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[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago

Dan Olson finds a cursed subreddit:

R/aitubers is all the entitlement of NewTubers but exclusively for people openly churning out slop.

“I’ve automated 2-4 videos daily, zero human intervention, I spend a half hour a week working on this, why am I not getting paid yet?”

The original reddit post:

I’ve been running my YouTube channel for about 3 months. It’s focused on JavaScript and React tutorials, with 2–4 videos uploaded daily. The videos are fully automated (AI-generated with clear explanations, code demos, and screen recordings).

Right now:

  • Each video gets only a few views (1–10 views).

  • I tried Google Ads ($200 spent) → got ~20 subscribers and ~20 hours of watch time.

  • The Google campaigns brought thousands of uncounted views, and the number of Likes was much higher than dislikes.

  • Tried Facebook/Reddit groups → but most don’t allow video posting, or posts get very low engagement.

My goal is to reach YPP within 6 months, but the current pace is not enough. I’m investing about $300/month in promotion and I can spend 30 minutes weekly myself.

👉 What would you suggest as the most effective strategy to actually get there?

[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I decided to look deeper into that subreddit, and I found the most utterly cursed sentence I've read all week (coming from the aptly-titled "Why 99% of YouTubers Fail (And How to Be the 1% That Doesn't)"):

If that doesn't sum up everything wrong with AI sloppers in a single sentence, I don't know what does.

EDIT: Incorrectly claimed it came from "My Unethical Strategy to Hit 4000 Hours Watch Time in 40 Days" - fixed that now.

[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago
[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

Good catch, I'll quickly update my post now.

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

it's like this shitty tiktok ai spam that 404media wrote long time ago except there's no secret discord media ideas channel or grift, they're just deceiving themselves (is that decentralization?)

can't wait for 3h long video dissecting every last bit of it that will get released in a year from now

why any of these spammers think that anyone should spend watching their videos more time than it took them to make it? perun makes 1 video, 1h long per week and it's like half time job for him

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