Randomize the Videos on the games homepage
Posted: 11 October 2025, 16:52
This is a very niche outlier thing with no real importance to BGA as a whole... but I've noticed there is an uptick on people doing the following:
Creating videos for BGA, then quickly going around reddit, facebook, or other different subreddits promoting said game specifically to hopefully attract viewers to their BGA video. If you are part of specific communities that overlap, it can become pretty noticable quickly that this strategy is being implemented.
Every time I've seen it, basically the person would have uploaded a bunch videos to BGA, be the "latest" video on there, and are trying to get their view count up specifically because they are showcased. The second someone else uploads a video, they adjust their content of games they discuss or find a way to add a secondary video. Sometimes this is just creating a BGA version of the video instead.
It's also kind of unfair to the other 20+ creators who have made videos.
I don't care if it's randomized on page load or if you pick one per day and showcase it, but IMO, this practice will get more annoying over time as people become wise that they are getting free Advertising youtube real estate space by just picking older games that do not refresh their videos as frequently.
Creating videos for BGA, then quickly going around reddit, facebook, or other different subreddits promoting said game specifically to hopefully attract viewers to their BGA video. If you are part of specific communities that overlap, it can become pretty noticable quickly that this strategy is being implemented.
Every time I've seen it, basically the person would have uploaded a bunch videos to BGA, be the "latest" video on there, and are trying to get their view count up specifically because they are showcased. The second someone else uploads a video, they adjust their content of games they discuss or find a way to add a secondary video. Sometimes this is just creating a BGA version of the video instead.
It's also kind of unfair to the other 20+ creators who have made videos.
I don't care if it's randomized on page load or if you pick one per day and showcase it, but IMO, this practice will get more annoying over time as people become wise that they are getting free Advertising youtube real estate space by just picking older games that do not refresh their videos as frequently.