u/random_curious

So it has been 2 month since i have been put in zero views jail. I uploaded bunch of shorts for 1 week everyday and they still had zero views after 2 weeks. So i deleted them all. Now after 1 month, i upload 3 shorts and all have zero views.

Interestingly my very old shorts which are popular are still getting regular views as if nothing happened. And my newly uploaded long form videos on the same channel are getting the normal views.

When i go live from my mobile, i get good amount of views.

I promoted one of the zero views shorts yesterday by paying money and it got huge views. I then uploaded 2 more shorts and they got Zero views.

The only problem is with newly uploaded shorts. 1 month back, all shorts were getting over 1k views which my shorts have been getting for over 2 years. Recently some were getting more traction and and reaching 5k views. Something has happened to my account or to algorithm that it is not showing my newly uploaded shorts to any seed-viewers to test the video. It's like Youtube has banned my new shorts from the shorts feed.

There are no copyright infringement, no used videos, no weird videos, no policy breaking videos, just regular original travel videos i shot on my mobile myself. The only different thing i could think of was that i started using insta Edits app to edit my videos and add captions before uploading to YouTube. There was no visible branding but maybe the app leaves a digital watermark that Youtube read and didn't like???

Now i will upload shorts videos without editing for 1 month and will see if i am able to get out of this Zero views Jail. Hoping to make a post again after 1 month about my progress.

Edit1: i forgot to mention 1 thing that now i feel might be significant, 2 weeks before this jail i changed my default upload settings, i changed my category for new uploads to "People and Blogs" from "Travel & Events". Few videos i uploaded after that gained more traction than usual, like 4k and Engagement above 60% and average percentage viewed above 100%. Then "zero views" happened to 2 shorts and i changed my new upload category back to "Travel & Events".

I feel like it would be a nice idea to keep a stick for public to use for light weight items that get stuck at the rubber strips and are unable to enter or exit the scanner machine. It will be much safer than risking putting hands inside the machine due to the radiation.

Humans of USMLE is organising its annual event in Delhi starting tomorrow, and tonight is the pre-event function. What to expect and what to do over there to maximize the benefits of attending such events?

Edit: attending the pre-event right now and am getting to listen to some nice insights from the matched people.

I have posted more than 300 shorts on same niche, travel and food, over the course of 2 years. The views have picked up recently and i get 1.5k, 2k, 4k views on all my shorts. But then since last week my shorts are getting 1 view and 2 views. What's happening? Why is it happening? Anyone got any clue and how can i fix this? I have posted over 10 shorts since, and all have got single digit views. Is it something i did? What mistakes cause this?