Hipset Boost: A little app we made to help you get subscribers on YouTube

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19 points·schlichtm··12 comments

This is evil.

Please don't force users to do something they can already choose to do.

The best use for this is if you wanted to have content, other than your usual content, that is exclusive to fans that specifically subscribe to you on YouTube.

I think evil is a little strong. It's similar to the "pay with a tweet" and the "sign up to our newsletter for a discount" schemes companies regularly run.

What, like pay to download a movie instead of torrenting it?

If the exclusive video is hosted on YouTube, I'm struggling to understand what sort of API Hipset is using to control access.

Why do you embed the video anyway? Wouldn't it make more sense to insert the video /after/ the user has subscribed?

Direct link to the app: http://boost.hipset.com

I can't stop myself from reading this as Hipster Boost. Take that for what you will.

how to get more subscribers: don't let people watch your videos. #GENIOUS

This isn't something you should do for every video. That would definitely stunt your growth.

Boost is something you should use once and a while with the specific purpose of converting your existing fans on other social networks to subscribers on YouTube.

April fool's joke?

Yeeeaaah... you know what happens, I don't watch the video. Maybe this is a good idea but I'll never find out.

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