Dear YouTuber,
Hi, I'm a big fan, or probably used to be, but either way, I still love you. Whether I stopped watching you in 2014 or just started watching you in 2016, you have impacted my life in some way.
I know it's lame, saying that you, a successful semi-famous person who can't tell the difference between me and the next fan, changed my life, but you truly did. I've been watching YouTube since 2013, and I've watched a lot of YouTubers since then. Even though each of you did not individually change me into the person I am today, you had an impact in the overall process.
People like Zoella introduced me to my passion for makeup, people like Kian and Jc, who I've loved since the beginning and still do, showed me true friendship and taught me to live a little more freely. People like David, Liza, Scotty, Zane, and the rest of that crazy group taught me how to make really bad jokes and that I shouldn't care what others think. Connor Franta taught me to stay calm, and Andrew Lowe gave me the dry humor I have to this day. You all changed me and showed me new things and are helping me get through my hard teenage years. Watching your videos lets me get away for a bit.
Of course, if I were to sit here and tell each of you how you have helped me, I would be writing an essay. Just know that even though YouTube is "so 2015," I will continue to endlessly love and support you all until the day you say your final goodbye, because you all bring the positivity I need into my life. When times were rough, I came to your videos; when I had a great day, I came to your videos, no matter what. At the end of the day, I don't care how lame I sound. I know it's weird to imagine that some 20-year-olds have basically shaped me into who I am, but put yourself in my shoes as a 12-year-old with no guidance back in 2013, finding all these wonderful people who always said "I love you!" even if they didn't know the little girl watching from her phone screen was saying "I love you too."
Sincerely,
The slightly older girl still saying "I love you too"