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Watching kids watch youtube is like watching zombies. I know a kid who is a big fan of any kind of sports. He is constantly watching youtube videos that are ba

Watching kids watch youtube is like watching zombies. I know a kid who is a big fan of any kind of sports. He is constantly watching youtube videos that are basically stats and clips packaged up with some slight humor but very little analysis. This kid has basically an encyclopedic knowledge of sports... stats. All from youtube. I was also like this to a degree as a kid, but I got my info from stats books/magazines/newspaper sports sections. So in a way the outcomes are the similar -- young kids love looking at the numbers -- but I can't help but feel icky about the way youtube can just lock a kid in for hours and hours. * Example video about Tim Lincecum that basically enumerates the stats of his career but doesn't discuss anything else -- his personality, his pitches, his unconventional delivery, etc. Just clips (that repeat) and stats. It's bizarre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgaPKJIF_Zo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgaPKJIF_Zo

meken 3y ago
Not really sure what you’re talking about when you say that vid just enumerates stats. There’s a lot of narrative and comparison and context put into that video. Comparing it to how I grew up watching ESPN Sportscenter, I find that YT video much richer and varied
- kubectl_h 3y ago
  > There’s a lot of narrative and comparison and context There's not though. Most of what is narrative is cutesy jokes. Comparisons are just... stats. If you re-watch with a critical eye you'll see it's basically a formula: in these X games he pitched this well, then he'll compare him to some historical figure on stats alone, over a clip or a screenshot of baseball reference. At some point he just reads passages off wikipedia. There really isn't any subjective thought being put into it, it's just a clever packaging of google searches in a lot of ways.
expertentipp 3y ago
> Watching kids watch youtube is like watching zombies. My heart breaks when I see nephews playing dumb mobile games and watch youtube videos of someone playing games, all these interrupted with multiple full screen ads which they also diligently watch. Fuck these platforms and all their creators.
- api 3y ago
  We banned YouTube after the kids would do nothing but watch junk like PrestonPlayz for hours and hours. It was really rotting their brains. We have seen positive growth in their interests and behavior since it was banned. YT is full of good content but the good content is not addictive or viral and the viral addictive content is not good. There might be a few kids that will gravitate toward substance but I have yet to see one. If we visit a home with YT enabled the kids are watching hours and hours of trash.

meken 3y ago

Not really sure what you’re talking about when you say that vid just enumerates stats. There’s a lot of narrative and comparison and context put into that video. Comparing it to how I grew up watching ESPN Sportscenter, I find that YT video much richer and varied

kubectl_h 3y ago
> There’s a lot of narrative and comparison and context There's not though. Most of what is narrative is cutesy jokes. Comparisons are just... stats. If you re-watch with a critical eye you'll see it's basically a formula: in these X games he pitched this well, then he'll compare him to some historical figure on stats alone, over a clip or a screenshot of baseball reference. At some point he just reads passages off wikipedia. There really isn't any subjective thought being put into it, it's just a clever packaging of google searches in a lot of ways.

expertentipp 3y ago

> Watching kids watch youtube is like watching zombies. My heart breaks when I see nephews playing dumb mobile games and watch youtube videos of someone playing games, all these interrupted with multiple full screen ads which they also diligently watch. Fuck these platforms and all their creators.

api 3y ago
We banned YouTube after the kids would do nothing but watch junk like PrestonPlayz for hours and hours. It was really rotting their brains. We have seen positive growth in their interests and behavior since it was banned. YT is full of good content but the good content is not addictive or viral and the viral addictive content is not good. There might be a few kids that will gravitate toward substance but I have yet to see one. If we visit a home with YT enabled the kids are watching hours and hours of trash.