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The title and description are very vague. Could someone summarize for those who like to know what videos are about before watching them?
by tdeck 2y ago
The title and description are very vague. Could someone summarize for those who like to know what videos are about before watching them?
- vekatimest 2y agoTitle's a Star Trek reference, and the video is a retrospective on YouTube, the state of algorithmic feeds, and its alternatives. It's largely an endorsement of Floatplane and the creator talks about moving to that platform.
- joshuaturner 2y agoYouTube is increasingly user-hostile and the video talks about alternatives like Floatplane and Nebula, the pros and cons of each, and why they're beginning to also host their videos on Floatplane.
- Borealid 2y agoIn an episode of the TV series "Star Trek: the Next Generation", there's an episode where the main characters encounter an alien species whose speech seems to defy translation. Each time the lead fails to understand the chief alien, the alien says "Shaka, when the walls fell". Eventually it turns out the aliens communicate only by referencing historical events - their whole language is built around the concept of a shared cultural context, and understanding the emotions associated with certain past situations. In other words, their culture is only able to communicate through the use of memes; those without the shared context cannot grasp the meaning of their words. "Shaka, when the walls fell" is a reference to a situation where two parties failed to understand one another or come to common ground. As a bit of twice-removed meta-humor, this explanation of past events without directly saying anything about the video itself is my answer to your question.
- jfrbfbreudh 2y agoSounds like Chengyu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengyu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengyu
- mvdtnz 2y agoThanks, very much sounds like it's not worth the 7 minutes, at all.
- ethbr1 2y agoKiteo, his eyes closed.
- hkchad 2y agoOMG I'm dying lol
- sebazzz 2y agoIt was an explanation of the title, not the video. The video is about Jeff Geerling explaining that he is now diversifying his video output to Floatplane due to YouTube AI slop, removing dislikes, censorship policy, and user hostile behaviour. And he explains why it is Floatplane and not Nebula or others.
- thenthenthen 2y agoIt is a commercial for the Floatplane video platform
- bjourne 2y agoIt's a talking head droning on for ten minutes how he doesn't like YouTube anymore so he's gonna move his stuff to a new platform where they have more community. So you should totally subscribe to his new platform so that he can continue producing awesome content for you!!