Thoughts about the auditing videos on YouTube?

I’m torn. I find some of DJ Audits videos entertaining, whilst at the same time thinking he can come come across as a massive bell end and I feel sorry for some of the security staff that are tasked with dealing with him.

Seems to fall foul of Rule 1 really.

Arseholes looking for an argument for the sole purposes of gaining click/ad revenue.

Ive only glanced at them but he appears to be flying the drone illegally almost all the time.  too close to buildings and too close to people

From the bits that I’ve seen he’s a complete smug dick who serves no purpose whatsoever.
What is he supposedly trying to achieve? Apart from berating people who are just trying to do their job to pay a mortgate and feed thier family.

I’m staggered that people have enough spare time to do this, and don’t choose to do something else with that time instead.

It’s a short step from here to sovereign citizen territory IMO.

Had one of these pillocks come to our site. His video spent more time showing off the argument with the security guard than the drone flight stuff, in which he pointed the camera at the business next door anyway. Spent the entire video asking inane questions that could have been answered by 2-3 mins of googling.

People looking for an argument and to be a pain in someone’s arse.

Waste of energy and video storage if you ask me.

I’m staggered that people have enough spare time to do this, and don’t choose to do something else with that time instead.

I just searched how much youtube views are worth. estimates are between $3-500 per 100,000 views. most of his videos have ~30-40k views, some 100k views.

its not a hobby..

You are quite correct Jambo.

Some projected stats here…
https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/djaudits

I just searched how much youtube views are worth. estimates are between $3-500 per 100,000 views. most of his videos have ~30-40k views, some 100k views.

Absolutely, although I think the money is only part of the reason.  Some genuinely seem to enjoy winding other folk up, or perhaps even believe (in a sovereign citizen type way) that they are “winning”, but as with all social media they gain a mental boost from every like/share/subscribe and that is quite addictive.

its not a hobby..

The real money in being a modern youtube type celebrity doesn’t come from the ad revenue it comes from the sponsorships etc.  These sort of people are going to struggle to attract that, but if you can go out once a week and piss off some people, then spend the next day editing that and uploading it you can probably make as much money from 2 days of being a dick as you could from a whole week of driving for Uber Eats or delivering for Evri etc.

So I understand why people make the videos.  On the other hand, why do people watch them?

The man’s a tw@. It makes my blood boil just listening to his inane wittering on about GDPR, somebody needs to bore him in the clock!
Maybe he should eff off and get a job that actually contributes to society, instead of being a righteous self-sanctimonious dick.

Ive only glanced at them but he appears to be flying the drone illegally almost all the time.  too close to buildings and too close to people

Looks like a sub-250g drone. That being the case, there are no stipulated minimum distances.

On the other hand, why do people watch them?

to get angry about them?

Given that I don’t want to click on the video and pollute my youtube feed with similar shiiiite, can somebody explain WTF an “auditing video” is?

Here

Import from merica. Butt without a first amendment to misunderstand

, can somebody explain WTF an “auditing video” is

And is it as life drainingly dull as or sounds?

Edit: Sounds like a boring bureaucratic process… Ah I see. Actually remember seeing some UK based videos a few years ago but don’t recall them being referred to as auditing videos.

So basically, baiting people into confrontation so they can pretend to be a victim.

Looks like a sub-250g drone. That being the case, there are no stipulated minimum distances.

has that changed?  I got one a few years ago and I thought minimum distances applied then.  Or am I confuzzeled?

I think it is a bit of an arse thing to do, baiting the police, they’ve better things to do. Because they have to investigate due to terrorism, people planning out something would need intel like this, so they’re forced to come out and deal with the attention seeker.

But not all are bad. The council ‘audits’ where council workers are concerned, shows the council, whose staff hold no powers to enforce a law, seem to think they can. Showing up that type of behaviour in a civil liberties aspect should be highlighted.

I saw people on tiktok had found his real name and business address and were firing shots back, I agree I dont see whats appealing about auditing, but then I did spend the pandemic watching an american youth clear blocked drains…

Overall the auditors do seem to be a bunch of nobs who go looking for trouble and if it fails then keep upping things until it works or just fail to publish that video.
Whilst, as any photographer knows, there are a bunch of authoritarian muppets who abuse their powers and its not unreasonable to show them being idiots there is a difference between it as a byproduct and it as an objective.

I’d love to follow some of these ‘auditors’ around for a few hours pointing a video camera at them to see how they like it.

On a similar note, I know a drone that landed in a secure car park after it’s battery went flat, having just flown around looking at the secure building. The police removed it, but it was pre-drone licensing so it’s owners were never traced, and unsurprisingly nobody came forward to claim it.

Irony was it landed in the Risk Managers parking space.

@tjagain – from the current registration pages.

https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/drone-code/where-you-can-fly

Drones and model aircraft below 250g
If you’re flying a drone or model aircraft that’s below 250g, you can fly closer to people than 50m and you can fly over them.

Small drones and model aircraft below 250g
You can fly small drones and model aircraft that are lighter than 250g at residential, recreational, commercial and industrial sites.

Rule #1 still applies though 😉

I didn’;t disbelieve you – I wondered if it had changed.    Looks like there was a major change in the laws a couple of years ago.

Yeah – I did my registration a few months ago so it could have happened any time before that.

I believe there are other changes lined up, including quite a restriction on VLOS flying.

Oh that’s the adaptors r us guy, dj audits, they doxxed him and he actually has a business and work in an industrial estate himself, he’s getting killed in the reviews.

Why on earth does he after working people just like himself?