I have been doing something similar since the beginning of June, posting daily on TikTok. Some AI safety related content, and a lot of other stuff.
I can definitely see lots of mistakes the 10 top creators you listed are making. I’m pretty sure I’m at least a better content creator now than the average of those 10 people. I’m also pretty sure I was significantly worse than all of them on day one, probably what you’d call shockingly bad, 36 days ago! So don’t discount the effect of daily practice!
I’m too embarrassed to share my TikTok :/ If you want an example of mistakes that I saw, one is that introductions like “Hi, my name is X” or “Today we’re going to talk about X” are algorithmic poison on short form video sites.
Of particular interest to people sharing AI safety content is the fact that people will skip any videos that aren’t immediately and clearly going to provide value to their lives. “You’re going to die maybe in a few years” doesn’t count. So are you very obviously telling a joke that’s going to be funny? Are you telling a compelling story they can’t help but listen to? Are you giving them an identity as an insider who knows more than those stupid outsiders? Are you teaching them something about AI they can use right away to do better at work? The value has to be clear and evident in the first 1 second.
Anyway, I plan to make a post about what I’ve learned on my own journey after the 2 month mark.
I have been doing something similar since the beginning of June, posting daily on TikTok. Some AI safety related content, and a lot of other stuff.
I can definitely see lots of mistakes the 10 top creators you listed are making. I’m pretty sure I’m at least a better content creator now than the average of those 10 people. I’m also pretty sure I was significantly worse than all of them on day one, probably what you’d call shockingly bad, 36 days ago! So don’t discount the effect of daily practice!
I’m too embarrassed to share my TikTok :/ If you want an example of mistakes that I saw, one is that introductions like “Hi, my name is X” or “Today we’re going to talk about X” are algorithmic poison on short form video sites.
Of particular interest to people sharing AI safety content is the fact that people will skip any videos that aren’t immediately and clearly going to provide value to their lives. “You’re going to die maybe in a few years” doesn’t count. So are you very obviously telling a joke that’s going to be funny? Are you telling a compelling story they can’t help but listen to? Are you giving them an identity as an insider who knows more than those stupid outsiders? Are you teaching them something about AI they can use right away to do better at work? The value has to be clear and evident in the first 1 second.
Anyway, I plan to make a post about what I’ve learned on my own journey after the 2 month mark.