Poll of the Day > It amazes me that in the 1000+ Youtube channels I am subscribed to.

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That I cannot be continuously drip fed a stream of long form talking videos I am actually interested in.

tbh i'm surprised there's even anything you're actually interested in at this point.

this is interesting

NinjaGhosts posted...

this is interesting

I assume you say this ironically.

YouTube has shifted away from encouraging content creators from making genuinely interesting content. Several channels I used to love aren't as good anymore, not because I have changed, but because they aren't allowed to make content the same way they used to without running the risk of being demonetized.

And yet it's apparently completely okay for people to make false information and extremist videos. YouTube is currently facing a massive lawsuit regarding their promotion of extremist content, and I hope they lose.

faramir77 posted...

YouTube has shifted away from encouraging content creators from making genuinely interesting content. Several channels I used to love aren't as good anymore, not because I have changed, but because they aren't allowed to make content the same way they used to without running the risk of being demonetized.

And yet it's apparently completely okay for people to make false information and extremist videos. YouTube is currently facing a massive lawsuit regarding their promotion of extremist content, and I hope they lose.

One of the music creators I followed for a few years suddenly stopped making music at the peak of her popularity (she had just produced an album). Then like 2 years of nothing except streaming 0-1 times on Twitch a week. It was just weird. I saw a lot of other Youtubers that I watched in the mid to late 2010s do similar things.

Are all of those channels still active, or did some drop off from making content?

PMarth2002 posted...

Are all of those channels still active, or did some drop off from making content?

It's just a continuously growing list. Filled my afternoon with a void of https://www.youtube.com/@RealLifeLore,

Nade_Duck posted...

tbh i'm surprised there's even anything you're actually interested in at this point.

Boom.

faramir77 posted...

And yet it's apparently completely okay for people to make false information and extremist videos. YouTube is currently facing a massive lawsuit regarding their promotion of extremist content, and I hope they lose.

I agree with your former point but I don't think anyone at YT/Google is advocating for extremist content lol

It's unfortunate what happened but given the sheer volume of content that gets uploaded, they can't personally evaluate everything, and some things will inevitably slip through the cracks here and there. From what I understand, the recommendation system is based on the user's preferences and whatever content is recommended isn't personally endorsed by YT.

YT losing the suit would just make any sites allowing user-generated content worse for everyone. If sites themselves are legally responsible for anything their users upload then that forces sites to either moderate with an iron fist or shut down altogether.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzNo5lZCq5M

Yeah that "lawsuit" is the 70+ year old conservative supreme court possibly destroying the internet, not YouTube, unless you're talking about something else

Oh look another boring clickbait Youtube video trying to scare viewers because content creators are afraid of losing money. What a joke.

Blue_Thunder posted...

YT losing the suit would just make any sites allowing user-generated content worse for everyone. If sites themselves are legally responsible for anything their users upload then that forces sites to either moderate with an iron fist or shut down altogether

Bullshit. It's called a terms of use. YouTube actively allows extremists to not only post videos but also monetize them. Furthermore, YouTube's algorithm (which THEY created) promotes these videos.

YouTube has no issue removing monetization from videos that contain a swear word within the first 60 seconds. This proves that they also shouldn't have any issue removing monetization from extremist content or disinformation, and yet they don't act on that.

faramir77 posted...

Bullshit. It's called a terms of use. YouTube actively allows extremists to not only post videos but also monetize them.

And as part of the ToS, YT also dictates what content is allowed on the platform. I don't think extremist propaganda is included.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9229472?hl=en&ref_topic=9282436

faramir77 posted...

YouTube has no issue removing monetization from videos that contain a swear word within the first 60 seconds. This proves that they also shouldn't have any issue removing monetization from extremist content or disinformation, and yet they don't act on that.

While it can be argued that they aren't doing enough, they have in the past. The plaintiffs acknowledged as much. They were obviously too late this time, but it's not like they don't do anything about it.

And again, the solution is for YT to increase it's effectiveness in blocking the bad content, not to make sites (not just YT) liable for user content.

Judgmenl posted...

That I cannot be continuously drip fed a stream of long form talking videos I am actually interested in.

Subscribe to better channels.

Or find some way to deal with your inherent depression symptoms that render you incapable of enjoying anything in life other than deep-level weeb shit.