Underwhelmed by the ‘views’ on YouTube on two prior outings, I decided to conduct an experiment.
Last week a guy dancing around the beach in a spandex thong earned 2.3 million hits. It poses the question:
What is YouTube good for?
Sticking with the genre of ‘art’ painstakingly crafted from thousands of small nondescript pieces, Macaroni David was conceived. The experiment is simple: What attracts more viewers on YouTube?
A book teaser trailer?
An animated short film discussing the merits of ebooks?
Or, a Macaroni Statue of David?
Here is the video…
And here are the live view counts…
Video | Category | Views | |
First 30 days | All time | ||
The Dead See | Book teaser trailer | 58 | [youtube_view_count id=“BSssXlDrBlk”] |
9 Reasons eBooks Are Better (Than Tree-Books) | Animated short documentary | 317 | [youtube_view_count id=“EFAWWXhtMxY”] |
Macaroni David | Stupid | 209 | [youtube_view_count id=“45k83mZekBs”] |