How to promote BTCTalk on YouTube?

[Rizzrack]

Yes, it's still possible. I checked crypto related vids on youtube and i can only seen external URLs in the comment are those exchange related like this two.



I tried to search bitcointalk related vids and checked every comments made but unfortunately there is no bitcointalk URL posted even those old YT vids like 4-6 yrs ago.

Maybe bitcointalk is labeled as suspicious or whatever it is just like what wikipedia describes this forum.

Those comments are pinned and most likely made by the video creator. So yes, they can leave links in the comments. Users can't ! Due to spam, possible viruses but the most important reason is driving traffic away from youtube ! Why would they want that ?

The most you can do is use hashtags. Not sure how much they help or not but: #bitcointalk 

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[hugeblack]

Personally, I don't see many forum links on YouTube, so perhaps this is the company's policy.

Try this service --> BTA.lk - Official unofficial Bitcointalk short links, it redirects links to the forum and make it shorter.

[Rizzrack]

Personally, I don't see many forum links on YouTube, so perhaps this is the company's policy.

Try this service --> BTA.lk - Official unofficial Bitcointalk short links, it redirects links to the forum and make it shorter.

You might not see any kind of links in YT comments. All the link spammers moved to Twitter bta.lk links are also deleted from what I tested

[OgNasty]

You might be surprised, but either way every bit of promotion helps.

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That's technically true. But as a dude who does marketing, trust me when I say that it's really not worth the effort. Blogs/articles are a far better medium for promoting an online forum.

As a dude who watches more YouTube than anything else on my TV, I can also say to trust me that nobody is looking at the comments for links to click.  On my TV, I can't even see the comments.  Even if I could and there was an amazing link, I wouldn't click it because I don't use my TV to browse the internet.  I can honestly say that I've been making and watching YouTube videos for more than 15 years now and I've never read a single comment outside of those made on my own videos (which I sometimes skim through).

[eddie13]

I searched "bitcointalk.org" on youtube and its mostly videos to teach bounty hunters how to use the forum..
How to barely use the forum..

[ChiBitCTy]

I appreciate all the discourse everyone! To be clear when I meant I promote the forum often, I didn’t necessarily mean I try and do so on YouTube. I do, but mainly it’s to try and help other physical bitcoin collectors find our collectibles section to buy/sell/trade collectibles. Also I often find collectors who try and redeem their coins and ask how to do so. Krogothmanhatten has a great write up on here on the safest/most efficient way of doing so, but of course if I post the btalk link it gets removed. I still do think it’s a way to promote the forum, but realize this is not going to drive a massive amount of people here. Though I still think there are other ways of doing so like you @OGNasty suggested in making actual videos talking about the site ( I made a few suggestions on the bitcointalk show thread explaining how I think this can be achieved).

[virasog]

Besides, I've tried to find alternatives to Youtube and nothing even comes close.  They might be censoring fucks, but they've got the widest variety of content by far, and the easiest site to navigate and use IMO.

The only way to do this is that we and the video creators should make videos on bitcointalk (or any other idea/topic) and post on other platforms. When people will watch those good videos on other platforms, those platforms will grow automatically.

With the current approach that if the platform is close to the popularity of youtube then we will go there, we can never be able to find alternatives to Youtube. Specially I am more interested to have a  decentralized video sharing platform so that there will be no central control and no censorship.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Unfortunately they're really just hard to find; usually you find them through personal recommendations. Kinda unlikely for people to stumble upon those via the YouTube algorithm.

Man, you're telling me--there's so many videos on Youtube that it's nearly impossible to find exactly what you want (and I could almost guarantee that whatever it is exists) because of their algorithm.  I'm assuming that videos aren't deleted for no reason and that there must be 14 years' worth of content on the site.  Yet when I search for X, I find the X influencers and only the most recent videos.  If I filter by upload date, everything's in Asian languages that just frustrate me.

I came across this guy's channel (maybe NSFW but nothing pornographic), which blew my head off because of how freely he talks about things, often including language that the typical professional Youtuber who's trying to be family friendly wouldn't dream of using.

And those "influencers" have the script down to a mothafukkin' science.  On top of that, there's just so many of them.  Makes me want to take long breaks from the internet.

[JollyGood]

I am someone who is now watching a lot more Youtube on my television than before but am still watching more television in the conventional sense over streaming/videos, anyway I also noted the fact I cannot see comments when using the Youtube app on my television.

You are right, a lot of people choose to not read or simply ignore the comments left in videos but they are visible by default when using a computer or phone however when it comes to television the comments simply do not appear. Maybe I have to go in to some sort of options in the television settings to make the comments visible but I have not seen any when using a Youtube app on my television and for convenience sake I prefer to not see them when using the television.

Keeping that in mind it will be difficult to assess the impact of not having clickable links or visible text in comments when a large growing portion of the audience they are intended for simply cannot see them when using a television.

As a dude who watches more YouTube than anything else on my TV, I can also say to trust me that nobody is looking at the comments for links to click.  On my TV, I can't even see the comments.  Even if I could and there was an amazing link, I wouldn't click it because I don't use my TV to browse the internet.  I can honestly say that I've been making and watching YouTube videos for more than 15 years now and I've never read a single comment outside of those made on my own videos (which I sometimes skim through).

[dark1234]

Besides, I've tried to find alternatives to Youtube and nothing even comes close.  They might be censoring fucks, but they've got the widest variety of content by far, and the easiest site to navigate and use IMO.

The only way to do this is that we and the video creators should make videos on bitcointalk (or any other idea/topic) and post on other platforms. When people will watch those good videos on other platforms, those platforms will grow automatically.

With the current approach that if the platform is close to the popularity of youtube then we will go there, we can never be able to find alternatives to Youtube. Specially I am more interested to have a  decentralized video sharing platform so that there will be no central control and no censorship.

I think an alternative to another platform that is currently very popular... is tiktok but our can't describe it at length.... except with a serialized scenario....
 Youtube has a very significant role in any case, but maybe a bit allergic to a link, especially bitcointalk.org  
And promote this forum well, it's very important,
actually most of them are youtubers and others, linking bitcointalk links because for personal interests, and making public opinion to generate income instantly and easily, which of course is not good