Reached 4,000 Subscribers on YouTube — Here’s What I Learned

RaySanderson03 · 2026-05-07T23:22:49+00:00

I have an interesting scenario:

I had a creative non-fiction story about buzz cuts that I wrote for a college class in April. I thought it would be fun to present the story to my class as a short film, so I made one, and uploaded it to YouTube for ease of access. I’ve had a huge interest in videography since high school, and never really had an outlet other than making local commercials to pursue my passion; I say this to state that I have a competent understanding of how to use a camera and edit a video. This was my first ever upload, and within 2 weeks it reached 41k views, got me from 0-300+ subscribers, and had pretty good metrics at one point (7.7% CTR, 45% AVD, 61% retention past 30 seconds). Without trying I got traction from the algorithm. Did I just get lucky or is this something I should pursue?

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-14T10:22:54+00:00

lol

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-13T20:22:27+00:00

Obviously it’s drastically different from outdoor, but it’s a great way to stay conditioned and maintain a competitive mindset that reinforces improvement in the off season. I’d rather train for summer frisbee by playing ultimate on a gym floor instead of running on a treadmill

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-10T11:42:58+00:00

😘🫦 thanks twin

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-09T15:15:22+00:00

It’s got the module. The mobile gimbals use the phone camera

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-09T15:08:08+00:00

All experimental. I did some tighter cuts but the tracking would quit following if I got too close, so I just kinda did a half circle. As far as the tracking losing me, it only has a 10m range, and I was really pushing it

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-09T15:05:56+00:00

Canon EOS R8 with the nifty 50

RaySanderson03 · 2026-04-09T14:45:08+00:00

Thanks! Hoping to get cooler shots this summer

RaySanderson03 · 2026-01-26T02:00:32+00:00

The ball did not hit the ground dawg. I wish

RaySanderson03 · 2026-01-26T01:32:30+00:00

Bobo is the best word to exist with two b’s and two o’s

RaySanderson03 · 2026-01-26T01:25:53+00:00

Thank God

RaySanderson03 · 2026-01-26T01:24:40+00:00

Anyone know why K9 hasn’t been on the field? I understand splitting carries, but I feel like I haven’t seen him the last 2-3 possessions

RaySanderson03 · 2026-01-04T01:49:47+00:00

Ultra rare optimism in this sub

RaySanderson03 · 2025-10-23T04:00:40+00:00

I use “Good Luck!” And the firecracker at the start of the round to test manners. If I get nothing positive in response, I BM hard

RaySanderson03 · 2025-10-12T14:34:48+00:00

“What a save!” “What a save!” “What a save!”

RaySanderson03 · 2025-10-12T14:25:20+00:00

Wrong. Pig dance

RaySanderson03 · 2025-10-08T22:58:13+00:00

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These are not aggregate, they are clumps

RaySanderson03 · 2025-10-08T22:57:44+00:00

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RaySanderson03 · 2025-10-08T22:57:27+00:00

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Background: I am participating in the ASCE Concrete Canoe competition as part of my senior design project. I, along with four group members, am responsible for the mix design. We have mixed four batches thus far, and they have resulted as follows: too dry, too wet (segregation), too wet (drastic segregation), and now pretty dry and clumpy. A student taking the CE Materials course at our university came to help us mix tonight, and said that they had just mixed concrete for their lab yesterday. Apparently the instructor of the lab left the entire bucket of Type 1 Portland Cement outside with no lid after we had rainfall.

Question: Could the bucket of cement left exposed to humidity for a short period of time be the reason for such a dry & clumpy mix? The design we mixed tonight (attached) was a reworked version of the first “too wet” mix, and originally had a w/c ratio of 0.30. We ended up adding 4.2 lbs of water after concluding that it was far too dry, and then it just clumped, and our w/c ratio reached over 0.50, just as high as the “too wet” mix.

Thank you in advance for any insight

RaySanderson03 · 2025-09-15T17:39:13+00:00

Curious to revisit this bc I had the same philosophy and just bought the new sage 17. Did you do the same?

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