From 515adc2cc464cfeebf7db78b18c20d1a9b1148ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Conor Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:11:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Posts=20=E2=80=9Cgetting-discovere?= =?UTF-8?q?d/index=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md index ec94b49..6765e38 100644 --- a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md +++ b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md @@ -7,28 +7,46 @@ tags: --- I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me. + + This is fine, I happily mosey through life without internet celebrity, but candidly (and probably humanly), it would be nice to get recognition for the things that I make. So how does one get "discovered"? + + I was just recommended this [small linux youtuber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz1G-LEu1g) that struck me with a Jimmy Neutron style, brain blast on how these algorithms likely work. In the video above, he showed off his minimal youtube stats, and noticed a parabolic uptick in his old linux videos views after he posted new videos with similar content. # On Persistent, Similar Content Here's the hypothesis: "The Algorithm" will push you if you create lot of content that is all similar. + + Let's use YT for the example. The more videos you have, the more data the algorithm has to find the right audience for you. *He has 10 linux videos, let's put him in front of a computer crowd.* + + With each posted video, the algorithm then gets another "at bat" to try you out on a new audience, which means again, more data. *Ok, the computer gamers didn't like him, but some of these other nerds over here clicked.* + + Finally, by the time the algorithm has found a good audience for you, your channel has loads of content that this audience is going to love, which makes them stay on the app longer, symbiotically giving you views and the app more eyeball time. # *Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up* - Woody Allen Unfortunately, persistence is quite hard and of course, your content needs to be semi interesting, although I don't think that's nearly as hard as consistently making content over months... Being persistent. + + I find I get spasms of motivation, on a specific topic, and then recede into the shadows for a time. Not ideal for discovery. + + As a musician, I've found this hard because I'm often inspired by different music on different days. I think that if I had a sound which was similar enough to some other artist, and just kept hammering out tunes like that, I would end up on playlists with that artist and then get plays. But I'd also probably have to persistently canvas playlists. + + I think blogging is a bit easier to get readers. Just keep writing about your interests. People will read anything on HN/Reddit. Even this rag. + + Food for thought anyway, would love to hear comments. Thanks for the brain blast [RoberElderSoftware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz1G-LEu1g), give him a watch and feel free to follow my thing here. From 109135f18218e43325a10791341c544b99ca192e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Conor Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:15:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Posts=20=E2=80=9Cgetting-discovere?= =?UTF-8?q?d/index=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md | 46 +++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md index 6765e38..d69cac1 100644 --- a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md +++ b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md @@ -5,48 +5,38 @@ weight: 1 tags: - thoughts --- -I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me. - - - +I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me.
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This is fine, I happily mosey through life without internet celebrity, but candidly (and probably humanly), it would be nice to get recognition for the things that I make. So how does one get "discovered"? - - - +
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I was just recommended this [small linux youtuber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz1G-LEu1g) that struck me with a Jimmy Neutron style, brain blast on how these algorithms likely work. In the video above, he showed off his minimal youtube stats, and noticed a parabolic uptick in his old linux videos views after he posted new videos with similar content. # On Persistent, Similar Content Here's the hypothesis: "The Algorithm" will push you if you create lot of content that is all similar. - - - +
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Let's use YT for the example. The more videos you have, the more data the algorithm has to find the right audience for you. *He has 10 linux videos, let's put him in front of a computer crowd.* - - - +
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With each posted video, the algorithm then gets another "at bat" to try you out on a new audience, which means again, more data. *Ok, the computer gamers didn't like him, but some of these other nerds over here clicked.* - - - +
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Finally, by the time the algorithm has found a good audience for you, your channel has loads of content that this audience is going to love, which makes them stay on the app longer, symbiotically giving you views and the app more eyeball time. # *Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up* - Woody Allen Unfortunately, persistence is quite hard and of course, your content needs to be semi interesting, although I don't think that's nearly as hard as consistently making content over months... Being persistent. - - - +
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I find I get spasms of motivation, on a specific topic, and then recede into the shadows for a time. Not ideal for discovery. - - - +
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As a musician, I've found this hard because I'm often inspired by different music on different days. I think that if I had a sound which was similar enough to some other artist, and just kept hammering out tunes like that, I would end up on playlists with that artist and then get plays. But I'd also probably have to persistently canvas playlists. - - - +
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I think blogging is a bit easier to get readers. Just keep writing about your interests. People will read anything on HN/Reddit. Even this rag. - - - +
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Food for thought anyway, would love to hear comments. Thanks for the brain blast [RoberElderSoftware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz1G-LEu1g), give him a watch and feel free to follow my thing here. From 5ed5815f52184e393a15987a2a8a1022d71e8309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Conor Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:18:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Posts=20=E2=80=9Cgetting-discovere?= =?UTF-8?q?d/index=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md | 28 +++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md index d69cac1..1e3694d 100644 --- a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md +++ b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md @@ -15,28 +15,28 @@ I was just recommended this [small linux youtuber](https://www.youtube.com/watch # On Persistent, Similar Content Here's the hypothesis: "The Algorithm" will push you if you create lot of content that is all similar. -
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+\ +\ Let's use YT for the example. The more videos you have, the more data the algorithm has to find the right audience for you. *He has 10 linux videos, let's put him in front of a computer crowd.* -
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+\ +\ With each posted video, the algorithm then gets another "at bat" to try you out on a new audience, which means again, more data. *Ok, the computer gamers didn't like him, but some of these other nerds over here clicked.* -
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+\ +\ Finally, by the time the algorithm has found a good audience for you, your channel has loads of content that this audience is going to love, which makes them stay on the app longer, symbiotically giving you views and the app more eyeball time. # *Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up* - Woody Allen Unfortunately, persistence is quite hard and of course, your content needs to be semi interesting, although I don't think that's nearly as hard as consistently making content over months... Being persistent. -
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+\ +\ I find I get spasms of motivation, on a specific topic, and then recede into the shadows for a time. Not ideal for discovery. -
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+\ +\ As a musician, I've found this hard because I'm often inspired by different music on different days. I think that if I had a sound which was similar enough to some other artist, and just kept hammering out tunes like that, I would end up on playlists with that artist and then get plays. But I'd also probably have to persistently canvas playlists. -
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+\ +\ I think blogging is a bit easier to get readers. Just keep writing about your interests. People will read anything on HN/Reddit. Even this rag. -
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+\ +\ Food for thought anyway, would love to hear comments. Thanks for the brain blast [RoberElderSoftware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz1G-LEu1g), give him a watch and feel free to follow my thing here. From 1ef719e8f3eb96f80aa6b1cd5459ea478b35a730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Conor Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:19:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Posts=20=E2=80=9Cgetting-discovere?= =?UTF-8?q?d/index=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md index 1e3694d..7824d26 100644 --- a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md +++ b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md @@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ weight: 1 tags: - thoughts --- -I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me.
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+I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me.\ +\ +\ This is fine, I happily mosey through life without internet celebrity, but candidly (and probably humanly), it would be nice to get recognition for the things that I make. So how does one get "discovered"? -
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+\ +\ I was just recommended this [small linux youtuber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz1G-LEu1g) that struck me with a Jimmy Neutron style, brain blast on how these algorithms likely work. In the video above, he showed off his minimal youtube stats, and noticed a parabolic uptick in his old linux videos views after he posted new videos with similar content. # On Persistent, Similar Content From b7fbfa339c0272a450c1414efbec9795579c5aba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Conor Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:20:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Posts=20=E2=80=9Cgetting-discovere?= =?UTF-8?q?d/index=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md index 7824d26..7063048 100644 --- a/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md +++ b/content/posts/getting-discovered/index.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ weight: 1 tags: - thoughts --- -I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me.\ +I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me. \ \ This is fine, I happily mosey through life without internet celebrity, but candidly (and probably humanly), it would be nice to get recognition for the things that I make. So how does one get "discovered"?