u/RoamAndRamble

Cropped in then tweaked the exposure so his leg isn't dramatically brighter than everything else in the shot.

Made a new print the other day. I still have to work on landscapes. Maybe my next one will just a mountain range.

One of the most common posts I see here is users alleging YouTube has 'shadowbanned' their account or they've been punished by the algorithm. While sure, there are certain practices that can get your shit nuked, I get the idea that this occurrence is way less common than people think.

Recently, I did a couple of videos that were a bit different from my usual stuff. I've been doing this for less than a year, so I figured there's some room to experiment. One was a slightly lower effort piece in a country that only a fraction of my audience is from. The other two were talking head videos. These have been proven to be a fairly popular format, but it isn't one that I normally do.

Now, as you can see, there was a significant drop in engagement. I'll admit I did wonder if that was it for me. Maybe the almighty algo has decided my run was over. But then, instead of panicking, I just asked my audience about what they expect from the channel. And the ones who responded made it very clear they subscribed to watch more longer, more insightful narrative pieces.

When I went back to that, it was very well received and the views shot back up to the usual numbers. The comments have been super kind and it's being pushed to new viewers as well.

My point is there's a tendency to go too deep down the whole YouTuber tips & tricks rabbit hole where you worry about thumbnails, hashtags, post times, schedules, and so on. However, I firmly believe your best resource is the community you've built. Talk to them and more importantly, listen to them.

Hoping they're are either on this sub, or one of their friends is.

I was climbing in Ailefroide (specifically Les Cahutes) with a couple of friends and met this crew working on some hard lines. I walked to another block to try some easier boulders but when I came back, they were gone.

So, if you all see this, send me a message and I'll gladly send you climbing pics!

Some driver (presumably drunk, as the scene smelled like alcohol. See spilled beer and broken glass in the second photo) just crashed into several cars and bikes. Around midnight, I heard a loud bang, looked out the window, and saw the culprit speeding off in their own damaged vehicle.

Police came about fifteen minutes later and got everyone's statements. Supposedly, they found the guy hiding out at the Dirk a few blocks away.

(Edited to add details)

Second edit: apparently, a neighbor witnessed the car idling at the end of the street, as if it was the starting line of a race, right before zooming down the street before losing control and crashing.

Wish I knew who took the original photo so I could credit them. To learn crab anatomy, I referred to Joel Sartore's wonderful Photo Ark.

The frills and the scales were undoubtedly the hardest parts but so worth the effort