The bell icon thing has been around for awhile now. I remember Philip DeFranco covering it quite awhile back. It’s part of it now. It’s not YOU specifically, everyone’s got it. That’s WHY people tell their subs to hit the bell. <br><br>The reason it works this way is essentially so you can support a creator without having your home feed flooded. I don’t need to be notified if pewdiepie uploads a video, but I’m totally subscribed. The bell is for the dedicated viewers. The ones who want to be notified when your video is up. How much watch time also determines how much they pop up in the feed. <br><br>But complaining about the accessibility of the platform long after it’s been talked about is kinda silly. It’s something you need to pay more attention to if you want to take your job seriously. You should know how the platform works. Complaining is fine, but it needs to be an educated complaint. Otherwise you look like an asshole. Everyone’s moved on and here you are getting riled up over it. And you even know this type of thing happens! You said in the video that you think telling your subs to hit the bell icon is cringey. Why do you think people do that? <br><br>And YouTube doesn’t just “decide” to arbitrarily not promote your video. It’s likely part of a bigger whole. I found your channel because of the anthem controversy, as I’m sure many did. It promoted your video when your kind of content is relevant to the broader whole of what’s going on. So maybe when your videos are more niche subjects, you won’t find as many people. Is what it is. I certainly don’t need to be notified when your content is up. But I don’t want to not support you or watch a video of yours sometimes when it’s in my feed. <br><br>Learn to work with what you’ve got here or your gonna end up on the bitch end of the deal.