Do YouTubers actually use the things they promote?

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

Question: Who are these "people" rage quitting Jeff's channel due to "click bait" - LOL, guys... he's got to be the nicest Tech person on KZbin and commits ($$ and code) to Open-Source projects.

[@JeffGeerling]

Well, it's in the single digit numbers per video (usually), but for some reason those comments stand out more than others (probably just negativity bias!).

[@penrar]

Best not to even engage or acknowledge. People gonna say what people gonna say.

[@scoutg001]

I know, who are these haters, Jeff is great, I had the opportunity to meet him at open sauce and he was great to talk to

[@hydroponicgard]

@@JeffGeerling Human's brain over-emphasises negativity over positivity, even if it's small, or single digit, it hurts more than positive things help. :P

[@GordonRunklePhoto]

Probably just garden-variety trolls, or even "spoiler" bots that just neg on channels.

[@Andy-fd5fg]

I don't care if you continue to use the products you show.... i do care that you give an honest and truthful opinion of what you talk about... and that is what you do. Keep up the good work.

[@ddiva1973]

Best comment!!!

[@Grandwigg]

Exactly! Someone who's giving overview multiple of products within a subject or space needs to use it long enough to understand to present. I don't understand the assumption that a video about a thing a proclamation or contract to continue using is beyond the content itself. The exceptions would be (for me at least) are in the case of statements like "this is what I always use and so should you!" Which I don't recall hearing here. Similar when there's a sponsorship. I understand that it's used to find the production. While there is(here, and should be elsewhere) a level of vetting, a sponsorship is declared as such, and is an explanation of features and quality of service(where applicable). I would suggest that the complaints are a sign of misunderstanding how video media works and perhaps also misunderstands how any sponsorship works. This is likely due to (what I've read about, but not seen personally) many cases I've read about occurring on places like Instagram and tiktok (and yt,as well, I guess) of cases where 'influencers' rave about products theu falsely claim to use for undisclosed sponsorships. Those are highly illegal, irresponsible, immoral and likely something else. Though it's impossible to know for sure, I have seen zero evidence of this on any of Jeff's content. So the accusations are groundless. As for the video titles, I personally prefer more literal subject matter description, but it's sadly proven that videos with logical descriptors generally fail on YT. The numbers send to say that the more. . . Outrageous titles and thumbnails are what the majority of users in the platform want (a scary thought).

[@dozerd42]

I think Jeff could even drive more content this way. If Jeff is no longer using something, and thought he would, or has been using something he promoted for a very long time, I think that could be grounds for a "let's revisit X video"

[@Apfelloch]

Looks like an embargo was just lifted :D Four different channels uploaded a video about this speaker at the same time

[@JeffGeerling]

Haha, yep! I was actually editing this video up until like 30 minutes ago!

[@maxmustermann194]

​@@JeffGeerlingHA Dev stream was still going when those dropped :D

[@Zyphent]

Appreciate your view on things. A locally hosted voice assistant has been a wishlist item for me for a long time. I've seen it done, but this looks like a leap in maturity. The big use case for us is in the kitchen - hands free timers while chopping or cooking, or remembering to add something to the shopping list when I use up the last of it. Controlling lights and thermostats is more of a "nice to have".

[@JeffGeerling]

Their stream showed off both of those features in real time! For shopping list they hopefully will integrate with third party software easily, I haven't tested it

[@DigitalPawWorkshop]

If the click bait is on topic of the video and just sparks curiosity, then it is not a bad thing. But if it is just to get people to click on the video and has nothing to do with it, than it is bad.

[@theodorekorehonen]

Like for example if you make a video about the question "do youtubers actually use the stuff they promote" and then ramble on for ages about stuff that is, at best, tangentially related. Usually I expect the title to tell me what the main theme of the video will be or what the question it will be answering - not a lot of grumbling about mean KZbin comments

[@BaileyMagikz]

basically what community guidelines says aslong as its in the video and not misleading the user to think something will happen that didn't then its not clickbait (what jeff does is more word play then clickbaiting, he twists the titles but its still in the name / spirit of the topic following TOS)

[@mahirooyama9424]

Google released a new blog post saying they will take down egregious clickbait videos, if they actually follow through with that is another story.

[@kaitoharrison872]

Just some aditional point to add. Some people would rather title to be descriptive to what the video actually contain. Anything else is a clickbait and potentail tiem waster. I am using de-arrow and it replace the video title with "Testing Home Assistant voice, past project reflection". Not a clickbait title but very descriptive of the video.

[@darrenyorston]

Exactly. For me click bait is either a title, thumbnail or both which isn't in the video proper.

[@CedroCron]

I commented before I saw the end of the video... Congratulations on the new member of your family. That's amazing! Merry Christmas / All the best for 2025!

[@gromph4]

I'll be honest, I've lost patience with clickbate titles of videos. I'm more inclined to click 'not interested' on a video from a channel that I'm tangentially interested in, if they have a video that pollutes my feed more than once with a title like "You've been lied to about ___" or "The secret best thing about ___".

[@_vicary]

Imagine resisting euphemism, and it comes another one, and another one.

[@joshtabor3288]

Technically true - the best kind of true

[@JeffGeerling]

Heh.

[@AkshatBisht]

As a computer systems researcher working in a university, your videos are very informative and great for me to stay on top of the latest in the SBC world. Thanks for doing the great stuff. Happy holidays.

[@roblatour3511]

The bigger question, is do you ever earn back in time the time you spend in setting up and maintaining a time saving automation?

[@JeffGeerling]

XKCD 1205!

[@roblatour3511]

@@JeffGeerling lol - so never then :-)

[@impy1980]

I have an automation that charges a tablet that sits on my desk as my home assistant dashboard, some of it home related, some of it work related, it charges to 80% and turns off, at 20% battery, it turns on, took me like 5 mins to set up, in the few months I've not had to think about it once. I could leave it plugged in, but didn't wanna do that, bad for the battery, and uses constant power. I think it really depends on the automation, how complex it is, and what you wanna do with it.

[@bentubeblu]

@@roblatour3511I’ve been using home assistant for about 9 years, about 6 of those as my main system. With any technology, it evolves and needs adapting to new environments. That said, a lot of my automations that have been priceless are those for monitoring and alerting via a central interface. That is where HASS has been the largest and most impactful self hosted service I’ve ever used.

[@LarryKapp1]

@@impy1980 I just got going on Home Assistant and look forward to the 5 minute projects ! I think I am now over the hump of many hours spent figuring out how it works and how to get going with it. Should be fun and helpful.

[@CedroCron]

If I think something is Clickbait I will not watch or click on it. I'm sick of that crap. And the Thumbnails that makes it look like a crisis. Give me a break. That is why I watch your channel. No B.S. just straight forward information and cool projects.

[@impy1980]

100% my view, I hate it, and find it very unhelpful.

[@ignaciotomasi]

people complaining about clickbait should get something honest to complain about, this is ridiculous

[@CedroCron]

@@ignaciotomasi Agreed! Like what makes them the police of the internet. Find another hobby!

[@BenMilford]

This is absolutely my view as well. I’m sorry if it hurts some videos that deserve more views, but I’m very tired of what it feels like dishonesty.

[@flamingscar5263]

I've always been of the mindset that clickbait actually tends to lead to better videos because it shows the person cares about their analytics Despite popular belief, clickbait does nothing but harm your analytics of you don't have good content that follows, viewer retention is everything and if your content sucks no one will watch it, with clickbait it's worse for you because if someone clicks only to see the thumbnail and title was bait they will leave instantly, killing your viewer retention, destroying your success in the algorithm This means if a video finds me, and is clickbait, it's probably a good video as despite being clickbait people didn't click off immediately

[@krikkenstein]

Nice update 😊 What I enjoy most is seeing you enjoy yourself! I really found it fun to see videos that didn’t necessarily interest me but I got to learn new stuff by just trusting you! So please continue doing that!

[@mikenorfleet2235]

Stay positive man you do great things. I always look forward to seeing your tech projects. Have a very Merry Christmas.

[@kushy_TV]

geff jeerling

[@nrdesign1991]

geoff

[@RyanMercer]

I probably use 3/4 of the stuff I've shown in my videos and the other 1/4 I've given to friends or family.

[@CocolinoFan]

From Home Assistant? This thing is FOSS? HYPEEE

[@BenInSeattle]

Hype or Yippee? Or Hippie?

[@lexshizumdot2115]

The first video I watched from this channel was "Getting started with Raspberry Pi 5" and I loved it. It was so interesting, it got me interested in computers again.

[@JeffGeerling]

That's great to hear! I think I need to do some more 'Getting started' videos. I haven't done many in the past couple years but I feel like they help people a lot more than 'this is a neat thing' type videos...

[@prateeksaraswat1]

I’ve enjoyed so many of your videos. And I love the titles and thumbnails

[@JoshDangerFabean]

A good voice control is a game changer for my family, not so much for me. Without voice control I get "can you open the blinds for me", anyone can go and click the button to raise or lower them, or open home assistant to, but they think it's easier to ask me to do it. With voice controls they can just tell the robot to do it.

[@minecabla]

I built a raspberry pi 5 NAS using the Raxda HAT inspired by your video. It's been working great! I also run a number of containers on it such as Home Assistant. Thank you very much for informing us about this very useful HAT and its use cases!

[@ignaciotomasi]

i'm not sure when i started watching your content, but i know why and it's because it scratches my itch for raspberry pi and computing in general, great content without bs and excessive editing. keep making the amazing content and cheers!

[@brettwoodruff4288]

Jeff, I work professionally as a Systems/Cloud Engineer and I will tell you that you do an amazing job explaining usecases for these devices, and inspire other to try new things. I love the fact that you don't use click-baity tactics to get views. Hell, I even own a hard copy of your book. Keep doing good things!

[@Matthew19.26]

Just subbed to your other 2 channels, never knew they existed. I love following the channel because it introduces me to new projects I didn’t even think were a thing, so definitely will enjoy going down the rabbit hole for your other channels

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

The look on Red Shirt Jeff's face when he's about to press the HAL button lmao Priceless

[@_Turbocat777]

I have been impressed with your efforts and have been loving all your vids and everything you've been doing, I can't say that after some of your recent health scares that I wasn't worried that you might be pushing yourself a bit too hard but as long as you are doing well health wise and everything is all good.

[@NPzed]

18:22 I definitely chuckled out loud. Well played! Definitely do again!

[@Oberkaptain]

Merry Christmas Jeff.

[@beejay7665]

Thanks for doing what you do, Jeff, and congratulations on your newest addition to your family. I found your channel when I started studying my CompTIA certs last summer, and wanted to get more hands-on. Your Pi NAS was my first homelab project (and still running), followed by a pi-hole, and this month, after watching/reading your cluster/drupal content, I successfully built a four pi4 cluster. You paved the way, not just with your technical expertise, but with your common-sense approach that gave me the confidence to approach these projects. Please keep producing your content; you have a loyal and engaged following. And to you and yours (and all who comment on your channel), happy holidays and merry Christmas

[@JeffGeerling]

Merry Christmas to you too, and congrats! (I assume you got the cert?)

[@beejay7665]

@@JeffGeerling Done with A+, pausing Net+ for the holidays. More importantly, enjoying the journey. Best wishes to you and family for the holidays and the coming year

[@youruniquehandle2]

For the technically true but clickbaity titles, I think you do a pretty good job but I personally think Veritasium is one of the worst offenders of clickbaity titles and "I'm correct on a technicality but being controversial drives engagement" videos. I remember Derek made some claims about electricity and the speed of light that are ok-ish in a philosophical reference frame but every physicist and EE I work with disagreed vehemently. He had several back and forth arguments with other youtubers and it just felt like the annoying kid in class who says you only have four fingers because the thumb isn't a finger. That drives me away from a channel. Saying the cm5 changes everything (because it is a vast improvement over the cm4) is fine.

[@JeffGeerling]

I think there's definitely a line to walk there, and I've seen many channels go too far over it... A channel like Veritasium still puts out interesting content that sparks my curiosity, but there are some videos where I go into it feeling a bit deceived. So I definitely understand the complaints, even applied to my own thumbnail/title combos. The key is I try to not deceive, and keep the clickbait dialed to a level I don't feel cringey about.

[@youruniquehandle2]

@@JeffGeerling Yes, Veritasium has interesting subjects and I definitely learn from them but I'm at the point in my life that I don't suffer clickbait or deceptive content. So if a channel burns me a couple of times, I'm out. There's more content out there than I can consume in my lifetime so why waste it on channels that need to trick people into watching? Your channel has had consistently solid content for years, your site and github pages are always full of useful info, and your videos have been extremely helpful for a lot of my own projects. So as long as you don't sell your soul chasing the algorithm you're A-OK in my book.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Let's not forget Derek has a PhD. As James Randi taught us, once the ritual is complete, two statements disappear from the mind of a PhD: "I don't know" and "I am wrong."

[@gjfla4741]

Happy holidays and keep up creating the great videos!

[@RadonManRC]

I have found your videos to be very educational and entertaining. Thank you so much for the information you share!

[@TurboPotato]

This is just a fantastic video. I much prefer your down to earth approach to tech than just about everyone else on KZbin these days.

[@FrancoGrimoldi]

Great video, Jeff! One comment regarding Derek and click-baiting: he's been doing pretty bad click-baiting lately. It happened quite a few times so far and it drew me away from his channel: I clicked expecting something, and I didn't get it. Fortunately, it doesn't always happen but it's been a coin-flip lately. It's not the case with you, even while doing your own baiting, you always deliver and clicking on your content always gets me quality material, meeting if not exceeding the set expectations. Keep it going, we love your channel and we love you 🙏

[@JeffGeerling]

Yeah; his video on clickbait is great. Some of his videos they turn the clickbait dial a little too extreme, and it's hard to even tell what you're getting into.

[@kyoko703]

Merry Christmas to you and Red Shirt Jeff.

[@grahameida7163]

Raspberry Pi has from its inception been a victim of its own success, other than a small window it was always hard to get hold of. I remember at the launch of the pi, it crashing both suppliers web sites, I was there trying to purchase it. The main advantage of the pi is as you said the support from the manufacturer and the community, other boards may be technically better however the support is always lacking Happy Christmas and a great new year Geoff

[@Hayes-kx1do]

Your the reason i got into homelab stuff. I've recently bought a pi 5 to tinker with and set up a jellyfin media server with all of my physical media and music.

[@rivimey]

I would definitely like to see more how-to vids, not (just) new-product reviews. It was really good you did a catch-up on everything, it fills out the context i have of the channel and your reviews. Also, Congrats on the new baby!

[@Jorge.ALXNDR]

you are one of the creators that I consider to not do clickbait. I would say you are just smart of how people think. I always find your titles and thumbnails so sincere and know exactly what the video is going to be about. That makes me click. When I feel the creator is trying to deceive me into clicking with some great misterious thing that I can't tell what it is by thumb and title, I just don't click it. I'm not a fool. If the video was interesting it wouldn't need a crazy clickbait.

[@Deadphyre]

Another wonderful video from Jeff, keep up the awesome work! Also, I've been working on setting up Home Assistant myself with the initial though of setting up my own intercom system between us (the parents) and the kids (when they are in their rooms). Using a few ESP32 devices (Repeaker Lite). May be a cheaper alternative than the HA Voice Assist device but requires more work to get it set up.

[@hrenes]

I just like you, you're positive and real. I like listening to you, though I will never build stuff. Never bothered what click bate was. Just do your thing and all's well! Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family!

[@michaelbuddy]

Would love to see a video on the ultimate in-car screen, stereo, maps, cameras system. Something again with privacy in mind.

[@fynbo1007]

Merry Christmas and happy new year, thank you for sharing your videos, always interesting to follow your videos

[@gelogia]

Merry Christmas Jeff and family

[@antonmacarthur]

Hi Jeff, I've been looking into SDR and I have no idea where to start, I personally would love a beginners guide. I am glad you mentioned it. Fingers crossed!

[@cr0ft-2k]

I'm picking up the new Nvidia Jetson thing for $250 so I can do an Ollama LLM at home. I'll spend the 15 watts it draws for that, no problem. The new Nabu voice thingy will be perfect for that. I'm not a huge voice user but I kind of want to be. Mostly I use presence detection, movement detection and door sensors to trigger everything automatically - a smart home shouldn't really need buttons except in some edge cases imo.

[@JeffGeerling]

That little Jetson may be perfect for it! A little pricey, and I *really* wish it had 16 GB of RAM, but it should work out for that!

[@cr0ft-2k]

@@JeffGeerling Yeah, could be better - but it was 500 bucks before, the new one is faster and better and half the price. 15 watts for Ollama beats a honking huge PC with a heat-belching GPU on there. Even though a fast RTX card would also be better of course.

[@JeffGeerling]

@@cr0ft-2k Quite true! We always want more haha.

[@hubertwouts]

still loving your content! keep up the good work!

[@trentmcginnis6642]

You’re the only KZbinr that I am genuinely excited to see drop a video. Always amazing content.

[@TurboJailer]

That clock immediately caught my eye, can't wait for an update on that project! I can see one of those in my future.

[@thiagokeizo]

Oh just doing my setup with HA and ZigBee, using an old notebook liking it so far

[@JoeSpeed]

Lovely eclectic video, terrific as always! Hopefully one more before 🎄

[@YouTube-Security]

Honestly, what you use as "clickbait", i really wouldnt call that. Sure, the thumbnail/title might seem baity, but thats whole point right? As long as you actually talk about what you prommised, and dont draw it out forever and put 50 ad's and sponsors infront of it, I really dont see a reason to not do it. As you said, if no one clicks on a video, cause its just a random frame from the video, and the title is extremly draaaawn out, whats the point?

[@impy1980]

No, me neither,, I've never seen one Jeff video where I've gone "Jeez, look at that click bait" I'm annoyed. Eve!. Playful yes, but that makes me smile, Jeff is one of the most genuine, honest and fun people out there, and his thumbnails represent that/.

[@dozerd42]

You don't have to justify anything Jeff. I love your channel. I at least try watching all your content, even if I end up not liking it and clicking off. I really appreciate your contributions too. There are three people I watch as instructional content to set up servers and PCs, and your channel(s) are one if those.

[@TingFeng77]

I would certainly be interested in the SDR video, I'm also looking into getting into that

[@Danielddiniz]

@9:19 - don’t worry about Internet says or calls names like “click bait”. Your content is superlatively awesome, as you said the content brings people to computing & open source. The 2024 retrospective here proves how valuable is your work Jeff! Planning to patronizing in 2025!

[@CouchPotator]

Thanks for clarifying the baby's face was pixelated, I was really confused. :P As the topic of "do youtubers actually use what they promote", it's really helpful when they do, because as a viewer, I learn what's it's actually like to use the stuff. It's easy to say if something is useful or convenient, but hard to prove. Only extended, everyday use can we get the full picture.

[@JeffGeerling]

that's one reason I hope to do 6 month to 1 year follow ups on some projects!

[@Tj-Pendley-2025]

I actually appreciate you, putting in there "click bait" like clicking advertisements, like it is not your sponsor is why you make your youtube videos, and showing the room where you recorded things, clarifies how "fake" you are not, being real with people is the only way to reach them, just not with a negative ego, with clear crisp voice, I wish i had some sound equipment, and i am hearing your voice clearer on my 4 gb laptop, that is awesome :D, it's not like you just wave your macs around and say haha you cannot play doom 3.

[@RupertBruce]

I appreciate your balance between doing the necessary to maintain your audience and telling your story

[@NeatMemesDotCom]

I wish I could be able to create excellent content like Jeff. Keep it up buddy!

[@bpmunroe]

Keep doing you. Looking forward to the video on the clock.

[@DeskPiOfficial]

This is an annual summary? It's excellently done. I really enjoy Jeff's video style and wish you continued success in the new year, with increasing subscriptions. Also, I'd like to extend my wishes for a Merry Christmas to you and your family in advance!

[@notsonominal]

Seeing Jeff in the HA release party, releasing his own video was some inception grade stuff!

[@fritzytg]

Thanks for explaining the reality of youtube and your intentions, even if those of us who've followed you know not to assume bad intentions. It's nice to have everything spelled out and transparent.

[@JeffGeerling]

If you want it spelled out in even more detail, make sure to check out github.com/geerlingguy/youtube

[@superangrybrit]

This pleases me. We're in the age where privacy is an afterthought, I much prefer people run their own infrastructure/services. Even smaller stuff like this. Good video! 👍

[@dobcast6009]

People are just not ass smart as you jeff :) i love your videos and none of them are click bait, no matter what your thumbnail looks like im gonna watch it because i know i will learn something in a very easy and entertaining way.. keep up the good work!

[@aarontunney2628]

I can forgive a few click-baity titles if the content is good - and your content is always interesting.

[@BelligerentNeckbeard]

I used that ultimate nas video as inspiration to set up a ceph cluster with three pi 5s with those sata hats and one pi 4 as the main management system. It works great.

[@MrWilliam932]

Jeff: "Do KZbinrs Actually Use the Things They Promote?" KZbin: "Includes Paid Promotion" 🤔

[@JeffGeerling]

Heh, well I always check that box if anything is provided for the video, in this case, the evaluation hardware (Home Assistant Voice PE).

[@MrWilliam932]

@@JeffGeerling I know, It just felt funny, I'm actually looking to buy one rn 😂

[@freetechdk]

Great video and you dont have to be a youtuber to have A metric crap ton of stuff you kinda promote to friends and co-workers... and just sort of never use it... I got a steam deck that i tell every one at work that it is great and somehow i never find the time to use it. I have my homelab and have big plans for it and tell people that they should try to make their own homelab but again my plans often never gets done. ....... So I think it just great to have options of things to play with and talk to people about that at least might inspire other people to make great things from ones ideas sort of the same thing with the title here... Merry Xmas and Happy new year

[@Grandwigg]

Excellent video. I've been planning to look into the voice side of home assistant for a while- I've been hitting my head at the authentication step on connecting an Alexa skill to my HA instance. It would be nice to be about to replace it . On the other matter, I said it on another comment, but will leave it here too. Someone who's giving overview multiple of products within a subject or space needs to use it long enough to understand to present. I don't understand the assumption that a video about a thing a proclamation or contract to continue using is beyond the content itself. The exceptions would be (for me at least) are in the case of statements like "this is what I always use and so should you!" Which I don't recall hearing here. Similar when there's a sponsorship. I understand that it's used to find the production. While there is(here, and should be elsewhere) a level of vetting, a sponsorship is declared as such, and is an explanation of features and quality of service(where applicable). I would suggest that the complaints are a sign of misunderstanding how video media works and perhaps also misunderstands how any sponsorship works. This is likely due to (what I've read about, but not seen personally) many cases I've read about occurring on places like Instagram and tiktok (and yt,as well, I guess) of cases where 'influencers' rave about products theu falsely claim to use for undisclosed sponsorships. Those are highly illegal, irresponsible, immoral and likely something else. Though it's impossible to know for sure, I have seen zero evidence of this on any of Jeff's content. So the accusations are groundless. As for the video titles, I personally prefer more literal subject matter description, but it's sadly proven that videos with logical descriptors generally fail on YT. The numbers send to say that the more. . . Outrageous titles and thumbnails are what the majority of users in the platform want (a scary thought). Hopefully the duplicated text wont flag bot detection, hahaha.

[@JeffGeerling]

You won't BELIEVE what this comment says!!!

[@BenWilliams]

I’ve been watching some of your videos for a little while now and never thought they were necessarily clickbait. Just sub’d to help offset the rage quitters 😉

[@drdiesel1]

Cheers Brother, Merry X-Mas.

[@aaron57422]

Oh yea I remember the Rpi Apple TV. I think for most people, whether it's a good thing or not, the Apple TV is a "streaming box" first and foremost, that you can also install a Jellyfin app on if you have a nerdy family member that will set up for you. When they see "I replaced my 'streaming box' with a Raspberry Pi, but it doesn't work with any streaming services", for most people that drops the core functionality, so hardly feels like a meaningful replacement, and I guess I could see why they might consider it clickbait-y.

[@JeffGeerling]

Yeah, that was a video where I think at its core, it works, but I was surprised at first with some people being a bit angered over my choice of title/theme! Then I realized I hadn't seen the Apple TV as a streaming box to that point, I still remembered the lineage of TV boxes, from XBMC to my Xbox 360, to the Mac mini, to Apple TV... I had a different idea of what an Apple TV should be!

[@Kai_K]

I have 0 problems with your video titles. Your great content is what matters!

[@rivimey]

One How-to I would love is a deep dive on setting up home assistant in the way you have done, which is also the way I would like to do it but have found it hard to avoid the products that require their own app, or call home every minute -- even HA has been painful sometimes. A video or three on that would be lovely.

[@khulhucthulhu9952]

so many of these things are what I want to do when I get the time and money to look into these things, they're absolutely amazing!

[@kinglooper]

You're one of the few channels that stand out for being more than just an extension of these companies PR teams. Your dedication to ethics is rare and efforts in advancing something like pcie on pis. Much respect!

[@MadMathMike]

I watched that Veritasium video long ago, and it made me *much* more sympathetic to titles and thumbnails that are more attention grabbing than informative. There is still a line that can be crossed (for me), but I haven't seen that here. Thanks for continuing to produce excellent content for us, Jeff.

[@AWIRE_onpc]

Raspbian on Ampere WHEN?!

[@Somethingfs-sx1ft]

Soon rather than later

[@quintenluyten6382]

You can actually directly integrate Bambu Labs 3D printers with Home Assistant using a HACS plugin. So no need for a relay switch (unless you want to turn off the printer completely)

[@JeffGeerling]

I do indeed want to turn it off completely :) Even segregated on an IoT network, I don't like any devices with cameras in them having always-on abilities (regardless of whether I trust the company that manages the printer service!).

[@Kountry-Digital-Viking]

I love your content all of it and I have never seen you do true click bait people just talk bad because you aren't tailoring your content to them and their opinions keep up the amazing work

[@StripeyType]

I think you've got a lot of reasons to be proud of the videos you've been putting together. It seems to me (from the outside, as a person who doesn't make videos) that there will always be folks unhappy with some detail, and eager to share their opinions about why the choices that you made are bad or wrong. But of course that's just... Not constructive feedback, and I think you know that. Here I am writing to you as though we know one another, when that's absolutely not the case (unless you are older than I think you are and we went to grade school together or something - Go Falcons!) The point is that these kinds of parasocial discussions can create illusions for everybody involved. Not just me, responding as though I know you, but also for you, reading commentary and maybe giving it more emotional heft than is really warranted. You're doing great, I guess it's what I mean to say, and when folks accuse you of doing something like click bait or whatever, you're the one in the best position to judge both whether or not that is true and whether or not it matters *to you*. I'm glad you share stuff like this. I'm glad you model integrity and helpfulness in the face of Internet toxicity.

[@antoniomromo]

I think the 'clickbait' titles actual problem is that it doesn't tell me what the video is about (yes you showed it, but if I am new, I wont know that). Using the example you used, the helpful title would be "The Raspberry Pi CM 5 changes everything." That way I know exactly what it's about. Your home assistant example has too much information. It's a delicate balance.

[@summer-abc]

Bro it's gangster enough itself that you not only share educational & entertaining project creation videos, but you ALSO actually integrate cool ideas into your workflow - don't mind whatever some people (or mean-spirited bots) say what they gonna say!

[@gojohnniegogo]

My Pi Hub and TV HAT arrived today, looking forward to having a play with them!

[@_megazz]

My personal rule is that if I can't figure out what the video is about from the title or thumbnail, I'm not clicking to find out. I think as long as you don't fall into that category, you're fine :)

[@impy1980]

100% my policy.

[@BenInSeattle]

Did you click on _"Do KZbinrs actually use the things they promote?"_ That title felt vague and made me wonder which KZbinrs Jeff was talking about. Surely not himself, I had reasoned, because he's only one KZbinr and he doesn't do paid product promotion, or if he has, it certainly has never made me doubt his sincerity.

[@artbird309]

More SDR content would be great on either channel!

[@marcusm5127]

F the haters. You are doing great and just continue doing what you like. I would love to hear more about network stuff if you are in to that.

[@Wythaneye]

Obligatory "I watched til the end!" comment. Great work Jeff.

[@JeffGeerling]

💥

[@robertsternlieb5532]

Jeff, at 6:38 your hand is covering what looks to be an interesting PC case. Looks like it's aluminum with handles on top and an orange faceplate of some kind. It's on top of the rack/bookcase where the ultimate Pi 5 NAS is located. What is that case? Also, glad you're gonna make a video on that clock. Keep doing what you're doing. Thanks!

[@JeffGeerling]

Video on that fun little thing coming soon!

[@codefallacy]

Something that would be wild, is to take all sbcs and mini pcs laying around and make a huge frankenstein cluster. A throwback to the early cluster videos.

[@JeffGeerling]

Beowulf! Might do it

[@samsthomas]

I like your content. I get the “why” of “clickbait” titles, but mostly just roll my eyes at you because your videos are informative and watchable and not just a cleverly disguised infomercial.

[@JeffGeerling]

Heh, my wife rolls her eyes at every single one of my videos, too, though she would rather we live in late 1800s Canada or the West, like her favorite TV shows :D I couldn't convince her that Firefly and ST:TNG are also Westerns...

[@BrianMcKee]

There's so many more pressing things in the youtube community than "clickbait" titles, like immoral and irresponsible sponsorships. In my opinion if you're not hurting others your content is fine, I've never thought your titles were misleading. Edit: Unrelated but what's that cool digital clock behind you at around 14ish mins?

[@JeffGeerling]

Hmm! You noticed it :D I will be doing a video on that quite soon. Time is important and I am a clock.

[@BenInSeattle]

@@JeffGeerling What! "Until next time, I am a clock?" What have you done with Jeff Geerling!? I look forward to your clock video. Is it related to the SDR you were teasing in this video? I have to admit, I found the display too distracting, especially when the second hand hit 12. I hope it's customizable for the LEDs to fade in and out more organically. Is it a kit we can build ourselves? If so, I want mine to play the hypnotic throbbing thonk-thonk-thonk sound you hear on WWV. (Actually, I slightly prefer the sound they used to use back when NIST was the National Bureau of Standards, as immortalized by the Negativland song "Time Zones").

[@snemarch]

Clickbaiting and those really obvious "LOOK AT MY { surprised, outraged, confused } FACE!" thumbnails suck. Obvious bait like that, or the ridiculous blurring/blacking-out makes me less inclined to watch a video. And IMHO you don't tend to fall to that level of meh. I hope you can keep the algorithm-gaming to stuff that's intriguing and/or tongue-in-cheek - you're doing good stuff, and it's a shame to see race-to-the-bottom clickbaiting everywhere.

[@danielsmullen3223]

I really like your channel. I also have IBD and a scar on my face in the exact same place as you. What a weird coincidence.

[@johnc6339]

Thanks Jeff. It's just about the most honest KZbin video I've seen, and I like the stuff you do. Don't change too much.

[@buhizkewl7105]

Both Jeffs have earned enough goodwill to offset imperfect, experimental video titles

[@dan1234ful]

In terms of various SBC vendors, Raspberry Pi is literally the only ARM option that I know of that I can be sure that it will still get normal updates, including Linux kernel 5 years in the future. For me that's *the* killer feature and what truly distinguishes it from sea of competitors that might get better in terms of raw price/performance.

[@guanche011]

First off, congrats on the baby! I dont agree to move stuff to your second channel. You are and have become a more general spokesperson on system management than you probably(?) know. And maybe thats hard to correlate with view count (and dollars) right now, this is a change I'm seeing everywhere; Your name comes up in a lot of conversations and it keeps increasing. Keep up what you are doing. Break the million sub count next year!

[@zyzzyva303]

Jeff, you are a tech timeline cleanser. I watch you for wholesome tech content as I contemplate how I've spent too much money on power hungry tech.

[@beezie64]

Kurt Vonnegut admonished writers: pity the reader. KZbinrs should likewise pity the watcher, tell us what you are covering - but you have to have viewers! Please don't worry unless you are actually misleading people or trying to trick them into watching. You're doing great.