Is my video boring?

[fluid heath]

I think the concept is good but its been done before, and to the average impatient viewer theyre probably clicking off after the Korean War stuff because they think you’re just stalling?

I think the gameplay itself doesn’t have any unique personality or analysis, I wonder what unique perspective you can give on these steam games, otherwise it feels like I’m just watching gameplay for a really shitty game I don’t care about. I clicked off after the sea bikers game fwiw. You have to give me a reason to want to push through these shit games (are you gonna tier list them? Is the best one gonna get a prize? Are there stakes at play, etc)

The editing and audio passes so really the best thing you should focus on is entertainment value - how do you make your vids engaging to an audience? And what audience do you even want?

[frank pilot]

Great info thanks so much. Glad to hear the audio and editing passed haha I was most worried about audio being poor (background music being too loud or too quiet). I guess the whole entertainment portion is supposed to be the reviewing part of the games that have no reviews. Not for everyone though of course and I definitely have a lot to improve on! I really appreciate you watching and giving feedback btw

[fathom stirrup]

Sounds like very similar points to previous feedback CD's received

I did take a quick look before and while I feel like some improvements have been made, there's still stuff to work on like gappy has said

[gentle spade]

｡ﾟ☾☁︎ Hello 😄 ☁︎ ☾｡ﾟ

I use a segmented system for feedbacks! This saves both of us time and lets you focus on improvement a your scale (ie, I wont help you in discusing thumbnail 's contrast if your video's hook is weak, your videos lack value, etc)
3 issues found or 1 MAJOR issue and the review stops! We dont want to overwhelm you!

Feel free to ask any questions!! I'll try to keep this as biref as I can!!
There are 8 categories in all. Most brand new creators land stop around 2-3.

Labeling System:

• ✅::High Performer
• ☑️::Is Good/Has Potential
• ❌::Minor Issue
• 🛑::Major Issue
• ✴️::N/A / Not Graded

｡ﾟ☾☁︎ Feedback Ready? ☁︎ ☾｡ﾟ

✅ - Effort Present*(The creator has clearly put in effort into the content.)*
✅ - Audio Quality*(Distorted, muffled, peaking, or unbalanced.)*
✅ - Visual Clarity*(Blur pixelation or poor lighting.)*
✅ - Misleading / Fake / Cashgrab Signals*(Ragebait, clickbait, reactionbait, mass farming uploads, etc.)*
✅ - AI Misuse*(Overuse, creator-replacement, or spammy use of AI.)*
✅ - Content Slop / Brainrot*(No clear concept or audience value.)*
✅ - Reused / Stolen content*(No templated, copied, or fan-content)*
✅ - Copyright Risks*(Use of copyrighted assets with no transformation or license.)*
✅ - Policy Risks*(Hate speech, sexual content, violence, or unsafe trends.)*
✅ - SEO Spam*(Keyword cramming, gamed, or desperate metadata.)*
✅ - Creator's Age*(Creator appears old enough for the platform.)*

｡ﾟ☾☁︎ Value ☁︎ ☾｡ﾟ

✅ - Clear Purpose*(The content has an identifiable audience or goal.)*
☑️ - Fulfills Promise*(Delivers what the title/thumbnail implies.)*
✅ - Clarity of Core Idea*(The central premise is understandable.)*
☑️ - Audience Value*(Offers clear entertainment, insight, or other value.)*
✅ - Engagement Worthy*(Viewers are likely to comment, dis/like, share, etc.)*
☑️ - Unique Perspective*(Presents a new angle, personality, evidence, or experience.)*
❌ - Beyond Surface Level*(Explores depth beyond shallow talking points.)*
☑️ - Research / Backing*(Claims and ideas have substance or support.)*
☑️ - Time & Care*(Shows signs of thoughtful effort beyond recording.)*
✅ - Loop Logic (Shorts)(Designed to be rewatched or commenting.)
❌ - Retention Quality*(Viewer stays through most of the video.)*

｡ﾟ☾☁︎ Creator ☁︎ ☾｡ﾟ

✅ - Creator Presence*(There’s visible evidence of a human making creative decisions.)*
✅ - Not Exploitative*(Doesn’t game emotion or relationships in a manipulative way.)*
🛑 - Hastage Connection*(Fosters a sense of real human connection between viewer and creator.)*
✅ - Energy & Presence*(Creator brings visible vitality, passion, or performance.)*
☑️ - Facial / Vocal Expressions*(Delivers tone or emotion expressively.)*
🛑 - Conversational Flow*(Feels like natural & engaging communication.)*

｡ﾟ☾☁︎ Notes 😄 ☁︎ ☾｡ﾟ

I have to say this, and I first want you to know that this is a very common issue a lot of creators deal with (especially ones who's been doing content creation for a while with minimal results who might get discouraged).

Your persona (the side of you you're showing youtube, your expression of your thoughts, etc) is weak and comes across as lacking genuinity or depth. Very flat. Your stances and positions are very surface level and your willingness to devludeg into your personality is very rigid. Like caricatured youtubers.

Then end result, especially when paired with your lower range of facial/vocal expression and tonal flux, is a flat video. A viewer might struggle to express what it is about your content that feels off but they wont trust you or want to continue interacting with your channel.

Of course, this is super fixable! Put more of YOU into YOU. Give us more deptyh, more substance in your expressions. Don't default to "react somehow" default to "this is my reaction"

[frank pilot]

This is really great thank you so much! People keep saying to show more personality but I can’t lie I don’t really know how to go about doing that 😅 here is the video I got inspiration from for this video idea. If somebody could maybe explain to me what he does that I’m not doing I think that would help me get a good grasp on things: https://youtu.be/1vAHfDvNDmw?si=lTD10CipPjgZoBbp

I’m not trying to copy or be like another YouTuber of course I just wanna know why his worked out so well that mine is lacking in!

[gentle spade]

Oh wow it's like your intros are the samw

I completely understand seeing someone's content and wanting to replicate it or do it yourself, a lot of content creators do that. It's super common!! But it's not that you're trying to replicate his personality because you're not

It's depth that makes it so* you don't have a personality. Like name 3 notable traits about your persona (your YouTube presentation of yourself) and 3 notable traits about this guy

Now note* the memorability and uniqueness of those traits

Also this appears to be a meh tubers, They express their points of views in their emphasis and cadence more that reaction, so it's a bit different

[frank pilot]

True intros are pretty similar that’s a good thing to note. And yeah I don’t want to try and be like anybody else I want to be myself. So I guess I have two questions: 1. Just out of curiousity and to better understand things how come the “mehtubers” seem to work for some people. There seems to be a lot of YouTubers that don’t show much personality but the video idea gets the views in. (I don’t wanna be a boring personality I wanna be unique so not trying to copy that just curious) 2. I’m struggling to pick out traits from peoples YouTube videos of what makes their personality stand out besides YouTubers just tending to be more animated and loud

[frank pilot]

I really do appreciate all this help thank you so much

[gentle spade]

Sure thing, let's break it down

1. Meh is a form of expression and besides their expressions they have a persona with personality. In fact, being animated all the time is really bad for YouTuber. It's flat to be animated all the time and comes across as fake.

Meh tubers (That's not even what they're called. It's just a term I came up with) express themselves through a wider range of emphasis and tone. They ARE high energy, they're just not screaming at you. They're full of passion, they just really lean into other elements of vocal tone. It's actually very difficult to do but conveys an immense amount of information and connects very easily with the viewer.

Fingees Is my favorite example for this because he does it in such a way that you can actually hear where his emphasis is start and end very clearly, unlike other meh tubers who usually are more subtle.

And well, if I can, energy =/= personality. A guy who screams 24/7 is boring because there's no change, no modes, and above all no actual expression. It's just AHHHHHHHH and humans don't actually like AHHHHHHHH

And this ties into number 2 of your question a bit.

2. This is actually a really serious concern. Do you struggle to tell apart the personalities of other people in your IRL? Or how about in your social groups? Most people actually don't have much variation in personality (and it's minor, more interest or preference based) But YouTubers have to have differences in their personalities and have uniqueness and memorability about them. Otherwise there's not much a reason to engage with them. It's part of being a youtuber, being someone people want to watch and engage with. There are a few exceptions (among the extremely old channels) but beyond that everyone is super notable persona wise.

If you can't tell a personas traits, I'd recommend trying in irl first. See what you find there where you have more context and physical cues to work with, then apply that to content creation. I'm sure YOU have a personality

But you need to express it effectively to the viewer for THEM to know you do

https://youtu.be/m7jYDnMWC_0?si=B66t4tWzAvODC8o-

That's finees ^^

[frank pilot]

Ok great I will take this and try to improve on it. Thank you so much once again