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While I like Nebula on premise, it seems creators on it are getting 'lazier' and some of the people on the site are downright questionable ("TL;DR News" and "Th

While I like Nebula on premise, it seems creators on it are getting 'lazier' and some of the people on the site are downright questionable ("TL;DR News" and "Therapist Reacts" being the biggest offenders for me) Like, why am I paying Nebula for this garbage? https://i.imgur.com/itiLYbK.png https://i.imgur.com/itiLYbK.png

verall 3y ago
I think Little Joel is a treasure, personally He still does long-form well-researched videos if you're into that, too
- ravetcofx 3y ago
  Yeah don't be dunking on little joel. He's
Theizestooke 3y ago
What is questionable about TLDR News?
KittenInABox 3y ago
Are you unfamiliar with Little Joel? Big Joel has actual deep analysis if you like, but Little Joel is just a silly side channel of his. You're paying for this, plus also multi-hour-long analysis of, say, media analysis contrasting with the role of Jewish people who were coerced to cooperate with the Nazis in concentration camps. Nebula is meant to serve a variety of videos. I'd probably feel the same of "I have to watch ads for this crap?" for YouTube, y'know?
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solardev 3y ago
Is that really Nebula's fault? YouTube, TikTok, etc. are full of garbage too. I don't really know their arrangement with creators (one would hope creators get a bigger cut there, otherwise why leave YouTube?), but my favorite creators* have the same videos on both, just a little earlier on Nebula usually. *Just engineering channels though, which is probably why they're not as spammy/shock-reaction-y. https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering https://nebula.tv/realengineering https://nebula.tv/realengineering https://nebula.tv/the-efficient-engineer https://nebula.tv/the-efficient-engineer are all excellent
- chmod775 3y ago
  Never used them. The way they're marketing themselves I didn't think I would have to curate their content myself. How much do I need do I need to pay to not have to sift through brain-numbing clickbait diarrhea? At that point you might as well just kill your time on YouTube. Plenty of good channels there too - if you can stand the stench of the heap of trash they're buried under.
  - solardev 3y ago
    Oh, I never thought of Nebula as a curation service, just a hosting service that the creators I like seem to prefer (who knows why, maybe they get paid more there or have some promotion with them?). But I eventually moved back to YouTube too, for unrelated reasons (auto captions etc.) I don't think any video site these days can be easily "browsed" if you want to avoid the garbage :( It's all about picking and choosing specific channels/creators to follow and ignoring the crap... sadly.
rchaud 3y ago
You may be paying Nebula, but like all UGC platforms, it can't show you what it doesn't have. Social media video is heavy on lazy "TLDR", and light on substance.
addicted 3y ago
I don’t pay Nebula for that “garbage” (although that creator has a very different, and possibly unique, style of videos). What you are paying for is all the other stuff that isn’t garbage. The “garbage” adds negligible costs to the Nebula experience.

verall 3y ago

I think Little Joel is a treasure, personally He still does long-form well-researched videos if you're into that, too

ravetcofx 3y ago
Yeah don't be dunking on little joel. He's

Theizestooke 3y ago

What is questionable about TLDR News?

KittenInABox 3y ago

Are you unfamiliar with Little Joel? Big Joel has actual deep analysis if you like, but Little Joel is just a silly side channel of his. You're paying for this, plus also multi-hour-long analysis of, say, media analysis contrasting with the role of Jewish people who were coerced to cooperate with the Nazis in concentration camps. Nebula is meant to serve a variety of videos. I'd probably feel the same of "I have to watch ads for this crap?" for YouTube, y'know?

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solardev 3y ago

Is that really Nebula's fault? YouTube, TikTok, etc. are full of garbage too. I don't really know their arrangement with creators (one would hope creators get a bigger cut there, otherwise why leave YouTube?), but my favorite creators* have the same videos on both, just a little earlier on Nebula usually. *Just engineering channels though, which is probably why they're not as spammy/shock-reaction-y. https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering https://nebula.tv/realengineering https://nebula.tv/realengineering https://nebula.tv/the-efficient-engineer https://nebula.tv/the-efficient-engineer are all excellent

chmod775 3y ago
Never used them. The way they're marketing themselves I didn't think I would have to curate their content myself. How much do I need do I need to pay to not have to sift through brain-numbing clickbait diarrhea? At that point you might as well just kill your time on YouTube. Plenty of good channels there too - if you can stand the stench of the heap of trash they're buried under.
- solardev 3y ago
  Oh, I never thought of Nebula as a curation service, just a hosting service that the creators I like seem to prefer (who knows why, maybe they get paid more there or have some promotion with them?). But I eventually moved back to YouTube too, for unrelated reasons (auto captions etc.) I don't think any video site these days can be easily "browsed" if you want to avoid the garbage :( It's all about picking and choosing specific channels/creators to follow and ignoring the crap... sadly.

rchaud 3y ago

You may be paying Nebula, but like all UGC platforms, it can't show you what it doesn't have. Social media video is heavy on lazy "TLDR", and light on substance.

addicted 3y ago

I don’t pay Nebula for that “garbage” (although that creator has a very different, and possibly unique, style of videos). What you are paying for is all the other stuff that isn’t garbage. The “garbage” adds negligible costs to the Nebula experience.