u/Gotherl22

Spreading a bunch of YouTube propaganda with clickbaity titles. Feels like he basically copied the whole idea from Make Money Matt, and that guy was already talking out of his ass about some “YouTube team” hand-picking small creators to blow up overnight. Looking at AstenCEO’s channel, it just seems like another creator trying to funnel people into some digital product course he links under every video.

Video for anyone curious: “You're Missing YouTube's Biggest Money Opportunity Right Now”

37% CTR and only about 33%-35% avd on 9 views which is odd cuz I know these either came from subs or returning viewers which should've watched longer.

But now that I think of it. It kinda makes sense. Subs/returning viewers are not hunting for videos they might be busy and don't have time to watch a full video but they see your video popup and recognize the brand so decide to click.

But perhaps, it might just be my video isn't hooking ppl to watch longer as much as I hoped.

This might be a little specific but can the label be delayed like hours or days later before you see it?

Noticed strong performance, then suddenly a cluster of low watches. Haven't seen the label yet but I have seen it before on my previous videos. So I am wondering if it's being widely tested now and I just can't see it yet.

So lately I have been eating flavored chips, hot sauce or vape and noticed and intense itch shortly after. I thought I just got very allergic to it but turns out or what I suspect at least it's not that these foods are causing me to itch so bad but scabies just magnifies the itching. Normally I might itch maybe a bit but not this intense. I think it's Def scabies exaggerating the itching caused by histamine foods.

I just got permitrin and ivetmetin and will be able to prove whether my theory is true soon. Since I can't accept the idea that eating a bag of chips can cause me too itch this much. It gotta be scabies.

I never checked for it but had it months before and highly suspect it reinfested. The sensation feels the same. Like nonstop itch no matter how much you scratch or throw hot water on it. And areas like wrist, neck chin scalp feet ankles. Little bumps, rash or bleeding when you scratch it.

This seems to be a growing issue lately. In my niche (AI rock/metal), I’ve noticed several channels getting demonetized or disappearing from the platform entirely. Curious how widespread this is.

Every so often, the first 100–200 impressions bring in almost no clicks or the retention is unusually low and it’s not because of the packaging, quality, or hook.

It feels more like YouTube is testing the video on poor-fit traffic due to low initial confidence.

Hard to pinpoint the exact trigger, but it often seems tied to things like major title/thumbnail changes, a weak previous upload, shifts in niche, or a topic that comes off unclear or mismatched so the algorithm isn’t quite sure who to show it to.

Edit: Yep, I knew 100% it was being tested on garbage traffic. The labelled just appeared where it says testing to wider audience hence the low ctr. like 1%

I think I see what YouTube’s doing they’re trying to hit 2 birds with one stone. They profit from AI tools like Veo and Nano Banana by letting AI content flood the platform, while quietly pulling the plug for newer AI channels to manage oversaturation. It’s subtle though videos still get some views, just never really take off, regardless of quality or effort so they can keep profiting from their AI brands until it no longer becomes profitable

It’s pretty clear YouTube isn’t a big fan of AI content, based on how many removals there have been. What they do like is the money from their AI tools, not the AI channels itself. This has taken a darker turn so blatant they can’t even mask their intent anymore, with major AI channels being wiped out and no option to appeal. Steve Song is a clear example. His work isn’t low-effort AI content, the real issue is that he’s grown too big while fallen in a gray area just enough so yt can find an excuse to terminate it.

Here is the sneaky part they quietly limit the reach of newer AI channels without making it obvious. They can’t really do that with older, established channels because it would be too noticeable and could push creators to quit. New AI creators can only see the already established channels and think, “If they made it, I can too right?” What they don’t see is the 99% of channels that either get wiped out or trapped in an impression death spiral.

It also feels like it’s only a matter of time before they take stricter action. There’s a lot of competition from other AI tools Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.0 are already ahead of Veo. The timing lines up with the wave of AI content removals, which suggests they’re not making enough from their own tools to keep letting AI channels grow freely.

Final note: I don't think it's impossible as I've witnessed some channels breaking out that were relativetly new, but you just have to outperform nearly everyone in your niche. And with AI so saturated, that’s a brutal wall to climb and likely not worth the reward if there even is any. Ai tools are not cheap.