It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like “the world will end soon” or “my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto.”
Content aimed at culture (movies/series) also behave the same way, throwing a bit of politics into the mix. Always the same incendiary click bait title spewing a bunch of nonsense that has nothing the story, setting characters or other topics relevant to the piece.
Is there anything that can be saved on that platform? It has gotten so bad that I’m start to think that Tiktok and Twitter both have better content than YouTube. At least in those platforms you can find a random dude writing an essay in a series of 20 tweets on why an increase of mantis is related to the global surge of ballpoint pen prices.
I know this will get hate, but I still enjoy LTT.
Who throws shade at LTT? They’re quite entertaining.
A lot of people complain about the clickbait headlines or that he’s hamming it up for the camera. He does get a lot of hate.
I personally find him entertaining and I like most of the other presenters. I don’t mind the clickbait headlines because they’re all clickbait, it’s like a running joke itself.
Yeah they’ve openly said that they wish they didn’t have to do the clickbaiting, but that the effect it has on their total views/revenue in undeniable. It’s kinda just how YouTube is at this point, adapt or die
Veritasium did a video about it, with data to back it up. They took old video and reposted them with and without clickbait titles and images. The difference of views is staggering. People just like it o suppose.
There’s always option c, which is not pursuing a media empire… lots of small channels that are successful without the clickbait crap.
A lot of what they want to do and do in fact do wouldn’t be possible at a smaller size. Their new lab uses equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece.
Not to mention the hundreds of staff they now have that need to be paid
Aw, that’s unfortunate. Clickbait by itself shouldn’t ruin a creator for someone. Gotta look for the positives, not the negatives.
I’M SO ANGRY. I WAS BAMBOOZLED INTO WATCHING A VIDEO I ENJOYED.
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What’d they get wrong on the Android TV boxes?
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I thought the Linux gaming pc challenge was fair. You have to remember that most users are not technical at all and that’s where Linux falls down.
The only thing I disagreed with him majorly on was his complaint about the GitHub interface not downloading files you click on by default. I get where he’s coming from as a non-dev, it’s jarring and confusing but as a developer that’s the last thing you’d want. His complaint about GitHub’s interface really should have been directed at all those people using GitHub as a place to store files. But that’s so intrinsic to Linux, it’s hard to get away from yet it’s something that does prevent Linux from appealing to the mainstream.
Don’t get me started on the reliance upon the terminal and bash scripts to achieve anything. I cringe every time someone says “just go here and copy/paste these commands”, not just because it’s unintuitive but because it’s also a major security risk. Not that windows is innocent of this either but it’s much more common in Linux.
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I’m going to bet your 80 year old gran isn’t playing AAA games and streaming on her Linux PC.
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I think you’re missing the point I’m getting at. The Linux challenge was specifically a gaming challenge, or at least gaming was a significant part of the challenge and while yes, gaming has indeed come a long way in recent years (and the stream deck is helping drive that further), it still has as long way to go.
You need to separate the “what’s doable” fun “what works out of the box”, it’s the latter that can fall down for most people and the second you have to open as terminal, you’ve lost the audience that we’re talking about.
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Spoken like an average cancel culture enjoyer; especially since this post hasn’t had any activity in like, what, a week? Digging up an old comment to do something like this is something people enjoy for some reason, and I don’t get it. Look for the positives, not the negatives, for God’s sake. There’s too much negativity in this world (which probably won’t change, but I can hope).
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Crying? You’re the one getting worked up about it. I just like to spread positivity, and it’s clear that you don’t. Not my problem.
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Okay, sorry if I misunderstood your tone, but I didn’t get insecure lol. I was just trying to defend the good sides of LTT, despite the drama. Nothing wrong with looking for the positives in a negative situation. And, I still feel that my assumption that you support cancel culture was justified, but disagree with me as you will. Anyways, just a suggestion, but try looking for the positives hidden in the negatives, because I can almost assure you that Linus and his team are trying their best to make things right within the community, and the company. Take that as you will.
What? LTT is great!
I really enjoy the WAN Show but the LTT channel is hit or miss for me, most videos are way too long for the content that they actually provide. It makes sense considering the amount of videos they make, but it’s frustrating
To each their own, but Linus is tech cancer.
Can you elaborate? I see comments like this that say “thing/person bad” but never back it up with a reason.
He used to produce decent content, until he just started doing everything stupid and wrong. For instance build a HUGE storage server with FreeNAS (now TrueNAS), then failed to back it up, lost tons of Tbs of data, and failed to do typical things with that type of storage system.
That’s one of the failures I can think of off hand, I know there’s a few others but it’s essentially all IT no no’s, things that make IT pro’s cringe. It can 100% amusing content for non IT pro users but yea.
Video Essayists:
Barely Sociable - mysteries and dark stuff
CGP Grey - stuff you forgot you wondered about
Computerphile - explanations of topics tangentially related to Current Tech Thing
Defunctland - documentaries about theme parks and their experimental ventures
Disrupt - thought provoking dark topics; a bit over the top (this is why I don’t watch Nexpo)
hbomberguy - venting about video games and pop culture
Jacob Geller - existentialism framed through video games
LEMMiNO - investigations into things that have left a societal impact
Numberphile - professors geeking out
Philion - explorations of sticky situations in pop culture
Quinton Reviews - mercilessly in-depth explorations and reviews of millenial and gen z nostalgia
Slightly Sociable - more mysteries and dark stuff
Solar Sands - existentialism framed through pop culture rants
Summoning Salt - mostly retro gaming speedrunning content
Veritasium - educational content
Wendigoon - paranoid nerd content
Wendover Productions - explorations of how the world worksOther stuff that interests me:
Captain Disillusion - breakdowns of digital trickery; digital media education
danooct1 - examining retro viruses
Surveillance Report - an approachable, not-too-paranoid, privacy news podcast (breaches, legislation updates, commentary, etc)
TechLore - privacy info and commentary
videogamedunkey - video game critic; pop culture commentaryGreat list! I have a lot of overlap so here are some of my additions:
RedLetterMedia - movie and series reviews and shows, usually with s lot of snark and cynicism
The History Underground - history videos, mostly war / ww2 related topics, with a lot of on site visits
PBS Space Time - Physics and astronomy videos, complex topics sometimes on the verge of being too difficult to follow for most mortals, very interesting!
Hot Ones - interviewing celebrities while eating increasingly hot wings, amazing host, great questions.
CuriousMarc - restoring and fiddling with vintage tech, famous for rebuilding an Apollo spacecraft guidance computer
Ben Eater - building computers and in depth explaining the components using breadboards, super interesting stuff!
Everyday Astronaut - spaceflight and engineering, very in depth videos about various rocket engines
Like Towan - building model railroads and dioramas with great detail
Primitive Technology - a guy building huts and shacks and stuff with only self made tools, no voice over. classic!
GxAce - photography and equipment related videos, incredible production quality with a cyberpunk themed twist
3Blue1Brown - beautifully animated math videos
SmarterEveryDay - engineering related videos
EC Henry - Star Wars and Star Trek themed videos about models and ship lore
Finally someone mentioning dunkey
This comment is almost as good as Knack 3
Nexpo is also a good mysteries channel
Great list, I follow a lot of the same channels! I’d add EmpLemon and Bright Sun Films if you don’t already follow. Solar Sands is exceptionally good.
Just wanted to add DIYPerks to the list because he makes some cool stuff
Here’s my superlist…
Critique of dumb capitalist ideas: Adam Something https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvfHa-GHSOHFAjU0-Ie57A
Science/Design Practical: ALEX LAB https://www.youtube.com/c/ALEXLAB
Most awesome demonstrations of DIY science shit ever, dude is a genius, 100/10 do recommend… Applied Science https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333
Material Physics and other Physics stuff: AlphaPhoenix https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA
Model rockets, flight computers and other cool shit (dude builds a landable solid rocket booster, very cool): BPS.space https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg
A younger Veritasium/Tom Scott: Atomic Frontier https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbCq5Y0WPGimG2jNXhoQxGw
Machine shop shit and good humour: AvE https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil
Good humor and crazy ideas: Boy Boy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_S45UpAYVuc0fYEcHN9BVQ
Interesting sciency stuff, not too technical: Brainiac75 https://www.youtube.com/user/brainiac75
Practical Morons: Allen Pan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVS89U86PwqzNkK2qYNbk5A
Material physics, general science stuff, usually on a nanometer scale, dude owns a SEM and some other cool tools. Breaking Taps https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06HVrkOL33D5lLnCPjr6NQ
South African dude, was an apprentice at Hacksmith labs: Build IRL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gbCGiEov1VAcOFpfGKPiA
Surely everyone knows that hexagons are the bestagons: CGP Grey https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey
Cool chemical reactions in slo-mo ChemicalForce https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqONNjBkukcc2yXbmHL8niQ
Chemistry vids: ElementalMaker https://www.youtube.com/user/ElementCollector1001
Chemistry vids from a rambling (smart) idiot: Explosions&Fire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVovvq34gd0ps5cVYNZrc7A Extractions&Ire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFApMFo_AafXbHRyEJefjA
Very detailed Chemistry videos: NileRed https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile 2nd Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1D3yD4wlPMico0dss264XA
Chemistry stuff: Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheThoisoi2
Crazy medical edge cases: Chubbyemu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg
Interesting medical stuff from a cardiologist: Medlife Crisis https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ
Impressive redneck DIY projects: Cranktown City https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3KKU5-uaoLyKnGVzv1XNw
Woodworking projects: DIY Creators https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChKlSK39lLg8eZHIX0iVzLA
Crazy high quality DIY projects: DIY Perks https://www.youtube.com/user/DIYPerks
In depth engineering videos focussed around cars: Engineering Explained https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained
Optics, dude makes lenses n’ shit: Huygens Optics https://www.youtube.com/user/huygensoptics
Australian redneck DIY projects: I did a thing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw
Lots of 3D printing, lots of jet engines and turbines: Integza https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2avWDLN1EI3r1RZ_dlSxCw
Large scale 3D printing stuff: Ivan Miranda https://www.youtube.com/user/superazote
Very in-depth practical game prop DIY projects: JAIRUS OF ALL https://www.youtube.com/user/jairust
Dude hates his life but builds cool robots and shit: James Bruton https://www.youtube.com/user/jamesbruton
Movie and game inspired crazy DIY projects: JLaservideo https://www.youtube.com/user/JLaservideo
Interesting and strange DIY projects: Joel Creates https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHk0IYEDJxQGQ-nbd3yP_KA
Discussions of science and other weirdness: Kyle Hill https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceBasedLife
Full Mac repair videos from angry repair man: Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup
Some DIY stuff, not my fav but he’s okay: Louis Weisz https://www.youtube.com/user/WeiszCracks
3D printing and other projects: Maker’s Muse https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMakersMuse
Heavy technical electronics stuff: Marco Reps https://www.youtube.com/user/reppesis
High voltage electronics: Plasma Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg45A-ph7Eu8jQgfrwDkHLg
Electronics/DIY projects with an artistic flair: SeanHodgins https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-bw6PRKuDlH6fP1mP4nOw
Electronics, 3D printing and other crazy projects: Zack Freedman https://www.youtube.com/user/ZackFreedman
Electronics: GreatScott! https://www.youtube.com/user/greatscottlab
Electronics and bad DIY booze: bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom
Ozzie electronic engineer: EEVblog https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog
Dumbass electronic engineer who likes blowing shit up and shocking himself: ElectroBOOM https://www.youtube.com/user/msadaghd
Your weekly space/rocket reports: Marcus House https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNHHEoiSF8pcLgqLKVugOw
Space and astronomy news/info: Scott Manley https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg
Dude who does crazy stuff to pianos: Mattias Krantz https://www.youtube.com/user/Mattiaskrantz
Dude who builds useless robots: Michael Reeves https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHaxi4GTYDpJgMSGy7AeSw
Minis and dioramas: Nerdforge https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggHsHce2n3vvbJf_8YKrMA
Thalasso hobbyer たらそほびや https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYAt_kceIuiDwklp0EeIFw
Cool science and DIY stuff: NightHawkInLight https://www.youtube.com/user/Nighthawkinlight
Super interesting socail documentaries: Oki’s Weird Stories https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjDQKxiTVpXutZc2Ra9wCAg
Model planes, drones, rockets, racing cars etc: PeterSripol https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yF9tV4xWEMZkel7q8La_w
ProjectAir https://www.youtube.com/user/ThatScienceGuyJames
rctestflight https://www.youtube.com/user/rctestflight
Tom Stanton https://www.youtube.com/user/tomstanton282
RCLifeOn https://www.youtube.com/user/RcLifeOnSimon
Interesting physics stuff: Physics Girl https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman
3D printing and design: Proper Printing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfMW0tMZEciSXQym8x0EoQ
Podcast hosted by a bunch of science youtubers: Safety Third https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7QE72cxiBkiwnvGoFfqYOg
Random DIY projects, like turning a Tesla into a truck: Simone Giertz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ
Science and practical stuff: SmarterEveryDay https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2
Interesting experiments and simple explanations to strange phenomenon: Steve Mould https://www.youtube.com/user/steventhebrave
Crazy engineering by a genius: Stuff Made Here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ
Lasers and high voltage: styropyro https://www.youtube.com/user/styropyro
Long form DIY stuff with detailed explanations: Tech Ingredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients
In-depth explanations and history of technology: Technology Connections https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q
Testla coils: teslista555 https://www.youtube.com/user/teslista555
Science and bioengineering: The Thought Emporium https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChemlife
Redneck science: TheBackyardScientist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBackyardScientist
3D Printing: Thomas Sanladerer https://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasSanladerer
Dude who tells you about interesting things and places: Tom Scott https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay
Ozzy redneck DIY: Turnah81 https://www.youtube.com/user/Turnah81
DIY projects and fabrication: Tyler Bell https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0FT83RjTWCmc6n9lLojmQ
Interesting theory, math, physics and science subjects: Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Insanely detailed miniture mechanical projects: W&M Levsha https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLt9kIslIa1ffiM8A04KORw
Dumb but entertaining DIY stuff: William Osman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94Yw
Fun videos and skits:
Chris and Jack https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Liv5-jdU2Qk53lTtYDG2w
Matthew McCleskey https://www.youtube.com/user/foreignduckslap
MattColbo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyqjn-9rKdcAe0gTMAkqyg
Joma Tech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0qA-eDDICsRR9rPcnG7tw
Gus Johnson https://www.youtube.com/user/gustoonz
Goat-on-a-Stick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyR_C_QVjZR24ze0fl5S_Q
brian david gilbert https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakAg8hC_RFJm4RI3DlD7SA
FilmCow https://www.youtube.com/user/SecretAgentBob
Max Fosh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb31gOY6OD8ES0zP8M0GhAw
Lee Hardcastle https://www.youtube.com/user/leehardcastle
Joel Haver https://www.youtube.com/user/MakingShorts
Steven He (emotional damage) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0_k4INXrwPS6HhIyYqsTg
Trent Lenkarski https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAj9NhvUTfNaq4YwOHGEyA
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We have a lot of overlap in the skits section 🤝 have you checked out any of these?
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GoodLongPee - Joel, Trent, and Alex’s shit post channel
I know all of those besides Almost Friday. I made that list ages ago tbh, there’s also the completely random shit like serspence, cherdleys, Trevor Wallace and Ryan the leader. They do a bunch of stuff with Joel Haver as well.
Britanick just started doing vids again too!
I know all of those besides Almost Friday. I made that list ages ago tbh, there’s also the completely random shit like serspence, cherdleys, Trevor Wallace and Ryan the leader. They do a bunch of stuff with Joel Haver as well.
Britanick just started doing vids again too!
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Of all the things you suggested… WHY did I have to click on Chubbyemu??? 😭😭😭
Hahaha, Bernard is awesome.
yea, insanely talented storyteller, but the stories are super disturbing 😂
YT is basically my television or my background music during work. As long as I can use adblock to avoid ads, i’m happy.
Revanced on mobile, Smart Tube Next on Android TV and Ublock or Adguard on desktop ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
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I don’t read books or watch TV shows or watch movies or watch sports.
I watch a ton of educational, engineering, cooking, BMX, woodworking, and retro game channels.
Favorites are:
- Technology Connections
- Mark Rober
- Backyard Scientist
- Allen Pan
- Lockpicking Lawyer
- Smarter Every Day
- Rex Krueger
- Stuff Made Here
- Retro Bird
- Spencer Foresman
- Action Lab
- Veritasium
- Vsauce
- Ethan Chlebowski
- That Dude Can Cook
- Stumpy Numbs
- Electroboom
- Styropyro
- Nile Red
- Anthony Panza
- Sam O’Nella
- Collin Furze
- Sam Pilgrim
Oh my. I should stop. There are so many more.
Seconding Technology Connections! That guy really puts a lot of effort into his videos
I never thought I would care even the slightest bit about turn signal solenoids, but I watched the whole hour long video with fascination lol
He kind of rubs me the wrong way after a while though. It feels like he takes himself too seriously sometimes
Good list. A few ones I would add are:
- Solar Sands *I did a thing
- Integza
- Tom Stanton
- Ahoy
- LGR
- Techmoan
- The 8-bit guy
- Tom Scott
- LEMMiNO
- Mustard
- bigclivedotcom
- Practical Engineering
- DIY Perks
- Steve Mould
- b2studios
- Plasma Channel
- Real Engineering
- POSY
- Mike Boyd
- Bobby Broccoli
- NileRed
- VWestlife
More technical:
- Ben Eater
- Sebastian Lague
- Kevin Fang
I really wish there was a save comment feature because I’m subscribed to about half of those and I need to check the other half out.
At least in sync there is the option to save comments and it works. You can afterwards find the comments in your profile. Not sure if it’s a sync or a Lemmy feature though.
Edit: just checked and it’s actually a Lemmy feature. You can just long press a comment and hit the star to save it.
Thank you for sharing that with me. Learning something new everyday.
Nebula is pretty great, I like a few people there. I’m also on YouTube a good bit, but only the channels I subscribe to
On YouTube itself, a few I like:
- Tom Scott, every week is something unexpected and somehow also something I want to know more about (link)
- A Great Big Story: My family really enjoys this one. It’s short interesting videos about different places and cultures. I like the ones where the host compares a food/practice from different places (link)
- About Here: Local creator in Vancouver/Canada that does stuff about local issues (link)
- Neo: I think it might be tied to a company, but the videos are interesting and very high quality. I like the 3D renders that they use. This one’s also on Nebula (link)
- Babish, mostly the basics series and any foods from shows/movies I’ve seen (link)
- Jun’s Kitchen: Really nice and peaceful cooking clips. Their cats are great too (link)
- Mustard: cool videos with nice renders about historical planes, trains, and stuff. Also on Nebula
- Thomas Flight: nice analysis on movies and TV, for things like visuals and sound design
Otherwise, here is a messy list of some more:
- Captain Disillusion: learning about visual effects and trickery
- Colin Furze: whatever crazy thing he’s building today
- EngineerGuy: a bit technical, but interesting
- EuroCarGuy: to fall asleep to, no talking just driving
- Hagerty: also a company run channel, but it’s got fun car content
- Ice Cream Sandwich: it’s funny
- Kurzgesagdt: watching this one for years
- Memable Data: a recent one, also cool visuals
- Michael Reeves
- Simone Giertz
- Technology Connections
- The slow mo guys
- Veritassium
Technology Connections is criminally underrated. Genuinely a really smart and entertaining guy.
Yes! I saw his channel mentioned by others so I chose to leave it off my list but that channel is a true gem!
Generally, I tend to focus on smaller creators, their qualities are usually better.
The channels I watched include Nitro Rad (gaming), MattKC (tech), and Modern Vintage Gamer (retro console/gaming).
MVG is a good pick. Very entertaining.
Nitro rad is legit
MattKC is a great one, highly recommend as well
Coding and computer science:
- Andreas Kling
- Ben Eater
- TsodingDaily
- Computerphile
Physics, chemistry, and engineering:
- Practical Engineering
- Applied Science
- Tom Scott
- ElectroBOOM
- CuriousMarc
- Great Scott
- Big Clive
- Nile Red
- Extractions&Ire
- Explosions&Fire
- Cody’s Lab
- Numberphile
- Periodic Videos
- Veritasium
- Technology Connections
- Steve Mould
- Colin Furze
Food:
- Tasting History
- Adam Ragusea
Philosophy:
- Big Think
- Royal Institute
- School of Life
Transportation:
- Not Just Bikes
- RMTransit
Finance, Australia:
A recent food discovery (Well within the last year) I made was Charlie Anderson highly recommend his series on creating NY style pizza.
Townsends: great colonial cooking channel can’t believe the guy doesn’t have a PBS show.
Karl Jobst: good @ explaining speed runs, truly an absolute legend.
History matters: Consice answers to obscure history questions that you’ve wondered about or forgotten. Also check out history marche/historia civilis if you like history.
The Tim Traveler: European Tom Scott lite.
RedLetterMedia: skanies analyze bad VHS tapes
The operations room: Extremely well done summaries of warfare & battles.
YouTube uses an algorithm to recommend videos to you. If you have difficulties, this may as well be specific to you. Either you subscribed to the wrong people. Or your algorithm is stuck in some kind of vicious circle. My YouTube feed is pretty much alright.
Your comment about finance videos has nothing to do with YouTube at all. That’s literally the entire industry. Both my dad and myself have worked in finance and it’s been that way as long as I can remember. YouTube is good for educational science content, car stuff, and video game stuff. Keep politics, finance, and any sort of channels who can only stay in business by churning out new idea after new idea off of your list.
I usually watch educational content with a little bit of 3blue1brown and Kurzgesagt to name a few.
Same here and it’s literally all I watch lol gave up cable almost 10 years ago!
For anyone who knows: hello wonderful person!
:P
kurzgesagt is also political. The video about vegan food threw me off.
I cannot trust someone on certain issues if this person is biased against some of these issues. That is the world today. It’s ok, downvote me, I’m not against veganism btw, I don’t care what people eat, but I truly do not believe in certain number presented even though I do believe that animals are treated very harshly in this capitalistic world because of profits.
I agree with you. Their philosophical content and pretty animations was what drew me into them in the first place, but the moment they started spewing unscientific anti-vegan propaganda and how no one should go vegan because meat tastes great, I unsubscribed.
Dont know why you are getting downvoted, I love kurzgesagt and I think that some statements and ideas are not just pure science and facts. They often give their opinion on the matter.
And it’s fine, they have the right to express their opinion, whether I agree with it or not
I cannot trust someone on certain issues if this person is biased against some of these issues. That is the world today. I’m not against veganism btw, I don’t care what people eat, but I truly do not believe in certain number presented even though I do believe that animals are treated very harshly in this capitalistic world because of profits.
Their greenwashed climate change videos really exposed them as a corporate propaganda outlet. I can’t watch them anymore.
Only thing I watch on youtube anymore are, like, 8 out of 10 Cats does countdown and TaskMaster.
I used to watch a lot more, but a lot of the channels I used to watch ended up losing their god damn minds with covid and i just checked out and moved on.
To be fair, these are top picks.
i cycle through 8 out of 10 cats does countdown like once a year.
Sean lock is definitely missed.
Sean and MIles were the best duo in all of Countdown…Even if they were on opposite teams. Especially when they were on Opposite teams.
Taskmaster’s the shit, yo!
I dont know i actualy rarely have those types of scummy videos on my feed. But then again i might have Just trained my Algorithm well.
Same here, most recommendations I get are videos I’d actually enjoy.
It’s always very jarring when I go to youtube on a desktop without being signed in. Looks terrifying.
I don’t know when it started but nowadays I love 1 hour+ video essays, and some light gaming content.
Wendigoon, Jacob Geller, Nexpo, Inside a Mind, jwlar, hbomberguy, ssethtzeentach, mandalore gaming,
Mumbo Jumbo, Vinesauce Vinny / Joel, Mickey D, Joov.
Ashens. Steve1989mre
Longform YT content has never been better IMO.
I feel like sub-10min videos have basically been Hello Fresh or similar advertisements with padding content to barely reach the 10 min mark.
But 1+hour video essays often have incredible research and production value on a wide range of topics.
