Wild guess because he's deliberately unnamed, but I think we're talking about Ryan Hall, YouTube weatherman. He's more sensationalist than I'd like and he's definitely gotten "noisier" in his...
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The guy up in Kentucky coal country who put this thing together is building an empire. He started as just another local news greenscreener. Dropped out and went twitch weather stream. Hyping up tornado days and dicy snow forecasts. Nowcasting, hyper individualized, interacting with chat. Now he's automated it all. On big days when he's getting real views, the bot breaks into his live streams, gives him a break.
Wild guess because he's deliberately unnamed, but I think we're talking about Ryan Hall, YouTube weatherman. He's more sensationalist than I'd like and he's definitely gotten "noisier" in his coverage over time, but he's pretty good about highlighting the bigger weather patterns that drive the local forecast so I'm still subscribed.
If I'm right, then most of the blog post is really about his secondary 24-hour livestream channel, YallBot, which I ignore because I do not need a 24-hour blatherfeed, least of all for the weather.
There are a couple of other YouTube weather guys who I don't watch so I don't know how much applies to the other ones. I know one of the Ryan Hall meteorologists though so that's the one I watch....
There are a couple of other YouTube weather guys who I don't watch so I don't know how much applies to the other ones. I know one of the Ryan Hall meteorologists though so that's the one I watch.
I get what this is about though, especially if he's the only one with the Y'allbot style thing. (And I see he's from KY)
At the same time, I don't have a basement and the anxiety of the world has made my storm prep anxiety worse too - and while i do need to manage it and not watch for hours of storms, I will tune in to watch for early calls heading towards me. We've had so many tornados in IL this year.
But I've only engaged with the main channel and only for immediate severe weather, so I don't know how many folks are watching, nor do I understand why people use the chat the way they do. So I'm perhaps out of the loop.
I’m not sure what to make of this. It’s an interesting, dystopian vignette. It reads like sci-fi but it’s not. I think it pretty effectively encapsulates the weirdness of the times we’re living in...
I’m not sure what to make of this. It’s an interesting, dystopian vignette. It reads like sci-fi but it’s not. I think it pretty effectively encapsulates the weirdness of the times we’re living in right now. I wish he had more of a point to make, but maybe I’m just blind to the subtext. I’m not familiar with this blogger or other things he’s written, to be able to piece together more meaning.
Wild guess because he's deliberately unnamed, but I think we're talking about Ryan Hall, YouTube weatherman. He's more sensationalist than I'd like and he's definitely gotten "noisier" in his coverage over time, but he's pretty good about highlighting the bigger weather patterns that drive the local forecast so I'm still subscribed.
If I'm right, then most of the blog post is really about his secondary 24-hour livestream channel, YallBot, which I ignore because I do not need a 24-hour blatherfeed, least of all for the weather.
There are a couple of other YouTube weather guys who I don't watch so I don't know how much applies to the other ones. I know one of the Ryan Hall meteorologists though so that's the one I watch.
I get what this is about though, especially if he's the only one with the Y'allbot style thing. (And I see he's from KY)
At the same time, I don't have a basement and the anxiety of the world has made my storm prep anxiety worse too - and while i do need to manage it and not watch for hours of storms, I will tune in to watch for early calls heading towards me. We've had so many tornados in IL this year.
But I've only engaged with the main channel and only for immediate severe weather, so I don't know how many folks are watching, nor do I understand why people use the chat the way they do. So I'm perhaps out of the loop.
I’m not sure what to make of this. It’s an interesting, dystopian vignette. It reads like sci-fi but it’s not. I think it pretty effectively encapsulates the weirdness of the times we’re living in right now. I wish he had more of a point to make, but maybe I’m just blind to the subtext. I’m not familiar with this blogger or other things he’s written, to be able to piece together more meaning.
Can also be found at this link: https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/the_local_weather/