You also can’t dislike the slop, you can’t dislike ads, you can’t report misleading ads, nir comment that theyre trash. Its literally stationary slop.
I don't know much about it at all and cannot find much, but I have recently heard of Kamtape. The site has the look of July 2005, apparently, but I think it might go the way of most every other noncorporate video platform like Odysee and Rumble and start getting filled with unsavory people.
And unless Odysee has changed, we ain't got really any alternatives besides just blocking ads or Peertube. Even then, it would be real hard to get creators to move onto either platform for not wanting to deal with a site where slurs can be reported but aren't guaranteed to be removed ( in the case of Odysee ) and payment isn't as guaranteed as it is with yt ( which is already shaky as all hell )
RIP dislike button 😔
One day we will have a peer to peer video sharing platform... One day...
If only peertube existed...
I've used peertube. Not a lot of good stuff on there. And I guess that's the problem with trying to vie against YouTube -- you'll always start at zero.
I'd contribute, but I don't make internet videos.
Chicken and egg problem. I really wish that more youtubers at least trip loaded their videos on peertube. Peertube even has an option to automatically mirror a YouTube channel effortlessly.
You can contribute differently. Archive YouTube channels or re-upload memes or video-guides.
Hey, just a hypothetical, what's stopping me from making a peertube instance and just adding in a bunch of my favorite youtubers video collections there and letting like minded people watch them? Just the cost/data logistics?
There's an ethical consideration in that those youtubers didn't consent to their work being on peertube.
But other than that -- like technically and in terms of Peertube rules -- you might want to ask someone else. I don't know the answer. Sorry.
The two hurdles I see are viewership (current inertia has everyone browsing on YouTube) and monetization (people rely on ad money that comes from those watching 30sec of insurance slop).
There are weaknesses in YouTube, like algorithms forcing creators to reach the 10 minute mark, or unfair content ID detection, but we might need a good corporate player to invent something against them. And I do mean a company - content creation is a business for a lot of people, not just an open source project.
I like shorts. I say this again and again: Curate your shorts by liking and subscribing. Press "don't recommend this channel" for shit you don't want to see.
Hone your algorithm. 👍
You don't home the algorithm. It hones you. Finds what you engage with the most and exploits you. Every short form video site does this. It makes it addictive to you so you stay on it and see more ads.
It doesn't care what you like. Only what keeps you on there. Even if it's things you hate. And your probably thinking "oh lll just say I don't like it". They don't care. Corporations don't care. They just want to maximize the profit from you.
Yes, we'll get right on that! Who is paying for it again?
PipePipe has a way to filter out shorts.
≡ --> Settings --> Content Filter --> Filter Short Videos (turn to ON)
PipePipe is Boss. Buy them MFs a coffee! (Ko-Fi)
i just blocked the entire front page of yt, I don't remember seeing a single suggested video which i didn't regret watching.
I go there to look something up. Usually videos on how to replace something on my car, that sort.
I don't understand blindly sifting through videos. What'a stupid fucking waste of time.
it's a type of entertainment, like watching tv or Netflix. that much i can understand. mainly because i mostly use it for those reasons, but i just follow particular creators. just each time you go there you get some complete bs suggestions, which are always clickbait. on top recently a lot of that "content" is so obvious to be entirely ai generated. the yt algorithm just sucks. at least for me... but somehow that is how a lot of ppl earn their livelihood.
Most of it absolute bullshit designed to piss people off... Hell even a lot of the "how to" videos contain a lot of rage bait. Can't tell you how many times I've seen a mechanic doing something obviously wrong (and stupid) to generate "engagement" in the comments...
So yeah, I go look something up like how to install a car wrap (last night's video).
One guy was obviously a moron, skipped it. Next guy kind of seemed to know what he was doing. Then I was done.
Maybe if it's an exceptionally good video I'll give it a like, but I never comment and I NEVER subscribe. And when I'm done, I close the window.
yeah, in the old days, yt was paying per view. now they pay for the time the viewer sticks around on the platform. therefore videos get unnecessary prolonged and such interactions get promoted.
i have a couple of authors which i follow, so that i don't need to look up and simply filter out what might be interesting to me.
but i would much prefer to get those videos via other channels. at some point i had a program set up, which just grabs videos from the author i choose to my local machine, but my home server is currently not up and disc space became a serious budget issue.
I've been using newpipe for a couple years now. But I guess that's coming to an end soon
What, why?
Because of this https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
Oh, right. I thought YouTube did something, but... yes, the sadness that is Google.
Guy has a condition where he can only click the build number 5 times 😢
I just disabled shorts in Youtube Plus, enabled sponsorblock and return YouTube dislike. Modern problems require modern solutions
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