>>76477819Cover cares about subscription numbers purely because it's considered a potential outreach amount, which looks attractive to sponsors, as well as being a relatively "solid" metric that isn't really in flux like CCV, which has a lot of various contributing factors
Subscription numbers don't really matter much in terms of revenue or true outreach if general interest begins lagging behind for one reason or another, so varied engagement is still important for growth
Now mind you, that's not to say subscription numbers DON'T matter in terms of algorithm reach, because you can actually go into an algorithm death spiral if you start losing them hand over fist
like our neighbors where youtube just won't recommend your content
Rissa's doing fine growth-wise even without the #shorts spam, so I just personally think she shouldn't rely on it for NUMBAH boosts, I doubt she's really put much thought into what she wants to use her 1mil wish on anyways
