The internet has become soulless and i hate it
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Do you remember the early days of the internet, when websites were a reflection of their creators unique personalities and passions? A time when the d

Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested

  • deejay4am@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    YT algorithm favors videos that are at least 10 minutes (they fit more ads in) so those get recommended more. As a result, runtimes get padded with fluff so you get recommended to more viewers.

    • flipthetube@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      That’s disgusting.

      I feel like relying on the algorithms completely misses the human elements.

      If I need an answer to something, I want my top results to be short and sweet. If I want a documentary or dj set, I don’t want a 3-10 minute version.

    • flo@dresden.network
      0·
      1 year ago

      @4am @swan_pr
      For me, it depends on the topic of the video.
      E.g. there are “full courses” about “learning HTML/CSS” or “Svelte” or anything frontend development related, that work for me.

      And I don’t watch any youtube video on youtube anymore, but only use an invidious server, like yewtu.be - works like a charme (most of the time).

      No ads, no tracking, no algorithm \o/

      • swan_pr@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Of course, it all depends on the context. A tutorial for a specific knitting stitch can be done in under 5 minutes, other stuff not so much! There was also an interesting thread somewhere yesterday asking why don’t people use their subscription feed on YT and the answers were a good representation of the user base here, ie: most do use it and avoid the algo at all costs! So I think we’re all on the same page here, we search and use YT in a way that is most efficient but not the most common :)