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Second Youtube Channel?
🕑 Added 2022-07-14 09:17:31 +0000 UTCHey everyone! I'm thinking about a second channel. Then & Now would always be the same, but the second channel would be a place for me to upload more conversational videos, topics I'm thinking about, somewhere to be a bit more experimental, test out ideas, be more niche, go out filming around London more. It would be more personal, while of course still being about philosophy, history, politics, etc.
Here are some ideas I've jotted down for it:
Philosophy in the City (filming around London)
Postmodern Architecture in London (filming around London)
On National Identity (Herder)
Defining Postmodernism (quick chat)
I looked at 100 papers on immigration - here's what I found
Cohen's Camping Trip Socialism (filming camping)
The place in London that changed Dostoevsky (filming around London)
Kant's Critique of Spinoza
I filmed a quick video on Jordan Peterson's Sovereign Individual to give a sense of how it might start (and just to see what it was like registering a new Youtube channel after six years - I can't believe it's been six years!):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi11vupUgKjMRKfQdUw4yA
Head over and let me know your thoughts!
I also want to do more polls on here, so...
Should I start a second channel? (output on Then & Now will be the same)
Comments
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I've taken it all on board and will continue to check in with you all with updates. Another reason I forgot to mention that stops me just putting everything on one channel is the damn algorithm. I know some of the videos I have in mind for channel 2 won't do well and are a bit more niche, which in turn will affect the reach of the other videos. Overall, I think nothing is permanent, so I'd rather experiment with a side channel than not - it also gives me a bit of peace of mind if the Youtube gods suddenly decide to delete Then & Now (which has been known to happen). Anyway, thanks all, will keep you informed.
I like the idea of the new format, but I think it's a mistake to have separate channels. I know that it's tempting to have a channel for each category of contents, because thinkers like to order things. But from a user point of view, it just is more labour. Netflix doesn't have two channels, just one. Imagine if they put all the documentaries in one channel, feature films in a second, series in a third. It would not only make more work to access the content you are looking for, but you would lose the serendipity of finding interesting stuff you weren't looking for.
