Coss Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 ... In an interview with local media, Brown explained that he decided to start giving away free motorbike helmets after witnessing many children in Pattaya riding motorcycles without helmets. Growing increasingly concerned, he decided to go out, buy helmets, and start offering them for free on the side of the road... https://thepattayanews.com/2024/04/30/american-expat-in-pattaya-wins-hearts-by-giving-away-free-motorbike-helmets/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 In other words “American Expat has a monetized Tik Tok Channel and is making money” Spend a few baht on some cheap skid lids, give them away whilst videoing it and posts online receiving $40 / 1 Million clicks. If he really cared about this he wouldn’t post it online now would he? The things people do for likes. I hope his work permit / digital nomad visa is valid since monetized media content is classed as working in Thailand and he has just advertised the fact to the authorities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 4 hours ago, Mekong said: In other words “American Expat has a monetized Tik Tok Channel and is making money” Spend a few baht on some cheap skid lids, give them away whilst videoing it and posts online receiving $40 / 1 Million clicks. If he really cared about this he wouldn’t post it online now would he? The things people do for likes. I hope his work permit / digital nomad visa is valid since monetized media content is classed as working in Thailand and he has just advertised the fact to the authorities Yeah fuck that guy for making a few dollars whilst doing a good deed or two. You tell him mate. For ref - he has less followers on YT and Facebook than I do, and I make 0 dollars on those platforms. Regarding those TikTok numbers - $40 per million clicks you say? One video has 750k views, a few have 20-50k, most have 2k or around there, or under. Whilst I have no idea how TikTok pays out, that $50 or whatever it works out to be would work out to less than a dollar per hour going by how much content he has put out there - never mind the cost of whatever he uses to create it (granted - could be a mobile phone that he would own anyway). He also has a website that sells "digital art" - it looks pretty good, well, different anyway. Most of his art pieces on that site don't have a lot of "views" (under 20) but sell for $150 from memory. No way of telling how many of them he has sold. But yeah - greedy bugger.. fuck him for having a go hey - hope he gets deported and nobody gets free helmets anymore... sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, Redbaron said: Regarding those TikTok numbers - $40 per million clicks you say? One video has 750k views, a few have 20-50k, Yet from the article with some of his TikTok videos receiving more than one million views So, what do we believe, your figures or the article? What I stated was, that if he was doing this out of the goodness of his heart, he would just do it and that would be the end. But no, he has to film it and post online saying “Look at me, look how kind hearted I am” attention whore And where did I say “I wanted him deported?” all I stated was I hope he has the correct visa, stop trying to put words into my mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 9 hours ago, Mekong said: I hope his work permit / digital nomad visa is valid since monetized media content is classed as working in Thailand and he has just advertised the fact to the authorities Fair enough - I read the above as such - to me it was implied. It came across that way to me. Regarding the TikTok numbers - I simply looked at his video numbers the same as anybody can. I did not see a video above 1 million views. Around 750k was the top - not my figures at all - the figures are there to see plain and simple. Agree there are plenty of attention whores out there, but this guy is hardly making a living off it. My $1 per hour estimate I think is accurate. The way I see it his "content" is simply trying to raise money for more helmets - not to make a living off. Personally I would rather see someone do something like this if they are genuine, than someone not do it at all... if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 No, my comment “I Hope he has….etc” was genuine concern meaning that since he is now in Pattaya News and his visa would have been issued by Pattaya Immigration office, that he has Digital Nomads Visa. These are the types of things immigration look out for, it doesn’t matter if he only makes 500 Baht a year they will be in him. This Article is specific YouTube, but it does mention other bloggers and influencers. Trust me, a neighbour of mine got busted for running a monetized travel / food blog a few months back, so it does happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 Gentlemen, all kind o charity-like activities only exist due to immediately being brought to public attention. In the end only the result matters though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Not sure I agree with that. If the act itself is only for the givers recognition without any real concern for the beneficiary the end result loses the definition of charity. Charity is the act of giving with any expectations of something in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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