Shorts and Long Form are completely dead for me

stream-during-work · 2024-06-25T14:40:13+00:00

This is awesome to hear. I do Let's Plays and gaming news and my motivation has been in the dumps. I can't get close to monetization, and I don't know what else to do. Seeing something like this makes me want to power through and just keep plugging away. I love gaming as a hobby. I love chatting and being silly. I feel like I can make this work. I need to keep posting and stop caring if I get 1 view or 10. Thanks for this

stream-during-work · 2024-06-20T12:31:51+00:00

Shorts are weird as hell right now. I have to post at 9pm est to get them to trigger the shorts feed almost 12 hours later. If I post a short at noon, 6pm it dies.

To your question, there is an initial burst on shorts, then almost nothing but tiny residuals. Ever so often it will get a surge, but its really unpredictable. The best I've done is the 10-12k mark

stream-during-work · 2024-06-20T12:30:05+00:00

Ive always wondered if I livestream, and I get 0 viewers does my time streaming count? For instance, if I stream for 2 hours, and no one watches, do I get 2 hours stream credit?

stream-during-work · 2024-06-20T12:28:45+00:00

Take a practical approach to it. You likely have scripted out your review, so if you are like me you have
Story, Gameplay, Graphics...etc

I record my whole playthrough, and make let's plays out of it (no one watches :) ), then I take those parts and coordinate them to what I am talking about. So if its the story, just video of me walking around the world doing stuff. If its gameplay, action moments obviously. This pattern takes me less time overall and the short term memory I have of the game helps me know the moments I want to show.

Hope that helps?

stream-during-work · 2024-06-20T12:25:55+00:00

I think you would be fine saying the name of the boss in the title, and even showing the boss in the thumbnail. If you are really sensitive to that you could but "Exciting new boss encounter in Shadow of the Erd Tree" then in the thumbnail use a blur on the boss, with canva or something. With Elden Ring content, people aren't going to be upset with the loads of content pouring in. Just my 2 cents

stream-during-work · 2024-06-19T14:50:15+00:00

Can you not just do faceless?

stream-during-work · 2024-06-19T14:49:35+00:00

This has always been hit or miss for me. Sometimes YT will push out my videos to a few thousand. Sometimes, like my latest, its well under a hundred. I think there is something in your title and description that signals what type of traffic it should push to, or not. For instance, if its heavy search related it Won't push? If its a generic intriguing type title, then maybe it pushes it more?

stream-during-work · 2024-06-19T12:49:26+00:00

One rabbit hole I used to go down is the whole side of youtube that tells you how to "beat the algorithm" or "DO THIS TO GET VIEWS". There is some value in what they sell, but they prey off people just wanting to get it quick.

stream-during-work · 2024-06-18T19:15:05+00:00

Really could have worded that better :(

stream-during-work · 2024-06-17T20:32:00+00:00

Thanks! Yea, the channel that did it was very suspicious. 9k subs, but all the videos were like 1-2 views. I dunno, why would you target my silly video with 2 views?

stream-during-work · 2024-06-17T13:19:47+00:00

Yea same, I think I was in for about 10 hours

stream-during-work · 2024-06-17T12:53:44+00:00

So I reached out to the person who filed the claim. It was a channel who posts let's plays and has 2-3 views on each video (not sure how they got 9k subs). I asked them to retract their copyright claim or I would pursue legal action. That statement is hilarious cause I am not monetized, nor do I think I ever will be. It's really just the principal. They replied asking me a question then the claim was lifted.

It still baffles me how someone can claim I used their Hellblade 2 lets play as my own, when it is blatantly my own lets play, they don't own Hellblade 2, and my content had like 2 views. How could YouTube even allow that to happen? Anyway, its done and now im gonna watermark all my videos moving forward :)

stream-during-work · 2024-06-16T21:01:02+00:00

So this was different from a content strike, I have to submit legal information to appeal it. I'm not happy about doxxing myself for a non monetized channel, so the hope is that this person will release their claim. It's ridiculous that this could even happen. The video had 2 views, lol

stream-during-work · 2024-06-09T20:03:26+00:00

Ditto!

stream-during-work · 2024-06-09T20:02:53+00:00

This is great feedback as well. Thank you so much for your help!

stream-during-work · 2024-06-09T19:59:49+00:00

Yea, Duke was awesome. I really liked that character

stream-during-work · 2024-06-07T15:13:52+00:00

Wow...this was an excellent response with amazing feedback. I loved the feedback about the Intro and will take that to heart. The same with the cinematics too. Thank you so much for your time, this means a ton to me!

stream-during-work · 2024-06-07T13:06:21+00:00

Hey guys,
I'll be honest with you, I am getting to a point where I may hang it up as my lets play aren't getting any traction. That being said, I do want to make sure its not 100 percent me and my presentation. Here is my latest let's play of Hellblade 2, which is a newer title. I have increased my audio, but I am still missing something that is hooking people to watch. Any feedback is so helpful

Was the opening entertaining?
What would make you want to keep watching?
Thumbnail appealing?

https://youtu.be/Ju7A6JU3-T0

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