Thank you. After all the stuff I had to read today, your recognition is most welcome.
My videos are hosted at Vimeo. My hubby and I share a professional subscription there. This is exactly why I wrote "video hosting costs money." If you want your video delivered as an embedded quality stream that really works, you have to pay for it. I have tried other platforms, and there are problems with all of them. Vimeo I can recommend without reservation.
For political reasons, I refuse to give the censorial f.cks at Google/Youtube even one minute of video to further their profits. But I have to admit, YT also works well in conjunction with Steem.
You could use the actual Dtube service you tagged, for free, and get paid. Using incorrect tags like that will get you downvoted as well. I know, I know, you hate me and know everything. Just trying to help ;)
a) I don't hate you, especially not for lousy 37 cents :-)
b) I tried dTube, with other accounts. Several times. And it sucked, bigtime. Videos wouldn't play, the quality was horrible, etc.. And for the privilege, dTube took 25% of the profits as beneficiary. Which, BTW, kills the tiny profit of any paid promotion.
c) I have been using this "incorrect" tag for a long time, and never a downvote. It would have been easy for the mighty "dtube"-account to downvote every last penny of my profit. Apparently, they're not that petty.
Besides, people see #dtube, they expect a video, and that's exactly what they get, in good quality. So, "incorrect?" Not really.
I don't know either. It's been several months. However, that still doesn't solve the problem that old videos get buried and aren't accessible anymore. It's also a major disadvantage that one gives up control of the content. What if somebody runs into legal trouble and needs to take down a vid? Here in Europe it's very easy to film the wrong person on the street and - presto - legal hot water.
pretend to be popular
It's not about being popular. It's about getting there.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen too many get there by promoting every post. Usually the opposite happens. They go nowhere. Look at Jerry. Over 30000 followers, lucky to make a buck organically now. That's typical. Eyes are important, indeed. So is an invested following. That's quite different than a following and unique to this platform. Old ways don't work well here. I won't drag this out though. Good luck.
I promote every post, heavy. Success could be better, but beats disappearing within minutes.
Jerry
...is a bit of a special case, wouldn't you agree?
invested following
Exactly why I'm not following anybody. Follow me because you like the content, and for no other reason.
Old ways don't work well here
Agree. The new ones will work even less, I can see that already, so I will probably leave.
This HF21 is a death knell for Steem. Perhaps not the 50/50 split, but the free downvotes for sure. I just caught a 100% $5 DV from @smooth which pretty much killed this post. Where was @smooth in the past, curating? Had it been his money he wouldn't have wasted a downvote on me...
I'm here out of nostalgic idealism. It used to be great, full of promise. But people always have to f.ck with a good thing and fix stuff that isn't broken. I detest FB and Youtube, but fact is, I can monetize my vids and sell my paintings better than here, with about the same effort and much more reach. Idealism doesn't last forever.
Thank you. After all the stuff I had to read today, your recognition is most welcome.
My videos are hosted at Vimeo. My hubby and I share a professional subscription there. This is exactly why I wrote "video hosting costs money." If you want your video delivered as an embedded quality stream that really works, you have to pay for it. I have tried other platforms, and there are problems with all of them. Vimeo I can recommend without reservation.
For political reasons, I refuse to give the censorial f.cks at Google/Youtube even one minute of video to further their profits. But I have to admit, YT also works well in conjunction with Steem.
You could use the actual Dtube service you tagged, for free, and get paid. Using incorrect tags like that will get you downvoted as well. I know, I know, you hate me and know everything. Just trying to help ;)
a) I don't hate you, especially not for lousy 37 cents :-)
b) I tried dTube, with other accounts. Several times. And it sucked, bigtime. Videos wouldn't play, the quality was horrible, etc.. And for the privilege, dTube took 25% of the profits as beneficiary. Which, BTW, kills the tiny profit of any paid promotion.
c) I have been using this "incorrect" tag for a long time, and never a downvote. It would have been easy for the mighty "dtube"-account to downvote every last penny of my profit. Apparently, they're not that petty.
Besides, people see #dtube, they expect a video, and that's exactly what they get, in good quality. So, "incorrect?" Not really.
Dtube does have those downsides, at times, but I thought they improved? I don't know.
Also, thanks for being honest with this noob who said:
In the past I've seen so many buy votes then pretend to be popular. That was sickening. Good to see some honesty.
I don't know either. It's been several months. However, that still doesn't solve the problem that old videos get buried and aren't accessible anymore. It's also a major disadvantage that one gives up control of the content. What if somebody runs into legal trouble and needs to take down a vid? Here in Europe it's very easy to film the wrong person on the street and - presto - legal hot water.
It's not about being popular. It's about getting there.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen too many get there by promoting every post. Usually the opposite happens. They go nowhere. Look at Jerry. Over 30000 followers, lucky to make a buck organically now. That's typical. Eyes are important, indeed. So is an invested following. That's quite different than a following and unique to this platform. Old ways don't work well here. I won't drag this out though. Good luck.
I promote every post, heavy. Success could be better, but beats disappearing within minutes.
...is a bit of a special case, wouldn't you agree?
Exactly why I'm not following anybody. Follow me because you like the content, and for no other reason.
Agree. The new ones will work even less, I can see that already, so I will probably leave.
This HF21 is a death knell for Steem. Perhaps not the 50/50 split, but the free downvotes for sure. I just caught a 100% $5 DV from @smooth which pretty much killed this post. Where was @smooth in the past, curating? Had it been his money he wouldn't have wasted a downvote on me...
I'm here out of nostalgic idealism. It used to be great, full of promise. But people always have to f.ck with a good thing and fix stuff that isn't broken. I detest FB and Youtube, but fact is, I can monetize my vids and sell my paintings better than here, with about the same effort and much more reach. Idealism doesn't last forever.
Good luck to you as well.