Make money from livestreams and videos on social networks: Don't be a "sinner"

More than 5 years ago, the online community went crazy with a clip of Kha Banh smashing and burning his car because he “fell off and got angry”. He smashed the car and burned it because “if you don’t burn it, people will say you smash it and fix it up to look new”. Many comments disagreed and criticized this act of property destruction. Comments and searches made the number of views of this clip increase rapidly. At that time, the story of making sensational clips to “attract” views and make money was not popular, gradually people realized the calculations behind these types of clips.

Kha Banh (real name Ngo Ba Kha, from Bac Ninh) was later arrested for gambling in the form of lottery and using drugs. A person with such a background suddenly became an internet phenomenon and his clips made money because they were advertised.

Many sensational stories on the internet in general, and social networks in particular, in recent years have been related to views and money, the more views, the more money you make. From the story of luxury cars taking pictures on the road to vulgar clips of "daughters-in-law scolding their mothers-in-law", causing curiosity despite "husband bringing his mistress home to live with his wife"... Surfing the internet, you can see countless "dirty" clips touching on national affairs, fabricating and distorting to the point of violating Article 331 of the Penal Code on the crime of taking advantage of freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests of organizations and individuals...

“Dirty” clips create a toxic online environment and “dirty” advertising money. Those who make “dirty” clips to “attract” views and “attract” likes have lost their dignity, many of them have been lightly disciplined, severely imprisoned and condemned by public opinion. They have even livestreamed and produced clips of famous people’s funerals despite the objections of the family members to “attract” views.

Recently, when Mr. Thich Minh Tue walked to practice the "ascetic practice", many YouTubers, TikTokers, and Facebookers followed. The story recently shared by media expert Le Quoc Vinh on VTC1 caused surprise because of the "huge" amount of money. Some people earn up to more than 60 million VND a day by livestreaming on social networks when Mr. Thich Minh Tue walks. That number causes desire and invisibly supports excess, regardless of the situation of loss of security and order, traffic safety, environmental sanitation, being exploited and other consequences.

It was the gathering of too many people, the stalking of YouTubers, TikTokers, Facebookers... that forced Mr. Thich Minh Tue's walk to stop. Hai Duong Newspaper once commented that the walk brought new inspiration about freedom, about overcoming material temptations, about a pure and innocent soul, about determination...

But there are humane surprises that surprise those who only focus on making videos and livestreaming to earn money regardless. Many clips produced by housewives and people who love the simple beauty in life still attract many viewers. Recently, the clip reached the fastest 1,000,000,000 views, a Vietnamese record belonging to the children's song "A Duck". Almost every child growing up in recent years has listened to or watched this song while... eating. Until now, people have not found the author of the song, only knowing that Heo Con TV Channel made this achievement through the MV "A Duck" with vivid 3D animation images released on August 31, 2019.

There is a lot of information on social networks. But few people ask themselves who creates that information. There are more input sources for social networks than newspapers because the difference between newspapers and social networks is that one side is verified while the other is mostly not. Newspapers are an important source of information for social networks. Social networks exploit a lot of information from newspapers which will be useful for the community because the public is exposed to reliable information. However, those who work on social networks need to respect the copyright as well as the integrity of journalistic works by providing links instead of copying or even reproducing.

The public today is very discerning and will become more and more capable of discernment and judgment. Doing social media just for money will soon be exposed, condemned, boycotted, and even imprisoned.