Hit 10k views on a clip I almost didn't post

Honestly, I filmed a 15-second clip of my dog reacting to a Roomba last Tuesday and almost deleted it. I posted it with a simple caption about 'new nemesis' and used a trending sound. Woke up the next morning and it had 10,342 views. It mattered because I always overthink my content, but this was just a dumb, real moment. Has anyone else had a simple, unplanned video blow up like that?

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riveradams1mo ago

Maybe that's why it blew up, because it was just a real moment.

avery_lopez1mo ago

Yeah, I used to think it was all about production value.

robin_roberts8425d ago

I picked up a camera for the first time years ago with no budget at all. I noticed that when I stopped worrying about perfect lighting and started just capturing what was happening, people actually watched the whole thing. The video I shot of my nephew's first steps with bad audio got more family shares than any edited thing I'd made. So now I tell people to just hit record and tell the story. That raw energy carries way more weight than a clean edit with no soul.