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I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Re: I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Post by falcolas »

bradlys wrote: post #37
falcolas wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, I completely understand why they did it. And why they have the thumbnails of a person looking shocked at whatever the subject matter is. But I hate it. The change is a tangible downgrade that cheapens the channels who do it. I'm glad for them that they have a larger reach, but I'm no longer a part of that reach because I can't stomach the chintzy thumbnails and titles designed to appeal to first-graders. I voted…

I find this as childish as to not read a book because it doesn’t have a flashy cover.

As you pointed out above, presentation matters. Quite a bit. The tricky bit is that "matters" works in both directions. And the only method I have - that any of us has - when it comes to discouraging clickbait... is not to click.

Choosing to use what agency I have available to me is hardly childish.

Re: I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Post by MisterSandman »

falcolas wrote: post #7
dufmo wrote: post #2

1 Month and already incapable of writing a normal title.

The sad state of headlines and video titles. Even Veritasium, an otherwise reputable channel, has jumped this shark.

To be fair, Veritasium lost a lot of credibility with their Waymo-sponsored self driving video.

Re: I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Post by alphabetting »

fiat_fandango wrote: post #16

Thanks for writing about your experience! I think too many educated / computer science focused creators get demotivated when they see the kind of low brow "viral" content that's plaguing youtube currently (yes, I mean Mr. Beast). Mr. Beast type content is to me more mind numbing than TikTok - it makes creators like Logan Paul and low brow comedy podcasts look like academics in comparison. I recently started dipping m…

>I think too many educated / computer science focused creators get demotivated when they see the kind of low brow "viral" content that's plaguing youtube currently

new content creators should try to not be discourage by this. at youtube's scale there will always be viral lowbrow content because that's what the majority of general public wants to consume. if your content is good and consistent the relevant people who follows your area will eventually find it from their algo.

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Post by TruthWillHurt »

It's an interesting read, and good luck if that's what you want to do.

But for me it feels like you work for youtube. You setup your room for them, Record hours of content for them, They even tell you you need to do it on a weekly basis if not daily...

And all for no pay, Or the priviledge of getting small change and forever fearing being "de-monetized"...

No thanks.

Re: I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Post by obmelvin »

fiat_fandango wrote: post #16

Thanks for writing about your experience! I think too many educated / computer science focused creators get demotivated when they see the kind of low brow "viral" content that's plaguing youtube currently (yes, I mean Mr. Beast). Mr. Beast type content is to me more mind numbing than TikTok - it makes creators like Logan Paul and low brow comedy podcasts look like academics in comparison. I recently started dipping m…

I don't necessarily take issue with your point overall, but I have to take issue with your calling out of Mr. Beast. Have you seen how much money Mr. Beast gives out to people? There are people just buying cars with their YT money, but he puts most of it back into his channel & directly in the hands of everyday people. I really don't understand how you could say he makes Logan Paul look like an academic.

Also, he's pretty savy with growing his audience. I'm not aware of very many people who translate their videos into (some) other languages, particularly using somewhat-well-known voice actors.

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Post by devfig »

fiat_fandango wrote: post #16

Thanks for writing about your experience! I think too many educated / computer science focused creators get demotivated when they see the kind of low brow "viral" content that's plaguing youtube currently (yes, I mean Mr. Beast). Mr. Beast type content is to me more mind numbing than TikTok - it makes creators like Logan Paul and low brow comedy podcasts look like academics in comparison. I recently started dipping m…

Nice I have subscribed. I think any content about AI would probably do well with all the hype around GPT-3 at the moment. Yes speaking in front of a camera is really difficult. There is literally hours of recordings of me trying to say the same thing over and over again that gets cut.

Re: I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Post by fiat_fandango »

obmelvin wrote: post #47
fiat_fandango wrote: post #16

Thanks for writing about your experience! I think too many educated / computer science focused creators get demotivated when they see the kind of low brow "viral" content that's plaguing youtube currently (yes, I mean Mr. Beast). Mr. Beast type content is to me more mind numbing than TikTok - it makes creators like Logan Paul and low brow comedy podcasts look like academics in comparison. I recently started dipping m…

I don't necessarily take issue with your point overall, but I have to take issue with your calling out of Mr. Beast. Have you seen how much money Mr. Beast gives out to people? There are people just buying cars with their YT money, but he puts most of it back into his channel & directly in the hands of everyday people. I really don't understand how you could say he makes Logan Paul look like an academic. Also, he's p…

Yes, but the reason he's giving away money is for views . It's why charity for views is in my opinion kind of degenerate - arguably using poor people to make money but saving face because giving away money.

Re: I Posted on YouTube Consistently for 1 Month. This Is What Happened

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Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 »

bradlys wrote: post #37
falcolas wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, I completely understand why they did it. And why they have the thumbnails of a person looking shocked at whatever the subject matter is. But I hate it. The change is a tangible downgrade that cheapens the channels who do it. I'm glad for them that they have a larger reach, but I'm no longer a part of that reach because I can't stomach the chintzy thumbnails and titles designed to appeal to first-graders. I voted…

I find this as childish as to not read a book because it doesn’t have a flashy cover.

It's more like not reading a book because it has a flashy cover. Sex sells but I won't buy a book about physics that has a woman in a bikini on the cover. It's about the signals you send as an author.
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