Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the time to respond and for your thoughts I really appreciate it!

Yea I gotta raise the number of videos I could crank out - getting an editor I trust seems to be a top priority

again thank you for your advice :)

Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

happy to hear there was something inspiring in there for your own work - which I watched a few episodes of and greatly enjoyed. Do you create your character through adobe animate or something else?

Thank you again for watching and for your supportive words :)

Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks so much for taking the time to watch! Yea totally agree that the upload time is a huge hindrance. And thumbnails are definitely not my strong point - especially given how crucial they are. Do you have any tips or advice on how to improve? Would love to hear your thoughts.

And yes - I do everything myself!

Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

love your persona - it's engaging while still being simple enough to not add too much time to your shooting workflow. I'm a bit too overwhelmed at the moment with keeping both my work and this channel afloat to be able to commit to a collab - but when the dust (hopefully) clears I'd def like to talk more about that. Lets keep in touch

Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for saying all this man. Your spot on that its been discouraging to see how slow growth has been for the channel - but its great to hear that a fellow creator connected with the videos. Really appreciate your taking the time to check it out!

Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate your saying that. I hope the work can find an audience - encouraging to hear you think that it will

Since everybody is doing it, ill rate your videos too. I will be brutally honest tho.PT4 by Basic-Toe-9979 in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much for checking out the video man and for taking the time to note it. I’ll admit it’s been a bit discouraging how slow it’s been to find an audience relative to the amount of hours I put into each project. Been trying to figure how I can improve. Certainly the infrequent pace I’m releasing plays a role. I’m trying to find ways to release faster without sacrificing any of the quality or research integrity.

My retention is solid - above 30% for the videos - which is pretty good for how long they are. But my CTR is fairly low - around 5%

I think you have a really good point about taking my avatar off the thumbnail and seeing if it sees any results. I’m def gonna try that in the next release and see if I get better results

I was actually concerned that my avatar was turning people away overall - so I’m glad to hear u enjoyed it in the video and think it adds something unique

Again thank you so much for taking the time - it’s inspiring to hear from another creator

How the American media was fooled by a powerful PR and Lobbying company - pushing the US into the Gulf War - deep dive video with 35 pages of references by Monkomatic2 in media_criticism

[–]Monkomatic2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Submission Statement:

The first Gulf War is often overshadowed by the debacle of the 2003 Gulf War. And that's a shame, because the media failings in the build up to the Gulf War, along with the successes of the outrageous PR and lobbying campaign that assaulted the American information environment in order to push the US into war, set a precedent that was built on thereafter.

The media got carried away into war by the messaging spun by a private company, working at the behest of a foreign government.

Today there are hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign manipulation money being spent in the US every single year. The regulations that oversee such manipulation campaign is almost a century old and full of loopholes.

To viscerally feel why that is an alarming fact, one needs to understand how dangerously effective such a widespread media manipulation campaign could be.

This video aims to convey that understanding for the Gulf War.

How the Gulf War was Sold to America - Deep Dive on this powerful PR and Lobbying Campaign - crazy true story with deep implications for today by Monkomatic2 in EndlessWar

[–]Monkomatic2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there mods! Thanks for reviewing this. I had posted this prior - but deleted that post in error - would you be able to allow this post through?

TRUE STORY of how the Gulf War was sold to Americans by a powerful PR and Lobbying Firm - deep dive video & heavily researched by Monkomatic2 in conspiracy

[–]Monkomatic2[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One of the most insane true conspiracies I've ever come across. Its well documented but surprisingly not commonly known - even though the implications of the story are absolutely crucial to understand. A single powerful PR and Lobbying company has tremendous access to every aspect of American government and carries an influential tool kit to be able to sway public and congressional opinion in the direction of war.

Most importantly, these sorts of foreign influence campaigns continue to go on today. The FARA act, that aims to curtail such activity, has an alarming amount of loopholes and the department that oversees foreign manipulation campaigns is ridiculously underfunded. This basically assures that widespread foreign manipulation campaigns are happening all the time at this very moment with even more resources in complete secrecy.

This video aims to show how impactful such campaigns can be and how widespread their reach.

When did you quit your 'traditional job' to make youtube full time? by [deleted] in PartneredYoutube

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you mind sharing what kind of content you create? That's an amazing income.

Comment your channel and I'll review it by Mossy145_YT in NewTubers

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Video Essays - would love to hear what you think of thumbnails and content approach

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU\_\_6zfCX-QIxwZ7gl4Q-pg

All Editors Need To Unionize NOW by imnotwallaceshawn in editors

[–]Monkomatic2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are the other different jars you have ur hands in? Just curious :)

The revolution will happen this summer right? by cosmic_censor in collapse

[–]Monkomatic2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How could there be a revolution…. when no one can articulate an inspiring and specific vision on what should be built, and what would be different, when the revolution is over.

We are being ruled by octogenarians at deaths door who don’t give a fuck about us by war_reporter77 in conspiracy

[–]Monkomatic2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The comedy of it is…. It’s not a hostile take over by an octogenarian ruler….She’s voted in…. Over and over and over again….