YouTube Isn't For "Creators"...let me explain
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- This was a very personal video to make, but it's something I've been wanting to do for a while so thank you for watching. Also I'm not actually going crazy it's just a bit i swear.
CJ's article: cjthex.substack.com/p/against...
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0:00 intro
2:44 What is Content Creation?
6:34 My Experience as a Content Creator
16:45 Algorithm and Analytics
21:26 Rage Against The Machine 
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Saji and his room are both so pretty
frrfrr
Literally
I hope I'm in either one day 🥰
@@nailinthefashion😧
@@nailinthefashion that's wild 💀
it’s really nice to see a creator who’s aware of all of these nuances and able to present them in a relatable way that doesn’t feel like they’re “talking down” to their audience. it’s just a really wholesome vibe you generate here n it goes much appreciated saji !! no matter the content these videos always feel like a well deserved break. i hope you feel proud bc i really think you deserve to
Saji may not work for Amazon but he always delivers
Goated comment.
I give this joke 9/10 I just wish he was richer than Bezos
You ate this comment tf up
can't believe the algorithm gods are SLEEPING on our boy smh, this one is an absolute banger and is honestly so well put together and thought provoking
from a viewer standpoint, I think some of the stats that the algorithm uses are stupid, like if I click on something the first time it's recommended or the tenth. sometimes I'm super interested but not in the right emotional state for something. or it's one I want to pay more attention to whereas at the moment I'm watching things in the background. Just because I don't click on it the moment it's recommended doesn't mean I'm not interested. in fact, I usually click 'not interested' for things that I'm not interested in. otherwise it just means I don't feel like watching it right this second.
I totally agree! The thing that annoys me is when I’m not in the right mood for a video, I add it to the Watch Later playlist, and then RUclips continually recommends the videos to me 🙄 like, the whole point is that I wanna watch them LATER, youtube
Ive been stuttering a lot again latley but because of you i feel less embarrassed abt it. I appreciate you Saji
If you're still in school and stuttering has been a long term thing you're dealing with perhaps you could talk to a counselor about seeing a speech therapist at your school. Every school is required to have one by law. Nothing wrong with having a stutter, but there is therapy for it depending on your age
i get how you feel i dont have a stutter but i have autism! so seeing people with any kind of neurodivergence existing makes me feel more comfortable
I had a friend that used to stutter a lot. He ended up stuttering a lot less as he gained some confidence. Hopefully you'll find that the less you feel embarrassed about it, the more confidence in yourself you'll have, the less you'll stutter.
Another good content creator to look up if you want some people who stutter that are doing well for themselves in the public eye is Drew Lynch. He got hit in the throat with a baseball and ending up having a bad stutter afterward. Then he decided to be a stand up comedian. Dude kills it and I feel like the stuttering makes his material funnier.
Wish you all the best man!
as a small RUclipsr this video is so accurate and so perfect. especially when you talked about making content that you really like and the pain of seeing it flop after working so hard on it. and RUclips studio rubbing it in. this video has actually really helped and kinda motivated me to keep going so thank you. :)
Honestly, saji was right when he said unionize like content creators especially should seriously unionize.
gotta love it when someone talks about being limited by the algo in a video and said video gets crushed by the algo (the same algo that constantly recommends and auto plays videos i’ve already watched all the way through)
god i hate this platform sometimes.
great content as always, saji!
☮️💟
and the same ads....I have used Streamyard for over a year and at least 25% of my ads are the exact same " hey it's Dana from Streamyard" ad....can't be good for advertisers either
The fact that the american cheese stuck on so well on the car puts me in awe.
But really, great Saji. Can relate to feeling distant from your own art and losing joy for the process. Look forward to ur next video!
Edit: CJ the X is the goat, much agreed.
I'm so glad you brought up CJ the X, they're an amazingly talented creator on RUclips and I adore their content only because of how genuine and thought-provoking it is (as well as chaotic as all hell, which I can enjoy as someone just as 'everywhere all at once' as CJ). Your points in this video are magnificent, and I wholeheartedly believe that the content you're making now will help in one way or another on this platform.
CJ is insane lol absolutely feral. Been subbed for years now
You're one of several creators I can relate to. We love all your work dude!
i like the reoccurring bit of all the Sajis interacting. i think evil saji should get to run a whole video just to be fair.
thanks for the reminder that both content creators and their audience have a lot of ability to encourage and celebrate content that doesn’t appeal to the algorithm, having it explained made it sound so much more arbitrary ; probably why i don’t check out trending videos as much. “capitalism strips identity,” is nice food for thought because i feel like it’s so frequently applicable. thanks again saji
I really love this video. I would say something else but I don’t think there is anything else to say you worded and expressed everything so perfectly Im speechless. I’m so glad you made this.
Saji sharma I hardly know her
I'm probably old enough to be your mother but I really like your videos. You come across as kind and genuine and the kind of person I would welcome at my table if you were friends with my son or neices. There's so much rage bait on here ...your channel was a lucky find for me bc it has a mellow vibe and restores my faith that the 'kids' are alright.
...you're also probably the only person I've seen who could pull off frosted tips in like a decade lol
I've been feeling the same for years, I've had my Instagram art account for years and have never gotten like over a hundred likes and I felt like those likes equalled my worth as an artist and I tried to change everything in order to create content that appealled to the masses and grow a community and that drastically messed up my creativity, like I wasn't drawing bc I liked it or I wasn't drawing what I liked, I was drawing for the masses and it still didn't work lmao. But now I'm trying to mend my relationship with myself and my art and idrc anymore bc I love drawing more than I love the clout 😻 thank u for this video saji
I hope you fall in love with drawing again!!
i appreciate sajis way of speaking because its so mellow and slowed paced and even the stutters give my brain extra time to process the material
IT'S SAJI SUNDAY!! ᐠ( ᐛ )ᐟ💞 another sunday, another wonderful video saji has blessed us with!! #sajisunday
i love the video essay style, this video was so good !!
we stan our unqualified Trevor Noah 🫡
as a smaller youtube creator and a visual artist, this video spoke to me on another level. the split between art and content for me feels razor thin a lot of the time. I’ve always strived to improve in certain aspects of my art, but I’ve felt recently the work I do for youtube has been impeding that progress I want to make. before youtube I never expected keeping up a channel to feel like such a personal experience, but after only a few months of this i can really feel the pressure of the algorithm to move away from my expectations for myself to appease whatever bs youtube wants me to make. it really can be a struggle.
it’s very interesting to hear about this from a larger creator’s perspective, and i think it’s a shame that the algorithm deemed this video “unworthy” or whatever the f. i really appreciated this video, and good luck with your youtube journey from now onwards!
youtube literally didn’t give me a notification for this video and im pissed. this is so good, it’s really interesting to get a view into what content creation and its evolution looks like from an inside perspective!!! i think this video will really help a lot of other creators!!!
I was literally just thinking about something similar today. This is my burner account but content creation really takes you through a lot mentally.💖💖💖
A detail I love about this video is the warm lighting! It's such a vibrant difference between similar commentary videos!
saji i just want to say that i am so inspired by you and awed by just how deep your coolness goes. i personality don't have a stutter, but even i know what its like to be ridiculed for how you talk, and i can't imagine how difficult it might have been to start creating but i am so glad u did. i know you almost def wont see this but i just needed to put it in writing
I honestly wish I had a better comment to reflect how I really feel about this video but honestly Saji, this video is incredible and it means a lot to me at this very moment in time so I am extremely happy to have clicked on it when I did!
The bit at the end was so funny. Really insightful video over all!
Previous generations said "you vote with your money".
Our generations vote with our attention.
I have thought about that a lot from a viewer/consumer's POV wrt RUclips, and it feels like your conclusion is coming from a similar place as a creator. Great video! Great thoughts!
(childhood undiagnosed ADHD solidarity, also!!!)
I hope your artistic voice grows as you focus on making content you enjoy! Excited for future projects
saji it is so cool that you dont cut out/edit out the parts where you stutter. thank you :)
Sajjiiiii , let’s goooo , been waiting since the announcement yesterday 🫶🏻🎉 keep it up !!!
this video hit me, when you first start off with RUclips you're just trying different types of content creation until one kind of just sticks. With every attempt being sad that what you put out does bad in terms of views, it can be so discouraging at the beginning. I've been watching you for a while now and its awesome to see the similarities in both our times on youtube. Have a great day man!
This is so friggin' relatable it hurts! My partner and I have a small skit channel, and we've been working for years to build it up. Sometimes it feels like we missed the window, back when RUclips had so many awesome skit-and-short film-based channels like Dom Fera, LiamKyleSullivan, EvilIguana, etc.
Lately we've been doing really well on views, which is wonderful! But it often feels like the vids we're the most passionate about--the ones we out the most effort into and like the most when they're done--never do as well as when we just do quick low-effort topical stuff. It can be disheartening, but I'm also glad we're doing well in general? So many complex feelings! 😂😢😭
excellent video dude, really resonated with me. hope you to continue to explore your own style irregardless of the algorithm. looking forward to seeing future videos:)
Really great insight. I appreciate your transparency. Art and commerce have always been at odds. It's no surprise to see the battle now take place on these newer platforms. Keep up the good work. Continue to feed the artist in you.
Saji this was an incredible video conveying the mental toll of being a content creator. It's been incredible seeing your growth as a creator all these years. it's truly inspirational.
i appreciate this video so much! it’s been lovely to watch you grow and listening to you reflecting on the ups and downs is really refreshing. as someone who’s also been making videos for years, it helps me a lot to remember my own values and reasons for doing it. i wanna make stuff that I’M excited to talk about, things that share things i know, things i think are important. i think it’s, in a way, easier for me as a smaller creator that isn’t making a living off my work. i try not to think about the algorithm at all honestly! i focus on the thoughtful comments and discussions i generate and ignore views to the best of my ability. definitely not easy, especially with the youtube studio stuff you talked about at the end. anyway, we’re all real people, creatives shouldn’t be treated like profit machines, and it’s really messed up that so many people are driven to feel that way.
Don’t know why but the algorithm actually suggested me your channel some weeks ago… never was more fast to subscribe to a channel
as someone who was an influencer for a living for a year and then basically quit, thank you for this video like everything u said is so true and relatable like damn. and for a while i was hard on myself for "falling off" but i just like realized i didnt like what i was doing -- i just liked the praise and the money. i might get back into it and do what i want but, like you said, thats not always dependable and what ur sure the algorith will love -- it doesnt at all and vice versa. so thank you for this video i feel seen
This is such a good video!! I started watching you last year when I had my first creative job // was going through something similar just keep doing whatever makes you happy :))
Saji! This is a fantastic video. I really have been wanting to hear someone talk about this. I hear you.
“RUclipss G-Spot” is an absolutely crazy phrase, that was not on my BINGO card.
i really enjoyed watching this it was like a breath of fresh air in comprison to a lot of videos i watch on a daily basis...
Damn this video couldn't have come at a more perfect time. Thanks Saji.
such a cool, genuine, meta video. felt your vulnerability here and i appreciate it so so much, you rock Saji!
as an artist who also feels like they have to monetize their hobbies.. this is relatable.
Keep it up Saji we love the content!
[the microphone vibrator comments tho 😮]
I love the style of this video. Do lots more, ty❤️
Saji I love you and your content sm!! Keep up the great work 💖
The only thing I feel that truly stands in the way of anything getting better, is the innate need of comfort. This was an amazing video, and as a fellow artist, I agree with the sentiment completely! I just feel most people rely on the status quo far too much for anything to change. It would take a firm group effort, and not enough people care about things outside of themselves to participate.
"I write, edit, and distribute informative and humorous commentary via film on one of the largest media channels" 🤗
love everything you out out man it’s always super introspective ❤
I always like these styles of videos, it’s sad the algo doesn’t like them :/. Glad to see your progress though, I found your channel once I started making commentary videos. The first vid of yours I saw was the one about those incel podcasters that kurtis also has the video on. (Not fresh n fit, but the other guys)
commenting for engagement bc it’s deserved this is such a good one
another BANGER VID !!!!! the end made me laugh so hard also I loved the baby saji content!!! also happy international stuttering awareness day I love my community
SOO GOOD I love the topic & it's awesome to hear your growth as a creative. Much love your way man, I hope we get more stuff like this from both you and on the platform in general
This video hits home. Thank you for sharing 💓
Whoa, this is great I loved the last seconds they felt so real and summed everything up so good, so satisfying
really appreciated the honesty and intentionality of this one, and the Sajis in conversation with each other were excellent 💯
I MADE IT. I saw the notification in the car but had to wait because I was on my way to my campus🫠
Bu video muhteşem. Teşekkür ederim. ❤️
i havent watched you in a while but really respect this. i feel the same way about music, and i dont do it anymore to try and get views or streams because it made me so unhappy. all of my favorite artists got so burnt out and it drove so many of them to really bad places, and id rather just make art for myself than get like that. respect u a lot and ill be tuning in more often now to see content that makes u happy
i feel like youtube tanked this video in the algorithm on purpose. keep speaking the truth and sharing your story
I was guided to this channel via the algorithm only a few days ago actually - so I don't know much about you quite yet, but I definitely respect & appreciate your honesty in this video! I already find LinkedIn horrifying, so I can't imagine wrestling with branding and compartmentalizing myself into RUclips as well.
i love u saji, i want to say i appreciate your vulnerability!! as people and creatives, our greatest gift to ourselves and the world is to be who we are an authentic way. i am proud of you!
this video is so well put together i love sajis videos
Ahh great video made me think of stuff I never had loved hearing a more vulnerable side as well
I love the skits, the new format, your passion and the message of the video. In full, I really needed to hear these words. Thank you for the upload as always, and try not to draw yourself crazy over numbers! I know how hard it can get. We'll be supporting you through these changes for sure!!
Always enjoy your perspective & your comedy. Please keep making things - this is a good spot on RUclips compared to all the garbage filler!
The sad irony of THIS video not getting pushed to your audience :,(
This is the commentary channel that has lasted the longest in my brain's dopamine availability cycle, as well as having avoided my insensitivity aversion. Your commitment to giving respectability politics the finger is much appreciated, along with maintaining a unique levity that still knows when to not be funny and acknowledge that stuff sucks. I really appreciate your vulnerability and transparency in this vid.
I think UBI is the only way to fix this. We can't all rely on Advertisers cum Medicis to finance our survival. (btw that was latin, not filth.)
On that tip, what would art be like if no one ever paid an artist? Would we all value our own unique abilities and voices? Would we all create lives for ourselves that resemble who we are as people, rather than cogs in an un-finite industrial machine??
Wait. We already interact directly with value every damn day. Money is the algorithm we need to be fighting. Money is the master of the algo, so that's what we should just ignore. brb gonna go be gay and do crime. jk but welcome to hat Saji!
i never really comment on anything, but i really enjoyed this video and i wanted you to know that :) the first time i ever came across your channel was the video you made over a year ago now about avaneeh’s thirst traps and i thought you were really funny. i liked your form of commentary and i really liked your personality, so i tuned in every time you made a new video enjoying everything and everything you put out
i hope you’re now at a stage where you can see what we see and enjoy what you’re putting out :) it’s fun to see the way you’ve grown and changed and the way you worded this was great :)
i hope your hard work continues to pay off because you’re one of my favourite commentary creators and i really like your editing style too
i really appreciate these videos from a standpoint of seeing you as a person in this messed up website, turning what youve experienced and what your current situation is, to better connect with people about topics and issues that are important, i appreciate what you do
not just youtube thats messed up, i love that you said “this empire we call america” in your latest video because it absolutely is, as someone whose family is from guam and who understands the imperialistic existence of america and how damaging it is its really reasuring to hear these things said and shared with others
Ending felt like a Ryan Higa Skitzo video
The saji from the first part of the vid handing it off to second part of the video saji was v funny to me :))
“I’m a product and how I choose to advertise myself determines my quality of life” critical hit
Saji you blessed us with an amazing video. The constant feeling of not being good enough for thr algorithm constantly hurts. Its amazing to have you be vulnerable like this and warms the heart!
I wanna let u know know i love you and ur videos bring such great comfort to me🦧
You're a real one, my guy. Appreciate you 🖤
Commentary RUclipsr, OK Computer vinyl in the background... Yeah that tracks.
Sucks that the algorithm isn’t helping this video hope it will soon🙏🙏🙏
It's really telling that this video has so little views and comments, but it is one of your more powerful videos, and I love it. We should unionize, for real. You said it in your video, but then you said you didn't have any ideas. It's true, we should unionize
This video was hard hitting, especially since it feels like this video isn’t doing well compared to your other content. It’s a shame because the message is important.
i know it's not remotely the same, but as a fic writer, i really related to the section about how the popularity of a work colors the way you feel about it.
Saji u slayed the house down absolute boots with this video
Beautiful vid as always ❤
For the bit around 6:30 - I've been trying to go the route of just creating what I create as a comic artist/graphic novelist for almost 20 years now (not really on RUclips, but sites that have shifted to using similar algorithms like Instagram and now apparently DeviantArt and to a certain extent Tumblr ). I've made almost nothing doing it. The consequence is that I have to keep my day job. I would love to be able to support myself doing art, but then I would have to do things that would get enough views to keep me paid, and I'm not really sure I can do that and enjoy it. Because what gets views as far as art goes is fan art and fan comics of popular media franchises. I don't think there's anything wrong with making these, but if you do original work you ABSOLUTELY get drowned out because you don't benefit from the millions of dollars of marketing a corporation did for a franchise that now comes pre made with its own keywords and fan expectations. People are allergic to original works if you're an unknown creator, no matter WHAT you put into it (to put it in perspective I spent 2 years making a full color comic series by myself and it has like i think 5 people i have confirmed have finished reading it). But I've kinda accepted my fate. I have a scant handful of people who wait for my stuff enthusiastically, and that's actually more than I'd have without the internet. And I think the goal of art is to cause an emotional reaction in another person anyway and I feel like I achieve that here and there. I would LOVE to do that for a living, but realistically I know there's no way for me to make art that will make me a living AND be something that was worth spending my time and money on. I think it would be better if algorithms were actually designed to match people with their interests and not WITH WHATEVER WILL MAKE THEM SCROLL LONGER. Because the few people I've gotten to read my stuff have found it because of luck and then being like "oh space and vampires? Yeah that sounds relevant to to mY interests"
I think the thing that actually frustrates me more than anything is when other artists and creators who benefit from the algorithm have treated me like I'm not a "real" artist because I don't really make anything off of this. I let those opinions roll off of me, but it does irk me because it's like....We can accept that we have to appease the almighty algorithm to make money, without accepting its choices as some immutable universal truth of what defines "real art". Since when does some code decide who is and isn't engaging in a vital form of human expression correctly?
And omg I can't unsee the thing you said about the mic now 😭
Also it probably hurts young folks more, what the algorithm does, but trust me....The sting doesn't really ever go away the older you get. You just get better at understanding it doesn't mean everything.
Wow this was great video 😊
I loved the multiple Sajis bit
Thank you for making this ❤
Found your videos today bro I'm loving them, algorithm or not you can be sureee I'm staying around 👏🏾💯✨
completely unrelated but I love love love Saji’s room decor
Crazy that I subbed and got a membership to ur channel almost 2 months ago and was never recommended this video... I learned about it thru your new video. KINDA SUSPICIOUS YT!!!!!!!
Well, at it for ten years and have 815 subs...woo living big doing what i want.
It's not only youtube. It's all forms of media that are measured in numbers to determine success, and I believe because of how easy it's become to keep track of these numbers, we're absolutely obsessed. Take film for example. People are obsessed by how well a film does at the box office and if it doesnt do well most people determine it's a bad film even though they might not have seen it. Take elemental for example. People were attacking elemental for doing badly at the box office opening weekend, calling it a disaster movie, a total failure. Was it a bad movie? No. People just jumped the gun way too fast to decide its fate based on numbers. And guess what? The current numbers now reflect that error in judgement. Numbers cant always be a reliable way to measure success, yet we still use them to an obsessive degree.
yippee!!
Totally get it from a creator pov. Glad you kept going❤
Amazing conclusion to the video. Funniest fourth wall break I've ever seen. Highly intelligent comedy with an emotional twist at the end. Much like the episode "Fly" from Breaking Bad.