We only cut about 1 minute, and it was at the windmill I climbed inside where you could not hear well what was said anyway. No content was lost. The old version is still there, called "What's inside a Windmill". It was first posted 6 months ago, and has less than 200 views. This new one-minute-shorter, and re-titled video has many thousands in the first few hours. Seems like re-posting does bring it to the attention of more viewers. Don't worry -- if we do this more we will not cut real content. We will just clean them up a bit. Thank you for the input!
5 years ago | 34
I'm a science teacher, and your videos give me ideas and inspiration for my own teaching.
5 years ago | 9
If you repost condensed videos, don't remove the longer version, and note it in the title short/long. Personally if I see a vid saying " X topic -short version" I'll look for a longer version, for others the inverse may be true.
5 years ago | 112
I personally prefer a longer, more in-depth video versus a condensed video. If possible please dont remove the longer versions. Your content is to valuable to have it trimmed away
5 years ago | 48
I prefer the longer versions. The original never showed up in my list. I enjoy all your videos.
5 years ago | 6
Love your videos keeps my mind active driving from call to call.
5 years ago | 0
Personally speaking I’ve just recently found your videos/channel. The odds of me watching your newer videos prior to the old is much higher which is mostly due to the algorithms that run my home feed and the subscriptions show recently posted videos. Many people may be drawn in by condensed videos, but given your content type, I’d make a bet that most people like a information dense medium/long-form content. For example (granted this may be an exception) I often times I’ll watch/listen to content well in excess of 60min per video (sometimes several hours) if the presentation is solid and time is being used effectively.
5 years ago | 1
I say you should do some hr long sessions. For those that use knowledge like this for enlightenment like myself. We want to learn from a professor like a professor would teach. Not that 20 to 30 min are bad. I just want t to say thankyou for all that you do and for giving us toobers who want to learn an opportunity. Listening to you is a treat and special. We are only alive once. So time is precious. Thanks for all that you do again.
5 years ago | 1
I like longer videos with more nuance. That's what this channel is good for! We don't want 5 minute videos with sparse content!
5 years ago | 2
Doesn't matter to me, just keep your channel active. (don't forget to do a video about the West Valley, NY Reprocessing Plant. Would love to hear your take on that. I always heard that the plant required more power to operate than the net reprocessed fuel would provide.)
5 years ago | 1
I'm with Frances, just make sure they're clearly labelled as short/long versions!
5 years ago | 1
I suspect that it's the Youtube algorithm. It promotes videos people are watching, so when a video get traction it gets a boost. Look at it as positive feedback. :-) ... and as some have suggested, some topics are more popular as there are fears and controversy mixed in, that makes people click on it more often and youtube learns what people like to see.
5 years ago | 3
You can do both, honestly. But I look for longer, more in depth videos when it comes to subjects that this channel talks about. Don't be afraid of 50 minute long videos.
5 years ago | 1
I don't think the length is a problem. It requires time to explain properly, I wouldn't suggest making the videos shorter. The views seem to be more related to the topic than to the length of the video. People seem to be particularly interested in nuclear energy.
5 years ago | 1
I'd just like to see (in the video title, description, or as an annotation overlay) the approximate dates that stuff was filmed. Love the info in your videos but for some things, technology has advanced so rapidly that they feel out of date. I'd love to see you revisit the economics of solar panels in 2020, for instance.
5 years ago | 1
Well, I just checked out the video. Are you surprised it got 14k while the original got 200? I'd say that is because that original video was posted before you got a spike from the YouTube algorithm. I'm one of the new subs. I go through old videos but when I saw a recent post/new video I had to check it out. I really found it interesting! I'd say go ahead and recycle old stuff that got very little views because it may just have been posted at an inopportune time and you have many more recent subs who will look at new vids and not know it was an older video.
5 years ago | 1
The low number of views might be because most viewers are interested in nuclear energy
5 years ago | 2
Illinois EnergyProf
We just uploaded a "new" video on how windmills work. This is a trimmed down version of an older video. Maybe its length was why there were so few views? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this one; you'll learn about how windmills are built, what determines the power they can produce, and how they actually work. Do you like this idea of bringing up more gems from the vault, until we make brand new content? Let us know!
5 years ago | [YT] | 169