BANYUMAS, Aug 22 — Siswanto was a down-on-his-luck mechanic until his improbable pivot to internet videos turned his neighbours into stars and vaulted his poor farming community into the limelight as Indonesia’s “YouTube Village”. The rags-to-riches tale begins four years ago as he...
BANYUMAS, Aug 22 — Siswanto was a down-on-his-luck mechanic until his improbable pivot to internet videos turned his neighbours into stars and vaulted his poor farming community into the limelight as Indonesia’s “YouTube Village”.
Siswanto eventually tried publishing short comedy routines over Kasegeran’s glacial Internet connection after watching a TV show about an Indonesian influencer who made big money through online videos. Pawning the cellphone he shared with his pregnant wife, the mechanic upgraded and started filming non-stop.
Siswanto’s booming business, which he said can make his family up to 150 million rupiah each month, didn’t go unnoticed for long in the village.
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