Chapter 39: YouTube Algorithm (2)

What is the most important thing in a capitalist society?

It is, of course, money.

A structure where money becomes power, and power becomes money.

That is the foundation of capitalism.

It’s a fact that you know, I know, and everyone knows, so there’s no need to emphasize it.

And to make a lot of money…

【User solar9532 donated 10,000 won!】
【Video donation – Zero Two Dance 50,000 won per minute…?! Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I can’t resist this ㅋㅋㅋ】

【User HiroThighsSquishySquishy donated 10,000 won!】
【Video donation – Zero Two Dance 50,000 won per minute…?! Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I can’t resist this ㅋㅋㅋ】

【User BennyLovesRope donated 10,000 won!】
【Video donation – Zero Two Dance 50,000 won per minute…?! Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I can’t resist this ㅋㅋㅋ】

【User HiroFootLicker donated 10,000 won!】
【Video donation – Zero Two Dance 50,000 won per minute…?! Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I can’t resist this ㅋㅋㅋ】

“Stop… stop sending it, you crazy b*stards!!!”

…comes great responsibility.

[I.WILL.NEVER.UPLOAD.IT.]

[Where’d the person who said they’d never upload it go ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ???]

[That’s the video you uploaded, endure it with gritted teeth]

[Sis… is this a signal?? Heuh;;]

[Hiro-nim, you’re not getting donations and getting angry right now, are you ㅋㅋㅋ?]

[How do you feel about becoming a commercial YouTuber, Hiro-nim ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

It’s really just as expected.

I knew this would happen, and that’s why I hadn’t uploaded it until now, but in the end, a moment of greed caused this mess.

My state of jumping in, knowing the future so clearly, was truly like a moth drawn to a flame, but….

Still, I had no regrets.

【User Popopo donated 10,000 won!】
【But the video views are rising quite a bit, aren’t you happy?】

“…I am happy?”

As the donation message said, the Zero Two video I uploaded this time broke the all-time high views among my YouTube videos.

My channel, which had barely passed 5,000 subscribers recently, had 2,000-3,000 views when I uploaded a video if it did well, and the most viewed video had only about 5,000 views, so seeing the Zero Two video, which had been uploaded for only a day, exceed 6,000 views was quite pleasing.

Considering that few viewers of the live broadcast watch YouTube, but quite a few people who watch YouTube come to the live broadcast, even more so.

[Money-grubber]

[Sis who has been defeated by capitalism ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Ah, you can’t resist views ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[lmao ㅋㅋ]

[Isn’t it Hiro’s highest YouTube views?]

Thanks to that, I’m being endlessly teased by the viewers, though.

But opportunities to hit it big don’t come that often.

I had worked hard for a year and a half, but in the end, the opportunity that made me hit it big was just a coincidence that had nothing to do with my efforts.

But as a result of that coincidence, the small broadcast that barely had 40 viewers grew more than 10 times, and the YouTube channel that didn’t even have 1,000 subscribers now has nearly 5,000 subscribers.

Luck is more important than effort in the internet broadcasting world.

If you see a quotation that seems like something might get caught, you have to keep throwing bait.

Until the fish bites the bait.

So I’m throwing bait once again today.

“Still, it exceeded 5,000 views in one day, so if it does well, maybe 30,000… no, isn’t 50,000 possible?”

[Let’s go for the jackpot ahhhhh]

[Don’t count your chickens before they hatch ㄴㄴ]

[Overexcitement ON]

[But these days, Zero Two videos are getting crazy algorithm rides, so there’s a possibility]

[H cup danced Zero Two?
Honestly, I can’t resist this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Even so, isn’t blowing up the views 10 times a bit of an overreaction? ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Everyone, we’re not believing in Hiro.
We’re believing in the chest]

“Ah, that’s right, if this exceeds 50,000 views, I’ll dance another dance then.”

[fr?]

[She’s making a promise because she wants to dance ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Ah ㅋㅋㅋ Let’s go for the motorcycle dance ahhhh]

[50,000 is too much, let’s make it about 40,000]

[So you’re saying you want us to give you coordinates?
I know.]

Well… maybe 50,000 won’t happen?

Still, if 50,000 views are achieved, the bait I threw this time will have meaning.

Rather than dancing suddenly for no reason, it looks more attractive to have storytelling in the video.

With some anticipation, I continued the broadcast, bickering with viewers who were spouting nonsense again today.

However, there is such a saying.

Even if there is only a 0.01% chance,

In broadcasting, every event that has a probability is bound to happen.

“No way.”

I was looking at the monitor alone in the room, but nonetheless, a monologue that no one could hear burst out.

“No, is this…?”

It had only been a week and two days since I made the 50,000 view pledge on the broadcast.

What on earth happened?

I was looking at the view count change trend of my YouTube on the monitor.

[Title: Zero Two Dance 50,000 won per minute…?!
Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I can’t resist this ㅋㅋㅋ]

[The video has 208,517 views since it was posted]

[January 8th (Sat) 00:00 (First 1 day) : 6,923 (Typical performance for this period : 820-1030)]

[January 9th (Sun) 00:00 (First 2 days) : 12,266 (Typical performance for this period : 970-1220)]

[January 10th (Mon) 00:00 (First 3 days) : 18,382 (Typical performance for this period : 1010-1280)]

[January 11th (Tue) 00:00 (First 4 days) : 33,122 (Typical performance for this period : 1020-1300)]

[January 12th (Wed) 00:00 (First 5 days) : 52,001 (Typical performance for this period : 1030-1310)]

[January 13th (Thu) 00:00 (First 6 days) : 71,751 (Typical performance for this period : 1030-1310)]

[January 14th (Fri) 00:00 (First 7 days) : 108,911 (Typical performance for this period : 1040-1320)]

[January 15th (Sat) 00:00 (First 8 days) : 153,874 (Typical performance for this period : 1040-1320)]

[January 16th (Sun) 00:00 (First 9 days) : 194,178 (Typical performance for this period : 1060-1350)]

The 50,000 views I had pledged was achieved in 5 days, and now, four days later, it had exceeded 200,000 views, four times that amount.

Honestly.

At this point, I went beyond feeling good and wondered what was going on.

Suddenly? All at once like this?

Not long ago, I was congratulating myself and boasting to viewers that the video I uploaded this time had exceeded 5,000 views.

But suddenly 200,000?

I think I know why people say that when something excessively good happens, you don’t feel happy.

“Is this what they call the algorithm’s selection or something?”

It’s a matter of course, but it wasn’t just views that rose with the algorithm’s selection.

[HiroTube : 10.2K subscribers]

The number of subscribers also ballooned to twice the amount with just one video.

Since even the real-time views of the Zero Two video are visibly rising, it means that the video’s peak hasn’t been reached yet.

I have no idea how far it will go, so the corners of my mouth keep twitching.

Maybe, could I aim for a million views?

Such delusions were running wild in my head.

In this situation, what was I doing?

“Popular…dance…video…these days….”

I was searching for popular dance videos and meme videos that have recently been riding the algorithm, not distinguishing between Google and YouTube.

Algorithm’s selection.

The luck that makes talent and effort worthless in an instant was driving me crazy.

The algorithm’s selection, which makes you put down your shame and pride and become obsessed with the number of subscribers and views….

That’s right.

It feels like playing a game.

A game where you become a player and grow the character called Hiro.

Views become experience points, and the number of subscribers becomes a level, and you search for good hunting grounds.

If it’s a hunting ground where a lot of experience points come out and the level-up is good, what does it matter if it’s a swamp or a cemetery?

Whether the character in the game wears revealing clothes or does embarrassing things, in the end, the important thing is leveling up, a good hunting ground, and great achievements, so there are no scruples.

Like that.

Like gamers who are overly immersed in games,
YouTubers seemed to throw away their pride and shame and become obsessed with the performance of their channels.

“Sakuranbo?
No, this is too out of fashion.”

“The viewers asked me to do the motorcycle dance, but it’s not really riding the algorithm right now.”

“Ankka dance…?
No, the original is an R-rated video, so that’s a bit…”

I forgot about my shame and pride and searched for video material to upload next.