u/cajundecay

14 months in finally making some small headway

Man it's a grind but after 14 months I feel like I'm finally making gains. Before this week I was sitting at 600 to 620 subscribers and fighting for every view. Highest longform was at 750 views. Earlier this week I found a funnel that seems to be working for me. I'm now at 720 subs and my video that was at 750 hit 1k then 2k and now 3k in 72 hours. My biggest pain now is watch hours but those are starting to catch up. A bit. Studio says 360 but I know it lags so should be 450 to 500ish. The funnel that's working for me now is using Reddit for photo dumps with comment linking the video. Apparently my content does good on Reddit as in the last 4 days I've got the number one number two number four number 9 and 13 top video spots on a major niche subreddit with views at 740k. 550k 450k 400k and 280k views. It's been a fight and I'm still a long way for making a dollar but finally feels like a little less uphill battle. Any advice On other ways to those large numbers of Reddit viewers for my brand? It makes a great funnel I guess, but I don't really know of any other valuable uses for being able to draw an audience on Reddit.

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u/cajundecay — 1 day ago
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Cold war Nike Hercules ground to air nuclear missile bunker lost in the swamps of Louisiana

It sounds like there's an old demon lady screaming at me right after I say oh s*** in this clip. If you want to actually see the inside of it, I'll put the link in the comments

u/cajundecay — 1 day ago
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Welcome to the R.A. Jackson mansion

Or the best places to sit back, chill and drink a beer and reflect on your day. Absolutely love this place and have enjoyed it every chance I can. Sadly, the story behind this beautiful place didn't end with much enjoyment for Mr. Jackson as he passed away within 6 weeks of the completion of the construction of this home. Now it sits beautiful perfectly. Located slowly collapsing away waiting for the sea to take it.

P.s. want to say thank you to everybody who saw my video of kids behind the fence this week from this group. Your comments were awesome and they meant a lot to me. Appreciate it.Reddit R/abandoned

u/cajundecay — 1 day ago
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They built a $7 million glass penthouse on top of Augusta’s Lamar Tower. Now it just sits there above the city.

A photo dump from the Lamar Tower in Augusta, Georgia.

One of the wildest parts of the whole place is the glass penthouse built on top, a project that reportedly ran around $7 million. For all that money and ambition, it now feels like one more monument to how easily big plans can stall out and get left behind.

The higher up you go, the stranger it gets.

u/cajundecay — 3 days ago
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They built a $7 million glass penthouse on top of Augusta’s Lamar Tower. Now it just sits there above the city.

A photo dump from the Lamar Tower in Augusta, Georgia.

One of the wildest parts of the whole place is the glass penthouse built on top, a project that reportedly ran around $7 million. For all that money and ambition, it now feels like one more monument to how easily big plans can stall out and get left behind.

The higher up you go, the stranger it gets.

u/cajundecay — 3 days ago
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Searcy Hospital in Alabama, where thousands once lived and many were forgotten.

Opened in the early 1900s, Searcy Hospital became one of Alabama’s massive state mental institutions, built to house people the outside world mostly preferred not to see. For decades, thousands passed through places like this under the language of care, while time, neglect, and silence did the rest.

These are just a few photos, but places like Searcy are never really just abandoned buildings. They’re the remains of an entire system, and you can still feel that when you’re standing there.

u/cajundecay — 3 days ago
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Dozier wasn’t reform. It was institutional abuse hidden behind the language of reform.

Dozier wasn’t just “old history.” It was a youth institution wrapped in reform language, with abuse, burial mistakes, and a long trail of silence behind it.

I’ve been digging into this more deeply, and this video is part of that work:

Kids Behind the Fence:

https://youtu.be/bA5J4q-ZBKM?si=dq\_Jv4IFZeAn7QlH

Campus layout from above with drone 4K

https://youtu.be/ItYVKhK8Gcw?si=G5NHD-IJ4RPcfIVK

I’m posting it here because the story is directly about what happens when abusive systems get renamed, buried, or remembered as something less than what they were.

u/cajundecay — 3 days ago
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Where my ArkLaTex explorers at? Man, these cars blow my mind every time I see them sitting there riding away in the middle of town.

u/cajundecay — 5 days ago
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A damn shame over 100 years of History gone in an hour due to a senseless arson. This place was still full of antiques and historical artifacts

u/cajundecay — 6 days ago
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Stayed admitted. We'd find 32 graves they weren't even halfway right. 98 Graves of the forgotten children of Dozier

u/cajundecay — 6 days ago
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Old penal farm lost in the woods of North Louisiana. Used to party here 20 years ago every weekend. The basement's scary as hell

u/cajundecay — 7 days ago