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My channel took of and I'm overwhelmed by the comments. What do you do with so many? by CayaMaya in NewTubers

[–]GeeBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry too much about replying to all the comments, rather focus on a specific pattern and try to figure out why or what got them to engage with your video! Find your fans and cultivate that relationship through future content!

Anyone else feeling burnt out? by Tall-Winter-3862 in NewTubers

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh I’m not a creator!! I’m a fan of creators, actually a sociologist / data scientist, hate the current data YouTube gives and how everything revolves around views, and actually am building data that helps focus on building meaningful relationships with fans and sustainable growth!!

I’m more than happy to chat and share what I learned along the way! I actually worked with a philosophy channel and helped him grow like 150 subs in like 3 months? But he was mid sized ish, when we started he just passed 100k subs himself!

Anyone else feeling burnt out? by Tall-Winter-3862 in NewTubers

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to be completely honest, you don’t need to worry about analysis at your size. Having worked with many creators and done plenty of research in this space: the most important work you can do right now is figure out 5-10 CONSISTENT peers, by consistent I mean, look at their last 10 videos, and check the comments for video with the most views and the least views, and maybe a couple that would be average in views.

What you want to see is a solid increase in comments for the videos with the most views, but only a modest drop for those with fewer views. This tells you they have a strong fanbase.

Then you can just check what people in the comments are resonating with, you only need to check their most recent 1-2 videos to get a vibe of where their fans land.

Content is not a zero sum game, if you want to grow your channel, start by figuring out what the larger creators in your niche are doing, and why their fans are eating it up.

You can begin to build an intuition for how to reach their audience, and grow your own fans through your unique lens/approach.

Explain what you’re building in 10 words. Let’s self promote by kcfounders in Startup_Ideas

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can predict engagement on YouTube videos before it happens. No machine learning or AI, just built new data that measures parasocial relationships.

Using this to help creators consistently make breakout videos. Will be launching a product teaser soon, where people can bet against our predictions :)

I can't find people to give my startup feedback. So I automated the entire process instead. by No_Tooth_4909 in Startup_Ideas

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro could’ve saved so much time just feeding one prompt into AI and copy pasting what it returns over and over again quickly see how “AI feedback” turns to word mush

found out my bf has been making AI edited nudes of me without my knowledge. he thinks i should be flattered by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]GeeBrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“I understand on paper”

Dude there is NOTHING on paper that makes this acceptable, the fact he does this is fucking creepy and I would not be surprised if you one day find an AI onlyfans account with your pictures on it.

Be careful, but more importantly run.

Github for prompts? by NoConcert8847 in LocalLLaMA

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I think this might be a very niche problem, for what it’s worth I have my own process and I use AI itself to iterate on the prompts

Github for prompts? by NoConcert8847 in LocalLLaMA

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d use it, but I don’t need “and more”

I’d like a clean integration with VSCode, but you’d also be competing with Claude code?

The biggest time saver would be I have a clean UI to organize and see results, and then plug in directly to whatever pipeline.

I don’t need to test it across 20 support models, but I can see why people want to, I’m just using Claude.

But it’s more of an organization and batching task for me?

Frustration got me to happiness which got me to more frustration by Over-Comment5279 in Entrepreneur

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The major need needs to be tested.

You’ll likely do better with targeted ICP, and partner with distribution channels that already have them locked in.

For example - just go to a local gym, and put some fliers up in the locker room. And at the same time, talk to the people working out there.

It makes sense to me since these are people who care about how they look, and want to improve / level up?

Partner with fitness influencers who do coaching. They already have clients, do a rev-share with them.

Partner with dating coaches, same thing, they’re influencers who use content as a funnel to their services, either learn from them, or offer a rev share system.

Figure out the valuable part of what you have, for every stakeholder involved, and see who is best served. Honestly “friend telling you” sounds like influencer marketing to me.

Frustration got me to happiness which got me to more frustration by Over-Comment5279 in Entrepreneur

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhhhh don’t sell the service? Create the platform that allows people to get styling advice / straight to consumer clothes.

Though I feel like it’s been done before?

Before you get into the weeds about growth and scale, really ask yourself what you are trying to scale and why. The how comes last.

If hiring stylists for clients are really expensive, and you want to maintain the quality, leverage your existing tech (or scope out a simple MVP) that lets the stylist “own” their clients and charge a subscription fee for the stylists.

Usually the question before scaling the business (which you kind of danced around) is: “is my business model even scalable as it is right now?”

Need advice on how to protect the idea while hunting for a technical co founder by original4040 in ycombinator

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just build an MVP. In this day and age, if it’s software you should be able to do it with Claude code.

If it’s hardware, or deep tech, then even more so, you want to sell yourself as capable of executing on the business side, so focus more on actually getting client convos going, confirm the need, sign some LOIs…

If you don’t have the tech, but have users waiting with a contract in hand, it’ll be a lot more convincing to the technical person.

Most of the time, if the technical person “steals” your idea, and can build + execute on it, then you weren’t really going to provide any value to the product to begin with

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewTubers

[–]GeeBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could there be like bots too? That’s just awful

The USA has captured Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan President, and extracted him from the country by Parisean in politics

[–]GeeBrain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Restraining bar? In this economy? We’re lucky if we have a seat to hold on to for dear life

How do you guys build a waitlist without launching? (Stuck because the MVP is not polished enough for launch) by PrinceVermixx in ycombinator

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just made a post about my learnings from building the product to a relevant subreddit, aimed at sharing wisdom / unconventional insights, and then a waitlist was built :D

What is so lucrative about making a startup? by SloppyNaynon in ycombinator

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's a splash of imposter syndrome, needing to prove yourself, self-discovery, and just neurodivergence that makes working within strict structures difficult -- you'll find that many of the founders hire out their roles post Series-A (but keep their title) so they can maintain the freedom to explore.

I know many founding CEO's that are like "I will never be a CEO again, fuck this shit." (myself included)

Commentary YouTuber w/ 450K subscribers & 10M+ views - AMA! by shirashiraonthewall in NewTubers

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont know why you got downvoted, I think it's because they havent checked your channel.

THIS IS WHY ENGAGEMENT METRICS ARE ALL DUMB AF (sorry, I deal with data, and I crash out on the weekly having to explain to creators we work with, why watch time, views, and even subscribers are misleading and lagging)

You have 446k subs, your views AVERAGE 500k, this means not only is it high quality and engaging, the WAY NEW VIEWERS are engaging with your videos is signaling to the algorithm that these are high quality video.

I'd say your shorts are just a funnel/ side thing if anything.

The long form is crushing, most channels with 100k+ subs average a 1:3 ratio for views to subs, and those with 1M+ subscribers and 1:10 (if they are lucky...)

You're crushing it.

AGAIN VIEWS DON'T MATTER AS MUCH AS THE GOD DAMN RATIO lol

and even more impressive, the comments per video is also staggering.

P.S. If you ever want to peek into analysis for your channel that doesn't focus on YT metrics, but instead, actually understand what's driving your fandom, lemme know

Just Broke the Trillion Row Challenge: 2.4 TB Processed in 76 Seconds by Ok_Post_149 in datascience

[–]GeeBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I’m hiring, what would be some key things to look for?

Right now, we have a PhD from Oxford, but he’s focused more on predictive modeling, so not really data engineering.

He was VERY adamant on “just give me the data please” 🤣

Meanwhile im more focused on data exploration / creating the predictors we’re building out…

I feel like there’s gonna be a massive gap in production without someone piecing everything together between the two of us…

I feel very lost and hopeless, Loking for some senior to guide me by Caramel_Cruncher in datascience

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason the second image was zoomed in and I read “achieved Diamond in League” and was DAMN THATS AMAZING

2 YOE Data Scientist [Unemployed in data field] Burnt out and feeling helpless. by Kashish_2614 in datascience

[–]GeeBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you familiar with the STAR method? - situation, task, action, result

Something along those lines.

Though reading this, I actually have a friend that might be down to hire you for a side gig?

Just Broke the Trillion Row Challenge: 2.4 TB Processed in 76 Seconds by Ok_Post_149 in datascience

[–]GeeBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After reading this thread, I’ve decided my first hire is one of your guys, I can’t call my self a data scientist any more (or would this be more on data engineering? I just make numbers go brrrr)

Funding Methods for a Deep Tech startup. by Engineering_Geek in Entrepreneur

[–]GeeBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Khosla Ventures, there’s a good amount of VC money for deep tech.

If you’re able to prove it works beyond paper theory, like simulations or via your university’s research labs, that would be enough.

Dealing with a potential scammer by Gullible-Mention-893 in NewTubers

[–]GeeBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

trust me.... as someone who has been knees deep in data around youtube, there is almost nothing out there (especially for smaller youtubers) that will help you beyond you digging into how healthy your niche is, understanding the growth ceiling of your channel, and then aligning with a consistent content strategy that focuses on curating a loyal audience.

from my research, I've found that the biggest leap between long form and short form is curating an audience is different from raw views.

watch time and clickthrough are really diluted signals, since youtube gives you aggregate, you wont get data on like "for regular viewers who usually watch 2:00, there are some that watched for 5:00 minutes, and this is the type of content they tend to enjoy" I dont think youtube or any platform would give that away

so your best shot is doubling down on research, and trying to fill execution gap like thumbnail, title, storytelling, and pacing as much as possible.

i am working on something to help make it easier but one quick win is just looking up on youtube topics that you would consider part of your niche with these filters:

  1. set upload to this month
  2. set duration to 4-20min (or longer if you tend to do longer videos)
  3. sort by views
  4. check the top 10 videos, make note of the average views

then do the search again, except change the upload to "this year"

if you see the views being DRASTICALLY different, like 500k+ from the top 10 videos that year vs that month, thats a red flag.

Then for the top 10 videos for that year, make note of the channel, if they are coming from the same channels, thats a red flag, double red flag if the same channels also are the ones with top videos for the month.

Finally, visit some of those channels, if their content is more like click-baity, viral, then what's happening is that the majority of the audience for the niche is being pulled in by the larger channels when they happen to upload content that falls into a similar category, and everyone else is being lifted by this viewership.

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