taking leave
Melina Sophie and Joey’s Jungle stop with Youtube
For many young people, YouTube is a career goal. But not a few who have made it suffer from enormous pressure.
Melina Sophie Baumann and Josef Buchholz bring together around 4.6 million followers on Instagram and 3.6 million subscribers on YouTube – numbers that are expected to generate a high financial income. Nevertheless, both social media veterans are now giving up.
At the beginning of the year, Youtube lost two stars of the video platform. Both Josef Buchholz alias Joey’s Jungle and Melina Sophie Baumann are ending their careers so far.
Only you is on Melina Sophie’s YouTube channel last video where she says goodbye to her 1.82 million fans. In just under three minutes, she talks about the past eight years in the dazzling social media world and thanks numerous companions.
Melina Sophie justifies the end with mental problems in connection with social media and too much pressure in this often wrong world. A problem with which she is not alone. However, the role model of the often very young spectators does not go without warning. Her advice: Social media should be used in portions and with caution. Should you notice that the comparison with the often pimped up portrayal of other people’s lives is becoming your own unattainable goal, it is time for a break.
Even the 3.6 million followers on Instagram only see a single picture in Melina’s account. She says goodbye there with the words: “Thank you for this unbelievable time. A time that I will never forget. Thank you for being part of it. The chapter” Social Media “is written. I will continue to write the next chapter on my own. “
Joey’s Jungle was getting too wild for him
Even with Youtuber Josef Buchholz, who subscribed to 1.98 million people with his Joey’s Jungle channel, the signs are pointing to farewell. In his last Instagram posting the influencer looks visibly upset and says: “Often you first have to be pushed off the head or fall into a deep hole in order to understand that you cannot simply continue the things you are doing just because they are from the outside perhaps appear positive. “
With these words and one last video, he ends his career so far. From his statements it emerges that at Buchholz, too, mental pressure, constant availability and fears are responsible for this step. Unlike Melina Sophie, however, he leaves the door open for a later comeback.