• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      No. The algorithm rewards making content that people watch, not shovelling out junk that only your mum wants to watch.

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        7 months ago

        Okay but part of getting the algorithm to suggest your videos to people is to post consistently and often

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          7 months ago

          If people actually watch them, sure. If nobody except your mum watches the whole video, it doesn’t really matter how much you post.

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        7 months ago

        not always. i remember there used to be some pretty big channels that posted only every once in a while.

        now it seems most of them put out lower effort stuff frequently, theres def been a shift.

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          7 months ago

          Definitely not the case for me, you need to stop watching low effort slop.

          I follow a few channels that only publish every other month, and they still get recommended to me as soon as they release. Slow Mo Guys is one example.

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            7 months ago

            Dude legit lul. I have like 7 or 8 channels I follow that post maaaaybe once a month and they consistently get close to a million views. Let alone people like hbomberguy who posts like 3 or 4 videos a year and gets millions upon millions of views.

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              7 months ago

              You mean that people that are already big and well known can post less often and still get views? Shocking

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                7 months ago

                You don’t get big and well known by posting shit videos though. YouTube is full of people who put out a quality video every month or so, just look at the Slow Mo Guys.

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            7 months ago

            recommend me a few, i barely watch youtube anymore outside a few interest news channels because most seem like junk to me.