Youtube Is Awful. I'm Not Posting There Anymore
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The creator of a popular YouTube alternative is stirring up debate with a scathing critique of the video-sharing giant, declaring they're done posting there altogether. Commenters riff on the frustrations of YouTube's algorithm and moderation policies, with some echoing the sentiment that the platform has become too commercialized and hostile to creators. Others chime in with their own war stories of dealing with YouTube's infamous content takedowns and demonetization. As the discussion unfolds, a consensus emerges that YouTube's flaws are driving creators to seek out alternative platforms – and that this shift could be a turning point for the industry.
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Way too many ads per minute of content watched, the ads are all extremely low quality and a lot of them are just outright scams these days.
You can solve this to some degree (on some devices) using adblockers, but YouTube has been going out of its way over the past year making this as difficult as possible.
And there are non-ad issues as well, eg. the algorithm absolutely sucks at discovering new content.
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What feels different today is the scale and automation: traditional networks relied on human editors and clear standards, while YouTube uses opaque algorithms that can affect visibility and revenue in ways creators don’t always understand. That shift makes the control feel more intrusive, but the underlying principle - 'the distributor sets the rules' - has been part of media distribution for decades.
The part that's new in the distributor setting the rules dynamic is that there is no specific "they" to blame for the rules.
The strangest content has found me on YT
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