Let's Quit YouTube ... ( But also, let's not )

How do you watch your KZbin? Do you consider it a Streaming Service? How do you feel about Shorts and Vertical Video? And should I be making more 'Documentary' style videos, rather than 'Vlogs' ?? Let's go for a train ride to one of my favourite pieces of infrastructure and discuss ....
There's a '$Thanks' button on every video - if you wish to click, slide the donation amount to as well if you wish, that would more than kind of you. ThAnK YoU!

[@geofftech2]

There's a '$Thanks' button on every video - if you wish to click, slide the donation amount to as well if you wish, that would more than kind of you. Thank You! EDIT : Woah, that's a LOT of comments to read and catchup on - thanks everyone !!!

[@uteenglerth7690]

2 Euro for Tee.

[@gigteevee6118]

The TV app has Superthanks

[@jonassuchy6771]

Hi Geoff, thanks for all those past and future years of greate videos. :) I would love to give you a 'Super Thanks' but I know, that there are exorbitant fees associated with it, and I would much rather give that money to you, and not youtube. It would be great if you could setup an alternative like paypal, or ko-fi, which take a much more resonable cut. Thanks

[@NotDavidTrains]

Please don't quit KZbin Geoff. We all love you and your videos

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

typo... it's KZbin, not KZbin :)

[@obroni]

Hard no to Shorts and TikTok. Because I'm an adult, with an attention span.

[@RealBrik2]

I’m only 14 but I also dislike Shorts and TikTok. I always cringe inside when I see what my younger relatives watch on there. Or maybe I’m just weird because a lot of people my age are addicted to short form content.

[@hermionebenson8366]

I'm an adult with barely any attention span and I completely agree.

[@Mgameing123]

I do watch Shorts but it doesn’t replace me watching long form videos lol

[@flowermeerkat6827]

I hate Shorts and especially TikTok. Both are meant as addictive ways to waste time, not a productive way to gain knowledge.

[@trolleychai]

Agreed. I'm in favor of documentary style... I neither care for shorts nor Tik-Tok. And at my age (I'm a senior citizen) I don't care for wobbly shots or anything that makes me dizzy!

[@aleksandraroslan94969]

Best youtube channel about trains. Don't quit youtube.😢

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

And don’t change your long format style!

[@KatoombaTourGuide]

Agreed

[@carlwatson9947]

He’s not going to quit you tube he said

[@jappedut9009]

Should he ever quit , at least we still Jen on the move 🤔

[@nitehawk86]

I am fine with recuts of videos on Shorts to act as ads for the real videos. But no actual shift to shorts like NileRed, who I don't even think makes actual videos anymore, which is sad.

[@lsccksdg]

Never, ever give up KZbin, Geoff. You are one of a kind.

[@AdventureJoe]

My wife and I await your video every week and watch it faithfully on a large screen TV powered by Apple TV. Keep the widescreen videos coming, we love them. There is nothing wrong, however, with occasional shorts in vertical format viewed on our iPhones. Quick learnings in vertical format and deep learnings in horizontal format. Next time you’re in New York, give us a ring. Happy to hold your camera while you ride the subway.

[@brianwaite3292]

Please. No Tik Toks. No shorts. Your knowledge and enthusiasm are what I’m/we’re here for.

[@tornadofairy5376]

Agreed!

[@autigerrich]

Cheers to that, mate.

[@jengis_i]

The moment we get trains that are higher than they are long is the moment to switch from landscape to portrait mode.

[@geofftech2]

ha! made le lol. and very kind, thank you!

[@Nooticus]

Spot on

[@QGISmaster]

Thanks Geoff for your amazing videos! Please don't change the format of your videos. I personally like them as they are and i really enjoy watching them, sometimes more than once.

[@Neogalaxyplays]

You dainsh? Cool dono

[@ianhutchison7164]

Mate, I am a 68 year old Aussie who has watched you since your Secrets of the Canals days. I watch on our TV by Chromecast from my phone. Stay with your current format please. We love your in-depth videos. Stay well and look after yourself!

[@Extreme_Rice]

Hard to think of a subject less suited to vertical videos than trains, to be fair.

[@richardvoogd705]

Agreed. I dislike portrait mode videos on a platform better suited to landscape mode. (Pun accidental)

[@andymerrett]

Videos of the horizon? :)

[@SheeplessNW6]

Well, Stephenson's Rocket was quite vertical, but that's about it.

[@richardvoogd705]

@@andymerrett Maybe. I did hear of a photographer who, a year or two back, was trying to get a good shot of a heritage steam train from a position that might have have suited a vertical image better than a widescreen shot. Unfortunately it ended badly for the photographer because he forgot to get out of the train's way when it approached.

[@Thesecret101-te1lm]

Well, funiculars are really suited to vertical videos :D

[@unclenolly3207]

Tik Tok and Shorts are like a bag of crisps when you’re hungry - a quick fix but not very filling. With You Tube I can learn, laugh, cry, be amazed or shocked. Your channel is the best, when I see a notification that you’ve got a new video, I can’t wait to watch it. BUT I have to be in the right place - you have something to tell me and I need to be able to listen to what you have to say. Thank you for entertaining and teaching me for the past however many years I’ve been following you. Long may it continue. 🙏🙏🙏

[@enisra_bowman]

maybe the best analogy and you might be better of with a filling meal also, you to often have the chance to get a nasty thing you hate but still getting served by the dummy algorythem

[@HesterClapp]

That's actually a really good analogy

[@davidlazarus67]

Geoff’s videos are better suited to a longer format. It all depends on the audience and the content creator.

[@VorhangAufAnimations]

Sums it up perfectly. There are a lot of things you just can't get across in a short video. And while there are a lot of KZbin videos that have stayed with me in one way or other there are hardly any Reels or Shorts i really remember watching.

[@johnlbirch]

I hate the shorts. Never even click on them. I often sit down of an evening with my laptop or TV and watch the latest from the video channels I like, and they tend to be videos that are at least 10 minutes, normally 15-20 mins, long. There are only maybe a dozen channels I go back to again and again. Yours is obviously one even if I am not a massive train nerd simply because they are now SO well done. Mini works of art.

[@john_smith1471]

I really prefer and enjoy watching KZbin on my 40inch smart tv, especially as most stuff is captured in HD now, particularly the transport, urban explorer, abandoned buildings and barn- find car videos, I can pause and check detail like road names, signage and number plates, Up to 10 mins is ok on a tablet, longer videos I keep for the smart tv.

[@ChocoLater1]

You just proved that you can be a successful KZbinr without acting like you know how to operate a camera and fancy tricks in post.

[@BaileyMagikz]

not just that geoff is basically old youtube (not in terms of doing it long term) he likes making videos and youtube is convenient to upload on he's not a youtuber he's a person on youtube in the compliment kinda way of saying it he has passion for trains we are just along for the ride instead of him doing it for the views.

[@eb_ic225]

"not a KZbinr but a person on KZbin" puts it perfectly 💯 Not enough people like that these days

[@keithparker1346]

I think you underestimate how much these videos are produced but in a subtle way...I'm not knocking it though

[@sirBrouwer]

@@BaileyMagikz what he does is that he actually makes a TV production on the KZbin network. As in UK tv (that is what he grew up with most)

[@BaileyMagikz]

@@keithparker1346 its a compliment not knocking him and don't underestimate him watched him for years

[@eb_ic225]

My opinion on this is very simple: Never change Geoff, never change Your style videos still have their rightful place on the platform

[@BilboBandit]

My thoughts as well

[@MrCalldean]

Just spent four days in London - last time I was there the Olympics were on. I spent a lot of time on the underground and I was sooooo excited, "I've seen this place in a Geoff video!". My daughter also took her first underground journey and was an immediate convert; she properly geeked out about it, "This is so cool!!!". Love the long videos Geoff.

[@maxkauffman6289]

i love my tiktok short form vertical, but there’s so much value in long form content and the people with the expertise to make it well! i’ve been watching you for years and appreciate just how good you’ve gotten. please don’t leave!

[@darrenbertram7289]

Geoff, I'm one of those who line up my subscribers' KZbin videos every evening to watch on my big TV (although I came scurrying to my laptop to send you this.) You have been a breath of fresh air and long may you continue being so. Keep well, and keep travelling 🤩

[@geofftech2]

thanks Darren! very kind, and appreciated.

[@geocachingwomble]

@@geofftech2I have been a subscriber of you since you were on londonist more than 10 years ago now. Never give up you are awesome Geoff

[@MartinAhlman]

As a Swede I would just like a zoom-out when you're showing a map of where you are. I have no idea where "Quibble-Thurnstow" station is, even if you tell me it's somewhere in the neighbourhood of "Whirple-Tooting"... I love your work, and I don't like shorts. They're vertical, and my screen isn't. All the best from a lovely part of Sweden.

[@tarquinmcbeard]

Don't worry, English people outside of London are just as confused.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

As a Dane, I have to keep Google maps open in the other window to find out where we are at with Geoff and Jago's (et al) videos, because if it's not around the area near the Thames I visited I have absolutely no clue where it is

[@clivegrounds]

Thanks for all you videos Geoff - Really enjoy you longer documentary ones but you normal output is also a go to of mine. keep up the great work.

[@matsimpson6491]

Geoff you by far have the best railway/train/transport channel. Keep up the good work always a highlight seeing a notification of a new window from you, whether its bus, tube or mainline it’s always good! More documentary style videos would be most entertaining. You’ve got a lot of support behind you don’t give up on what you enjoy!

[@janausis]

I am not even that interested in trains, but just seeing your excitement about them makes these videos worth to watch (and I also am able to learn a lot of interesting things). Thanks to you I knew my way around the Tube last summer, without every having been on it. I also recognized places from your videos when visiting London during my holidays. You are genuinely such an inspiring human beeing and I'd love to see a lot more videos from you

[@geofftech2]

ah, that's lovely - thank you. most kind!

[@flyingbananatree5661]

I`m in this category too.

[@sirBrouwer]

same for me. I have no actual reason to know that much about British rail infra. I just like how Geoff goes all in. also its even when exiting. a calm video. the video shots are long enough to get you there.

[@berlinflight_tv]

Same. I’m not much of a train enthusiast, don’t even live in the UK, and have been to London maybe four or five times in my life. But Geoff‘s enthusiasm is so contagious that I enjoy watching his videos nevertheless.

[@johnvillalovos]

I'm an anti-shorts person. I watch almost all KZbin content on my TV and prefer horizontal videos.

[@AaronOfMpls]

I rarely watch shorts myself. And when I do, a.) they're by someone I'm already subscribed to for longer-format stuff, and b.) it's almost always on my desktop computer, with the URL edited to put it in the regular video player (replace "shorts/" with "watch?v="). I do _not_ like the auto-looping shorts player, and wish KZbin had a setting to always play them in the regular video player. As for KZbin in general, I mostly watch on my desktop computer, often with the screen angled so I can watch from bed, or with my computer chair leaned back. Sometimes I'll watch on my phone, but that's mostly in bed or elsewhere at home, or out of the house at places with trustworthy wifi, since I don't have unlimited data. I've watched on the living room TV before too, with my phone controlling it. But it's been a while, and sometimes software updates (to my phone or the TV) will break it for a while. Plus often others in the house are watching TV there. Overall, KZbin control and commenting work best on my computer, and watching from bed is as comfortable as watching from the couch -- even if my monitor fills less of my eyes than the TV does.

[@marvelfan3148]

I love your content! The long form stuff is a great direction to go - just such nice wholesome train shenanigans to tuck into when you have some downtime and want to be whisked away for a bit ❤ and I love the wobbly shots, honestly just keep doing what you're doing, we will be there to watch it ❤

[@ArronIsFine]

Longer style documentaries are fantastic, would be really excited to see them

[@EmmaMaySeven]

I'm a casual viewer of this channel, and here's how I see these questions: 1) I don't use TikTok and don't intend to. I have rarely watched a KZbin Short and don't intend to do that more either. 2) I watch KZbin on my computer at home. I no longer watch television, so I suppose KZbin has fully replaced it. I never watch KZbin on my phone. (Strictly music when I'm out.) 3) Were I a creator, the biggest question for me would be: what do I want to add to the world? what's my legacy? Thousands of TikToks will never amount to anything, as they barely matter beyond the moment they're made. But longer films will be valued for years, especially those which document the time I am working.

[@kevinhunt1468]

Very well said

[@Taitset]

I've found the audience for my shorts is almost completely separate to my long form audience - so in that regard it does help a channel reach a larger audience, but I'm not sure that it really leads to many of those viewers coming through and watching the 'proper' content. While my shorts get a lot of views, the quality of engagement on long form videos is much higher, and I think despite what we might think, there are a lot of young people hungry for longer form content - I think there will always be a place for it. Love your longer documentary style stuff Geoff. ❤️

[@DimensionalIO]

I can confirm as a young person that I really like long form train content

[@sirBrouwer]

the biggest issue as a user is that. it's very easy to go from standard KZbin to the KZbin short. (often one klick next to a video). For a shorts to go to standard. takes like 4 steps. 1 stop the short. 2 go to the about button of said short. 3 click on the name of the account. 4 navigate from there home page to whatever video you might like to see. So you really must want to do that all if you care. in not well to bad.

[@Santiago-lb5md]

Tailset I love you

[@Thesecret101-te1lm]

The longer videos have to be more within what the viewer actually are interested in, or have a title / preview picture that really attracts viewers. I think it was a suggestion of one of your videos about one of the lines that made me start watching your channel. Sorter videos are ok to watch even if they aren't the primary choice, as a sort of filler content, after running out of the videos that would be most desirable to watch. I honestly think that many creators doing videos that are 5-15 minutes long, maybe stretching it to 20 minutes, are in this filler content segment and would struggle to get a decent viewership if the videos were just longer without also making the videos more desirable to watch. I think that these videos can be compared with the programs that was shown after some really popular TV program back in the days of linear television. Or for that sake "the other less great cartoon" that was on a VHS/DVD with a compilation of cartoons, or for that sake the not so great filler content tunes that filled up more than half of every LP/CD back in the days of physical audio media. Also: It really that much more work to create longer videos if counting work per created minutes and seconds of video? I get that more facts probably has to be researched and double checked and whatnot, but still? And also: To any creator out there reading this: The most important technical thing is to have good audio quality. Speech has to be intelligible. This is way more important than picture quality unless the video is especially visual. The second most important thing which I would say KZbin creators have mastered way better than the traditional TV industry is that the director, editor and camera operator need to have some interest in / skills in whatever the video is about. I would say that KZbin creators have shown that the traditional TV industry totally missed the concept of edutainment. Either there was a public sector budget for educational videos that usually were rather boring, or a TV show was not educational even if it could easily have been. The exception was kind of some TV shows intended at children. I can't imagine how the traditional TV industry world wide could had fully missed that there are loads of adults who are keen on learning new things if it's also somewhat entertaining to watch. Like I will never have any actual use for knowing about how railway lines are in Melbourne as I live on the opposite end of the globe, but I still like to watch Taitset videos showing how lines including switches, platforms and whatnot are used, and at times let my mind drift away thinking about if there would be a more efficient way to do things.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

@@sirBrouwer unless you're subscribed to said channel, then it's only two taps to jump to the channel (since shorts aren't meant for devices where you click on things), but that said - in the mobile apps, whether it's on a phone or tablet, it's much harder to navigate and use KZbin in general and you really need to know how to find what you're looking for.

[@UndergroundBerlin]

I've been following your content since ages and I'm very thankful that you produce content that lasts for more than 20 seconds and fills my 16:9 landscape screen. Taking your time for nice shots, for some talking without cutting every word blooper out keeps it natural. I see many of my friends using tiktok, scrolling through shorts and reels, while I just can't find much joy in those. Even though a huge part of society doesn't seem to realize that there are high quality videos that require time and an attention span to consume, it seems more important than ever to continue to offer content that proves otherwise. Thanks for your work and all the best from Berlin.

[@brunteniklasson]

Hi Geoff, Tomas from Stockholm here! Me and my wife fell in love with London at our first visit 2010 and we returns one or two times per year since then. Thanks to you we have also began to plan "The end of the line" journeys as a part of our visit. Much more fun then Oxford St and Madame Tussauds! We are not so much up for trains outside London (yet):) but we love absolutely everything you do about the Tube, DLR, trams, overground and buses. I'm watching a lot KZbin on my TV and PC, less on my iPhone. I love what you're doing as it is and can't see the use of shorts regarding to your work. Please stay in the present format!

[@Casinosquare]

You helped me realise the thing i loved was not really trains but train *infrastructure* and oddities and the last 7 years i watched you have helped build a real love and appreciation. In a funny way you changed my life a bit. That's cool in my books.

[@ForineISM]

I feel like KZbin Shorts are ruining what makes KZbin a place to watch videos. From 2005 - 2020 there were only long form videos and that's what made KZbin the way it was, if you wanted short form content you would go to TikTok since it was made to do so. But now there's short form content on KZbin which also doesn't make any sense, like why would you want short form content on a platform that's known for making video at least up to 3 or 5 minutes long? It just doesn't add up

[@bettsy891]

Came to your content through discovering All the Stations which I loved to see England vicariously from my couch on the other side of the world. Don't stop Geoff, your vids are great. I don't watch every one, but your presenting style is excellent and informative and a firm favourite.

[@RubyyVista]

I love the idea of longer, more serious documentary style videos! As an avid train nerd it has always been a pleasure and a source of comfort to visit your channel for my share of trains and your unique style and charisma - as long you bring that to every production you make, I'll be here in bed or in a chair, watching with wonder. Stay amazing Geoff, can't wait to see what you have in store for us! (And frankly, I can never see youtube as anything else but a website - how things change!)

[@JaroslavKapitan]

I am a 70 year old train spotter/enthusiast. Your videos are a necessary part of my interest. I watch on my computer. With my wife we watch on television. Both, short informative features and longer documentary style viewing are attracting us. Potentially I am indicating stay as you are.

[@oscarfeatherstone6688]

One day, one day my wife will watch train videos with me. But not today, probably not tomorrow...

[@NickBadley]

Whilst it can seem logical to try and "keep with the times" i.e., converting to making TikToks or hyper fast-paced content.. sure it may allow for you to keep making videos for a longer time. But if it's not what you enjoy making, then it will become such a slog. I've had multiple other KZbin channels in the past of various topics and styles and they just never ended up gelling with me. Simply put, do what you enjoy and that gives you the most fulfillment! There will always be an audience for it somewhere! PS: I, and quite a lot of people I know, make an active effort to *not* watch Shorts. Hate em!

[@BritishTrainspotting]

My main issue with shorts is the portrait format and how they do not support channel notifications (they wont appear in the notification feed even if you've enabled them for the channel) and I simply do not have the time or memory to go checking every channel for potential new shorts. I also generally dislike short-form content. However it can occasionally be done well (but not in portrait shorts / tiktok-style format!)

[@amfwelsh]

I love the shorts seeing a snippet of a channel I may be interested in

[@Nooticus]

SAME!

[@donovanemery597]

Your channel and Jeff's are amongst about 5 or 6 I view on a regular basis.

[@gavinmaclean3256]

You had me on tenterhooks for the whole video, wondering where it was headed! Well played Geoff (and no, please don’t quite KZbin).

[@frodoatko1237]

That freight video for HS2 is one of my most favourite videos on KZbin. It was so interesting and its just so heartwarming to see how much you care about the content you make

[@henrykeston1183]

Geoff, your videos since the Londonist days has inspired a whole subculture of British transport enthusiasts to produce their own channels and communities and your down to earth presenting style has been so influential over the years. Please do continue to be a pillar of the community in whatever way you want it to be! Your viewers are loyal :) It feels quite poignant you doing this video in Chislehurst and Petts Wood because for me, I grew up in Chislehurst and my love for trains was fuelled by doing the exact same walk you do here over those three bridges as a child! Finding your videos later in my life only fuelled my passion more. This feels very much like a full circle moment! Keep doing what you’re doing and you have been as influential to my life as you have done to so many other people :)

[@MartMcDonald]

Glad to read that you’re not quitting KZbin, Geoff! Having been an avid viewer of your videos for the past 10 years or so, you’ve always made superb, engaging and entertaining content that is not only informative but also genuinely uplifting - your videos have helped me through some dark periods in the past few years, so I’m delighted to be able to pay that back to you a little. In answer to the question posed in the video itself, I’m definitely much more a fan of the long-form, documentary style of video and I am very much looking forward to more of these from you in future - keep up the amazing work.

[@geofftech2]

thanks Mart (as always) so kind of you!

[@j_h_o_n]

You've done excellent work and it's been wonderful to watch your style evolve and grow as you've found yourself as an artist. I look forward to what you do next, whatever form that takes. I am also in the large screen camp. I watch mostly 15+ minute content as if it were on-demand TV.

[@deaconblue-d9v]

Love your channel, keep it how it is. More documentaries would be a great way to go. Respect from Moss Vale Australia.

[@paultidd9332]

It’s quality! Your KZbins are quality, well crafted, appropriate paced, informative, productions. There’s another saying, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’! Shorts/Reels/TikTok (not that I have that) are for low concentration/distraction watching on an iPhone while waiting for a train or bus, it’s not quality consumption to learn something. Stay with quality horizontal/landscape wide screen productions. And yes, and here’s another quote, ‘if you want to be all things to all people’, and you have the time or want to butcher-up some longer KZbins as a sub-edit, do the Shorts/Reels/TikTok as well!

[@Gordon57]

Thank you for not quitting. I'm a disabled pensioner, so can't afford TikTok, Patreon and other stuff. I watch on my PC at home, although I could stream on the TV if it were easier to use. Moving a cursor to pick letters is time consuming. I'm in Doncaster, can see platform 0 from the bathroom window so I'm happy with quirky stuff like that. I'm subscribed, don't want to miss anything, and have watched as many of your video's as I can find. Strange that I enjoy London Underground things so much, but I do. I find your videos have more entertainment value than real TV ones, no going back over old stuff all the time for example. You vary your content, that keeps me glued, and you must have scratched your head several times with thinking up things to feature. I've been watchi8ng you (not in a creepy way!) since Londonist days. Keep it up. Oh, and I'm not a fan of shorts either. I've got a wide screen monitor!

[@freddienz]

Hi @Gordon57 - Just a suggestion. Most (I believe) TV sets allow the use of a PC keyboard, possibly a wireless one with a dongle, or get a wired keyboard with an extension USB cable. Makes it a lot easier to type words in. My other recommendation is log into your Google account on both the TV and your computer. Then, after watching/finding a video on the PC, you can use the 'history' button on the youtube TV App to watch the same video there. Hope this makes sense. Cheers from new zealand. Fred :)

[@Schobbish]

Just another suggestion, you can also control the YT app on your TV from your phone - try the button to the left of the notification button in the phone app (which is next to the search button). If your TV doesn't come up automatically, try linking with TV code, this code can be found somewhere in the TV app (or press Learn More for more help). Once this is enabled, you can search and browse videos like normal. When you play a video, it automatically starts playing on your TV! You can even create a queue of videos like on desktop.

[@twelfthmoon3323]

I'm also in Doncaster too

[@Gordon57]

@@Schobbish It's actually easier to stay on the PC. I have a 21" wide screen monitor, so can probably see things better anyway. Thanks for the tip though.

[@comicus01]

Second comment from me: this video reminded me of the one from a year or two ago when you went to Kansas for a road trip. A lot of philosophizing and thinking on your part, and I think we all really appreciate that.

[@Clapper868]

Top man Geoff - love the videos and there is certainly more depth to the videos than the trains, bridges and car parks - can’t put my finger on it but it’s kind of an emotional connection to watching the world go by.

[@runakom9182]

Happy to hear you are not quitting - my son (7) would have been devastated - he has been watching you videos since he was 4. We would happily support which ever direction you decide on but my son has loved your vlog style videos as he always feels like he is on a train adventure with you and learns so much that way! Thanks Geoff!

[@yatil]

Thank you, Geoff, for your excellent videos over the years. Keep em coming!

[@yatil]

BTW: I watch on my Apple TV. No idea how to “thanks” there though. 🤷

[@SpringhillRailfan]

@@yatil I watch on my TV via Google Chromecast. There you navigate up and the like, dislike, and $thanks icons appear and can be selected.

[@geofftech2]

very kind, thank you!

[@drlegotransformer09]

Hi Geoff, your videos are one of a kind format that is really enjoyable to watch. I started watching when you did all the stations and have not missed a video since. Have notifications set so I never miss a Geoff video and always spent my time at the end of the day to catch up with youtube creators I enjoy, such as yourself and is the best time to relax. Especially love your tube videos and the in depth you go with all your videos with facts, you never fail to impress! Keep up the good work.

[@hywelthomas1623]

I do watch your videos on the big TV but mostly on my PC. Shorts are like a taster and what you do needs more time - I loved When Thameslink trains went to Guildford! Recently I've found myself watching some KZbin videos over an hour long so don't think you have to fit somebody else's slot. Keep doing what you're doing, nobody does it better! 👍

[@BucBoydy]

Hey Geoff. My uncle was a high-up person (not sure of his exact title) but at the time of his death he was in charge of level crossings for Network Rail (again, I think. He was never very talkative about his work). His name was Kevin Boyd. He died in 2020 unfortunately of MS, of course a horrible, horrible disease. But he had always loved trains and loved working for the railway, and he also used to love your videos, both individually and your older ones for The Londonist. I only became a fan of trains and a railfan after his passing, about 2 years ago. But I would have loved to talk with him about his work and the trains and how the whole network operates. But this is my thanks to you, from myself and my late uncle, for the joy you brought to us and for helping so many people who perhaps often feel lonely in this community, for always sharing your love of trains with us. Whatever your future is, Geoff, whatever videos you want to make or end up making, you have an impact on so many different people. You have reached so many and make this rather incredible and really quite complicated topic of trains and railways and transport so open and available for all. Thank you!

[@geofftech2]

a lovely comment, thx, thank you!

[@TransportForLuka]

Geoff please don't ever quit KZbin, your the most famous Transport KZbinr in the world and thats an amazing title, you prouduce the best train videos ever and I absolutely love your documentary style videos, those types of videos are so entertaining and you are very good at them, I love you so much you are the best youtuber ever. You are the reason I got ao interested into trains and I couldn't thank you enough, Its such a great thing to be in such a lovely community and it means the world to me, I know KZbin shorts and tiktok is very popular nowadays but its not gonna stop you from making your great videos, we still want them and we will always watch you no matter what. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@richardhammond376]

Absolutly loved watching your channel for the last 5- 6 years. Glad its going to continue. I enjoy 5 mins here and there scrolling shorts but always come back to you tube for content such as yours. Kepp up the good work Geoff

[@TheNthbeach]

Thanks. I love your documentary style, and close looks. My KZbin time tends to be either on the commute to and from work, or in the evening when I look for entertainment. Shorts videos don't really appeal, and I don't have TikTok. I don't live in the UK, so the fact you explain all the uniqueness and provide the detail helps me understand.

[@george056]

Thank you Geoff for your continued dedication to this community

[@zuriks]

We need you Geoff, best train content out there. Wanted to add that I watch 99% of my KZbin on TV and never watch it on my phone. Love the idea of more documentary style videos.

[@Youtubehandle-2]

Thanks Geoff for all your hard work! I believe there’s space for a lot of content creators that do vertical videos on all other platforms, but I do come to your channel casted on the TV at weekends to catch up on your adventures - keep up what you’re doing!

[@marcdebruin2425]

To quote a certain Geoff Marshall: "I am not a KZbinr, I make videos and put them on KZbin." I think you should stick with your own personal style. The viewers just know whether you are making videos form the hart or with your purse in mind. Do you go with a trend (short & vertical) or do you stick with your own style or are you among the ones that are setting a new trend towards the more slow and in depth videos? I would prefer the last. I have been watching your videos since the Tube Challange videos. You truly developed your style of video making. I usually watch them om my Ipad, occasionally on TV. Horizontal and long as I prefer, and I use YT as a streaming service. Watching videos for an hour or two, and I would have no problem paying for it as I am a Patreon for some other chanels.

[@autigerrich]

Geoff, you've done a bang up job with your channel. It's such a pleasure to come along on your trips, whether it be abandoned stations or bin bags. Please don't give up on your style and attention to detail. If you decide to stick around, I know your viewership will follow you. I, for one, would be keen to seeing what you can do with a longer documentary (see also: Beau Miles' style). Resist the vertical video plague and stick to your guns. But above all else, don't feel beholden -- if you want to take a break, or even hang up your channel, we support and applaud you. Well done mate. 🛤

[@MargaretUK]

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[@robertisaacson4807]

Still love watching long form KZbin videos! I do watch your videos on a phone but also on a laptop. I do like when I see a short in which you use old footage almost like a theatrical trailer. Makes me curious about that video and then I may go watch the older long form if I haven’t seen it. But otherwise I look forward to your next long forms! Cheers

[@andrewsycamore3661]

Always loved your videos Geoff. The long style videos are better in my opinion. I love connecting my KZbin to my TV after i get home from a long work shift to settle down with a beer to watch your latest video. I find them so interesting, as I'm a train and railway infrastructure enthusiast myself. Please keep doing the long videos, as myself, and plenty other of your subscribers have a long attention span. Best Wishes from Horndean, Hampshire 😊

[@TheAgedGamer]

I've been watching your channel since 2015 and you've grown so much over the years!!!

[@richlumb]

Several years ago KZbin replaced broadcast TV for me (e.g watching on a TV instead of sky or cable) Each evening after work, I catch up on the days uploads, some channels I save for a particular day, I like to save travel videos for Sunday am. Really enjoy your content, plus you have introduced me to many other KZbinrs via your content which are now also part of my KZbin subs / watch list.

[@mattwidermann4806]

Thanks for all you do Geoff. I grew up in Petts Wood, those bridges were near my house that backed onto the railway. Only saw a train once on that single line in about 25 years of living there. I remember the Hastings thumpers rumbling through past our house.

[@Gwril76]

You're the main man when it comes to UK train info. Love your format. Keep up the good work and continue with KZbin. For info I definitely find streaming on TV better especially when pic quality and sound.

[@DameJudiHench]

What you do is perfect Geoff (he says clutching his new London Railway Atlas). We watch you on the TV whilst were having our dinner, and save the longform videos for weekend evenings. Like many, I'm still in awe of your America Road trip video. That damn algorithm and it's shorts is horrible, and what you do (incredibly well) is just right. It's always a happy day when a new video pops up. Keep being you x

[@poluki]

I love your longer videos, Geoff. Every so often I will watch your USA Roadtrip 2022. That video was really moving and we don't get many videos like that online anymore.

[@rachelwalker7091]

That’s still the best video ever on KZbin in my book.

[@rachelwalker7091]

That’s still the best video ever on KZbin in my book.

[@geofftech2]

@@rachelwalker7091 thank you both, very kind! it's an absolute favourite of mine as well.

[@Christian_Martel]

Thank you for all you have done for us all train fans who thought we were alone! Ps: Don’t forget to change at Didcot Parkway!

[@LittleKenny]

I watch mostly on my TV, though tablet is a close second followed in the distance by phone. I've enjoyed watching just about all that you've done and put up here. The 10-15 minute time frame for your bits is great. Thanks for it all. Much appreciated.

[@RJBTransport]

Please dont give up KZbin Geoff you are best KZbin for your Tube and Train videos

[@andyctube]

I felt a little jump inside, I must admit. I've been watching your content for many years and I hope there's plenty still to come.

[@lstahling]

Hi Geoff, I love your channel! Whenever I'm notified that a new video has been posted, thanks to the notification option on KZbin, I feel as sense of delight. I immediatley organize my schedule so that I can take the time to sit down and enjoy the story. Your on-air personality is delightful, I connect with your humour, the stories are well-written and nicely presented, the videos are crafted artfully and are polished, and I learn a lot -- each and every time! You never disappoint! I am a keen observer of channels about transit, urbanism, and efforts to make human-centred society more sustainable. I live in Vancouver, Canada, but I've have a life-long interest in London and the UK. I lived there for a while when I was a teenager and I have family there. Nonetheless, many of the topics you present are applicable to anywhere, including the rapidly-developing metropolis where I currently live. I support everything you do with your channel: long-form documentaries, researched, interviews with subjects, horizontal widescreen orientation (not vertical short-from emphasized by other social media), trains, tubes, and buses, visual details, and historical context -- all the seemingly-arcane information you present. It's all very much appreciated! Please continue do more! You have my full support!

[@Smart1529]

Geoff I have been a fan of your videos since the Londonist days. You made me upon my eyes to transport and it's history more. In fact thanks to you I travelled to places like Hillingdon the other day and realised a little secret detail outside the station building, I noticed when I was using the bus around the area. Overall your videos have been awesome and inspiring. Only us transport nerds would care to stop and have a look around a train station for details. I even watched your bus video and I was immediately happy and entertained because bus is one of my favourite methods of transport. I personally do not want to see you stop doing KZbin. Also there are still many people who has been on KZbin since the early days and are still going with the passion and interest like music, comedy skits, gaming etc. podcasts are also common as well even though they are more iTunes and Spotify.

[@daveatlantix]

Geoff, I love the long form video format. Your enthusiasm for the subject matter - whatever it is - has kept me coming back for years. Please keep up the good work!

[@johnroberts2331]

Geoff, I'm now 43 and tottally housebound. I am mad about trains, buses n coaches. Plus I love London. In my younger days I would ramdomly travel from Birmingham to London once a week at least! I used to travel all over London. Now I can't do any of that. I have to rely on you tube to see new trains, new routes, behind the scenes and buses and coaches. So I cannot state how important your channel is to me. I've watched since Londonist days. My favourite non train video was your canals of London video where you found a barge turned in to a Book shop. I'm a book lover so that's the reason I forget. Different style of videos makes no difference but not a fan of shorts. Tick toc is for the younger ones not for me! I can barely use X (twitter). I still watch your all the station videos to this day. It all helps keep me sane. Your amazing at what you do. You've made a success out of you tube which contary to some younger people views is not an easy to make a success and requires hours and hours of pain staking work. Please don't give up. There are many like me who can no longer travel and rely on social media inc you tube to feed our love of trains and buses. Don't give up now you've worked so hard to get to this point. In answer to your question, my partner and I watch you tube on our telly while we eat then at night or early morning watch it on our phones. My partner hates shorts as well. Despite my partner having no intetest in trains etc she watches your videos. Not just because I want to. She genuinely loves your videos. Wishing you every success. If you do decide on membership or paetron I would join. I will donate when I can for thanks button. All the Geoff. Thank you for all you do for London and the transport of the UK.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Thanks Geoff. I had not thought of KZbin as a streaming service, but now that you mention it, it is isn’t it. I love watching your videos, usually after work while I chillax. I learn so much of the Tube and trains that I never knew - especially here in Canada. I want more, and long not short. Keep up the great work.

[@fredderf27]

i’m 19 and i absolutely love your longform videos geoff. your channel is one of my absolute favourites!

[@jasnfinlay]

I have left several donations on this channel, something I never do on any other channel. And that’s because I feel your channel is absolutely deserving of the upmost support possible. And that’s with your current format, on KZbin. Personally, even at 21, I don’t get the whole ‘shorts’/TikTok craze, and while I understand the idea of moving with the times I wanted to show that there are plenty of us that enjoy your KZbin videos. I have seen many comments here that I agree with, with the note about how shorts are ‘like a bag of crisps when you’re hungry that aren’t at all filling’ being one that is unbelievably true! Your videos are so superbly informative and presented, and I couldn’t ask for anything more. So for me, personally, the ways things are as good as they can be. So thanks again, Geoff!

[@geofftech2]

thanks you, so kind! thx!

[@manuelcooke]

Thanks for your video Geoff. I'm a man in my late 50s who has a fondness for trains and public transport. I'm not sure if I'm a typical viewer, but increasingly, over the years, I've been watching KZbin videos like yours on my TV ( on the TV app), rather than watching mainstream TV or indeed other streaming services. I do sometimes watch KZbin on my iPad in bed. I prefer longer videos (definitely not shorts or Tik Tocs). Although I do like your more fun journeys, visits, challenges and races. Keep up the fantastic work, I always enjoy watching your videos when they drop. Take care and thanks again.

[@martinjolly8351]

If you're not typical, you're not alone 😂

[@JasonBochel]

I'm the same with using it more than Netflex/Prime/Disney+, it's nice to sit down in the evening and catch up with the latest videos. Mind you, I have just turned 53!

[@JGrandcourt]

Generational thing. I stream KZbin on Sundays. Catch up with my favourite channels. Yours is special to me. One of the first channels that I ever subscribed to. Absolutely love the content that you put out. Unfortunately my kids love TikTok and shorts. But to be frank they wouldn’t watch your content. They want exaggeration and light entertainment. What I have found, is that who they like as the “best” today, won’t be in a month's time and so on. No point chasing that. Eventually they will mature and will fall into a subject that they are passionate about and will go onto creators like yourself at that point. Stick what you are doing. Don’t be shy in promoting funding your channel. You work very hard for and lets us show our appreciation. Thankyou Geoff for the many years of content on subjects that are fascinating. Now it’s my turn to show my appreciation. I am sure others will do so too. Cheers From Australia.

[@MrPineapples83]

Just keep making the content that interests you and it’ll always find an audience. I’m not even particularly into trains, but stumbled across your channel a while back, I enjoy watching knowledgable people talking about things they’re passionate about, it’s calming. I usually watch on my iPad before bed. Personally I’m not a fan of really short form content, I think it works for comedy sketches, but not as well for the sort of thing you make.

[@davecope3322]

Carry on just as you are Geoff! No shorts, no TikTok. And looking forward to your longer format videos. I use all forms to view videos - iPad, phone, desktop and TV.

[@elainegriffin6849]

I'm Irish, love trains and London itself so seeing someone like Geoff after almost almost having an anger attack on the rarity on train and tube videos on KZbin is so relieving that when I saw "Let's Quit" I almost died

[@sternhub]

I catch up on my KZbin on TV after I’ve got the kids to bed mostly. I much prefer the longer format documentary style stuff and getting stuck into playlists. Keep up the good work!

[@tombradford4501]

Always liked your visiting random stations to tick them off or request stops. Also heritage steam railway lines could be a good direction to go. Long time subscriber, love your work!

[@adrianbaron4994]

Love the channel. Vertical letter box videos annoy the heck out of me!

[@ears_in_space]

We watch KZbin almost every night at dinner - and we’ve been following your channel closely since the beginning of pandemic, it’s one of our favorites! We watch it on TV (with an AppleTV) most of the time. I like to watch the occasional short but I definitely don’t want them taking over. Greetings from Massachusetts USA, where we havent been on the London 12 years or so (though I was on ScotRail last year for a mercifully short time).

[@chrisjones6861]

Keep up the long form videos. It's what I love about your channel. I work from home most of the time and your videos are great company, either in the background while I'm working (my PC has an extra screen up on a shelf devoted to KZbin) or when I'm taking a break.

[@johnhulett56]

Thanks Geoff. I have been enjoying your videos for some time now. As a lover of railways, both contemporary and heritage, I have really enjoyed your videos for the mixture of informative, quirky and breadth of subject matter. The invites you receive from network rail and other operators have led to some really interesting videos as well. I usually watch your videos on my large screen desktop monitor and would not be interested in 'shorts' or vertical videos, but then I'm in my 70s so it's probably an age thing! I agree with your plan to shift to longer more in depth videos but suggest you also keep with the 5-10 minute ones every now and then as well if an interesting topic comes up. From memory all your material is current. Have you ever thought of tackling some of the operational challenges that heritage railways are dealing with?

[@Eaglescreamer1007]

Thank you for all your work and excellents videos. Can't wait to see all the futur videos / documentaries you will produce.

[@geofftech2]

thank you! most kind

[@lisahunt96]

I've always preferred the longer form videos because it reminds me of typical TV shows. I use KZbin as a replacement of "normal" TV as it gives me the option to choose my entertainment as opposed to be dictated to by a schedule

[@billybanana]

Hey Geoff keep up the format you have - Love your wonky shots as they add character to your stories - Can’t wait to see your posts on KZbin on our telly! We are in Oz! Love everything you do! Keep up the amazing work ❤

[@MatthewWallace-l5q]

Thanks Geoff for years of great content (I've been watching your videos since the Londonist days). Please keep up the long format videos. I am one of those who watch via my Apple TV. The first thing that I do when I sit down to watch TV is to catch up on new content from my KZbin subscriptions.

[@martinparkinson3665]

I do have an attention span and will happily watch the longer documentary style videos . Carry on the great work you do .

[@eisi-x7n]

I donˋt live in the UK and I am a German living in the German countryside 30 km away from the next train station but I love your videos. When I am in London, which I am rather often, I love using the tube and buses and quite often I get off at stations that you introduced in your videos. I also enjoy the vibrant way in which you present the London Underground and its more than 150 years of history. I do not need Shorts and I am more than happy with the 15 to 30 min videos you produce. I watch them on my i- Pad back home on my sofa and think of my next trip across the Channel. Keep on going Geoff.😊

[@Nooticus]

Your high quality in-depth nerdy videos have been a stable constant throughout my life since when I was 13-14 years old (I’ve just finished my final year of uni!) What an absolute legend you are; a true advocate for neurodiversity and railways 🧡

[@EricksonJunior]

I love to watch KZbin on my TV after a day's work, and I love your videos. I'm a train enthusiast from Portugal but I love British trains, so your channel is perfect for me 😁

[@jamesellis3583]

The "Wonky" angle is known as a "Dutch" angle in the movie business, great vid Geoff 😀

[@metalhead2550]

Some of us have a greater attention span it seems! I use KZbin as a streaming service on my TV :) I don't want shorts, I intentionally avoid them. Much rather longer form content

[@silverlawnwales3549]

Well I don't watch very many of your videos these days, but I do if a new one pops up when I click on KZbin, and this is the style I like! I watch either on my desktop at the end of a working day or on a TV. I love your expeditions to random stations.

[@BusTrolleyTrain]

Another vote here for keeping the longform videos on KZbin. Part of the weekend routine for me and my wife is watching YT videos on our TV. She doesn't normally watch rail and bus videos but she has found your content to be quite interesting. Keep up the great work!