The entertainment industry faces a troubling paradox: while audiences retreat to familiar comfort viewing and automated content floods platforms with minimal effort, investment in original programming is producing diminishing returns. Research from Kapwing reveals a startling truth about the modern content ecosystem. Analysis of YouTube‘s recommendation algorithm shows that roughly one-fifth to one-third of videos ... Read more
I guess that makes sense, thanks. My brain will not view YouTube as “real” because it’s just stupid cat videos and nazi apologists and corporate enshittification
YouTube recommends based on your search history so I don’t know what to say.
I watch Adam Savage of Mythbusters, Physicist Angela Collier, ProZD, Level1Techs, etc and get similar suggestions.
Go on there without a watch history and it takes all of one or two videos before something shitty is recommended.
Just because you do not see a problem does not magically make it absent.
Same could be said of almost all platforms now, even the fediverse. You need to shape it how you want it. You can browse YT by your subscriptions only. I don’t see cat videos or Nazi propaganda.
Adam Savage? Can you please tell me why he’s out here shilling for Saudi Arabia on his insta? wtf is that about?
Edit oops! Wrong photo was attached to Adam Savage in Saudi. He did go and I don’t know what that was about.
I wish I were wrong - I’ve been restricted from the tested sub multiple times. Go look for yourself
Yes! I edited my post while you were replying!
It’s also where all my MP3s come from …
Deemix is a revelation
I just use the same video downloader as for stealing streams, but I’ll check that out :-)