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Hi friends. I need to get something off my chest. I have been stuck with perfectionism, clout-chasing, and self-doubt for a shamefully lengthy amount of time. I like what I do on [T6]. I like what I do on Maverick Files. I love it all so much. I love video editing and sound designing and, for the most part, the topics and stories that I cover. Terrifying Noises From The Internet and DECLASSIFIED are both niche series that I absolutely love. And topics like the Unabomber, the Red Lights saga, No Through Road, Baneposting, Darkest Documentaries – those are all videos that I was excited for from the beginning to the end.

Not that I dislike my previous content, but lately, when it comes to future topics that I have written? It feels like I’m abandoning that excitement, or at least postponing it, so I could chase the algorithm’s rewards. I feel that I’m covering topics just for the algorithm to spread. And that was not the purpose of Maverick Files. The purpose of Maverick Files was to be different from the other horror content out there, to be constantly challenging my creativity, and to be especially unique to myself. No clickbaity titles or brightly flashing thumbnails. Just as long as I like what I do, someone else may like it too. And yet, because of my chase for good analytics, I feel like Maverick Files holed itself into being a list channel.

“5 DISTURBING TIMES ___” or “9 SCARY MOMENTS ___”.

Shit like that. I fucking hate making content like that, but I was doing it for money. And I’m embarrassed and ashamed to admit that. No hate or diss to the creators who do that, chase that bag (do it respectfully), but I didn’t become a YouTuber “just” for the money. Yes, the money is nice. But I don’t want to ‘Mr. Beastify’ a topic just to please the algorithm. I want to respect the audience, respect the new and old subscribers, respect myself, and most importantly, respect the topic and quality at hand with better deliverance.

What I’m saying is: it’s time to get back to my roots. Struggling to decide if I want to make Declassified into Shorts, since that way I can just review information without unnecessary fluff like title cards, intros/outros, prologue, etc. Input on this would be appreciated! As for genuine uploads, they will be slower, mayhaps once a month, but I aim for every upload to be very high quality. Really going to aim for documentary-level stuff. I want to avoid rapid frame cuts, and instead create art. It may sound pretentious, but that’s just how it is. It’s how I feel. I hope you all understand and I’m excited to soon start this new path with you all.

PS: as for the [T6] viewers, keep on keepin' on. nothing's changing on that front except for possibly more uploads.

-T6