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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I heard the algorithm rewards the opposite nowadays

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No. The algorithm rewards making content that people watch, not shovelling out junk that only your mum wants to watch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay but part of getting the algorithm to suggest your videos to people is to post consistently and often

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If people actually watch them, sure. If nobody except your mum watches the whole video, it doesn't really matter how much you post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

not always. i remember there used to be some pretty big channels that posted only every once in a while.

now it seems most of them put out lower effort stuff frequently, theres def been a shift.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Definitely not the case for me, you need to stop watching low effort slop.

I follow a few channels that only publish every other month, and they still get recommended to me as soon as they release. Slow Mo Guys is one example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

recommend me a few, i barely watch youtube anymore outside a few interest news channels because most seem like junk to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I've been catching up on the Tally Ho build series lately, that's good value for money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dude legit lul. I have like 7 or 8 channels I follow that post maaaaybe once a month and they consistently get close to a million views. Let alone people like hbomberguy who posts like 3 or 4 videos a year and gets millions upon millions of views.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You mean that people that are already big and well known can post less often and still get views? Shocking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You don't get big and well known by posting shit videos though. YouTube is full of people who put out a quality video every month or so, just look at the Slow Mo Guys.