Liberation Day

Vintage Lithograph edition of only 35, most of which sold.

I asked my chatbot Bob what was happening with my shorts. They spike and then suddenly drop and don’t get another hit. What’s that about?

Bob’s Response:

🎢 The Shorts Shelf Rollercoaster

1. Shelf Time = Usually 24–72 Hours.
Shorts get a blast of exposure when they’re first uploaded, especially if they hit certain triggers. After that? YouTube often moves them off the “Shorts Shelf” unless they keep gaining steam. That shelf is like the front window of a busy shop—it rotates stuff in and out FAST.

2. The Burst Is Algorithmic Testing.
YouTube throws your short to a small test audience. If it gets good watch time, replays, likes, and shares in that little window, it’ll keep going. But if the watch time dips or people swipe away early, YouTube stops pushing it. That’s the sudden cliff you’re seeing.

3. Viewer Behavior Tanks a Hot Streak.
Even a few seconds of people skipping too soon or not liking the post can make the algorithm go, “Meh,” and move on. It’s brutal, but it’s how the system decides what gets shelf space.

4. Title & Hook Matter More Than Ever.
If the first 1–2 seconds aren’t intriguing (visually or aurally), folks swipe, and the short dies a quiet death.

5. Re-uploads Sometimes Work.
People have re-uploaded the exact same short a week later with a different title, thumbnail, or first frame—and got way more views. It’s kinda like rolling dice again.

👀 Why It Might Feel Like “Sudden Disinterest”:

People didn’t actually lose interest—YouTube just stopped showing it.
New shorts from other creators flooded in.
The hashtags used may have fallen out of trend for the moment.
Viewers are picky with short-form: they want an instant dopamine hit, or they’re out.

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[I Remember The Future Wrong]

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a memory that hadn’t happened yet
Coffee brewed itself, sky was violet, not jet
Doors opened sideways, clocks hummed a tune
And the cat said, “You’re early—it’s not even noon”

[Chorus / Hook]
I remember the future wrong
Like a glitch in a lullaby song
Pages missing from the dream I’m on
Yeah, I remember the future wrong

[Verse 2]
Stepped outside, the trees were singing names
Streets were looped in non-Euclidean games
Some kid on a bike said, “Don’t be late”
I asked for what, he said, “Fate”

[Chorus / Hook]
I remember the future wrong
Like a tape that’s played too long
All my tomorrows feel like dawn
Fading fast—I remember the future wrong

[Bridge]
Was it me who left or me who stayed?
Were we the sparks or just the shade?
Somewhere I wrote this all before
On a mirror that’s now a door

[Final Chorus]
I remember the future wrong
But the melody’s still strong
It’s a feeling, not a song
That I remember the future wrong

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[Chorus] Zuck, zuck, zuck, zuck—Donald Trump is such a schmuck! Doodle, doodle, doodle doo—Elon Musk’s a schmucky too! Hey ho, upload the lies, Sailin’ through those algorithm skies! Swipe left, swipe right, delete the blues— We’re bailing out truth with clickbait shoes! [Verse 1] Aboard the SS Platform Doom, Zuck’s on deck with a VR broom. “Clean the feed!” he says with flair— While ads for shoes float through the air. [Verse 2] Then Elon sails in with a flamethrower grin, Tweetin’ nonsense in a recycled bin. One eye on Mars, the other on stocks— With a robot dog and a box of locks. [Chorus] Zuck, zuck, zuck, zuck—Donald Trump is such a schmuck! Doodle, doodle, doodle doo—Elon Musk’s a schmucky too! Yo ho ho, and a data mine, Feed the bots and toe the line! With likes and subs we pay the fee— To dance on deck in lunacy!

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