My own WIFE didn't get my video notification until 8 hours after publishing. She watches every video. Every. Single. One. Indefensible @TeamYouTube
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And seeing as though much of a video's momentum is driven by its viewership and engagement in the first few hours, I'd consider it detrimental to "strategically" withhold notifications.
Yeah I hear ya 100% on that one. It's obvious at this time that YouTube's primary goal is NOT "get this creator's video the number of views that they expect," but it has shifted very strongly to "get users to stay on the platform no matter what"
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