FlashMobOfOne comments on The Damn Algorithm

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yup.

It's a labor of love. I've been told I need to start cutting up my videos into shorts, and I may do that at some point, but right now I can't be bothered. My stuff isn't really intended for gen z'ers with no attention span anyway.

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[–] toasterbotnet@piefed.social [S] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I got told shorts is the way a hundred times. Then I actually started doing high production quality shorts. Even though I really love making them, they don't get much traction either. lol ... you are totally right it is a labor of love

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago*

Yeah, I know there are a few things I can do to help my videos gain traction: Make a custom thumbnail, add hashtags, use chapters... and I do that, but apart from that, I think consistency, authenticity, and patience are the most important qualities in being a content creator.

My best-performing video is a small tutorial for "teaching" YouTube's algorithm to stop feeding you AI Slop, after all. I think people really want authenticity.

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[–] nforminvasion@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Based. Bring back bare minimum requirements and expectations of people interacting with media, art, data, and programs.

I really hate that this ends up becoming a de facto gatekeeping tactic, but at some point, our creations and works cannot always be formatted for the lowest denominator. Art, media, interactive forms of data are meant to be a dialogue of sorts, an indirect conversation, and people can reasonably be expected to bring a certain level of attention and passion to that. At least I think so.

I apologize if this makes me sound like a douche. I really don't want it to, and at the same time, how else can we expect to grow and have real discussions and projects if we keep our content and conversations at a base level.