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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9174839" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Youtube, like Facebook, has reached the post-peak slide into relative frustration. The companies attempts to keep you scrolling, and people attempting to make a living off it, are now actively interfering with the audience having an enjoyable experience.&nbsp; With FB, it was when actual posts from friends got drowned out 5:1 by suggested pages (and those pages became contentless clickbait). With YT, it's increasingly misaligned algorithms trying to sell me on channels in which I have no interest, and successful channels being incredibly negative people wildly warping their video structure to conform to how best to monetize their product (forced video length, weird contortions to circumvent copyright claim demonitization, and again negativity selling). At least for pop culture things like gaming. I also watch a bunch of channels about bushcraft, camping, anthropology, military history, economics, etc. Those are still pretty much the same&nbsp; as it's ever been (about half-good, many hosts not overly-charismatic but otherwise fine, have to differentiate the good/well-thought-out stuff from the 'discovery channel documentary'-style claptrap).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9174839, member: 6799660"] Youtube, like Facebook, has reached the post-peak slide into relative frustration. The companies attempts to keep you scrolling, and people attempting to make a living off it, are now actively interfering with the audience having an enjoyable experience. With FB, it was when actual posts from friends got drowned out 5:1 by suggested pages (and those pages became contentless clickbait). With YT, it's increasingly misaligned algorithms trying to sell me on channels in which I have no interest, and successful channels being incredibly negative people wildly warping their video structure to conform to how best to monetize their product (forced video length, weird contortions to circumvent copyright claim demonitization, and again negativity selling). At least for pop culture things like gaming. I also watch a bunch of channels about bushcraft, camping, anthropology, military history, economics, etc. Those are still pretty much the same as it's ever been (about half-good, many hosts not overly-charismatic but otherwise fine, have to differentiate the good/well-thought-out stuff from the 'discovery channel documentary'-style claptrap). [/QUOTE]

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