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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 asicsp »

I started posting videos regularly from March this year (probably had 10-20 subscribers before, now have 150+)

>If you watch some of my earlier videos there are a lot of “um’s” and “ers”...started with writing full scripts

I trained myself to go silent instead of ums/aahs/ers. I then changed how I recorded videos a bit so that I can simply use https://github.com/noisetorch/NoiseTorch to remove all the silent portions.

>Writing full scripts did have the benefit that they could more easily be converted into blog posts.

I'm kinda opposite. I was already consistently blogging and have now started adding videos (mostly for short tip posts, haven't tried for longer posts yet).

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

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Post by cmeacham98 »

criddell wrote: post #10

> I have been trying to improve engagement Does YouTube expose that metric? What does it mean?

"Engagement" on YouTube typically means likes/comments on your videos.

It is well understood that the YouTube algorithm treats engagement as a significant positive signal to recommend your video to non-subscribers (or even, with enough traction, on the home page).

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Post by bradlys »

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.

They explained in a video why they do it… Most creators are explicit in why they do it. If they didn’t - their channel wouldn’t reach as far as it did otherwise.

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Post by devfig »

asicsp wrote: post #11

I started posting videos regularly from March this year (probably had 10-20 subscribers before, now have 150+) > If you watch some of my earlier videos there are a lot of “um’s” and “ers”...started with writing full scripts I trained myself to go silent instead of ums/aahs/ers. I then changed how I recorded videos a bit so that I can simply use https://github.com/noisetorch/NoiseTorch to remove all the silent portion…

Yes that’s a good tip. I have been using the app recut to cut out all the pauses and unwanted bits.

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

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Post by fiat_fandango »

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 my toes in AI again, even building some tooling for GPU deployments for stable diffusion etc after a friend (less technical) ended up with a GPU mining farm that was burning a $60k hole in his pocket every month when ETH mining dried up.

As a result, I found a curious niche and started making admittedly not very good videos of me attempting to create more approachable AI text to image content for a slightly less technical audience.

I've been pleasantly surprised by how warm, interested and excited my small audience has been.

If anyone would like to check out the channel here's a link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttqpACIkQqh83L2cHrY9Gg

I'm working on some internal projects as a part of my channel, a big part are some active developments with the Stable Hoard project.

Edit - goes without saying, many of my early videos are really bad, my speech is hard to follow etc. Ironically since I'm full remote, this has actually helped rehab my speech a bit and give me something technical outside of work to do sort of creative things with. I'd be lying if I didn't intend to turn this into a revenue stream at some point, probably starting with a mailing list.

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Post by OJFord »

atom-morgan wrote: post #14
dufmo wrote: post #2

1 Month and already incapable of writing a normal title.

But you clicked.

Can't speak for GP, but the only thing it made me click was the 'flag' button.

(Because titles like this are the exception to the 'as in TFA' rule, and generally are de-Buzzfeedified either by submitter or mod.)

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

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Post by bombcar »

devfig wrote: post #15
asicsp wrote: post #11

I started posting videos regularly from March this year (probably had 10-20 subscribers before, now have 150+) > If you watch some of my earlier videos there are a lot of “um’s” and “ers”...started with writing full scripts I trained myself to go silent instead of ums/aahs/ers. I then changed how I recorded videos a bit so that I can simply use https://github.com/noisetorch/NoiseTorch to remove all the silent portion…

Yes that’s a good tip. I have been using the app recut to cut out all the pauses and unwanted bits.

For those doing this, be sure to check the settings and have someone watch the result - if you're "showing screen" it can be fine but if you're "showing face" and the end result makes you look like you're flickering in and out of existence and spazzing, it can be entirely distracting.

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

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Post by asicsp »

bombcar wrote: post #19
devfig wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes that’s a good tip. I have been using the app recut to cut out all the pauses and unwanted bits.

For those doing this, be sure to check the settings and have someone watch the result - if you're "showing screen" it can be fine but if you're "showing face" and the end result makes you look like you're flickering in and out of existence and spazzing, it can be entirely distracting.

Good point about showing screen vs face differences. I do screen recordings - it is a bit jarring sometimes even after adjusting how I record taking into account that I'll be pruning silent parts.
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