Would love some feedback on the weekly YouTube series I kicked off a few months ago to accompany my newsletter recap of the latest in #selfhosted software and content.
#YouTube is a new medium for me and when I compare the series' performance vs that of the newsletter and other projects I've published, I'm not sure if the slow start is normal or if there are things I can do to improve.
Very open to feedback and input from the community!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL36sLw-hHnH_thM34riNTntU9t1gBJqF9
I guess you already know this because your last 2 thumbnails have logos of what you cover in the episode...
@shollyethan
So your earlier episode thumbnails and titles clearly didn't mention at all any of the content inside... which might be expected as a weekly kind of archive but then again starting out something new is not great to click blind to see if you have mentioned something I like in each episode notes.. (I wouldn't / didn't do that and left the channel but will in future check if something tempts me)
So worth saying for others about thumbnails or titles that mentioning things is rather more helpful well before user is clicking any thumbnail or title...
Thumbnails or titles that don't indicate what it covers in the episode is like asking people to click each one which is asking too much. Especially if you have a lot of episodes.
I'd say it's more likely that almost nobody wants to open every single page without a bit of incentive / info to why and what's covered.
But I saw your last 2 thumbnails in Dec (as in picture attached) and those had logos in thumbnail so better 👍
even if not everyone might recognise them (especially new software) or be able to name them. So it's still better and hopefully not too much work for you as I considered that also in the finicky detailing of this somewhat for host.
Minimal episode title does make it 'cleaner' but I'd go for a few main keywords in the title of what you cover after the guests name with a hyphen for various clarity and search reasons too.
I think @Sascha@bonn.socialbe had a good point about PeerTube but to be honest I'd say one or the other - and for now side with filtering existing youtube videos like I've suggested in my other post by adding FILTERED links instead of direct youtube / google video sources and that way you filter adverts out with links like:
selfhst Channel link:
https://yewtu.be/channel/UC4po5aRPm5K3qBk-kw8aaDw
or playlist:
https://yewtu.be/playlist?list=PL36sLw-hHnH_thM34riNTntU9t1gBJqF9
That advice my be contrary to my usual die-hard approach with PeerTube but I'm not sure PeerTube or doubling video's is the way... but PeerTube yes in future... or double videos and then move off Google to get MASSIVE respect from community (me included as PeerTube was SHIT before even with uploading video but now might tell you *before* uploading data if filename is too long but now I think it does after my moaning about it lol)
How is the feedback coming along from elsewhere?
I saw @falkheiland @tuckerk comment here but wonder where else people might chime in (other than google video comments)... Fediverse for the way... happy to help with audio or maybe notes...
