Like and Subscribe Requests: Why I Skip Them

Like and subscribe requests are the subject of this video for creators deciding how to ask viewers for engagement, and for viewers who see the ask. If you want to give it a thumbs up, your choice.

This video first went up on YouTube on April 8, 2025. The written post was added on October 28, 2026.

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Why Skip Like and Subscribe Requests?

Many like and subscribe requests can feel over pressuring, since creators may push them to feed the YouTube algorithm and make money. Leaving liking, subscribing and commenting as the viewer’s choice can let the videos show who the creator is, in Loren Weisman’s view.

Repeated like, subscribe and comment requests can come across as over pressuring.
Liking, subscribing or commenting can be left as the viewer’s choice, with a link in the description for anyone who wants it.
A channel that is not a source of income may not need to chase views, ads and revenue.
Taking down high performing videos that no longer represent who you are can be part of rebuilding a channel.
Creators chasing the algorithm may say anything and speak on trends they know nothing about to get views.

Like and Subscribe Requests: The Full Transcription

Not Asking You to Like, Subscribe and Comment

I like the idea of working with some, but at the same time stewarding to all that may want to hear. My name is Loren Weisman. I’m a brand communications and optics strategist. And in these videos I’m not going to tell you, like, subscribe and comment.

Now, if you want to like subscribe and comment, by all means do so. And down in the description I added the little, you know, link to the main page. So it’s easy to subscribe if that’s something that you choose.

Over Pressuring and the Algorithm

For me personally, I see it as over pressuring and I see too many people do it and they push that. Now I get it. It’s part of the YouTube algorithm and you want to get as many subscriptions, as many likes, as many comments.

You want to have all these people run through this algorithm. So it helps you and it helps you make money. YouTube is not my source of income.

Rebuilding This Channel and Leaving It Your Choice

I’m rebuilding this YouTube channel after taking one down and I took down on my old one, some of my highest performing videos that no longer represented who I am. And eventually that entire channel is going away to just be this one.

But in this, if you happen to pop by and you enjoy what I say, great, enjoy it. If you want to give it a thumbs up, your choice. But I’m not asking for it.

You want to comment or join a conversation or add a thought, by all means do so. But it’s not a prerequisite and it’s not something I’m going to beg you to do. I think it’s done too much.

Gifting Information Without a Two Way Street

And I think when we take that one step back and say, okay, if we’re truly, genuinely, authentically gifting information, gifting information, sharing, giving, why does it need to be a two way street if I put out a video?

If one of these videos helps you with something, with your branding, your communication, your optics, trends, information security, stability, anything, great. And if you want to share that that happened, wonderful. If you don’t, that’s your prerogative.

If you’d rather just search my name and not subscribe, go for it. Now, I understand that I said it before, it goes against the algorithm and certain people, they’re specifically trying to make that money here. That’s not my goal.

Why I Share Here

I want to share. And part of why I’m sharing here is for those that see it and those that want to take the next step and work with me individually or hire me to speak, this is one of the mediums of the way that I share my authenticity, my authority, my beliefs, my expertise.

And so if this becomes a path to hiring me, to hiring me, to speak, to connecting with me. Great. But my primary thing is not to build up some YouTube channel that gets X number of views, that gets X number of ads, that creates a certain aspect of revenue.

Saying Anything for Views

And that scares me a bit for some of the people that do that, because they’re prepared to say anything and they’ll look up and speak on the latest trends they know nothing of. Just try, just to try to move videos up, to get eyes on them, to get likes, to get comments, to get subscriptions.

A Smaller Channel and Who I Am

This is going to, in the end, be a smaller channel, but I hope in the information that you may have seen in the past, or maybe you’re seeing this for the first time, please feel free to check out some of the other videos.

This is who I am. This is what I’m about. I hope that you can find these things useful.

Whether we ever talk, whether we ever work together or not, or if you’re in the middle of deciding someone to work with in my field, that this may be one more seed or one more step that might give you that much more of a security to come and talk to me or come and work with me. Have a good one. That’s all I got. Bye.

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Questions and Answers

Why do YouTubers ask you to like and subscribe?

Creators may ask for likes, subscriptions and comments because those signals can feed the YouTube algorithm. More engagement can push a video to more people and help the creator make money.

Is it okay not to ask viewers to like and subscribe?

Not asking can be a choice, even if it goes against the algorithm and may mean a smaller channel. Sharing information can come first, ahead of views, ads and revenue, as Loren Weisman sees it.

Why can like and subscribe requests feel like pressure?

Many like and subscribe requests can feel like pressure because so many people push them. When a creator is gifting information, sharing and giving, a video may not need to be a two way street that depends on likes or comments.

How can a YouTube channel build trust without chasing metrics?

A channel can build trust by using its videos to share authenticity, authority, beliefs and expertise. Putting that ahead of the algorithm may let viewers decide on their own whether to subscribe, comment or reach out.

What is the risk of making videos for the algorithm?

Creators focused on the algorithm may be prepared to say anything. Some may speak on the latest trends they know nothing of, only to move videos up and collect eyes, likes, comments and subscriptions.