(hello out there, coming from GG too! sorry for the mistakes, english is not my mother tongue)
everybody knew alf is not doing fine on youtube. his content is lame, extremely replaceable and immature. the only reason people are still watching him is his fame (mostly due to Zoe not himself), habit, and the strange morbid curiosity like watching a car crash or a reality tv show about very rich and/or dull people. and IT IS exactly that: a reality youtube show about people who are not very clever so you can laugh about them and have fun taking sides. welcome to the world of pointless vlogs.
but the new "spooky" vlog is such a metaphor of his downfall.
I believe he really thinks he is on top of the "creative" game and the thrown of british youtube and such a motivated and creative mind. I really think he believes this himself. so it's kind of tragic to watch this completely shane dawson rip-off. he tweets (and says in the beginning of the vlog) that he watched shane and "shoutouted" like it's a nice gift out of kindness and not his fcking duty to do so. he might be motivated to try new things but the only thing he does ist COPYING original ideas from others and call it "inspiration" - his book, his beany and all of the "new" directions he wants to go with his channel.
everyone can see how bad his socialblade is. shane dawson on the other hand is doing well because he shows his OWN STYLE of videos and personality (neither of which alf has). so he saw the success (and money) shane made through his videos and "was inspired" to do so as well. tragic. alf is the team 10 of the UK