content.
This is such a good point.
While I don’t remember the storytime era of CZcams, storytime is HUGE on tiktok right now. Usually someone posting just a little bit of their story in response to a trend, then a full story after commenters flood them with requests for the full story (even when it sounds like it’d be traumatic to retell).
I'm a black woman 👋🏾 I remember "story times" way back in high school that were about school fights or dates / hair disasters. I think it is about being in different communities and algorithms keeping people within the same CZcamsrs or communities. there a plenty of storyteller content on tik Tok and other platforms I just think Tana and Gabbie rose to fame with their heavy promotion and controversies. they are also more palatable for sponsorships
interesting video. nice to hear your perspective
I found this type of tiktoks named "Am I The Asshole?" Where people find stories from a Reddit (or submited), where the narrator starts with an engaging portion of the storie without context (most of the time something that seems radical or non-sense), and then procedes to tell the storie; starts with basic information and continuos to tell some details that, most of the time change your perspective of the story. I think that there are tiktoks, CZcams videos and podcast with this kind of structure.
As someone who get their tiktoks exclusively via reposts to CZcams shorts, I can literally NEVER get part 2. DO IT IN ONE PART.
exactly! especially when the limit for tiktoks is 3 minutes. Why make it into multiple 25 second parts
I grew out of storytimes reeeeaaaally quickly. It felt strangely invasive and it just got to a point where I felt that people just made shit up...
...I do enjoy when people, like you, talk about a certain topic or issue and then give examples from their own lives. It makes the topic more accessible without the video being too personal. If that makes sense...
I do actually like that type of content when involving other cultures and can be an eye opener to a few situations otherwise most people wouldn't know it happens or give a two minute thought.
the way i still watch these every day during my shift. i bought yt premium so i can listen to them like podcasts.
You can also listen on Spotify!
@@sheridensmith no?
@@d.on.in.a You can now!!
@@avgeek707 you can listen to the audio of yt videos on Spotify? 😦 How?
storytimes have same connotation as mukbangs. it was created for lonely people wanting to feel normal things like eating with a friend or a family, talking with your beat friend, sharing stories. it's sad but it actually helps a lot of people.
I loved CZcams storytime videos back in the day. Like I’d be watching all storytimes related to horrors of having a period for girls and all things spooky like ghost stories and stuff like that. Fun times.
My favorite story times have to be a CZcamsr playing a chill game, Sims is a classic, and just rambling. Since it’s not the focus of the video, what they do say feels a lot more genuine. And it’ comes across as less “gossipy” and more just chilling with a friend.
I haven’t been a fan of tana since high school, but even at the ripe age of 22 when I saw she had posted a two hour story time AND it was about her stalker, oh I clicked on that shit so fast.
Carrie Dayton's channel (top right on the thumbnail) brings me so much happiness, she also talks about the aftermath of being a storytime youtuber
I remember one prominent story time creator who would retell OTHER story time creators stories without credit or permission. They told the stories beat for beat making no changes. They claimed the whole “I’m providing publicity more people will watch the originals” defence non-transformative reaction channels were using at the time.
I used to be soo obsessed with animated storytimes, they were/are superior
It would be super interesting to see a video about the expectation of being a “good influence” - both from social media people and celebrities. It’s such an interesting double edged sword
you are honestly my favorite creator on this platform. every single video is so well researched and you speak so eloquently.
thank you so much for sharing your content with us!
Tiffany keeps providing analyses we never even knew we needed! So interesting to analyze these youtubers I've spent countless hours following in my younger years...
Tiffany I love that you’re trying to use the words “crazy” And “psycho” less!!! I feel like “crazy” is such a dismissive word
Funny how you didn't mention Trisha Paytas in this genre, THE definition of a person who can not tell a good story to save their life, dragging out a story that would have been only like 6 minutes to 25 minutes. Ugh lol
I'm so glad I never got into them when they were popular 😭
I for sure think that Trisha is a whole other video in itself! They've adapted their content with every trend, era, and CZcams "moment" to stay relevent. Truly a chameleon!
You didn't watch frenemies. Her stories on frenemies were really entertaining (too bad we now found out a lot of them are inconsistent or fake). I think having another person asking questions and keeping her on track helped a lot
the thing about Trisha though is that it's entertaining to watch them do stuff regardless of whether or not they're good at it lol. i don't watch Trisha but that seems to be the vibe amongst the ppl that do
Oh Trisha lolol
I do think that telling stories is a inherent human traits. Oral storytelling traditions were and still are ways we make connections with others. Much of how we interact/communicate/connect with people on a day-to-day basis is all telling little stories about what happened that day (sharing about bad traffic or weather, etc.). Telling a good story that is entertaining, makes sense, lasts more a few minutes, and can captivate a room is quite a skill!
The wedding storytime is v alive and well, when we were planning ours I kept getting recommended so many, constantly (granted this was 2.5 years ago so things have probs changed) but its the perfect storm to create "drama". Some of them honestly helped me plan for potential meltdowns/malfunctions on the day.. even if sometimes I'm sure family relationships were a bit sketchy for the creators afterwards
Mmh...I remember CZcams pushing these...they still pop up once in a while
Another thing that KennieJD said when she stopped doing storytimes was that she kept putting herself in bad situations just for the hope of having a story to share to meet the demand
so many black women were making story time videos back then, too! they literally just always used to be at the very bottom of the search results.
I think the idea that there's a financial incentive for oversharing is so interesting. It creates such a difficult scenario for a lot of these creators
As to what you are saying about the seeing more story times from black women. I have definitely noticed that recently. I still get a lot of story time videos from black women pushed to me by the algorithm and I don’t watch story times. But I do watch a lot of content from BW
My favorite story time CZcamsr growing up was Jessii Vee, and I’m honestly too scared to look up her channel again because I don’t want to look back and see if I can tell if it was over exaggerated or not? Yeah, it’s super naïve, and it just screams parasocial relationship, but she was arguably the first CZcamsr I ever subscribed to, and looking forward to whatever new video would be uploaded every Wednesday got me through my early years of middle school when I felt deeply lonely, and it was comforting to watch someone proudly describe herself as weird. Hell, she’s probably the reason why I lean towards more of a gothic style nowadays.
Edit: ok I actually did end up looking up her channel because I was curious about how she’s been for the past 5 years and it seems like she hasn’t uploaded story times in a long time and tends to focus more on creepy content with clickbait-y titles but I did scroll back to find the videos that I remember watching when I was younger and holy shit I completely forgot that there was a whole thing where she had a video where she showed off a picture of a “weird mark” that she had woken up with and joked that it was made by an alien or something and then it turned out to be fucking Lyme disease. I say this not to make fun of her, because Lyme disease is awful, but I think it really shows the culture in the story time community because I don’t remember seeing anybody tell her that it was a bullseye rash in the comments and that she should go to the doctor immediately, people just made alien hickey jokes
I’m so glad you covered this genre! I was secretly hoping Christy Carlson Romano would make it onto your current day storytime section. She’s definitely leaning into the advice from a big sis on her channel but it’s refreshing and not spammy toxic from the clickbait era.
Story times sort of became the template for all CZcams videos. The “sit down” video. Even makeup CZcamsrs we’re doing story times in the form of “get ready with me’s”. And I watched A LOT of paranormal story times too.
I remember loving the fake ones! Glad I didn’t think they would happen to me.
For people who like interesting storytimes I definitely recommend Of Herbs and Altars. She is a UK goth that talks about what her life was as a goth during the late 90's and early 2000's.
She is really good at telling stories and for someone that always admired that scene and that era, it feels like you are living that.
I feel like the only thing I miss from this era of youtube is when animated youtubers were at their peak. I feel like animated youtubers were way more relatable because they tended to be more introverted and they had funny visuals to accompany their stories which. It was pretty uncommon for them to overshare and they always tried to keep things as private as possible which was really neat too
I love this topic, imo it's an important part of CZcams history *and* also shows how much power teen girls have in creating and influencing trends. I was a little on the older end of the demographic for Gabby/Tana storytime videos but i do remember watching Olan Rogers and Trisha paytas back in like 2013/2014, and she did a lot of videos that weren't called storytimes back then, that i think now we would consider them in that genre.
For a young person with their first laptop or smartphone and wanting to exercise some independence, watching storytimes and get ready with me videos made me feel like i had cool internet friends. I also think everyone who saw these crazy videos wanted to be a CZcamsr because they either had "crazy" stories, or they thought that being a CZcamsr would give them that craziness.
Such a throwback! I looooved your customer service and camp storytimes🦋✨❤️
I even used them to improve my English and range of vocabulary back then, thanks Tiffany☺️
xoxo from Germany, Anna❤️
I’m so glad you covered story times! A true staple in my life. Also surprised NikkiGlamour didn’t come up. She’s one of the few who imo does it right. She adds advice, does all she can to protect both viewers and people she talks about, but brings the stories to life in such a way that even routine work stuff is fascinating. She’s the embodiment of parasocial family to me; she makes it feel like you’re sitting down at her house w some wine and snacks 🥰🥰
I just wanted to thank you for trying to alter your vocabulary to remove "crazy," "insane," etc. It truly is ableist, and even I have to work hard to rid those words from my vocabulary, and I have a psychotic disorder myself! It'd difficult to alter the way you speak, but more people need to acknowledge that flaw and try their best to change it.
As a former YT “storytimer” I agree with and love this video.
Omg I used to follow your story times so closely. It’s nice to see you’re still on CZcams!
Oh damn I used to watch you haha
back to the roots of internet analysis! your videos cannot be too long honestly
the nicole rafiee earrings bring me so much joy
they're so cute I wanna wear them everyday!!
@@tiffanyferg yes i love them!!
Goodness it’s always so weird to watch internet analysis and see how it intersects with all these old trends. It might be because I lived through them and the half life of the internet is ten seconds but it’s like being a 90 year old. Like oh yes I remember the days of vine.
We ain’t talkin bout Swoozie up in here?
This has reminded me that I’m not looking forward to when the random deep dives era ends.
I love your jumper
drinking game if you want to get absolutely blasted: take a shot every time tiffany says the word 'algorithm'
CZcams is so interesting in that if you never watch certain type of videos you won't have them recommended to you and this is a perfect example cause I have never ever heard of any of the creators she talks about or ever watched a Storytime video.
i found carrie daytons channel through her storytimes, i watched almost all of them, and still love her fashion content. carrie is awesome
You're pfp makes me miss Jenna :(
This was such a good video! Thank you for covering such specific aspects of the internet. Internet history and analysis has quickly become a favourite CZcams subgenre of mine.
A creator who's storytime videos I loved was Kennie JD, but she stopped uploading them because she felt that she was putting herself in situations that were unsafe or uncomfortable just to have true content for a storytime video that would generate a lot of views. Some of these storytime girls were wayyy too dedecated and actally put themselves in danger, but damn it was so entertaining to listen to.
Thank you so so much for posting this. I've been sitting on some videos I haven't uploaded yet, wondering if I'm sharing too much, but couldn't really put a finger on why till you explained it so perfectly here! Also I am loving this top on you. Vintage vibes so cute!
watching storytimes always reminded me of high school when you would accidentally over hear the fucked up and wild things popular people did over the weekend💀
I never watched much of Tana or Gaby's storytimes. I usually just type "storytime" in the search bar and see what I think would be a good listen.
That's actually how I found this video, even though I do subscribe to you lol
Christy Carlson Romano comes to mind for me as a more matured story time. I was never into the clickbaity story time era you talked about here. I hated the thumbnails and titles and most of them really seemed to enjoy being victims…cringy.
CCR has some of the original formula of having a clickbait title….I mean the first one I watched was why I’d don’t talk to Shia LeBouf. What she does different and better is she’s usually walking in nature so you feel like you’re on a walk with your bestie and though her stories are very personal she generalizes and makes it relatable to a bigger audience. The stories are shorter. Her personality isn’t over the top. She has a really soothing calming presence. It’s the opposite of the messy friend who’s story we listen to, to feel better about our own life choices versus the wise friend that we listen to so we can make better life choices.
thank you so so much for all the hard work you put into your content. Truly amazing, I love listening to you talk . Thank you again
Tiff always hits the nail on the head
this is the earliest ive ever been for one of ur videos & i am soooooo excited!!!!
Okay I def wasn''t excited for this one because I LOVE storytimes. but this has turned out to be another banger, why was I even worried. Tiff you're always on point, thanks for another informative vid.
I started watching storytime content at the beginning of the pandemic. I needed some tea, I needed to hear about someones life!!!
About the tiktok and multiple parts thing, i totally agree. Most times i can't even find the part 2 even after searching the profile! But they are my guilty pleasures, i love this one particular series by this Vietnamese woman (because I'm Vietnamese) about her crazy 'Vampire' ex, it was so fun and so interesting and the story kept getting worse every video, she even shows the text she gets from him, which is just wonderful. Also it's fun because she's using the tiktok filter than only shows the eyes and lips of the creator. It's silly, these floating pair of eyes and lips is telling you this batshit crazy of her stupid ex