Why would you ever watch shorts in the first place? First thing I did when they appeared was make a ublock filter to hide them.
manualoverride@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve stopped watching YouTube shorts because of this, and the removal of the downvote count makes it harder to tell.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
jj4211@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Considering a lot of the full YouTube videos are full of padding, taking over ten minutes to get to the point, I can understand why the shorts would have appeal.
Problem is one way or another people are being incentivized to target a specific runtime regardless of whether they have the material to fit.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
“Stay tuned for part 2”
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just skip those. There’s almost always a better one that was easy to find.
dmtalon@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
100% this I do everything I can to ignore shorts
madcaesar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I will never pay for youtube while the downvote count is gone. Absolute anti consumer bullshit.
I do use the add-on to bring them back, but fuck those assholes for doing this.
thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And hiding the date the video is from, Youtube is getting worse.
flameleaf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Am I the only one who sticks to subscriptions? It feels like everyone is just consuming whatever the algorithm feeds them
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Can’t find new content just sticking to subscriptions unfortunately
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
You can find new content by asking on lemmy about interesting channels.
flameleaf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
True, but you eventually reach a point where your subscriptions fill your feed with more videos than you know what to do with.
I do branch out occasionally and find new channels to subscribe to, either on youtube or through other sources. Crossovers between channels are also helpful.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Not when I’m listening to videos 4 hours a day at work, not really
pirat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But you can search for subjects of interest, or ask interesting friends for their recommendations.
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You’re not the only one, but you are a tiny minority.
Technology Connections did a really good video on this topic specifically, and while you can’t extrapolate his numbers to every channel, seeing that less than 5% of all your views come from people using the subscriptions feed is very telling about how most users operate on platforms like YouTube.
Nobody wants to build their feed anymore. They want an AI/algorithm to do the legwork for them.
itsathursday@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
0 people liked the removal of the dislike button.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Wdym
No one disliked the removal of the dislike button, how would they if it’s removed