I have a musical YouTube channel, which had minimal traction. Just a few views from family and friends. But after commenting on that HN post with a link to one of my videos, it got 171 views that day. A few more views began trickling in afterwards, and eventually 'The Algorithm' started recommending some videos on my channel.
It's a great feeling to read genuine comments from online strangers to know that you've touched in some way!
[And if you do see it, pls try to stay to the 1:00 - 1:30 region, where engagement spikes to 250%. Ie, on average for every 'view', that part gets watched about 2.5x as many times! Most viewers drop off before then, but luckily a few stuck around to find and enjoy it.]
Eventually the algorithm then picked up this other video, which became my most popular, at 7k views :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iun1A2Pc7Kg
(Mess Around in Dr. John's New Orleans style)
So I haven't earned any actual money on that HN comment, and am still far from the thresholds required to monetize (1k subscribers + 4k watch hours). But it did help to kick my YouTube channel into getting some exposure, even though I'm still small potatoes.
I have a musical YouTube channel, which had minimal traction. Just a few views from family and friends. But after commenting on that HN post with a link to one of my videos, it got 171 views that day. A few more views began trickling in afterwards, and eventually 'The Algorithm' started recommending some videos on my channel.
It's a great feeling to read genuine comments from online strangers to know that you've touched in some way!
This was the video in the orig link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNfMZ6g9YWo (Piano take on The Safety Dance with ragtime + stride piano influences).
[And if you do see it, pls try to stay to the 1:00 - 1:30 region, where engagement spikes to 250%. Ie, on average for every 'view', that part gets watched about 2.5x as many times! Most viewers drop off before then, but luckily a few stuck around to find and enjoy it.]
Eventually the algorithm then picked up this other video, which became my most popular, at 7k views : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iun1A2Pc7Kg (Mess Around in Dr. John's New Orleans style)
So I haven't earned any actual money on that HN comment, and am still far from the thresholds required to monetize (1k subscribers + 4k watch hours). But it did help to kick my YouTube channel into getting some exposure, even though I'm still small potatoes.