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The thing that frustrates me is that I follow a lot youtubers who don't post frequently and then some that do. The infrequent posts are typically electrical eng

The thing that frustrates me is that I follow a lot youtubers who don't post frequently and then some that do. The infrequent posts are typically electrical engineering or computer science related. I enjoy these topics more than others, but watch less of them due to the frequency of posts. I also follow some gaming stuff and liberal librarian politics as well as a few other things related to medical science and a smattering of random other topics. Without fail, YouTube will stop recommending engineering topics to me and try to send me down the rabbit hole of clickbait gaming and political topics. It's infuriating b/c after a few weeks, I notice I've not seen any engineering related videos and then have to go back and search through the channels to see what I missed. YT even hides them the sub feed. WTH?

stallmanite 6y ago
I’ve had basically the identical experience. I swear it even seems to turn off notifications to some of the more obscure channels and I have to turn them back on again. The niche stuff (Engineering, Chemistry, Modular-synth stuff, demoscene stuff, Math, countless others) is YouTube’s strength in my opinion. It’s disappointing that they so strongly discourage that use.
- grugagag 6y ago
  Yes, I have a similar experience. Youtube/Google is shoving down our throats content that is monetized (hence huge channels) and it makes everybody else disappear more or less. We need to index youtube from the outside and take back control. Basically a giant table with channels and last added video would solve that and the link to the last video. We have to take control back!
  - Avamander 6y ago
    Those small channels should enable monetization tbh and just recommend adblockers to their viewers. That way the algoritm doesn't punish them. I know Franlab does so and it works.
ben174 6y ago
"Don't forget to click that bell!"
- zeepzeep 6y ago
  If people really listen to this, but do not click on recommended videos afterwards, this has a negative effect on the CTR which should turn out bad for the YTers.
mfsch 6y ago
I think for those it’s best to subscribe to the RSS feed of the channel. Feed readers are great for infrequently updated content!
bscphil 6y ago
> YT even hides them the sub feed. I see YouTubers claim that YT does this, but personally, I've never encountered a single video on a channel that I'm subscribed to that didn't show up in my subscriptions feed. I've also never seen direct evidence, it's only YouTubers claiming that this is happening to their subscribers, as a way of explaining some downturn in the number of views. I suspect many of them are confused about the "notification" feature, which I don't know I've ever seen anyone actually use. (Also, sometimes a video can get stuck in "processing", in which case it won't show up in the feed until it's finished processing.) Do you have some examples of this happening? I'm almost certain if you could provide screenshots, e.g. of the channel and of your subscription feed, showing the missing video, that YouTube would consider this a bug. The subscription feed is supposed to show all the new videos from channels you're subscribed to.
- soupbowl 6y ago
  > I've never encountered a single video on a channel that I'm subscribed to that didn't show up in my subscriptions feed. This is also my experience, I've even closely paid attention to the videos of YouTubers that claim this type of thing is happening and I still have always seen their videos appear in my feed.
- bmn__ 6y ago
  > I've never encountered a single video on a channel that I'm subscribed to that didn't show up in my subscriptions feed […] Do you have some examples of this happening? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3lnEJVuGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3lnEJVuGA See comments, this was definitely happening to several subscribers.

stallmanite 6y ago

I’ve had basically the identical experience. I swear it even seems to turn off notifications to some of the more obscure channels and I have to turn them back on again. The niche stuff (Engineering, Chemistry, Modular-synth stuff, demoscene stuff, Math, countless others) is YouTube’s strength in my opinion. It’s disappointing that they so strongly discourage that use.

grugagag 6y ago
Yes, I have a similar experience. Youtube/Google is shoving down our throats content that is monetized (hence huge channels) and it makes everybody else disappear more or less. We need to index youtube from the outside and take back control. Basically a giant table with channels and last added video would solve that and the link to the last video. We have to take control back!
- Avamander 6y ago
  Those small channels should enable monetization tbh and just recommend adblockers to their viewers. That way the algoritm doesn't punish them. I know Franlab does so and it works.

ben174 6y ago

"Don't forget to click that bell!"

zeepzeep 6y ago
If people really listen to this, but do not click on recommended videos afterwards, this has a negative effect on the CTR which should turn out bad for the YTers.

mfsch 6y ago

I think for those it’s best to subscribe to the RSS feed of the channel. Feed readers are great for infrequently updated content!

bscphil 6y ago

> YT even hides them the sub feed. I see YouTubers claim that YT does this, but personally, I've never encountered a single video on a channel that I'm subscribed to that didn't show up in my subscriptions feed. I've also never seen direct evidence, it's only YouTubers claiming that this is happening to their subscribers, as a way of explaining some downturn in the number of views. I suspect many of them are confused about the "notification" feature, which I don't know I've ever seen anyone actually use. (Also, sometimes a video can get stuck in "processing", in which case it won't show up in the feed until it's finished processing.) Do you have some examples of this happening? I'm almost certain if you could provide screenshots, e.g. of the channel and of your subscription feed, showing the missing video, that YouTube would consider this a bug. The subscription feed is supposed to show all the new videos from channels you're subscribed to.

soupbowl 6y ago
> I've never encountered a single video on a channel that I'm subscribed to that didn't show up in my subscriptions feed. This is also my experience, I've even closely paid attention to the videos of YouTubers that claim this type of thing is happening and I still have always seen their videos appear in my feed.
bmn__ 6y ago
> I've never encountered a single video on a channel that I'm subscribed to that didn't show up in my subscriptions feed […] Do you have some examples of this happening? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3lnEJVuGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3lnEJVuGA See comments, this was definitely happening to several subscribers.