u/Visualnovelarts

Is it just me or is this a popular thing to do these days, claim in the comments that every faceless channel is using an AI voice?

And yes I know, some of my favorite youtubers are using AI.
And sure, 95% of us use AI to spell check our script/grammar and people do notice it if done poorly.
Some of the X million video views are actually very chat gtp scripts.

Now what I noticed on my channel is that more and more people start to say ''you are using AI'' (always a non sub) with other people replying ''no he is not'' and ''how can you tell?''

I do not respond. I am using chat gtp to get my script straight, however my voice is not AI (i am not an english native and have an accent, I bet most are american who claim i am using AI). But trying to defend myself will only make it worse, so I just never respond.

That said, I do see a lot more of these type of comments these days on my own channel and other channels as well. Yet I hear more and more creators use AI voice, not impacting views.

One comment in particular ''you are using ai and you are pushing people away'' but my channel is doing better than ever before... (this guy is not even a subscriber) but what I mean is... why the F say that. at all? (i triggered something)

I started 2,5 weeks ago, and honestly I don't have clue what's normal. I focused on 20-30 sec videos to test the waters. Before I make longer vids/improve; what metrics do people have around here? Off site I earned 6 dollars. (direct affiliate links)

Amazon AI says I have to publish way more and wait and be patient.... but doesn't share what's normal.

On site store page:

Earned $0 (no conversions)

Videos 18:
Views 159

Avg view duration 0:14

Avg % viewed 57%

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So I made a nature video which gets a decent amount of views. But like any other creator: tested A/B with a couple of titles. Of the 3, one title gave this 40% retention stat, so I went with it.
However while the video does have 2100 likes and now 30 dislikes... the comments are getting spammed with people that don't like this new title.

It contains the absolute word ''Nobody''. Because there is always ''Somebody'' that does something like that....

Which is fair but.... now people claim I am click baiting -> trying to deceive like any other youtuber. (yes, somebody said that explicitly).
I notice its taking over the comment section, making the retention drop like 6% as well... while still the silent minority keeps watching that video. Now I am testing an alternative title but.... its till performing less compared to the ''Nobody'' title.

My question to you is:
Would you go for the highest performing title which might piss some people off that get loud, or would you go for a slightly less triggering title that doesn't invite such behavior?

Normally I wouldn't care about negative comments... there are always parroting comments on any video. But now I get these trolls that start to comment on other vids as well. (also some really angry people, I hided 3 people in a day...) I never had that influx of keyboard warriors up till now. (I'm in a Nature niche where people are mostly zen)