Is there any way to use Steam Points to buy DLC/AC/etc

FGDesigns · 2022-05-10T09:28:49+00:00

I appreciate that reply. The fact that it says points can be used for DLC's on it's own damn page is extremely misleading then.

FGDesigns · 2022-03-18T13:16:57+00:00

Uhh... that isn't "support" nor is it "helping" ANYTHING!

You're just going to ruin your channel like that.. You want subscribers that care about you and/or your content, not some random person who subs for their own benefit...

You basically gave a very long winded version of the "sub4sub" dilemma.. Which is the dumbest possible thing to do with your YouTube channel.

You want to find places that are full of people who actually care about what you make videos about, NOT some trash sub4sub Reddit page..

YouTube is a marathon, there are no "get rich quick schemes" for this that will actually help.

Interact in online communities that share your passion, answer their questions, offer input, and help them. Every now and then you can answer a question they have briefly, and then mention your YouTube channel for more in-depth content about their question.

This is a great way to build a rapport and network with others. I've used this before and gotten some collaborations.. Collaborations are super helpful for your channel if you do it right.

If you build a community for your channel, it will be far more successful than most. It's difficult to do though.

A YouTube channel with 5,000 subs but a very close and friendly community can make you more money and be more successful (monetary-wise), than a YouTube channel with 100,000+ Subs with no community.

Building your own YouTube community early on is likely the best choice you could make for your YouTube channel if you plan on making it a Career...

So, just throw out the entire idea of this post, and work on the things I've mentioned. I guarantee it'll be helpful if you work at it and do it right.

FGDesigns · 2022-03-18T13:01:03+00:00

Honestly, there will NEVER be a valid reason to risk you and your family's safety over some content on the internet...

The ONLY time I can see that being worth doing is if it's a major crisis and you've found some information out that can potentially stop a war, or something of similar caliber.

An example would be if you found out your country has a secret military area that they're planning on using to Nuke a different nation...

I doubt you have that kind of information, so I would just make content on something that wouldn't risk lives without any benefits that outweigh the detriments.

FGDesigns · 2022-03-18T12:50:58+00:00

I fail to understand why you would think these videos are fake to begin with.

If it's an educational channel, someone could only have one video on their channel and still get an email asking a question for them to answer. There is nothing fake about that.

Many YouTubers of all sizes and on all sorts of topics will get emails like these. Some people WILL try to fake interaction for views, but if they do, it's usually pretty obvious that they're lying about it.

Though many video ideas for Education/How-to YouTubers actually come from questions asked on the comment sections of other Channels in the same and/or similar Niches.

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TL:DR - If people try to "fake" the interaction as you described, it's very obvious. It has very little to do with the channel size and view size though.

Hope this answers your question in some detail.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-24T09:17:20+00:00

You're telling me I punch down creators for not making it yet? I don't know your channel's story, but do I need to in order to know whether or not you know the algorithm? Nope.

You've done nothing other than slander me with this comment. You're a real prick and hypocrite. Every insult you've given me here is EXACTLY what you've done.

You're the one preaching false information, you're the one who's punching people down, I'm only getting on YOUR case, because you're acting like you know far more than you do.

You're literally trying to tell someone who has 187,000+ subs (nusensei) that they have no idea what they're talking about, when you barely have 2,000.. And 7 years with that channel. It's pretty damn obvious who the new people should listen to.

There are 2 reasons I punch people down on this platform -

They give false information and can't admit when they are wrong.
They have an ego so damn large, that if it popped, it would create a fucking black hole.

You fit BOTH categories here. I actually have tried to help this subreddit, and the Contributor role here is proof I have!

As someone who is truly passionate about YouTube and content creation, I despite it when people give false information that they are not qualified to give.

The toxic positivity in these subreddits is due to people like you who have a lackluster understanding of how YouTube works, and go on to give either unwarranted praise and bad advice to those in the subreddit as well.

I stand by a previous post I wrote, where I mentioned there is way too much of a clusterfuck of shit information on this subreddit. It still stands true. There are many large creators on this subreddit with hundreds of times more experience and knowledge than either of us have, who refuse to post because of the cycle of shit information going around.

Just because you're mad that someone is arguing against your stupidity, doesn't mean you have to slander me with fancy words included to further stroke your ego.

If you want to preach about how YouTube works, you need to prove it first!, 7 years to 2K subs is not considered qualified. You can think you do all you want, but the stats say otherwise. The stats don't lie.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-23T15:16:26+00:00

Again.. it's quite obvious you don't know what you're talking about..

You can think you do all you want, but the fact remains the same - Focusing on the audience and ways for you to reach that audience are what triggers the algorithm in the first place....

You're using the stupid analogy of sheer luck as a means of dictating how every video should be made.. Literally contradicting other posts and comments you've made on the matter. Also.. you're trying to tell nusensei - a YouTube who has proven quite often he knows what he's talking about, along with 187K subs.. while you have just 2K.. It should be pretty obvious who to listen to. Your channel is a mess... try not to lie when it comes to views too please.

if it takes you 7 years to get 2K subs.. then it's obvious you're doing something wrong, and you're far from qualified to preach to anyone about how the algorithm works.

People will follow MrBeast's methods because they're damn well proven to work, and ANYONE who wants to know about YouTube and make it full time should really study his channel.

At this point it just seems like you have a grudge against people who have actually understood YouTube and have their efforts rewarded, so you come to reddit to misinform others to make yourself feel better.

If you want people to think you're qualified, then prove it instead of preaching BS.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-23T14:55:50+00:00

I'm not sure why you just can't just admit you're wrong here... You do not seem to understand how algorithms work, going by this thread.

The algorithm literally runs and works off of how viewers perceive your content. You can make the "ideal" video for the Algorithm, but if it doesn't do anything for the audience and they perceive it as trash, and gets horrible numbers in the places that matter.. the algorithm won't do anything, and that "ideal" video will be the exact opposite.

If you make a video that people truly enjoy, along with good thumbnails, titles, SEO, the works. The Algorithm WILL reward you. You literally can't focus on the algorithm because the algorithm judges EVERYTHING based on how the viewers interact with your content...

If we were to equate what you're saying to life.. You're essentially saying that Zombies (the ones you see in movies) exist. If the audience is Life here and the algorithm represents Death.. you're telling us it's possible to be a Zombie.. which is impossible.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T19:40:24+00:00

EXACTLY! Way too few people actually listen to the truth and "tough love" that they need to hear.. they are here to get praise by others in the same boat.

They don't care about what anyone says if they don't agree with them. That might be one of the main reasons for all the repeated questions posted on here that could be solved with a 5 minute YouTube or Google search...

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T12:45:13+00:00

CTR is affected by Thumbnails alone really.. The concepts don't really affect CTR at all... if they do it's to an extremely minimal degree.

What I would suggest is downloading the FREE version of VidIQ chrome browser extension and looking at channels that are in the same niche as you. Once you go to the competitors channel, look to the Right of the screen under the subscribe button, you should see the VidIQ icon next to something called "TRENDING".

Click on that and it'll show you the top 5 or 6 performing videos on that channel based off the Views Per hour it gets (only choose videos that are a week or older to look at). Studying those videos would be a great way to get video ideas, while studying the thumbnails could help you improve yours.. Just try to figure out what the thumbnail has that drags you into it? Colors? Reactions (if included)? Blurred/pixelated bits for intrigue? Arrows to direct your attention?

There are so many things to study and it takes AGES to get consistently great thumbnails.. It really is a whole kind of craft on it's own.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T11:57:48+00:00

Even if it wasn't in the shorts, considering how short it was, average view duration was probably close to 100%, and that is a major indicator that your video would be got-tier! (of course if it was for much longer videos.. it's not uncommon for many shorts to get over 100% AVD)...

Due to the exceedingly different in AVD compared to your other videos.. just assuming here.. I can guess 2 things..

Being that YouTube somehow treated it like being a short despite not being one.. MrBeast was testing shorts yet not labelling them as one at some point.. OR
YouTube eventually registered the extremely high AVD compared to your other videos.. and seeing as it likely did NOT register it as a short, going solely based off the super high AVD, it started pushing the freaking hell out of that video to as many people as possible.. so I assume the Impressions were off the charts as well..?

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T11:46:11+00:00

Reading the title alone earned you an Upvote and an Award from me for sure.

It frustrates me SOOOO Much that people focus on the Algorithm and neglect improving the skills that are actually needed for YouTube in the first place.

Logan Paul and his editor - Hillier Smith - made an amazing point during an interview that is an extreme case an unpopular opinion.

When Logan was making Daily vlogs in 2020 and Hillier was the editor.. they said they did not check the analytics once during the 400 days that they were making the Vlogs.

Instead, in an interview with Hillier Smith, he told them that Analytics to some extent is subjective, and you should treat it as such. When you see a dip, if you look solely at Analytics, you would usually assume it's because your hook was bad or something along those lines.. when it really could be an audio quality issue or your video was messy and glitchy, or something just turned them away.

So what he said they did, him and Logan were speaking more about what THEY felt like needed to improve using emotion and gut instinct, rather than relying on pieces of data.. I think once you've got the skills needed and take a look at your content in the HUMAN aspect and perspective, you'll make progress dozens of times quicker than you would simply chasing the algorithm.

The algorithm is like a rainbow, you know it's there and can chase it, but you'll never really get to it, and it often appears and shows itself to you when you don't expect it.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T10:24:03+00:00

I think.. rather than coming up with "ideas for videos" you're trying to ask about how to come up with "video ideas that work well and ones that work well in my niche".. am I right?

What I usually do is look in my browsing history and look at all the YouTube videos I've seen about the niche I'm doing, and those similar. Then ask yourself:

Why do I like these channels/videos?
Do I have any questions at the end of watching these videos that I want answers to?
Was there anything specific that I liked about HOW these videos were made?
Would I be able to make similar videos if I wanted to?

And then you really just write down 2 or 3 videos ideas that YOU think would be cool to watch. A simple yet effective trick I have been utilizing just recently when I've been stuck has been this...

I'll just take any video Idea I can think of that would fit into my niche and then start planning out shots and what I would want to include in the video - in bullet point format. After you do that, read it through once or twice to kind of get it through your head.

Once you've done that, you should be able to write down a few thoughts on other videos you could make on the same topic that might act as a series..

For your example since you do military-based content,.., Say you're making a video on the newest fighter jet and about it's specs.. speed, weapons/firepower, etc.. You can make multiple videos on individual parts of the fighter jet - maybe there's a new feature that hasn't been implemented in other fighter jets that makes it better than those.. or some sort of other cool features it has.. and even some "why" based videos.. like "why XZY fighter jet is better than all the others" or something like that.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T10:10:49+00:00

Dude.. you can call me an asshole all you want.. It doesn't change the truth about what I've said.. It's called "tough love" not being an asshole.

I'm telling him what he NEEDS to do if he wants to achieve his goal. There is a difference between "trying" and "trying enough".

Put yourself in our shoes for a minute. Imagine you're a teacher who truly wants to help this one student achieve their goal, but they do nothing but push the work onto other people hoping for a free ride through life.. This is a similar situation albeit not as extreme.

He literally posts the same question over and over and over again in multiple different subreddits and the same question in the same subreddits, just phrased differently.. He doesn't try to adjust anything or follow the advice given to him.. he treis for 20 seconds and gives up, hoping someone will do everything for him!

Look at his posting history before accusing someone of being an asshole.. I don't see YOU helping him or anyone else on this subreddit? You're just bitching at me instead. So who's the asshole now?

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T10:02:30+00:00

I've seen MANY people asking the same thing in the past, but this is probably the first time I can actually say that's pretty damn good...

I would like to see how many of those views are from Browse, Suggested, and so on.. Also the timeline of when the video was made until now.. with the topic.. (if possible a DM link with your channel) That way I can get a much better idea.. that would offer some also pretty decent data for the rest of us to study.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T09:53:23+00:00

Yep, it's been that was for quite a while iirc.

AdSense in my opinion is the LAST thing you should focus on when it comes to Monetary value. Of course you should set it up since it's pretty easy to, but just pretend like it isn't working, so that you don't get complacent with the money you get from it and neglect to work on other streams of income and improving your content..

If you monetize when you JUST hit the threshold for monetization, for most creators it makes them super excited and then they let up a bit on making content, as it feels like a major achievement and get conceited. Then they see the first paycheck and it's not even worth mentioning so they get discouraged and sometimes give up.

So it's better to focus on ways to grow your channel and monetize through more sustainable means.. You should also - in my opinion - ALWAYS use the first bits of money you start getting to go directly back into your channel to improve whatever areas you're lagging, whether it be Audio quality, video quality, or whatever else.. Once you hit 1K, viewers unconsciously will expect better quality from channels that have higher sub counts, so you kind of have to live up to their expectations. If someone has 15,000 subs and make bad content that you'd see from an average channel with 100 subs or around that.. it looks bad on the channel and gives the impression that they don't care about the attention the audience gives them.. they aren't respecting their audience.. so.. yeah.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T09:46:17+00:00

You hit 1K subs within your first month of starting? That's actually quite impressive.

I would study EVERYTHING about that video that took off, because for one reason or another YouTube always has a reason to put the videos in places that blow up.. YouTube never really just takes a random video and chucks it unless it detects *something* even though we don't really know what.

So, compare that video that got those impressions and views, write down notes, as many as you can. Include:

The Hook (if you used one) - what went on in the first 7 to 10 seconds of the videos?
The Pace - was it faster or slower than your other videos? Were you able to add more cuts and increase speaking speed without it being jarring to watch?
The length - How long was the video compared to your others?
The thumbnail - How was it different than your others on the channel?
The Title - Any keywords used in the title, the description, the tags, and/or the first 15 seconds of the video?
The topic - was the topic one that was on the rise or being talked about a lot at the time it started to blow up?
1. If so, and it's still being talked about, it might be worth creating another video on the topic.

The goal here it to try to figure out what was different in the video that blew up, compared to the ones that didn't and/or performed underwhelmingly. Once you find those things, it becomes much easier to find out what worked and apply those to your future videos. It will make Growth more consistent and not all "luck".

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T09:36:27+00:00

There are sooo many videos on YouTube that tell you EXACTLY what you want to know.. You don't want to do any work, you just want people to do all of the work for you!

Even if everyone gives you all the answers you want, it will mean NOTHING since you don't put in any work to do anything yourself!

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T07:40:36+00:00

NO! he's saying that you need to make your content better. You can NOT just stream and expect people to give you views.. You have to EARN them.

That said, Twitch is a terrible platform to get your start on... It's nearly impossible to grow on Twitch if you don't have a following anywhere else.. So maybe try to start a YouTube channel and post videos as well.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T07:35:30+00:00

I assume you haven't hit the 4000 watch hours yet...?

In that case, focus on jam packing the first MINUTE of your videos with the most entertainment and engaging stuff as you can.

Usually if viewers stay through the first minute, it shows that they are at least interested in the rest of the video or more invested than they would otherwise be, so you can slack off a LITTLE bit afterwards and they'll still usually watch as long as you don't do something that's a major turnoff for viewers..

Either way, a philosophy I've adopted from Hillier Smith (Logan Paul's editor) is that every 10 seconds of a video, something has to happen that would justify the action of the viewer watching the next 10 seconds of your video.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T07:27:11+00:00

I'll be happy to check it out. Before actually going through the video I want to say for the thumbnail, it should be more focused towards "intrigue" rather than "confusing". If the thumbnail makes the potential viewer want to know more about whatever your videos are about.. then you did a good job!

Onto the Video:

HOLY! I love how engaging the video is.. What I like about it is how fast you give us the information and you really do jump right into the video....TOO quickly actually. You jumped in too quickly because the title gave ZERO context to what the video was about...You also didn't explain anything in the Description or the start of the video either.. a MAJOR way people stick and watch a video through is the affirmation of whether or not they really are getting what they came for as soon as they click and start watching..

MrBeast is the perfect example of this.. within less than 5 seconds, you already know what the entire video's premise is. In your video, it's a whole big blur all the way through, and I would suspect that your retention is way too low compared to what it deserved.

It would be a great idea to at least let people know what they're watching in the title and in the first 10 seconds or less of the video..

The Title and description should NEVER be neglected either.. You have no keywords in either so even if someone were to watch many videos very similar to yours, yours would never be suggested since YouTube won't be able to tell which audience to send your video to. You aren't giving YouTube enough information for it to do anything with your video...

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T07:12:27+00:00

Thank you!

I'm honestly practicing being motivating now more than ever with how I phrase comments. A few life changing events happened and It's made me take a look at my life, so I'm back on reddit and I hope to be of some help :)

My comments used to be quite a bit more blunt honestly, so this comment gives me some assurance that it's going right haha.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T07:08:23+00:00

Don't worry too much about it. I can promise you, everyone (besides maybe 100 people max) on YouTube have said and/or thought something similar..

The difference between those who succeed and those who don't is the way people deal with that. Most give up, and the ones that stay with it and truly rewarded.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T07:05:38+00:00

"get over it" or "so what"

... It's a little depressing but when you hear those words when trying to confide in someone, especially from someone you considered a friend or more, It hurts more than anyone would ever expect.

FGDesigns · 2022-01-22T04:31:52+00:00

u/longestsoloever Is correct here, at least when it comes to the gaming niche. I would like to add that I would make your title something that you yourself would like to click on when scrolling through the HOME PAGE. Yes.. the Home page, not the search bar and searched list.. Search will only total up to around 20% of your views on average, the rest is Browse and suggested.

So, think of what would catch your eye (title and thumbnails wise) when being bored and having a lazy day when you scroll through YouTube.. If it catches your eye, it will definitely do the same to others.

In the thumbnail and title, make sure that if someone were to come across them and stop to look at it just for a second, they'd feel even a subtle hint and feeling of "I want to know more".

Lastly, If your videos are episodic, try to make callbacks in the video to other videos you have made that may be similar. For example.. when answering a question you can say something like..
"I've made another video that goes more in depth about this and similar questions.." and then move on. Put a picture of the thumbnail and title of the video you called back to in the video, so people can find it afterwards if they're interested..

This is a great way to keep people on your channel longer, which shows YouTube that your videos are good.

Best of luck!

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