Self Advertising In The Comment Section

Luke Wightman

Luke Wightman

Level 100 Procrastinationer
Im not usually the one to be making these sort of posts. But this is like a pet peeve. If you are some one that does this, why? I don't understand why you do it. Really. But every time I see someone who is doing it I don't just see the one comment on one video I go through several videos in the same category and behold there is the same comment posted by the exact same person. I literary saw one girl comment about 6 times on 6 different videos. I feel like it is unfair for people who are trying to get out there who actually have good content and have good quality videos. Is this just me or does anyone else feel like this? I mean I'm sorry for the negative post but I need to know if anyone else is with me on this?

Thanks guys
 
I've had my channel for only 3 months and already those types of comments make me crazy!! Especially when I know they didn't watch the video or are just copying and pasting the same thing all over the place. I love and appreciate when someone comments on our videos, and I usually like and respond to them, but not when they are something like "Nice video. Come check out...." Chances are I will just ignore the comment and the channel it came from. There is a much better chance that I will check out a channel if they just leave a nice comment!!
 
For the most part I agree, but I think it's debatable. I've personally subscribed to channels who sorta self advertised on a video. It really depends on the situation and how they did it. If they just wrote, "Nice video. Come check out...." then that would turn me off. I like to know that they actually watched the entire video at least. Networking is important when building a Youtube channel. If I check out the channel of the person who self promoted on my videos and comment on theirs, and they continue to watch and give comments to my future videos, then I consider that a win-win.
 
Genuine commenting is always appreciated and may get your name out there a bit. Advertising commenting is just plain annoying!
 
It's really annoying to see all of those people who care about nothing but self promotion. I get that it's hard to grow your channel starting out, but you don't need to basically spam just to get out there. Genuine comments, social media promotion, SEO, and so many other things are wayyy better options.

Though I suppose we can't really stop it, that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
 
yeah ive never understood the point of doing it either its not effective at all and its just going to p**s people off at the end of the day.
 
I don't like it when it happens but if it's put in a way that is not just check out my channel, I might check it out if I'm interested.
 
I have a hard time with this as well. Still a fairly new channel and I get a lot of this as well. At first I was like "Yah lets help each other out." But then I realized they really don't watch my content and I am not really interested in theirs. I try to comment on all the videos I watch but strictly avoid asking them to check me out. I guess I kinda hope they look me up because I don't do that lol
 
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