Five years ago today, while trapped at home during the pandemic and experiencing an autistic burnout, I publicized the Hotel Fire Alarm video after initially having it unlisted. I only expected it to get a few dozen views at best, but to my genuine surprise, it reached 186,000 views. I never could have imagined that such a terrible video could break the records of all my previous YouTube endeavors combined, and 125x over at that.
The graphics are terrible (if not completely unreadable), the camerawork is sloppy, and there was zero need for the bleep. Improvements have definitely been made in my newer videos, even though I have regressed in the latest ones.
On top of that, I now have 5 normal videos and four shorts on this channel that have exceeded 1,000 views. Just these videos have more views than my previous, long-deleted YouTube channels all got in their entire histories combined. I went from making poorly made, cringeworthy stuffed animal and Minecraft videos to exercising my more nerdy interests.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to everyone for your viewership, your questions, and even your criticism. Here’s to the next 5 years of this channel, my other channels, and whatever else I opt to do on YouTube! 💙 -Justin
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Five years ago today, while trapped at home during the pandemic and experiencing an autistic burnout, I publicized the Hotel Fire Alarm video after initially having it unlisted. I only expected it to get a few dozen views at best, but to my genuine surprise, it reached 186,000 views. I never could have imagined that such a terrible video could break the records of all my previous YouTube endeavors combined, and 125x over at that.
The graphics are terrible (if not completely unreadable), the camerawork is sloppy, and there was zero need for the bleep. Improvements have definitely been made in my newer videos, even though I have regressed in the latest ones.
On top of that, I now have 5 normal videos and four shorts on this channel that have exceeded 1,000 views. Just these videos have more views than my previous, long-deleted YouTube channels all got in their entire histories combined. I went from making poorly made, cringeworthy stuffed animal and Minecraft videos to exercising my more nerdy interests.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to everyone for your viewership, your questions, and even your criticism. Here’s to the next 5 years of this channel, my other channels, and whatever else I opt to do on YouTube! 💙 -Justin
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