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It isn't really about the money for me - I used to pay [full price] for premium for awhile back along - I just detest the way YouTube has resorted to manipulative tactics to try and get people to pay for it rather than spend the time to make a compelling product and/or a good stock of their own originally created content - what draws people to YT is the content created by their users.
Increasingly the feature set of the site is getting more and more dated - stuff like filters, search and history functions, etc. are like something out of the dial-up age and half-arsed at best.
Hardly anything. Most of it is junk. 15 minute videos with 1 minute of content. People begging for subscribers, or just blabbering on for ages. Production value is pretty poor. And loads of ads.
I’ve said in similar threads I just don’t get the appeal of YouTube.
It’s very good for fixing videos/diy but not for entertainment.
I’ve said in similar threads I just don’t get the appeal of YouTube.
It’s very good for fixing videos/diy but not for entertainment.
I clicked on "Soviet Style Economics is Insane and Here's Why" and the guy spends the 1st half talking about serfdom and the Russian empire. Gotta go halfway through to even mention Soviets. And it's all Year 11 history school project level.
I was expecting them to lead with things like Elena Ceaușescu building the Romanian metro system poorly, because she thought students were lazy and had to walk. Maybe they talk about it, and how Romanian civil engineers built a better version in secret, but I've already clicked off because forget watching half your video before you even address the premise.
I used to be a sucker for video essays and learning, but ever since Youtube started prioritising watch time over view count, so many videos are padded with nonsense. There are a handful of video essay parodies that are easy to find, which breaks them down to the school projects they really are. And whenever I see someone copying the Lindsay Ellis "look serious and drink to make the pain go away" gag, I wonder if they're 4 years too late to the gig.
I was expecting them to lead with things like Elena Ceaușescu building the Romanian metro system poorly, because she thought students were lazy and had to walk. Maybe they talk about it, and how Romanian civil engineers built a better version in secret, but I've already clicked off because forget watching half your video before you even address the premise.
I used to be a sucker for video essays and learning, but ever since Youtube started prioritising watch time over view count, so many videos are padded with nonsense. There are a handful of video essay parodies that are easy to find, which breaks them down to the school projects they really are. And whenever I see someone copying the Lindsay Ellis "look serious and drink to make the pain go away" gag, I wonder if they're 4 years too late to the gig.
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This is why you subscribe to the good ones with good content. Not those who who blabbering on too much or clearly a clickbait.
Plenty of great content on there, Osaka travel guide? Most travel shows focus on Tokyo so it's nice to see something different.
I accidentally stumbled on to this documentary on queuing at Disney, it's amazing and it's 100mins long!
And so much more.
They are also start showing live sporting events on YouTube lately too.
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Nothing subscribed and nothing I regularly watch just mostly random content of whatever sparks my interest at the time i.e. cat videos, lots of music vids official or otherwise, history documentaries, cat videos, videogame reviews and tools/mods, lost TV clips,
and did I mention cat videos?
There is vast oceans of dross you just have to find the decent stuff that is a bit of an art.
and did I mention cat videos?
There is vast oceans of dross you just have to find the decent stuff that is a bit of an art.
One of the things I find quite impressive on YouTube is the people doing actual analytical breakdowns of high level play in various video games - really going into the strategy and game theory, etc. involved - some of it really makes you think.
And stuff like Mark Felton finding actual mind blowing little known information about historical events - sometimes even managing to dig up video coverage of events you'd have thought were long lost to time.
There is a lot of garbage out there but also a lot of really good stuff.
EDIT: Some of the worst though is those **** reaction videos - the only time they are acceptable is when you have an actual expert/someone renown in the appropriate field, etc. being covered doing their reaction (and providing some actual insight in the commentary).
And stuff like Mark Felton finding actual mind blowing little known information about historical events - sometimes even managing to dig up video coverage of events you'd have thought were long lost to time.
There is a lot of garbage out there but also a lot of really good stuff.
EDIT: Some of the worst though is those **** reaction videos - the only time they are acceptable is when you have an actual expert/someone renown in the appropriate field, etc. being covered doing their reaction (and providing some actual insight in the commentary).
Is that what they do? That explains my views above.
watching people play games is one thing I really don’t understand either. Where’s the enjoyment? Perhaps watching a professional game is understandable but some random person streaming themselves play a game? How on earth is that entertaining? Just play the game yourself.
I liken it to watching sport, why watch when you can just go outside and play instead? Basically because it can be enjoyable to watch someone engaging in an activity you also enjoy.
I don't watch streamers, too much downtime and boring chat, I will however watch certain youtubers who do concise edited videos of various play on the sort of games I play myself such as Tarkov, Satisfactory, etc. It can give me tips, ideas, strategies to try out myself the next time i'm on the same game. Alternatively some of them are just likeable, charismatic and relaxing to watch - Aculite and FairTx for example - the latter of which makes videos that would put paid professionals to shame.
Yeah, I just LOVE when a review is longer than the show/film it's reviewing. Especially when they summarise or go through the medium scene by scene, interjecting a little commentary here and there. Isn't that technically substitution of product, and outside Fair Use?
I agree about too much downtime on streamers. As much as I bang on about YouTube, at least I watch it. I completely ignore Twitch.
I like watching high-level play. I never would've guessed that the best way to get a high score in Metal: Hellisnger is to hide in a corner and cheese enemies with the weakest weapon.
I don't tend to do it much - but there are some games where I have no interest in putting the time in to be able to play the game and/or no intention to play myself but it can be interesting to watch someone else play it - like some of the Lovecraftian/cosmic horror based games which just don't interest me to play as a game but I do enjoy watching someone else, if they have some skill as a presenter, play through them.
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There is so much on YouTube than the stuff trending on the front page which is almost always trash, like reality tv. If you have any kind of interest, there is a good channel for it on YouTube. I am not even into hiking but this guy makes great video on hiking around the world, it’s really relaxing to watch, he will tell you the route he took at the 2nd half of the video, what company he went with, the little stories he encountered. It’s great and it’s shot really well, all by himself.
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Well, if you are being reductive and negative about it. Sure.
If you like to visit places but unable to do so due to many factors like health, money, pandemic, etc etc. Channels like his are great.
That changed a while ago
YouTube Video Length For Monetization
Your video length for monetization is a pretty important aspect when you want to make money on YouTube. So, how long should your videos be for monetization?
www.narakeet.com
Monetization is based on a number of factors, and will vary based on content and how the viewers work.
Yes, there are loads of crap content creators out there, but that can be said for almost any form of media, loads of crap music, crap tv, and crap films, doesn't mean you should not bother with any of those mediums.
pity music streaming where they compose and front-load lyrics/melody as bait to just get those 30s is it? of listening, isn't the same, that's perverted modern music
I'm all for a bbc or netflix subscription where you pay for how many hours of content you watch.
can't really understand why the supposedly, IT aware generation, tolerate utube with adds , when .... people complain about adds on the likes of freeview tv channels that are harder to avoid, unless dvr'ing.
*Stands on soap box* Then you get ******** like Linus from LTT getting salty as hell about uBlock blocking YT ad's and thus reducing revenue. Calling everyone who does akin to Pirating */faceplam*
It was such a bad take a unsubscribed for awhile
I have my PC hooked up to my 65" OLED and use it as my monitor
Lol well it's partly his fault then too for actually clicking the checkbox to show ads that are not skippable/in the middle of videos. I am fine with an ad at the start and end of a video. Ads that suddenly appear mid-watching a video, often with loud audio etc is super annoying.
And on top of that LTT videos always have the sponsor segways making money as it is.
It's just greedy pettiness at this point.
And on top of that LTT videos always have the sponsor segways making money as it is.
It's just greedy pettiness at this point.