Reduce Magic Exposure on YouTube With a Simple Step

There is no doubt that there's far too much magic exposure on the internet in the form of video. However, magicians are contributing to the problem with their own uploaded videos by ignoring a simple step. Are your YouTube videos part of the problem?

To start, I often see YouTube magic videos where viewers repeatedly watch a magic trick and then post comments on how they think the trick is done. In many cases, viewers will even specify a moment in the video with a time stamp that tells others to view a certain action or key moment. The cumulative comments form a group effort to gradually figure out and identify the secret to a magic effect.

The solution is easy. If you upload videos of yourself performing magic effects, periodically check the comments posted to your videos. If the comments reveal secrets, delete them.

And while I’m on the topic of exposure, there’s the related matter of far too much magic being posted onto YouTube. Is it really necessary to upload that video of yourself performing a well known trick to join the fifty others of the very same trick? If we can reduce the number of magic videos on the web, many of which are posted by magicians, we can reduce magic exposure.