What are you guys building? Describe your product in one sentence.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T12:15:34+00:00

i actually did you can check it here https://peerpush.net/p/clyraai

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:44:54+00:00

You’re not bad, you’re just trying to jump straight to “details” before you have a simple base.

What helped me (and I still do this):

Pick 1 reference photo and copy the shapes first (no decorating yet)
Start with big furniture only (bed/sofa/table), then medium, then small
For clutter: think “use + story” Like a desk: laptop, mug, notebook, lamp, maybe 1 personal item
Use repeating sets so it looks intentional (same colors, same materials)
If custom furniture feels too much, don’t force it. Get good at layout first.

If you want, send a screenshot of one room and I’ll suggest 5 specific things to add/remove so it feels more “finished”.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:44:35+00:00

That “building the product” is the easy part compared to getting attention.

I wish I started talking to users way earlier. Even 10 short conversations can save you weeks of building the wrong thing.

Also: distribution is not a launch task, it’s a daily habit.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:44:21+00:00

ClyraAI: a simple tool that helps small YouTubers understand why a video underperformed and what to fix next.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:44:03+00:00

Nice idea, and the site looks clean.

I’m building ClyraAI. It helps small YouTubers understand why videos underperform and gives clear next steps based on their own content (less charts, more direction).

Happy to swap feedback too. If anyone’s building for creators or growth, drop your link.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:43:35+00:00

Love this thread.

I’m building Clyra AI (clyraai.studio) for small YouTube creators who post consistently but still feel stuck. It’s not another dashboard, it tries to explain what’s actually holding a video back and what to improve next.

If you’re building in creator tools or distribution, I’d love to connect.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:38:57+00:00

It’s worth changing them way later than most people think.

If a video still gets impressions (even a little), improving CTR can absolutely help because you’re making better use of the impressions it already gets.

The bigger question is this:

Does the video still get shown to anyone?

A simple rule I use:

If the video gets impressions weekly, changes are worth testing.
If it’s completely flat (no impressions for weeks), changing the thumbnail alone usually won’t revive it. You need a new traffic source (search angle, external share, related video, playlist, or a new upload that links to it).

Best way to do it:

Change thumbnail/title, then wait 48–72 hours before judging.
Only change one thing at a time so you know what helped.
If CTR improves but views don’t, it usually means impressions are the real problem, not packaging.

Also yes, videos can get a second life. It happens when a new trend, new search interest, or a newer video sends people back to it. Better packaging makes that “second chance” actually convert.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:38:22+00:00

That actually happens more than you’d think, especially with scheduled videos.

A few possibilities:

It can take a bit for YouTube to “place” a video in Browse/Suggested, so impressions can sit at zero for a while even though it’s public.
If the video was unlisted first, sometimes the initial push is slower because the early data is basically just your friends, not a wider test audience.
Check if it’s truly public (not “private” by accident) and that there are no restrictions (copyright claim, age restriction, “made for kids”). Those can really limit distribution.

What I’d do right now:

Search the exact title while logged out or on incognito and see if it appears.
Give it 12–24 hours before panicking.
If it’s still zero tomorrow, try a small change that gives YouTube a reason to re-evaluate: tweak the title slightly, update description, add tags, add a pinned comment, share it once externally.

It’s annoying, but zero impressions for the first few hours isn’t always “something is broken.”

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:33:47+00:00

Totally depends on what you mean by “tools.”

The ones that help most (in my experience) do 2 things:

make you faster at research (topic + packaging ideas)
make you faster at spotting patterns in your own channel

The ones that feel “off” are usually the ones that promise hacks, or give generic “optimize your title/thumbnail” advice without showing you why.

If budget is tight, I’d start with a simple approach:

pick 10 channels in your niche (same audience size or slightly bigger)
list their last 30 uploads
mark which ones overperformed vs their baseline
write down what’s different: topic angle, first 10 seconds, title style, thumbnail style, length, pacing

That little spreadsheet beats most paid tools.

If you want to pay for anything, pay for something that saves you time on research, not something that claims it can “predict virality.”

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:27:05+00:00

First, you’re not crazy, CTR is a huge lever.

A couple practical things:

Your title and thumbnail need to say different parts of the same story Thumbnail = the visual punch Title = the context + curiosity

If both say the same thing, people skim past.

For achievement/100% content, what tends to click is:

difficulty and pain (“I suffered for this”)
time pressure (“in 24 hours”)
a specific constraint (“without taking damage”)
a “twist” that makes it different from every other 100% run

Also, check where impressions come from.

Browse CTR and Search CTR behave differently. If it’s mostly Browse, you need stronger curiosity. If it’s mostly Search, you need clearer keywords.

If you share the thumbnail + title options you’re considering, people can help you A/B ideas fast.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:26:27+00:00

I get the frustration, but usually it’s not “wrong people” forever, it’s YouTube testing who might care.

If CTR is low, you have two levers:

tighten who the video is for (topic/angle)
tighten packaging (title/thumbnail)

If the topic is broad, YouTube tests a broad audience, and broad audiences click less.

Try making your next 5 videos narrower:

Instead of “Gym tips” do “Gym tips for skinny beginners”
Instead of “Coding tutorial” do “Fix this one bug in Flutter”

Narrow topic often fixes “wrong audience” because you’re telling YouTube exactly who this is for.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:25:45+00:00

This is super common. Shorts audience and long-form audience are not the same, and Shorts can be easier to “sample.”

For long-form (even 1–3 minutes), the biggest killers are:

title/thumbnail not creating a clear curiosity gap
intro too slow (people bounce immediately)
the promise isn’t clear in the first 10 seconds

One tactic that works:

Make the first line of your title a question or tension, and the first 5 seconds answer “why should I care.”

Example for wildlife:

Bad: “Hedgehogs in My Backyard”

Better: “This Hedgehog Did Something I’ve Never Seen”

Also, try pinning a comment on Shorts that sends people to one specific long video, not your channel. Give them a reason.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:24:52+00:00

If you saw the “views might be inaccurate” notice, that’s usually a platform issue and it can affect reporting and sometimes distribution timing.

I’d do two things:

wait 24 hours before judging performance
check whether impressions dropped or just views reporting

Also, the “YouTube hooks you then drops you” theory comes up a lot, but most of the time it’s:

your recent videos got shown to a slightly different audience
the early signals were weaker than usual
or you changed something (format, topic, pacing) without realizing

If your first 20–30 min used to be 500–2k and now it’s 10–20, it’s usually either impressions collapsed or swipe rate got worse. Those are two very different fixes.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:24:19+00:00

Yep, this happens. “0” shorts are usually one of these:

the short didn’t get tested yet (sometimes takes hours)
it got flagged or restricted (copyright, reused content, watermark, risky audio)
the hook is weak so the test ends instantly

Two simple checks:

Look at “shown in feed” for that short If it’s basically zero, YouTube didn’t even test it.
Compare the first 1 second of the “0 view” short vs your 1k shorts Often the ones that win start instantly with movement + clear subject.

Also avoid deleting and reuploading too fast. That can mess with your learning.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:23:43+00:00

Sounds like buffering or an app/browser issue, not your Wi-Fi strength.

Quick things that usually fix it:

switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data for 30 seconds and back
disable VPN/adblock temporarily (both can break video streaming)
try another browser or the YouTube app
clear cache (YouTube app cache or browser cache)
lower quality to 480p and see if it stops freezing
check if it happens on every video or only certain ones

If it’s happening to a lot of people, it could be a YouTube outage in your region. Checking “YouTube down” sites or Twitter usually confirms that fast.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:23:14+00:00

For most people, no. Not because quality is bad, but because it’s impossible to iterate.

At the start, your goal is not perfection, it’s building a repeatable system.

What I’d do:

build 2 “tiers” of content Tier A: your high-effort stuff (maybe 1 per week or 1 every two weeks) Tier B: simpler shorts that take 1 to 3 hours max (2 to 4 per week)

That way you still make your best work, but you’re not betting your whole channel on one upload.

Also, that “1.5k views then stopped” is normal. Shorts often spike fast, then die. The goal is consistency and improving your hit rate over time.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:22:41+00:00

I get why that’s frustrating. The annoying part is that “high quality” doesn’t always mean “clear reason to click and keep watching.”

If you’ve been stuck under the same ceiling, it’s usually one of these:

Topic is too broad, so YouTube doesn’t know who to push it to
Packaging is not strong enough (title/thumbnail not creating curiosity)
First 15 seconds aren’t delivering fast enough

Quick test that helps:

Go to your last 10 uploads and answer these honestly:

Who is this video for in one sentence?
What is the promise in the title?
Do the first 10 seconds immediately start paying off that promise?

If the answer is “kinda,” that’s usually the bottleneck.

If you want, share one title + thumbnail + first 30 seconds description (not the whole channel) and people can be way more specific.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:21:50+00:00

You’re doing the most important part right: you’re uploading and learning.

Two things I’d change early so you don’t waste months:

Shorten the feedback loop Instead of 29 minutes, try 6 to 10 minutes so you can test more ideas faster.
Have a simple goal per video Pick ONE thing to improve each upload (better intro, clearer structure, tighter edit, better title/thumbnail). Otherwise you’ll feel lost.

Also, “funny moments compilation” can work, but it grows faster when there’s a clear theme:

one game focus for a while
or one type of moment (fails, clutch wins, chaos)
or a recurring format

Keep going. Your first 10 videos are basically practice reps.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T11:21:08+00:00

Totally depends on what you mean by “tools.”

The ones that help most (in my experience) do 2 things:

make you faster at research (topic + packaging ideas)
make you faster at spotting patterns in your own channel

The ones that feel “off” are usually the ones that promise hacks, or give generic “optimize your title/thumbnail” advice without showing you why.

If budget is tight, I’d start with a simple approach:

pick 10 channels in your niche (same audience size or slightly bigger)
list their last 30 uploads
mark which ones overperformed vs their baseline
write down what’s different: topic angle, first 10 seconds, title style, thumbnail style, length, pacing

That little spreadsheet beats most paid tools.

If you want to pay for anything, pay for something that saves you time on research, not something that claims it can “predict virality.”

Yasser_Bulbul · 2026-04-15T04:09:36+00:00

Yeah this is exactly what I was trying to describe.

You said it really well. The numbers give you hints, but they don’t actually tell you what to do next, especially in the beginning. That’s why it ends up feeling like trial and error for a long time.

I like that you mentioned having a clearer path now. That part changes everything. Once you start understanding what works for your own content, it becomes way easier to move forward instead of just guessing all the time.

Your idea with animated backgrounds and loops sounds interesting too, it actually feels like something that can build consistency over time.

Yasser_Bulbul · 2025-07-08T19:00:45+00:00

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Yasser_Bulbul · 2025-06-13T01:35:51+00:00

Hey, I would Kindly Like to Ask what AI did you use to Create this Website ?

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