It Never Ends

I uploaded my 11th animated short today. I’ve been trying to find ways to complete them fast, identifying the bottleneck during each step in the process. Doing all the work myself from start to finish is a time consuming task no matter how I approach it. The short I uploaded today has only amassed 17 views, which is abysmal considering I was getting over 1000 within 30 minutes a few weeks ago.

The short cartoon I published prior to today had a conservative slant. It was eye-opening to see how the likes were stripped from youtube and tik tok. Youtube I’ll give the benefit of the doubt – they habitually identify inauthentic likes and strip them from videos. For example, if you like a video but watch less than a minute of it, that like will not count. But on tik tok I have more views on my “divided opinions on supermarket attack” than any other short. I have proof that it received 16 likes, but I woke up one morning and the count was reset to 1. I mention all this because I am curious if my views are being throttled since this is the first short I’ve uploaded in a while that hasn’t climbed the ladder at any point. I am sure I am being paranoid, since my online presence in minimal, but I am concerned nonetheless.

I would like to begin posting here regularly as I love this “social media” website more than any other. It is the only one that is therapeutic. Trust me, when I am not here I working on the next animation release. Hope you enjoy the videos and look forward to returning soon.