Youtube sucks the biggest balls

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feike wrote:

Wow, what started as a fairly standard conversation about how YT algorithm suks(it really does, their algorithm for marking videos as children-safe and the one to make the recommended list also suk balls) really derailed into a hardcore duel about conspiracy, complete with links proving "facts" and stuff

The wonders of the internet

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Raycheetah wrote:

Apropos of this topic, ScrewYouRube has now changed the "Your YouTube Comments" page to include not only a history of my comments which somehow pass unscathed through the algorithm, but also every single like I click on other people's comments. That's a LOT of chaff I don't want or need to see when reviewing my comments.

All this with no "community" notification, of course. =>[.]<=

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Raycheetah wrote:

Apropos of this topic, ScrewYouRube has now changed the "Your YouTube Comments" page to include not only a history of my comments which somehow pass unscathed through the algorithm, but also every single like I click on other people's comments. That's a LOT of chaff I don't want or need to see when reviewing my comments.

All this with no "community" notification, of course. =>[.]<=

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DalaiLama wrote:

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Raycheetah wrote:

Apropos of this topic, ScrewYouRube has now changed the "Your YouTube Comments" page to include not only a history of my comments which somehow pass unscathed through the algorithm, but also every single like I click on other people's comments. That's a LOT of chaff I don't want or need to see when reviewing my comments.

All this with no "community" notification, of course. =>[.]<=

Some companies were doing things similar to this before YouTube even existed. A few of them were foolish enough to store this data (coded) on your own computer instead of theirs. Imagine seeing every word/message, etc recorded, like some giant keylogger.

As to the primary topic on hand - hiding/denying/making information harder to find is not a solution, it is kicking the problem down the road, and possibly allowing the problem to get worse. If a large media company can't find a good way of getting the information they want out, then they probably shouldn't be in that line of business.

If most of this information/disinformation etc was openly shared, it would be better vetted and the bad information more easily proven wrong. Hiding it, only makes it more tempting and like someone running from the scene of a crime, makes people think there must be a bad reason for hiding it.

When someone lies to you, for instance, is your first instinct that they are protecting you, or doing it for good reasons?

Let me ask some rhetorical questions to anyone reading this post:

How many of you like a good scary movie? How many of you like a science fiction film with good special effects? How many of you like a good mystery movie?

Guess what, there are people that like conspiracies.

Don't hide anything, and there's very little to turn into a conspiracy.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

I love youtube. Where else can you watch toy reviews with your kids or how to change the fan in your heating pump..

Some reason I can block commercal there but not on twitch which i'm boycottinng