Reddit sucks and in the past I've hosted my own websites, so I'm aware of how much better an independent service can be. I'm sick of slow international websites. We need more websites hosted in New Zealand - then I don't get 400ms latency when I click.
I do. Ive done it for my own channel (yt 30,000+ channel size) and i produce for companies too.
While im not the biggest creator by far. I have learned a lot about video creation and people pay me very well to create for them. This is the secret sauce:
Thumbnail and title are everything (unless your doing shortform). You want a max of 3 elements on a thumbnail. 2 objects and text for example. The goal is raise a question in the viewers mind then pull them in further with the title.
Video should start answering the question immediately but ask an even more interesting question before you answer it fully.
And 3. ALWAYS tell a story (in your own way) basic idea is
I want (something)
But (obstacle)
So ( im gonna try this)
If you follow those steps you are miles ahead of most creators.
Ive personally been working on this movie ive cut into bitesize chunks(1-2mins) that will be released daily. I spend a lot of my time on lemmy. But havent really seen a video creator shine here. Seems more comics based. Im wondering if video content 'fits' here. When ive finished shooting it i may try posting here just to see how it feels. But it will at most be an experiment. Also where would i post it? A brand new sublemmy? Its an interesting little idea ive had in my head for a while. I think its a question the community needs to answer.
We'll see if it comes to fruition. In the end, whats the harm? If no one sees it, its not embarrasing...because no one saw it.
It's good to have specifics to work towards but sometimes I feel like everyone is trying to create the same kind of video with the exact same intonation.
On YouTube a person can get 300,000 views on a video but then nobody subscribes - subsequent videos only get a few thousand views. That's why I believe it's important to have a community surrounding a channel, maybe if it's political activism it can be promoted with flyers. That's how I imagine doing this, I'd need to reach new people face-to-face and actually be a person who talks about interesting stuff. Not just someone who's online who develops a random audience of people from various countries - that's what I want to avoid. There should be a core audience, ideally a local audience since I live on a tiny island.
Nothing wrong with marketing 101 of course - I tend to ramble! So obviously having a script and editing a video is something I need to work on.
I really admire the long interviews on Rumble by people like Glenn Greenwald. I really don't know his reputation but some of his talks are just fascinating to me. It's a totally different experience to the cheesy-smiley youtubers! Perhaps there's some good stuff on BitChute and Odysee too and I just haven't looked at it for ages. The creativity is better outside of YouTube.
Dont worry about people making the same stuff. All musicians write about love too. But your personal angle is what makes it unique. Be you, instead of trying to emulate someone elses flavor. A lot of twitch for instance is high energy, but i like watching a low energy guy play the game im interested in.
Subs dont really matter as much as they used to because majority is using homepage to recommend them content. Also just because subs are high doesnt give your next video the right to have high views. You still must create content they want.
If you wanna make political activism, make that your only topic and focus. If you are talking about important topics in a tone of voice and angle people are interested in your audience will find you. Have a look at garrys economics for an interesting take on political videos.
Flyers are fine, but if your target audience is using youtube, the home page will be all the flyer you need. If you are making good content that is relevant, you will get traction. But making good content is the hard part. "Yeah but xyz creator is making shit and getting millions of views" sure. The world is not fair, get over it. Make your stuff better.
If you live on a tiny island and the politics are local, your maximum audience may only be 6k people. But your impact can still be massive.
Rambling is fine if you wanna spend hours editing. But if you can craft a story the way i laid out in my previous comment, the video will nearly edit itself.
Stay tight to topic, be vulnerable and your audience will connect.
Long interviews are more podcast format. They can also be engaging, but its hard for them to be shared. They do however make for great short content if you take bites out.
I dont think creativity is better outside youtube. Sure maybe in cinema. But if someone is poppin off on bitchute and not also posting to youtube, they are wasting their potential. Unless their content is purely anti youtube.
Anyway good luck. Feel free to shoot me a dm or continie the thread if you have questions. Always happy to talk video :)
It's better to use decent CAPTCHA or browser check, than block entire countries.
I agree that restricting new accounts is a bad way. In the Fediverse ppl need to move accounts sometimes (when their instance shuts down, for example). Also it discriminates against precious new users; the ones the Fediverse likes best.
I personally think new accounts should be limited here too. The past couple of weeks especially I’ve noticed an increased amount of 1 day old accounts posting scams. Region blocking wouldn’t work due to VPNs and the fact that they’re everywhere. I seriously doubt India and Bangladesh cover 99%.
For genuine new accounts being able to comment but not post for 15-30 days isn’t that big an issue. For a troll/spammer it hugely limits their ability to resume shitting up a website.
Yeah if people can make comments but not create threads that's a decent compromise. I've seen what happens on drupal if I dont regulate it. The pp pill advertisements start flooding in lol.
Archive link if anyone is having the same insane issues I have with The Post: https://archive.ph/AzNFf
I seem to recall working out what this issue was once upon a time but I can't remember now. All I know is that if I access the site on Firefox desktop, even using a mobile user agent, the site doesn't work and complains about network settings. If I visit on mobile, using the same network, it works without complaint.
Anyway, to the article: at least these guys have a real garden and compost bin, instead of a vege pod and a hungry bin, which I think are a better indicator of bourgeois affluence.
at least these guys have a real garden and compost bin, instead of a vege pod and a hungry bin, which I think are a better indicator of bourgeois affluence.
Part of me is screaming that having enough yard space for a proper garden and compost bin is the better indicator :-)
I think that may be more an indication of location. I know Aucklanders with a 2 million dollar house and not enough room for a blade of grass, and I know people with a $400k property and a quarter acre section.
Arguably not having space is a good sign you're bourgeoisie.
We moved Wellington -> Hawkes Bay 7 years ago. Got a larger house, larger garage & doubled the usable section^1^ but spent (slightly) less to buy than what we had just sold.
84m2 2 bed house, 404m2 section, single garage -> 100m2 3 bed house, 640m2 section, double garage.
Combo of driveways, placement of the buildings and getting a section half as big again.
Uh yeah, because my local PC shop had its website hacked and disabled, and then PB Tech bought his domain name as soon as it expired, even though this was a 2-3 person operation. Now that domain redirects to PB Tech. Very convenient for them huh.
As R&R sports? I remember R&R Sports being like macpac and khatmandu of the early 2000's, quality tramping gear. They probably were profitable but probably not 10's of millions profitable.
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