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Youtube is a vapid wasteland. Is there interesting stuff? Sure. But it won't be recommended to you. And that's what the service really is, a recommendation eng
by betwixthewires 6y ago
Youtube is a vapid wasteland.
Is there interesting stuff? Sure. But it won't be recommended to you. And that's what the service really is, a recommendation engine. If there was no algorithm, just a video host, youtube would be much better.
- GuB-42 6y ago> Is there interesting stuff? Sure. But it won't be recommended to you. There is a lot of interesting stuff on YouTube that is recommended to me, at least when I am logged in. When I am browsing in private mode or looking at the "trending" tab, it is less relevant to my interests (to put it gently) but it is not all terrible either. The comment section is the worst though, and it seems like YouTube is working hard at making is as uninteresting as possible. It looks like they are somewhat successful at preventing it from being toxic, but it looks like it works by killing all form of discussion and instead put forward endlessly copy-pasted memes.
- diplodocusaur 6y agoIt used to be that you could search anything and you would find some related videos plus some random stuff people submitted or related through the description. Now, no matter what you search: it limits you to the most popular results, you see almost no random video uploads even after using filters, plus extra results unrelated to your search that YouTube will insist you watch even if it is unrelated to your original search. Truly lacking.