My engagement tanked after a single post at the Denver Comic Con panel.

I posted a 2 minute clip of a cosplayer's full costume reveal, but the algorithm flagged it as 'unoriginal content' and buried my next 10 posts. Anyone know how to properly credit live event clips so this doesn't happen?

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the_paige1mo ago

Did you tag the cosplayer in the video description?

christopher_wells41mo ago

The video description only has like three tags total and none of them are the actual cosplayer. Honestly @the_paige, how do you forget to credit the person you filmed for a full minute. That's just basic respect for their work. Tbh it makes the whole channel look kinda sloppy when they skip something that simple. I'd be pretty annoyed if I spent all that time on a costume just to be left out.

thompson.nathan1mo ago

Two years ago I filmed a really cool Mandalorian build at Phoenix Fan Fusion and just posted it with the con's general tag. The cosplayer actually found it and sent a super nice message asking for credit. That hit me hard. Now I put their handle in the first line of the description AND in an on-screen watermark. @the_paige is totally right, it's basic respect. The algorithm stuff is one thing, but treating the artist's work right is what actually matters. My views went up after I started doing that, people share it more when the creator is tagged.