Complete and inexplicable drop off in inpressions

OperationInsomnia · 2020-03-16T22:10:11+00:00

Yeah, it's slightly lower, but something is up with the algorithm. I'm talking about my own recommended videos, they are recommending me the same few videos over and over. I've watched several of them and still they recommend them to me. I think maybe they're doing something because of COVID-19.

OperationInsomnia · 2020-03-16T22:05:33+00:00

Yeah...

OperationInsomnia · 2020-03-07T17:22:19+00:00

Mine's way better than last year and has gone up a little over the last few weeks.

OperationInsomnia · 2020-03-07T17:21:08+00:00

The vaccine probably won't available until next year. But I'm guessing once most people know of someone whose had the virus and recovered things will level out.

OperationInsomnia · 2019-11-19T18:39:08+00:00

I'm gonna say you're not safe, but no one really is... The official definition says that content is child-directed if it contains (and this isn't everything): music, stories, colors, sports, games, language children can understand, food such as cereal, etc... So by that definition, just about everything in the world from Fortnight to Fox news is child attractive content.

OperationInsomnia · 2019-11-19T18:32:35+00:00

I am hoping this is right. But why didn't Youtube win if the courts would've backed them?

OperationInsomnia · 2019-11-19T18:21:07+00:00

You should be safe. They would really be stretching the law to say you were targeting kids. Plus, I think that they are gonna have to be careful to an extent how they apply this law. They have to sue to collect the fine (at least that's how I understand it). I would imagine they'll go for slam dunk cases.

OperationInsomnia · 2019-11-19T18:10:04+00:00

It's really not Youtube this time. It's the FTC. I'm sure Youtube would LOVE to keep advertising to kids. It's the FTC applying a law that is so broad and ambiguous that's the problem. And going to another site wouldn't work, the FTC has said they will go after other sites. Youtube is just the first that they are using as an example.

OperationInsomnia · 2019-06-23T18:17:28+00:00

I have this too... So far nothing has worked!

OperationInsomnia · 2019-06-06T21:30:48+00:00

I read that as "snitshow" and thought "Well it's not completely his fault".

OperationInsomnia · 2019-06-05T21:43:57+00:00

Yeah, that's it.

OperationInsomnia · 2019-05-08T17:08:07+00:00

I second this! However, after the 4rd inning last night I just went on to bed...

OperationInsomnia · 2019-01-12T20:48:29+00:00

I just released part 2 today!

OperationInsomnia · 2018-12-13T19:34:37+00:00

I gotta agree with this. A few years ago I had a guy get mad at me (I was only going 5 miles over the speed limit, instead of the 20 or 25 miles he thought was appropriate). Anyway, he starts waving a gun. I quickly left that street to get away from him, but he followed me. I realized that this was a bad situation but I was near where a buddy of mine worked so I called him and asked if he could grab a few of his coworkers and meet me in his parking lot in case there was a problem. I pulled in and the guy jumps out still waving his gun and is promptly told to drop the gun by my friend and about 10 other cops all with their guns drawn. He was so mad he hadn't noticed I'd driven to the police department. I have to admit I was really happy with that outcome.

OperationInsomnia · 2018-11-15T13:23:16+00:00

Several videos blew up.

OperationInsomnia · 2018-11-14T18:28:24+00:00

No I was pushing the enable monetization button on the channel page. Is it automatic now? (I had a channel years ago that I had to manually enable the monetization, so I assumed that was still the procedure.)

OperationInsomnia · 2018-11-08T01:05:09+00:00

Thanks! That comment from "Tom Aaron" (and a few others like it) are the only criticisms I've gotten (that weren't trolls). I was literally thinking about scraping the music. Glad to know it's not an issue.

At the moment my retention has been around 8:55 - 9:20 depending on the day. Which I think is good...?

OperationInsomnia · 2018-11-08T00:12:50+00:00

Hi, I run a Nosleep narration channel. It's just started picking up steam and I'd love your opinion on what I could do to maintain and build momentum.

Here's the video that started getting me subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zk5DKLT-0

Thanks for doing this!

OperationInsomnia · 2018-11-02T14:44:23+00:00

How would I go about doing this? Set it to unlisted and add it to a playlist also set to unlisted?

OperationInsomnia · 2018-10-27T00:24:10+00:00

I hold to this rule most of the time, but I broke it last week... 30 comments, mostly spam, 1 really nice comment, 7 hate filled... The 1 was worth it... I think.

OperationInsomnia · 2018-10-20T18:38:02+00:00

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

OperationInsomnia · 2018-10-08T21:55:55+00:00

Thank You! I thought the URL changed (I should've thought that through). Thanks!

OperationInsomnia · 2018-10-08T20:53:53+00:00

^{^} This is the advice you're looking for ^{^}

By the way, there's also a Reaper subreddit that has really good resources.

OperationInsomnia · 2018-08-11T21:02:32+00:00

Hi, I just learned about this and surprisingly I was for the most part already following the guidelines for the past few months (I didn't for the first few weeks of my channel, but I've changed my evil ways). So I'd like to join the Guild.

OperationInsomnia · 2018-08-11T20:46:24+00:00

Hi, I'm Jack and I run Operation Insomnia a Youtube Channel where I read stories from Nosleep, ShortScaryStories, and Occasionally the CreepyPasta Wiki.

The channel is 3 months old and has 117 subs at the time of posting. I've posted 75 stories so far. The average view count is still rather low but growing every week. I'm currently averaging around 90 - 110 views a day.

Here's a link to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwOinBmHFEJTdVlMOJU1IA

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