I think it's about time we adress the elephant in the room. Yes people. Grab your power banks, some popcorn and message the admins of reddit, this is gonna be a big one.
FIXING THE DUMPING GROUND
I would like to take the chance to talk about a often looked over part of the forums but still a large factor. Video promotions. More specifically the promote yourself section.
The promote yourself section used to be a highly sought after and well maintained section of the forums with great feedback, videos and healthy discussion.
These days the promote yourself section is nothing more than a rotten dumpster largely neglected but spammed to death by channels of all sizes looking to advertise their videos.
The problem is that rather then engaging in discussion, supporting each other and giving feedback people are taking advantage of it as a place to dump their videos hoping to get more views. In reality all they are doing is dumping them in the shadows of something great (the forums). They see the forums as an opportunity not to discuss topics that matter but to post their videos and neglect everything else. Rather then paying attention to the other videos people are only paying attention to their own, only to get them minimal traffic from the forums.
Without healthy and worthwhile discussion it's just another useless place for youtubers. Now I'm not saying the videos are nessecarily bad I'm just saying there needs to be a realisation that it's not a place to dump your videos and automatically get views. If people engaged in discussion and maybe even gave feedback not only would the creators videos improve but the forums would provide a bridge in the gap between advertisement and viewing.
Now to discuss the solutions to this problem. The promote yourself has the opportunity to be a great place and opportunity for creators if cleaned, maintained and done right (I'm not talking about getting a garbage truck in). Perhaps we could have users spend credits per post to post their videos, and earn extra credits for every worthwhile review or comment they post in the videos section. Maybe they could pay per month to have access (this could be implemented for the media section). However perhaps the simplest solution is to re-enforce the idea of discussion. Have people dedicated to going through the section and commenting to try and spark conversation with the creators themselves. Find people willing to help clean up and maintain the section. If we can bring it back to life it can be great again.
MAKE THE PROMOTIONS GREAT AGAIN!
With the introductions of the media section could we see the dismissal of the promote yourself section? I don't know? Only time will tell. But these solutions could be implemented with both.
Now. Big things start small. So I'd like to challenge all of you. Yes you! Every time you come on these forums. Try to write atleast one worthwhile comment in the promote yourself section. Spark conversation. Because if we all work together, we can make a difference. We can bring the section back to its humble beginnings.
Thankyou
FIXING THE DUMPING GROUND
I would like to take the chance to talk about a often looked over part of the forums but still a large factor. Video promotions. More specifically the promote yourself section.
The promote yourself section used to be a highly sought after and well maintained section of the forums with great feedback, videos and healthy discussion.
These days the promote yourself section is nothing more than a rotten dumpster largely neglected but spammed to death by channels of all sizes looking to advertise their videos.
The problem is that rather then engaging in discussion, supporting each other and giving feedback people are taking advantage of it as a place to dump their videos hoping to get more views. In reality all they are doing is dumping them in the shadows of something great (the forums). They see the forums as an opportunity not to discuss topics that matter but to post their videos and neglect everything else. Rather then paying attention to the other videos people are only paying attention to their own, only to get them minimal traffic from the forums.
Without healthy and worthwhile discussion it's just another useless place for youtubers. Now I'm not saying the videos are nessecarily bad I'm just saying there needs to be a realisation that it's not a place to dump your videos and automatically get views. If people engaged in discussion and maybe even gave feedback not only would the creators videos improve but the forums would provide a bridge in the gap between advertisement and viewing.
Now to discuss the solutions to this problem. The promote yourself has the opportunity to be a great place and opportunity for creators if cleaned, maintained and done right (I'm not talking about getting a garbage truck in). Perhaps we could have users spend credits per post to post their videos, and earn extra credits for every worthwhile review or comment they post in the videos section. Maybe they could pay per month to have access (this could be implemented for the media section). However perhaps the simplest solution is to re-enforce the idea of discussion. Have people dedicated to going through the section and commenting to try and spark conversation with the creators themselves. Find people willing to help clean up and maintain the section. If we can bring it back to life it can be great again.
MAKE THE PROMOTIONS GREAT AGAIN!
With the introductions of the media section could we see the dismissal of the promote yourself section? I don't know? Only time will tell. But these solutions could be implemented with both.
Now. Big things start small. So I'd like to challenge all of you. Yes you! Every time you come on these forums. Try to write atleast one worthwhile comment in the promote yourself section. Spark conversation. Because if we all work together, we can make a difference. We can bring the section back to its humble beginnings.
Thankyou