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For all its flaws I find Youtube is one of the best sources for recipes these days. Especially when you search in the language of the country the dishes are fro

• ethbr0 4y ago
  It's ironic that for all our cheering of democratization of creation, we turn back to gatekeeping (video harder to produce than text) in a search for quality. Although maybe that's more a comment on the inevitable end state of democratization of creation + centralization of search/discovery + monetization of traffic.
  • pixl97 4y ago
    Why is it ironic? I think it's more of a "humans are unable to learn from history moment". Romans called it "the mob" because of the common problems that occurred when large groups of undirected people got together and chaos broke loose. Of course the opposite where the authoritarian leader ruled everything also lead to Rome burning. There is a happier middleground where multiple gates exist to filter out the bullshit, but no said gatekeeper controls the entire market leading to monopoly behavior.
  • nradov 4y ago
    Video is just a better format than text for many recipes, at least for novice cooks. The results often depend on technique as much as ingredients, and it's hard to convey technique through text.
    • ethbr0 4y ago
      Well-edited video. Cannot state how infuriating it is when the exact piece I'm stuck on is jumped over with a time cut. Incidentally, this is why I click on the dirtiest garage clip for car how-to's: it's usually just the raw start-to-end process.