tutorialists

Lately I've been wondering about the hundreds of people that take the time to record video tutorials- I'm talking about the ones that do lessons regarding specific computer applications and processes therein. One possibility is that their doing it for no other reason than to genuinely help out their fellow cyber community- In that case, it seems that their donating their time out of pure altruism... On the other hand, perhaps the driving force, is to be the first to give the tutorial, so he or she will never be accused with having learned their skillset from, "some online video tutorial".... so this one is done out of egoism...... Then again, there's always the possibility that they're getting paid by advertisers that post to their page.... My favorite one is that they do it out of this innate need to teach and pass on information because it validates them- so altruism, for the sake of self esteem.... although I'm not sure if altruism works that way.... In any case, I think the online community that spends long hours in isolation taping their actions within computer applications, is probably genuinely interested in "feeling a part of something'"..... I think these tutorials make them feel like they're doing something good for the community that usually alludes them..... Additionally, I'd say that the majority of cyber savy/ tech savy people owe their proficiency in the world of computers largely to this online virtual community of teachers- much more so then to their alma mater. There's that saying that it takes a whole village to raise a child..... either a whole village, or a whole lot of tutorialists( that ones mine)