Originally Posted by Warren P
I can't think of a worse way to write songs than to tweak them to maximize youtube view stats.
It may be that more experienced or professional musicians like you who have released dozens of albums don't have to worry about this, but when it comes to songwriting, I'm a complete noob who barely knows what he's doing, so ANY feedback is useful information that can help me improve.
I'm here to learn!

You can love YouTube or hate it, but the information about how long a user listens to a song is useful information that you can't get anywhere else.
It's like at a gig where you see the room emptying during a particular song and you have to think about whether or not the song works live, or how to make it work better.

If I wanted to get maximum clicks, I would do rap, or covers, or rap covers.