u/DanicaHamlin

The more I research, the more ambiguous it is. One person will say that they're on separate algorithms, but then will turn around and say to immediately unlist a live stream after completion. Others will say that it has no effect, etc.

Those who stream and do longform, can you chime in?

I'm curious because I stream once per week and long form once per week, with a few days between each. My longform vods get decent viewage, but not enough to make a bottom line difference. I just keep them there for my loyal TV watchers.

However, I am not sure if my longform videos could be doing better if vods weren't competing. Do you have any feedback?

No screaming, no "chat! chat!", more chill focused. Kinda like a Smoke vibe. Any recommendations?

The guy he streams with on HYVG is pretty cool, but Gimmick's popularity due to his collabs with Peanut has skyrocketed that channel now. You think he stays loyal or breaks off?

I've started doing this because its getting out of hand. I'm not exaggerating, 5-10 knocks at the door, PER DAY, by these aggressive salesmen who literally have to step over my giant "No Soliciting" sign to get to my door.

Every now and again I'll answer out of frustration, ask them if they can read the giant sign they have to step around, to which they'll act like they didn't see it, claim they're not selling anything, then proceed to "inform me" that my neighbors referred me for various service, etc. Literally, F you.

Of course they want to be cordial when that review hits their page.

I use a Hyper X solocast that I run through Nvidia Broadcast. The "default" settings on the noise gate isn't great because it won't pick up the mic until I'm part way through the first word and closes the mic as my tone lowers.

When i adjust to less dB, even a few, it picks up every breath even with the mic 2 feet from my mouth.

I understand these are generic questions, but does anyone have any settings that I can try?

I've never done this much in the past as I felt these channels were just a grift for the most part, but I figured maybe some of these guys know something I don't, so I decided to passively listen.

I can see why new tubers are so confused. These guys give the most conflicting advice that I am convinced is intended to confuse to drive these guys to their courses, which they find a way to pitch every few minutes.

Was listening to a very large channel last night, his entire hook was "shorts are killing your channel", which the basis being that shorts tend to attract traffic that likes shorts, not longform, which I do agree with. You end up with a mixed pool of subs that may not click on your longform stuff.

However, a few minutes later, he gets into the "you need to utilize shorts to drive traffic to your longform videos", then the course pitching came.

A few videos went by and another guys entire hook was not to get stuck in analysis paralysis. Don't overcomplicate your editing and learn to understand what is "good enough" to publish. Again, a few minutes later, "you're editing needs to get better and better with every video".

I understand there is layered context in there, but to his target audience, which are new tubers, it sounds like he's saying to just post if its good enough, but you also have to improve everytime. That can be extremely confusing, and yes, he did pitch his course throughout.

What are your experiences?

I ask because, I frequent this sub quite often and the vast majority of posts seem to be from gaming creators, and a good chunk of those are not happy with their revenue.

If you're in it for the love of the game, then I totally get it (i have a few niche of niche channels, so I know), but if money is your motivation, why are you focusing on essentially the lowest possible RPM?

Gaming is unique since filming is condition based and it may take you 10 hours to get the footage you need. Another 10-20 to edit, and for what, a few dollars if you're lucky?

Again, if its for the love, I totally get it, but it feels like the majority of gaming tubers here are trying to make a living off of it.

Fairly new to YT (<1 years), but got partnered on my second account last week, so still learning.

I had a LF video pulling in 2k views per day with an 8% CTR, it was going for a week. I uploaded a new LF video, which is doing well, but the one before it dropped to 2.8% CTR and about 100 views/day now.

I understand that real estate on the home page is limited, but this seems to be a common occurrence. Is there anything I can be doing differently to ensure momentum doesn't totally plummet when a new video comes out? Should I just let the winners keep winning?

For this new page, I operate in a very small, but specific niche that has very little potential for evergreen content.

On my other pages, 4 of my 5 biggest videos (over 400K longform views), got the majority of those views in the building stage and views tapered off after monetization.

So with that said, do you guys do the same? Save your good stuff for when it counts? or do you use your good stuff to build?

Good Morning,

I have my community tab set to messages that I haven't replied to yet or responses to my reply that I haven't replied to yet. Is there anyway to just hide them from the feed without deleting the message?

I have a pretty active feed on some videos, which is great, but I tend to reply with close ended responses after the exchange is done, but then people keep replying also with close ended responses, so it ends up being thread of "lol" and emojis. its annoying and tacky, but if I don't, my community tab is filled with fluff. I can remove the responses to my reply filter, but then I may miss a question.

To keep it short, I primarily upload longform videos. A few shorts here and there, but mostly longform. My longform videos do REALLY well, but each one gets 5-10 subs if I'm lucky. My last upload last week currently has 21,000 views, 700 likes (99.2%), and 150+ comments, and has gained 4 subs.

The editing on that one took days and the turn over is 4 subs. I have a LF video from 6 months ago sitting at 64.5K views and 2.2K likes, and has gained 14 subs.

I haven't even passed the 100 subs threshold in a year of consistently uploading. I've tried calls to action in the video, pop up reminders to sub, etc., and have seen marginal success doing so.

I've been a YT user since 2006 and I've subbed to only a handful of channels ever. With the feed, there isn't really a need to subscribe.

Guy is generally unfunny, extremely cringe, and tries way too hard to be hilarious.

Wish P wasn't so loyal to a coattail rider. Hutch has been latching onto other streamers for years to carry his content. When hes not constantly complaining, he's trying to be hilarious. Nothing is authentic

They played literally one day and everyone stopped playing at the same time. The smaller creators are still there, but the big guys dipped. What gives?