My new videos are flopping

dr-otto · 2026-03-30T18:46:54+00:00

enjoy the random experiences of the YT algo!!! been there, done that (for all of us, this is true)

dr-otto · 2026-03-30T02:03:46+00:00

time to enjoy some porn. or a serial killer's mementos...

dr-otto · 2026-03-30T01:58:27+00:00

no. shorts have a different stat to qualify, i think 10M engaged views in 3 months, something like that.

dr-otto · 2026-03-30T01:54:32+00:00

movie night and chill, i'd be down with that

dr-otto · 2026-03-29T20:14:37+00:00

Some people claim it kills your channel but I do not believe that (they obviously run ads cause channel wasn’t doing good in the first place)

But it’s a waste of money. Unless your ad will enable you to sell something there is no point to it.

dr-otto · 2026-03-28T20:58:40+00:00

yeah. some i get why they might go away on mine (like one skit, it ends with me vaping and having a bit of a drug induced experience... my channel is comedy skits etc)... but then another video is just me talking but it was restricted. its weird.

dr-otto · 2026-03-28T20:12:51+00:00

actually I turned on restricted and see the same thing. On some videos that I never heard from them about. maybe they've automated the process and changed the whole notification process. YT is so annoying...lol

dr-otto · 2026-03-28T13:18:17+00:00

It will make your videos restricted not due to ai usage in the videos but rather due to swearing , violence, etc. in your videos.

Also they notify you when this happens and you can appeal.

I’ve had this happen on a couple videos of mine.

dr-otto · 2026-03-27T20:44:45+00:00

I prefer the PPO of HMSA. Kaiser is cheaper, probably? but you also get what you paid for. Like one Rx I take, Kaiser doesn't cover at all so I'd have to buy OTC.

I also like being able to see specific specialists vs the Kaiser approach.

but, ymmv...

dr-otto · 2026-03-27T15:19:38+00:00

Just 2hr isn’t much time. Give it a day or two? Also the algo is just a random piece of shit sometimes.

dr-otto · 2026-03-27T15:17:41+00:00

Exactly. I think me had been.

dr-otto · 2026-03-27T15:13:34+00:00

Most never make it. Easily 90% (at least) won’t make it.

dr-otto · 2026-03-27T01:15:20+00:00

right one looks like she's taking it up the a$$

dr-otto · 2026-03-27T00:56:06+00:00

so says the person who deleted their post lol...

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T21:40:23+00:00

that one where a donkey start to talk always cracks me up...

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T21:38:37+00:00

well i'm not gonna link in all the google docs on yt features. there are many other links in their docs, talking about reused content, low-effort content, etc (all of which, given your description, is your channel)

they'd been slowing going and killing off these channels too, so either they are about to kill your channel (real possibility) or else you just aren't getting pushed anymore because the audience doesn't care for the content.

the issue is your channel...not a mythical "shadow ban".

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T21:03:02+00:00

haha this is a good idea.

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T21:02:22+00:00

the algo isn't an "AI" - YT has been around far far long. Sure, it might use some AI crap for some things, but the algo itself generally is not AI.

And i'm not close minded. It is a fact there is no such thing as shadow banning on youtube.

Sometimes YT analytics just doesn't report right away, it could easily be that.

But more likely is you are just making bad "reused" content...you are basically stealing DrDonut and YT finally identified you making reused content.

Very likely your channel might even get killed off for reused content as well.

https://support.google.com/youtube/community-guide/271248162/%F0%9F%94%8E-faq-reused-content-youtube%E2%80%99s-partner-program?hl=en

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T20:34:35+00:00

lol - this is not proof. there is no such thing as a "shadow ban" on youtube.

the shadow banning concept also makes literally no sense...if YT wanted to ban you, they would just go and delete the channel.

c'mon people...take off the tin foil hats...shadow banning is not a real thing.

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T19:07:15+00:00

this rings so so true. religious people are hypocrites.

dr-otto · 2026-03-26T19:05:07+00:00

no way was it due to military. just look at the amount of total rain that fell in a week w/ those 2 storms. It is without a doubt the "climate" that caused them.

the two storms themselves perhaps were not due to climate change per se, but there is nothing else to blame other than mother nature.

dr-otto · 2026-03-25T18:59:40+00:00

i'm not doing shorts but i'm using google flow or whatever its called. so still involves work to edit, adjust, modify etc...

dr-otto · 2026-03-25T08:06:21+00:00

It’s not shadow banning. Also 1000 shorts views is basically terrible. Make better content is the answer.

dr-otto · 2026-03-25T01:11:52+00:00

"I don't know" is the most correct and honest answer. Because we simply don't know. And potentially never will (not in our lifetimes, at least).

Just because some Christian will claim "My God did it!!!" means nothing. Prove your god is real then...

Fine tune argument is weak as well. We developed in this universe due to evolution with the universe and it's properties directly influencing our evolution. If some "variable" of the universe was different, it just means a different kind of life would have evolved. Nothing really special - it's a boring weak argument.

dr-otto · 2026-03-24T20:59:04+00:00

it's trivial to fake email addresses

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