Content changes, a brief explanation (Patreon)

I've gotten a lot of question about the recent content changes on the YouTube channel, with the move from the weekly news to daily news.

The issue I have, in a nutshell, is the following. I see in my comments, here and elsewhere, that you are asking both for reactions on recent news and for in-depth coverage of more general questions. I am trying to address both. So, we have short, short-notice reactions that we can produce within a week. And then we have longer, in-depth coverage that usually takes several months to produce.

Now, as it's been going in the past year, the turnout for the science news has been mediocre too often. In addition, because of the news I have had to cut back time for the in-depth coverage, which is why they have become shorter. The changes underway right now are supposed to remedy both issues.

First, we are moving the science news to a daily schedule that I think will make it easier for you to select the ones you are interested in, and it should also make it easier for new people to discover the content. It just works badly on YouTube to have several different topics in one video. Of course, most people who click on it won't know really what they get, and some of them, understandably, don't like that. We will select all news items in a playlist, so that you can watch them back to back if you want to.

Second, we will move the longer in-depth coverage to a slower schedule. We haven't yet fully worked out the details, which is why I haven't mentioned it, but most likely beginning of next month, the usual Saturday video will become a less regular one that, however, will increase in length again. I also want to slightly change the format, which will take time to sort out.

All together, the plan is that this will decrease quantity and increase quality. It just appears to be increasing quantity because we're splitting up the previous video that lumped together several items.

In the end, I am trying to find a format that works for both you and me, so if you have feedback or comments, please let me know.