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Why would one want to create more of those abominations? One reason I deleted all my yt videos was because YT converted half of them to "shorts" without asking

by megous 3y ago

Why would one want to create more of those abominations? One reason I deleted all my yt videos was because YT converted half of them to "shorts" without asking and with no way back, breaking all navigation and losing the readily available comment section and description. Just not the way I wanted my work presented.

TheFreim 3y ago
You used to be able to access shorts as normal videos even after they rolled out normal videos by using the original video link. Did they remove this?
- ajot 3y ago
  No, in fact I keep a very handy redirect in Redirector for this specific usecase: { "description": "Youtube shorts to something useful", "exampleUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iB9KMNzNIZI", "exampleResult": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9KMNzNIZI", "error": null, "includePattern": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/*", "excludePattern": "", "patternDesc": "", "redirectUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1", "patternType": "W", "processMatches": "noProcessing", "disabled": false, "grouped": false, "appliesTo": [ "main_frame" ] },
  - TheFreim 3y ago
    Nice! I had not thought of creating a redirect, but I have now added this. I currently filter out all short content but on the rare occasion that I get linked a short this will come in handy. Thanks!
  - RulerOf 3y ago
    Is Redirector an extension?
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - ajot 3y ago
      Yep, available for multiple browsers and quite powerful in my opinion: https://www.einaregilsson.com/redirector/ https://www.einaregilsson.com/redirector/
  - Aerroon 3y ago
    If you open the comments section you can click on the date of a comment and it will open it in the regular video UI.
- megous 3y ago
  It doesn't matter what I could. I did not make videos so that I can look at them myself. :) But nice trick for viewing other's videos.
sjwhevvvvvsj 3y ago
“Your work”, is their “content”.
rglover 3y ago
> Why would one want to create more of those abominations? Because we're regressing as a civilization and soon, content like what's being generated here will be the only thing consumed by the majority (read: the only form of profitable/growth-producing content). I'm a major proponent of Joseph Juran style "quality thinking," but sadly, that world is dead and gone on a mass consumption scale (what platforms like YouTube are geared towards these days).
- dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
  De-Evolution has been proven correct. Fun fact: The popularizers (Devo) were at Kent State when US troops killed US citizens on US soil and knew the deceased…recently revealed after decades… De-Evolving to remove humans from the equation is the logical conclusion. Resistance is futile. We •will• adapt.
bagels 3y ago
The only reason is to collect advertiser dollars.
himinlomax 3y ago
It's one way to kill them.
beretguy 3y ago
> because YT converted half of them to "shorts" without asking and with no way back Wait, what? What the hell! That’s terrible. I am out of touch with all of these new “features”. Looks like content creators can’t use YouTube any more.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
  I make DVDs (ConvertXtoDVD) and give them to donors I meet in person, meaning I keep everything, nobody can take down or edit my content…etc… Sneakernet has advantages.

by megous 3y ago

TheFreim 3y ago

You used to be able to access shorts as normal videos even after they rolled out normal videos by using the original video link. Did they remove this?

ajot 3y ago
No, in fact I keep a very handy redirect in Redirector for this specific usecase: { "description": "Youtube shorts to something useful", "exampleUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iB9KMNzNIZI", "exampleResult": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9KMNzNIZI", "error": null, "includePattern": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/*", "excludePattern": "", "patternDesc": "", "redirectUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1", "patternType": "W", "processMatches": "noProcessing", "disabled": false, "grouped": false, "appliesTo": [ "main_frame" ] },
- TheFreim 3y ago
  Nice! I had not thought of creating a redirect, but I have now added this. I currently filter out all short content but on the rare occasion that I get linked a short this will come in handy. Thanks!
- RulerOf 3y ago
  Is Redirector an extension?
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
  - ajot 3y ago
    Yep, available for multiple browsers and quite powerful in my opinion: https://www.einaregilsson.com/redirector/ https://www.einaregilsson.com/redirector/
- Aerroon 3y ago
  If you open the comments section you can click on the date of a comment and it will open it in the regular video UI.
megous 3y ago
It doesn't matter what I could. I did not make videos so that I can look at them myself. :) But nice trick for viewing other's videos.

sjwhevvvvvsj 3y ago

“Your work”, is their “content”.

rglover 3y ago

> Why would one want to create more of those abominations? Because we're regressing as a civilization and soon, content like what's being generated here will be the only thing consumed by the majority (read: the only form of profitable/growth-producing content). I'm a major proponent of Joseph Juran style "quality thinking," but sadly, that world is dead and gone on a mass consumption scale (what platforms like YouTube are geared towards these days).

dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
De-Evolution has been proven correct. Fun fact: The popularizers (Devo) were at Kent State when US troops killed US citizens on US soil and knew the deceased…recently revealed after decades… De-Evolving to remove humans from the equation is the logical conclusion. Resistance is futile. We •will• adapt.

bagels 3y ago

The only reason is to collect advertiser dollars.

himinlomax 3y ago

It's one way to kill them.

beretguy 3y ago

> because YT converted half of them to "shorts" without asking and with no way back Wait, what? What the hell! That’s terrible. I am out of touch with all of these new “features”. Looks like content creators can’t use YouTube any more.

dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
I make DVDs (ConvertXtoDVD) and give them to donors I meet in person, meaning I keep everything, nobody can take down or edit my content…etc… Sneakernet has advantages.