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DREARY DAYS occasionally remind me of riding with my brother-in-law. We would sometimes travel to pick up the body of a person who had died. Being the son of a funeral director, Ralph was sometimes recruited for the task. Being also good friends, I’d ride together with him in a sharp black station wagon, occasionally changing driving responsibilities over long distances. We’d talk about cars as a common interest, trying to ignore the seriousness of what we were doing, and the fact that life had ended for someone. Death is too serious, so we wouldn’t talk about it. Yet death comes to everyone and everything. Death threatens us. It has even threatened my videos on YouTube. Yes I know... I’ve gone from first gear to fourth here… but reasons exist for my missing shifts. I see several possible reasons for my video decline. It could be my fault, or the death of public interest, or the computer programming of the media platform. The first in the road is that my videos are lousy. While I’ve made some videos that showed a |
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promise of longevity, not all are in that category. In my initial appraisal, and the opinion of others who I respect for their honesty, we have said… “Keep on trying!”. Second is that my video audience dwindled because they died or their interests changed. We know video appetites can be fickle. While there is some merit in this reasoning, because statistics show that public interest in Jesus Christ may wane, it seems in my observations that the topic of collector cars remains quite alive. Along the same argument I see some Christian sites doing very well. Maybe it’s that |
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Death By Driving! |
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the combination of the two avenues shuts people down. Maybe mechanics aren’t religiously receptive. This is certainly possible, but I think mechanics can be spiritual, even while maintaining technological mindsets. I note that my bible study gathers about 3000 readers per month at: http://beambiblebounty.blogspot.com That is a LARGE difference. Consequently, the third reason needs further exploration. Therefore, I asked myself… “Has YouTube changed?” My answer is “Indeed it has, because of its algorithm.” Certainly YouTube favors sites based on its computer calculations run by artificial intelligence (AI). The AI is programmed for maximum viewership and advertising results. To me, this seems logical. So l followed this thought. Consider that we need to keep our eyes on happenings in this world. While I don’t consider myself a statistician, there are charts pointing us to subjects where reduced popularity or death seemed inevitable. Because of extremely low |
