Please unsubscribe.
Don’t worry, I haven’t lost my marbles.
I’m not burnt out. The channel isn’t
dying. YouTube hasn’t shadowbanned me.
This is an experiment. We’ve had a few
viral breakout videos over the lifetime
of the channel, and lots of people
kindly subscribed. We also had a very
strong audio theme at the start of the
channel with slightly more eclectic now.
So, what am I seeing? And this might be
complete nonsense, but this is how we
think the algorithm works, but the
algorithm is a complete mystery. So,
YouTube tests videos with subscribers
first. If the subscribers don’t click or
watch, then the video doesn’t go
anywhere. Now, this is not what you want
to see when you release a video. It’s a
signal that the video might be doomed.
So, I do want to emphasize this is
definitely not a complaint video. I am
flattered that anybody in the world
wants to watch my videos at all. I don’t
have any expectations that I somehow
deserve views, but I am really
interested in running experiments.
So, let’s do a what if experiment. What
if we only had subscribers who really
want to watch the content? Is having
fewer subscribers actually better? Now,
maybe it won’t do anything at all. It
might even kill the channel, but let’s
see what happens.
So, who do I think I’m actually making
content for? Now, this is the really
tricky bit. I am mostly doing this for
myself. YouTube really wants you to live
in a box. They want you to be super
specialized. You need to pick a niche
and then double down on it, but I want
to make videos that interest and excite
me. These might be silly electronic
projects. It’s definitely got a theme
around ESP32 and other MCU and embedded
things. the stupid things from
AliExpress that I want to buy and want
to take them apart, see how they work
and hack them. It’s basically anything
that takes my fancy. So, if that piques
your interest, then please stick around.
Otherwise, I am really flattered that
you subscribed, but maybe the channel is
not for you. So, what is the plan? Well,
let’s see what happens. Will my subs
actually go down? Maybe they’ll even go
up. Will my videos improve in their
performance? Will we get more views? I
don’t know. Let’s see what happens over
the next months. We’ll probably have to
wait six months or so to really get some
good stats, but it will be very
interesting. Now, obviously, I am only
human. Of course, I want to get that
nice silver play button, or even in my
wildest dreams, I’d like to go for gold.
But I do want to know, would I be better
off with fewer subscribers? So, let’s
find out.