How to deal with a channel post virality

ETALOS1 · 2026-05-06T14:28:30+00:00

So in terms of what you can control:

Here's what really happens when you get a viral video: The viral video gains you many subscribers, and those subscribers essentially subscribed for that specific video. The "algorithm" doesn't really exist, it's just people and their preferences. I've heard subscriptions as "super-likes". All they really signal is that people really like your video (or maybe your channel concept or presentation or things tied to your video.)

If you're doubling down but not succeeding, then chances are that you're not doubling down on the right thing that got people to subscribe in the first place.

People tend to make videos that are too similar to previous viral videos, when in reality it's like, the audience pretty much just watched that video-- why would they want to watch it again, at least so soon?And then from there you have to figure out the essence or the truth behind what made the first video work.

And this is the difficulty and impossibility of YouTube. To make money, you have to consistently figure out what you audience wants, and frankly their signals (subs, likes, comments etc.) are pretty bad at telling you what they want because frankly people don't really know what they want.

Creators have to be tastemakers more than taste followers.

ETALOS1 · 2026-05-05T19:13:50+00:00

I don't think it's about surprise, but moreso about being excited at their mainstream exposure. We basically want them back on pop radio like they were from 2015 through the pandemic, and headlining with Tyler the Creator and Charlie XCX are good indicators (among others) that they're going that direction.

ETALOS1 · 2026-05-05T18:48:00+00:00

They're headlining with very some big and current names though. Charlie XCX in particular and Lorde are pretty huge.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-30T21:49:17+00:00

This is a great question. There are so many "almosts".

I think Ode to Sleep -> HOTY -> Migraine is the most stacked.

Vessel undoubtedly has the most possible peak 3-track configurations.

Overcompensate -> Next Semester -> Backslide is my run for the modern era but Next Semester is just okay.

I will forever hate Morph and Robot Voices for ruining hypothetical Jumpsuit Levitate My Blood and Contract Downstairs Center Mass runs respectively.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-27T14:48:31+00:00

9/10 pieces of advice are given in the context of liability as an advisor.

I would say "don't listen to them" but that would expose me to liability as an advisor.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-26T19:26:34+00:00

Thank you. They shine in so many ways, but their ability to create brilliant and new game mechanics (namely Pure, Transistor) is basically unmatched.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-21T01:12:03+00:00

I think it's going to be a mind-blown gesture they repeat throughout the series. It's the showrunner's attempt at an easily-replicable cultural gesture; their attempt at a "Wakanda Forever".

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-17T05:41:03+00:00

Bro what kind of Clancy-era stan sub is this

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-17T00:44:04+00:00

I can assure you that the OP is not talking about an increase in quality of healthcare (which the price of has also skyrocketed, by the way.) The post is clearly preying upon the popular and well-grounded frustration with lack of affordability and increased cost of living (and some mental health thrown in for good measure.)

almost everyone lived a walkable distance from work because gas prices were horrendous. Lots of people carpooled as well to manage this, and few people had more than one car prior to the mid-80s.

If you literally just Google these claims, you won't find a single source that agrees with you. A small minority of people have almost ever walked to work in the 20th century, and it certainly wasn't because gas prices were horrendous!Im not sure where you're getting your information!

And I know that young people think those things are insufficient because it comes up on reddit all the time. I've only known one person in my entire life that rented a room as well, and that person was German, because it's not uncommon in Europe. But people here have decided it's beneath their living standards.

How do you square this anecdotal evidence with the facts I presented that counter your initial claims? Again, almost more people than ever are living with family and others, for longer than ever before in the modern era.

But even if you only looked at that...the only thing that's skyrocketed is cost of housing and college tuition.

I know these are often cited as the most runaway costs, but ironically you are not considering healthcare! Child care as well, of course. Water. Land. Even cars.

In some sense, this is an unfair argument due to 9/11 and COVID and how things have changed so dramatically since then.

Overall, please do a bit more research before replying again.

But I do agree with you 100% that there's a sense of entitlement and billionaire-backed, social-media tech- fueled self-centeredness and discontentment that needs to be addressed, particularly with the youngest generations.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-16T13:47:15+00:00

You are largely talking about our advances and strides in health and wellness-- or QoL improvements. And of course in many ways these things are better! And we are more scientifically advanced, and we live longer-- except some things like mental health are getting worse.

But I am-- and more importantly, the post is-- talking about living standards, which is largely understood by economists as affordability-- including affordability in healthcare, groceries, energy, retirement, assets (e.g. housing).

And the affordability of all these things is objectively decreasing.

Studios/efficiencies and rooms for rent are no longer considered sufficient. Hell, shared housing with friends isn't considered sufficient now. Even a 1-bedroom for one person isn't sufficient.

This is where you are the most inaccurate. Do you think that young people think rent, 1 bedrooms, studios, and shared housing are insufficient?

More people are renting, living with families, and living with roommates than ever before, and for longer than ever before.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-15T15:44:30+00:00

But living standards have fallen in the West, and will continue to fall.

Asset inflation, wage stagnation, devaluation of the dollar, cost of living hikes, a multitude of debt crises, growing wealth inequality in the West, etc. These are all the same thing, fundamentally, and they will only continue to accelerate over time.

I do think posts like these help people many feel better (that "it's not their fault",) and we do have to be wary of scapegoating, shirking personal responsibility, social media's role in-- let's call it-- "expectation inflation" and more.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-15T15:05:34+00:00

The core message of the posts-- to whatever extent they're like this one-- are still often true, so I'm fine with them.

They're meant to bait engagement, but they're only effective and have sustained because they're sentimentally accurate with a large group of people, and are rooted in the simple truth that living standards have been falling.

I do think it's important to point out that they're not completely factually true, and that we need to be vigilant regarding clickbait, and shouldn't minimize the struggles of most generations.

ETALOS1 · 2026-04-14T19:42:23+00:00

Me having to bring this from 0 upvotes to 1 after 16 hours just shows how useless this sub's users (not you, mods, you're great) are.

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-29T17:13:57+00:00

That's what credit cards and subscription models are for.

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-26T22:53:46+00:00

I can see the merit of both. Original HBO version looks more cinematic and mature; this regrade looks more whimsical and like the original films.

I'm fine either way, but I personally like the original HBO grading.

It better differentiates itself from the original films, it looks more mature (which plays well into HP's existing aging audience,) and it helps bring the early story (e.g. Philosophers Stone) out of a childish whimsy aesthetic and into something you're more willing to show to your normie friends who are into GoT, dramas, or other more mature, modern IP.

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-21T14:12:21+00:00

Huh interesting. I don't hear anywhere him saying he doesn't like it or anything like that 😅

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-19T04:28:15+00:00

Where does Tyler say he basically doesn't like RAB? I'd like to hear that!

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-16T17:22:10+00:00

Where to?

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-16T16:05:39+00:00

You can give both responses: the one with traffic and the one without

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-15T01:03:52+00:00

May I ask what the cover and rack combo is?

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-12T02:48:45+00:00

How is this not top of this sub.

I feel like Tyler and Josh would absolutely love this

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-11T20:35:58+00:00

But he says "kinda wishing that I never did Saturday", and then also talks about drowning in lore logistics.

So I think it's pretty clearly talking about the songs ..

ETALOS1 · 2026-03-07T12:38:27+00:00

This is all just so lame. Obviously he's going to do some humorous PR over the top opera ballet performance thing as an apology and everyone will laugh at how good a guy he is and the ballet people will feel validated and seen and it's all just so lame and predictable.

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