The content is also getting worse as creators are put into smaller and smaller boxes. Additionally the commentary, which is arguably more useful that the oc, is severely limited and affects peoples use.
Its inevitable that a lot of users will abandon YouTube steadily because it fails to provide access and use to the topics we are interested in. And its not political stuff, like you have gamers, health stuff, and normie stuff that's being limited so bad people can't use YouTube. Look at how frustrating it is to use reddit with all the rules and insta removals.
I was amazed how some of the broccoli boy Gen Z & alpha types had never even HEARD of Rumble.
With the latest YT censorship push, the algo has pushed some "YT alternative" videos into my feed. Some teens were building & pushing their own competitor builds. In the comments, when people asked about Rumble, they literally said "Never heard of them, I'll check them out".
A lot of normies bothered by the latest YT data mining push also have a visceral hate for Rumble. As in, they bitch about YT being Skynet, but then when suggested to use Rumble, they recoil "Ew, Trumpers & Nazis" and keeping on bitching.
I watched an interesting video from a smaller YT creator a few months back (don't remember who, doesn't really matter) who deleted all their alt media channels and tried to force his small following back on to YT.
They made a long video explaining their rationale. While I didn't agree with it, it was an interesting devil's advocate.
Other than the usual arguments (zero discoverability, more workload to mirror uploads, remembering logins to check multiplatform comments, zero monetization incentive on alt tech, etc), their argument mostly boiled down that if you only have a small audience, it's better to consolidate the community in one place rather than scattering them to the wind as a diaspora across platforms with minimum engagement with each other or the creator directly.
Again, I didn't fully agree, but it was a compelling counternarrative than usual.
There’s the ultimate problem. We accepted the idea of YouTube as a platform. It doesn’t have to be that way. You could have your own website, post your videos to all video hosting services (including YouTube) and engage with your supporters only through your website.
I think it's similar to how the big monopoly sites like X, Reddit & YT have conditioned people to stay within their walled gardens. And killed off all the old Internet forums.
Pretty much any effort I've seen to get fans off Big Tech & on to personal websites have failed. I'm guilty of it myself.
Eh not really. Especially given how often platforms ban people for nothing. My Facebook was banned and I used it to buy things off marketplace and I think I have a picture of my dog I posted. I couldn't get it back.
If you really want to hurt Youtube just use Bitchute or any other alternative whenever you can
Youtube has the advantage of pre-existing content, the only way to retaliate is to get people to watch new videos elsewhere.
The content is also getting worse as creators are put into smaller and smaller boxes. Additionally the commentary, which is arguably more useful that the oc, is severely limited and affects peoples use.
Its inevitable that a lot of users will abandon YouTube steadily because it fails to provide access and use to the topics we are interested in. And its not political stuff, like you have gamers, health stuff, and normie stuff that's being limited so bad people can't use YouTube. Look at how frustrating it is to use reddit with all the rules and insta removals.
I was amazed how some of the broccoli boy Gen Z & alpha types had never even HEARD of Rumble.
With the latest YT censorship push, the algo has pushed some "YT alternative" videos into my feed. Some teens were building & pushing their own competitor builds. In the comments, when people asked about Rumble, they literally said "Never heard of them, I'll check them out".
A lot of normies bothered by the latest YT data mining push also have a visceral hate for Rumble. As in, they bitch about YT being Skynet, but then when suggested to use Rumble, they recoil "Ew, Trumpers & Nazis" and keeping on bitching.
I watched an interesting video from a smaller YT creator a few months back (don't remember who, doesn't really matter) who deleted all their alt media channels and tried to force his small following back on to YT.
They made a long video explaining their rationale. While I didn't agree with it, it was an interesting devil's advocate.
Other than the usual arguments (zero discoverability, more workload to mirror uploads, remembering logins to check multiplatform comments, zero monetization incentive on alt tech, etc), their argument mostly boiled down that if you only have a small audience, it's better to consolidate the community in one place rather than scattering them to the wind as a diaspora across platforms with minimum engagement with each other or the creator directly.
Again, I didn't fully agree, but it was a compelling counternarrative than usual.
There’s the ultimate problem. We accepted the idea of YouTube as a platform. It doesn’t have to be that way. You could have your own website, post your videos to all video hosting services (including YouTube) and engage with your supporters only through your website.
I think it's similar to how the big monopoly sites like X, Reddit & YT have conditioned people to stay within their walled gardens. And killed off all the old Internet forums.
Pretty much any effort I've seen to get fans off Big Tech & on to personal websites have failed. I'm guilty of it myself.
Eh not really. Especially given how often platforms ban people for nothing. My Facebook was banned and I used it to buy things off marketplace and I think I have a picture of my dog I posted. I couldn't get it back.
Don't put your eggs in a platform basket.
I thought the same thing watching the guy's treatise.
I think the guy was more of a normie though with vanilla views. They never think the ban hammer will ever come for them.
Did it work?
TBH, I unsubbed from the guy because I wasn't sure why I was subbed in the first place. Like I said in the OP, can't even recall who it was now.
I also thought nuking all the alt channels was a little excessive. And selfish.
Idk. My adblockers have kept me from seeing a youtube ad in years. That bandwidth without ad revenue supporting it isn't cheap.