Is YouTube stealing from its creators??

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3 ай бұрын

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@LegoGuy_Productions 2 ай бұрын

This is happening to me as I watch this - there’s a video uploaded 5 hours ago with 18 views on a topic I have zero interest in.

@DD8842 2 ай бұрын

Only just

@DarkAngelAbe 2 ай бұрын

@@Andri474 maybe watch the video?

@SoverineSR 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq phases in these changes for different users at different times. I've already been phased out of this, and almost never get videos that are sub-1k views unless it's a channel I'm subscribed to now, so this'll probably be gone completely within a year. But who knows what stupid thing they'll do next in that time. In the long term, there's no winning for any of us.

@RazzleTheRed1 2 ай бұрын

Dude, there is literally a Skibidi Toilet video with 4 views on the sidebar for me what the hell XD

@mlodyowiec5683 2 ай бұрын

"Revisiting Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary Specials" a 1h video posted 6h ago with 3 views, I even started using "don't recommend channel" but those types of low viewer videos keep showing up

@rumorcontrol7873 2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure YT is pocketing the money from ads played on demonetized content

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

They are and always have been doing that. Also they've already paid by the advertisers without the views. The whole Ad revenue thing was simply about suckering creators in and keeping them from going to any competition at the time. Allowing them to create a large enough Monopoly on content, they could then start to dictate and openly push and enforce "The Message".

@robertfirth3994 2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that metatron has confirmed this. He got his whole channel demonitised and YT kept milking his channel

@robertfirth3994 2 ай бұрын

Unless you get monetisation claimed by multiple claiments, YT has been known to run ads on demonetised content. Also yes YT policy states they take it all with no way to claim it back if this state changes unless it's claimed by a third party.

@whytho1690 2 ай бұрын

Yup. That's what I've heard and the only thing that could possibly make sense.

@Marinealver 2 ай бұрын

Which is why I will never accept a partnership no matter how much Google offers. Granted my channel is too small (and videos to lame) for me to have to worry about that.

@XSquidbeatsX 2 ай бұрын

I remember when KZfaq didn’t suck.

@thegreenxeno9430 2 ай бұрын

The days of video replies and 5 star ratings?

@sorrelakbishop 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, good times.... If I had a time machine I'd tell the creators to never sell.

@jonchowe 2 ай бұрын

Remember folders? So you could sort your subscriptions? Great feature, dropped years ago.

@VidelxSpopovich 2 ай бұрын

The problem is we let women and Jews join.

@thehat4244 2 ай бұрын

No. But I may have a head wound.

@DraxxDarlok 2 ай бұрын

I notice that every time YT makes a change in the algorithm, I suddenly start getting loads of recommends for really old stuff that I've already watched. Things from a year or more back generally.

@Hot_Dice 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq then: you seem to like watching X, here’s the top rated videos on X KZfaq now: you seem to like watching X, that’s problematic- you should really be watching Y

@selda2528 2 ай бұрын

there are so many things youtube did.. espetialy when people are stupid and ask to not ever wana see content they abonized... and then youtube is like.. yea of corse.. and the usualy user is like.. what the f happened to my recomendations hete is a change.. deabonate chanels that started sucking

@SpiderboyN2Jesus 2 ай бұрын

So stop letting KZfaq try to control you. Use the Subscriptions tab. Everything you actually want to see is actually there. Guaranteed.

@professormadlad7773 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq needs to be sued for constantly changing their terms of services.

@guillermoelnino 2 ай бұрын

It can afford better lawyers than y ou.

@michaelsorensen7567 2 ай бұрын

To mention they fail their own terms constantly

@guillermoelnino 2 ай бұрын

@Lee-km7qq I don't think Uganda adding some new laws on the books is going to affect Americans on y outube one bit.

@aurorauplinks 2 ай бұрын

unfortanately thats allowed in thier terms of service every time :D *joke* i think lol. im not sure ahah

@erikhendrickson59 2 ай бұрын

They're a private corporation - they can do whatever the fuck they want. You can thank decades worth of conservative deregulation for that.

@def_not_dan 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq gets paid more and gets less trouble from people with no eligibility for monetization.

@NormanReaddis 2 ай бұрын

YT also have a bug when you try to type a comment then an ad play in the middle of you typing, two things will happen. 1 if the ad finish while you're still typing, what you type will be erased. 2 if you manage to send it before it ends, the comment will be sent into the ad instead of the video you're watching.

@Darek_B52 2 ай бұрын

really?

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

On the phone app it always now makes the keyboard lockup and you either wait a good minute or tap the voice to text cancel it for it to unlock. Even then the more you comment(like only two or three times)the worse this gets, to the point it no longer works and you can't comment anymore for few hours or more. I also know it's not the keyboard app either, as it functions fully on every single application bar this one. Then again no one will probably even see this comment, given how bad its gotten.

@xerr0n 2 ай бұрын

so is that what happens with the comment that disapear, eh? i was kind a thinking it might be tied to the adsystem. but i use adblock and thought that this is what is tampering with my comments, hmm.

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

@@xerr0n No, certain words, phase, topic ect automatically get removed or hidden from public view. It also depend of standing with the platform too.

@xerr0n 2 ай бұрын

@@covahredro8370 hehe, guess im not in good standing but yeah ive started to split up my comments and about half of them stay, or even come back, that was weird, took a few minutes to return.

@elitemook4234 2 ай бұрын

A tip I heared about is to uncheck the box that sends shorts to your subscribers. If you subscribers don't view them either because they've dead accounts or they've already watched the full video then it hurts you in the YT algo. But if you uncheck the box it will only send the shorts to new and active users.

@viorp5267 2 ай бұрын

I think he already deleted all the shorts anyhow

@MLPDethDealr32 2 ай бұрын

Here's the thing with me. I dont want new viewers, i want KZfaq to actually notify my SUBSCRIBERS that im still uploading. Too many times the " new" viewers are nothing but whiners calling my stuff " cringe'. Guess what? Dont care, i'll still make what i want.

@canadianeh4792 2 ай бұрын

I only get notifications for shorts. I NEVER watch shorts.

@shaunpatrick8345 2 ай бұрын

Inactive accounts won't not watch the videos, and active ones may already have seen the full video, so will not watch the short.

@DIREWOLFx75 2 ай бұрын

"Is KZfaq stealing from its creators??" Absolutely. There's hoardes of times when its even blatantly and openly done. Videos gets demonitized, but ads are still shown on them. Heck, CHANNELS gets permanently demonitized, but their videos STILL include ads. Doesn't get much more theft than that. And the reasons... Are often insane. People have literally got demonitized for playing music THEY COMPOSED in a video, for claimed copyright violations. And that's not even rare, that happens to LOTS of people.

@lassesipila6418 2 ай бұрын

I hate the way KZfaq is run, I absolutely don't trust the company and do believe they _are_ stealing from the creators. But. That said, I believe there are no free lunches. If KZfaq is hosting your videos and showing them to anyone and you're not paying them to do so then it seems clear to me they're morally correct to slap their ads on it and taking the money. Or am I wrong somewhere in this line of thinking? Personally I hate ads so much I think they should be banned but I also think "free" services should be banned. Facebook, KZfaq, what have you, they should all be forced to bill their users _fully_ to cover the cost of the services rendered. It should cost us something to post these messages. Only by seeing the real costs could we regulate our usage of these systems to a sane level and only by forcing the companies to take us as customers instead of cattle could we force the companies to _treat_ us as customers. Anyone trying to put up a "free" service should be served a sentence of crimes against humanity.

@selda2528 2 ай бұрын

wasnit it also.hapoening to herman the guitarist from dragonforce?

@SkepticViking 2 ай бұрын

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they did steal from the creators. And I too have noticed some weird recommendations that I have no interest in.

@TheJocke92 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq spends several hours and money every day for the use of advertising that none of us want and there are only a few key presses away from getting something called (KZfaq AD-Blocker) which works absolutely fantastic... even KZfaq dislike can be added back

@ZippydsmLee-freetube 2 ай бұрын

All I can think of is 2 things.1. For sites to have 230 protection, they can not edit, ban or moderate legal content. Give users the tools to block out what they do not want to see. 2. This would force a separation of ad networks and content sites, so ad networks can choose content by keywords and content. Thus giving creators an almost equal footing with the content site itself.

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

Not gonna happen, as their masters want full control over the narrative. Most of what seems contrary to that is merely controlled opposition. And by that I don't mean working for them, I mean they still push enough of "The Message" or angle or distraction that they're permitted to remain. Even Shad falls into this category on many things.

@alexschiemann2856 2 ай бұрын

Recommendations have become so bad to the point I don’t watch any channel other than those I have been subscribed too because the recommendations have been trash

@ManFromThePits 2 ай бұрын

Interesting. My recommendations are constantly great. This sounds like an interesting topic to research...

@RazzleTheRed1 2 ай бұрын

@@ManFromThePits I find I have periods where it's spot on at finding things I want to watch, then it gets really bad and there's nothing I want. It seems to just flip flop between those two extremes

@vanheath5382 2 ай бұрын

I don’t get enough ads in your videos. My wife and I were watching a 15 minute exercise video yesterday and had to watch 2 unskippable ads during that time. I’ve been watching this video for 20 minutes, no ad.

@seefoghall 2 ай бұрын

Creators have settings they can set to reduce/stop ads interrupting content. I think?

@thatoneguy3661 2 ай бұрын

Ok, i thought maybe it was just my algorithm. Glad to know i am not alone in this weird experience for my feeds when i am looking for your content and that of others i follow.

@danielduncan6806 2 ай бұрын

You don't have an algorithm.

@AngelaRichter65 2 ай бұрын

I can always tell when YT has changed something in the Matrix, all of my recommended videos on the right side of my screen are ones I've already watched. I go through and tell them why I don't want to see it, then I got through what's left and tell them not to recommend the channel at all. So what I get recommended is exactly what I want to see, and not what YT wants me to see. Because I pay attention and don't just sit and consume.

@fattiger6957 2 ай бұрын

That's very important. I frequently used the "not interested" and "block channel" features. On a site like this, you have to do what you can to filter out the trash.

@kristoferprovencal3608 2 ай бұрын

Is that why that happens? It feels like I’m always getting recommended videos I’ve already watched and I have to do the same thing. I just assumed it was because KZfaq sucks, though I guess that’s still not wrong.

@SoverineSR 2 ай бұрын

I just wish they gave more reasons for why you aren't interested in a video. Let me select something like 'Inflammatory title/Clickbait'.

@EvilExcalibur 2 ай бұрын

The point of this whole thing is that you shouldn't have to though

@SpiderboyN2Jesus 2 ай бұрын

Why would you go to all that work when you can just use the Subscriptions tab?

@gauthiervasseur6258 2 ай бұрын

I noticed the same issue : I got recommended a lot of videos out of my field of interest (borderline related at best).

@guernica4262 2 ай бұрын

I'm getting recommended a lot of really random, weird channels without views. One was what appeared to be a methed out lady complaining about her neighbors spying on her.

@noneyabusiness5455 2 ай бұрын

My recommendation have also been showing a lot more old videos too. I watch 95 percent videos made in the last few days. I have been having a hard time even finding things I want to watch at all.

@randomoffgrid 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq homepage keeps telling me "Try searching to get started. Start watching videos to help us build a feed of videos you'll love."

@TheWtfnonamez 2 ай бұрын

What Ive noticed is this... KZfaq is trying to plug certain videos at me that I dont want to watch. Vastly more comments are being deleted If you search for anything you get pushed towards "authoritative sources", even if they have nothing to do with the specifics of the search.

@dh510 2 ай бұрын

Well, it's election year again, at least in the US...

@MLPDethDealr32 2 ай бұрын

i tend not to care what others say. I make what i want. Screw KZfaq's " Authoritative" bs as well.

@SoverineSR 2 ай бұрын

For the love of me I can't figure out why half of my comments disappear. They let me talk about the sketchiest stuff, but the most polite and pleasant conversations are made impossible, 'for our own safety'. I can definitely see some people finding a pattern in that.

@dh510 2 ай бұрын

@@SoverineSR I have that problem, too.. It's gotten better after 2020, until recently. Now, the "self deleting after 20 seconds" is back, and half my comments get completely hidden, only to be found under the "newest comments" tab..

@verihimthered2418 2 ай бұрын

Inforgraphics propaganda everywhere

@battsauce 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like they prepping for tik tok to get banned

@kingbranden1369 2 ай бұрын

"ban" just means they have to divest from China

@betafishjeremy7454 2 ай бұрын

Tik Tok isn't being banned though. Not what the bill does at all

@guillermoelnino 2 ай бұрын

@@betafishjeremy7454 ukraine is still getting a lot richer though.

@danielduncan6806 2 ай бұрын

They wouldn't be wrong to do so. TikTok *_WILL_* be shut down. China will not divest/sell, because that would open up their software to scrutiny by the new owners. China will just simply not allow that to happen.

@danielduncan6806 2 ай бұрын

@@betafishjeremy7454 You are misinformed. The bill calls for China to divest, should they not, it will be banned. One of those two things is guaranteed to happen now. And China will not divest, China will not sell it. That would leave their proprietary algorithm open to scrutiny by the new owners, and our government. And there is ZERO chance that will happen. So TikTok *_WILL_* be banned. It is all but absolutely certain now.

@guillermoelnino 2 ай бұрын

Of course it is. The question is how much.

@plumaDshinigami 2 ай бұрын

Every site which moves money digitally pretty much does. Only that KZfaq loves changing the rules to scrape more and more by the shovel, then the crane, and then trucks.

@IntheL1ght 2 ай бұрын

If youtube puts an ad on a channel The creator should be paid. No wonder everyone is going to rumble.

@Kanudelgruber 2 ай бұрын

I've been getting recommendations for random low-viewer livestreams for longer than a few months. I've also noticed that google search and especially KZfaq search have gotten much worse. The impression I've gotten is that Google, being one of the largest ad companies in the world, no longer sees the need to maintain a usable standard of quality for their search engine when they can just redirect everyone to Reddit and Twitter instead. Their business model is to collect your data, not to direct you to what you're looking for.

@AlexiusRedwood 2 ай бұрын

Searching recipes is awful on Google . Before searching images I wanted was super easy now you need to be specific or you get nonsense. And when I search fan art is always get so slop

@MLPDethDealr32 2 ай бұрын

Reddit is nothing then a leftist sperg center now.

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

@@AlexiusRedwoodThe search results I get, especially looking at fan art or anime or gaming. Nearly always has baguettes(with and F instead of B)in it. I even get ads for it here now(And I'm open against such practices). I can only imagine what they're pushing on normal people and children.

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

Yep I've noticed that too, nearly every query brings up Reddit or Wikipedia or other heavily and openly bias sites.

@huwhitecavebeast1972 2 ай бұрын

Agree, google search has gone down he shithole.

@Darek_B52 2 ай бұрын

Not much to steal from me since I got demonetized over reused content....IN MY OWN SHORTS!!! But one reason I push Rumble so hard.

@danielduncan6806 2 ай бұрын

That place is a cesspit. I checked it out some time ago. It was depressing.

@Darek_B52 2 ай бұрын

@@danielduncan6806 You didn't look past the home page did you? Didn't try clicking...I dunno...gaming to narrow the search to non-political content. If a homepage scares you so badly then never complain about youtube again.

@MLPDethDealr32 2 ай бұрын

@@danielduncan6806 the same can be said of 4chan, and Reddit. Click the search bar next time other then just viewing the homepage. Its almost like you DONT want to expand your horizons.

@covahredro8370 2 ай бұрын

@@danielduncan6806It ain't, it's just you are against free speech.

@danielduncan6806 2 ай бұрын

@@covahredro8370 You assume too much about me.

@SizzLor1336 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq needs to change its name It’s no longer about “You”

@lucgalarneau310 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely true! I don’t think I ever used the ‘not interested’ button before, but recently, I found myself using it quite often! I was getting frustrated by the bad recommendations and hope it would help. Did not notice when it started, but most probably this year.

@arioch2112 2 ай бұрын

I only notice this happening when they screw around with things and usually about ad block or something. I can always tell because I'll get videos added onto a list that I'd never click on.

@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar 2 ай бұрын

I find having few subscriptions helpful. It make the ones yt promotes stand out. It helps that i only created a yt account 6 months ago. Try browsing while logged out, it still knows your ip address, and watch history.

@anthonyeaves4145 2 ай бұрын

Given the fact that their attempts to copy TikTok wasn’t profitable this won’t be either

@allenkrust4410 2 ай бұрын

Yes. Today my YT recommendations is starting to show me new channels I've never heard before.

@redplague2133 2 ай бұрын

It’s gotta be purposely localized. For me, in Eastern Europe, I’m ONLY “recommended” what I’m already subscribed to and the most recent topic I watched, mostly from same channels I ever watched. Nothing else. And the funniest moment - KZfaq asks me “was it a good recommendation?” ONLY about videos from channels I’m already subscribed to…

@alexschiemann2856 2 ай бұрын

I used to always use the KZfaq homepage because it gave me a good mix of channels I am subscribed to and content that relates to what I liked to watch now I basically only use the subscriptions page since it’s the only stuff I like since the recommendations is nothing but watched content and bad recommendations.

@DeadlyAssets 2 ай бұрын

Not only do I get content I'm not interested in but after watching a video more than half of the stuff it recommends I have already watched! Just looked down the page and I have watched most of the recommendations already so I just ignore them, or click straight off when I realise I have seen it already!

@Roland3ld 2 ай бұрын

A bit depressing, but thanks for the morning news. The first sign for me was hearing how much KZfaq pushed shorts when it came out without monetizing it. Anyway, I gave the usual engagement metrics for you guys.

@solanumtinkr8280 2 ай бұрын

I had to Bookmark my YT subscription page a year or more back and use that as my main button to take me to TY, as the personalized page started to suck. 3 years or so back, I had to start adding a lot of "Recommendations" to the "Do not recommend" list, as they were being pushed hard ad another reason for the Bookmark access method...

@ViperChief117 2 ай бұрын

The feed for KZfaq is screwed and that I get recommended things at times I never searched for to begin with. Lol

@kamikaze5528 2 ай бұрын

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Creators NEED to teach the viewers to look into their subscription page.

@shaunpatrick8345 2 ай бұрын

Yes, instead of complaining and telling us to click the bell icon. I don't want notifications from every channel.

@timothyfavorite1875 2 ай бұрын

I'm experiencing the same thing, videos with barely any views. Sometimes related to things I'm interested in, sometimes not.

@dudemcguy4277 2 ай бұрын

At this point, if youtube died to a better platform, it would be for the greater good.

@huwhitecavebeast1972 2 ай бұрын

What I have noticed is that there is a even bigger pushing of "approved" youtube channels that post just the most mainstream nonsense. Mr Beast is an example. But I also get all kinds of sports videos for sports I hate.

@EverythingEverywhereAllOver 2 ай бұрын

I noticed that too. I thought it's because I post videos from time to time and I have a few videos that picked up that KZfaq started treating me as a small creator and so it was recommending me small creators' content. The recommendations aren't wildly out of my scope and it was only one or two videos that I'm not bothered by it.

@mansfieldtime 2 ай бұрын

. I remember when KZfaq was an inspiration. Now, it's just another corporation. Here to bleed the people dry, as it takes your money, your time and your life. Thankfully I can have it on my phone as I walk here alone. Exercising to a podcast driving way to fast simply ignoring the tone.

@helterskelter9020 2 ай бұрын

I'm constantly being recommended videos I've already seen. Sometimes from years ago!Pointlessly cluttering my recommendations!

@ClassicCase 2 ай бұрын

I work in online marketing and I can tell you, yes, the platforms take the lion share of the money. The prices the advertiser has to pay for ads is ridiculous and the publisher (that's the channel) get's almost nothing from that. The vast share of the difference between what advertiser pays and what publisher gets, is soaked up by the platform.

@CodenBahn 2 ай бұрын

This makes a lot of sense. I’m still curious to why my subscription feed isn’t listing all posted videos

@Irongarrison.5764 2 ай бұрын

I love your longer sword related content. The shorts are neet but I always look for the Link to the full video because they are more informative and interesting

@danirizary6926 2 ай бұрын

I've been getting loads of suggested diy videos of illegal things, all in banned categories. This happens on an old tablet I have never signed in to. KZfaq has even given me banned videos, from long since banned channels, making me wonder why KZfaq seems to archive and reuse banned content. And why do I keep getting suggestions for 12 year old videos?

@DieLuftwaffel 2 ай бұрын

I've been on watch for years now. Starting to see things....

@toodlescae 2 ай бұрын

I've gotten a few of those myself. It was hard to see at first because I watch a wide array of content but I finally started noticing it a few days ago.

@privateprivate8244 2 ай бұрын

Nailed it Shad. If they can demonetize for what ever reason and promote small non partnered channels it’s a revenue grab plain and simple. If I can sell to advertiser that their ad will be seen 500 000 times why send that to a big partner and split the fee when they can farm that over 200 unpartnered unknowns and reap 100% ad revenue. Sly greed.

@Echowhiskeyone 2 ай бұрын

And this is new? YT has always taken a fee, insignificant and not noticeable. But like every other corrupt corporation, they got greedy and are taking more and more.

@TheRealDeadliestSin 2 ай бұрын

On the main page of youtube. I have two videos for generation zero with about 200 views (edit: This is out of the first 8 videos recommended to me). The thing is, i don't watch generation zero videos. I have been seeing so many videos on my main page for videos with anywhere from 5 to 400 views. I clicked on one the other day cause it had an interesting title and thumbnail, but when i started watching it. The first thing i said was no and clicked off, because the editing and sound were horrible. The sound was crackling and sounded like he was talking through a pringles can. I have seen many videos with absolute poor quality. I completely agree with you shad with how youtube has changed and not for the better.

@shaunpatrick8345 2 ай бұрын

"I have seen many videos with absolute poor quality" You watched a lot of adverts per minute of uploaded content, and the quality was not bad enough to make you go to a different platform.

@shaunpatrick8345 2 ай бұрын

A benefit of recommending bad monetised videos is that people watch less of the video after the adverts, so they watch more adverts per minute. I noticed the low-view-count recommendations starting a few months ago. There is one recommended below this video with 3 views in 7 hours.

@anzerupnik1442 2 ай бұрын

It has for years. What else is it called when you have your content demonetized and there are still ads running?

@Chyortt 2 ай бұрын

This as well as the reduced number of relevant results when you use the KZfaq search, makes it really hard to use the way you want. In other words, how it used to be and what they like.

@griffinlawrence8353 2 ай бұрын

I only noticed it 6 weeks ago mostly with shorts with just random content including content for youtube kids but its all really poor quality and have no idea whats going on in the shorts

@justalaborer713 2 ай бұрын

But that's just a theory! A conspiracy theory! Thanks for watching!

@wrecknor 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I have been trying for the longest time now to get a refresh of my recommendations every day.

@TheHornedKing 2 ай бұрын

Now that that thought is on my mind, I would actually be surprised if they didn't.

@BattleBok 2 ай бұрын

As an underdog KZfaqr, I appreciate the recent boost to my un-monetizable channel and low-tier content... but not like this. I've spotted the dirty tricks youtube are playing, not just with these poorly matched recommendations, but also with false-flagging and demonetizing legit content of reputed content creators for baseless reasons. It's dirty. I'm considering switching platforms for my content, going forward (once my health catches up with my ambitions again). Integrity is important to me.

@digitalnomad9985 2 ай бұрын

"I don't think they will make money on this." It depends on how addicted to YT their viewers are.

@SizzlordTheExiled 2 ай бұрын

You guys raised some really good points but there is one key part of the puzzle I think you're missing, the reason why the financial aspect of this doesn't make sense it because it's not about the money. Every election season in the US the platforms clamp down hard on content that they don't like, so I think that they're willing to bleed money for a little bit if it gets them an edge politically.

@Relkond 2 ай бұрын

They make recommendations based on X - channels adjust to X, viewers adjust to X. then they change to Y, without meaningfully declaring the change. Channels and viewers feel screwed as they get none of what they want.

@danielduncan6806 2 ай бұрын

I am apparently part of Google's/KZfaq's test group. I always get hit with the changes first. When KZfaq started the whole anit-adblockers thing I was among the first to get hit the notifications; it took about a month before my sister get hit with it. Then, a couple weeks ago the entire user interface changed, with the comments on videos being moved to the margin, where the recommended videos were, and the recommended videos being moved to where the comments are. That was terrible, it practically hid the video/channel information, and made liking and subscribing difficult because they were hard to find in that jumbled space(it was all crammed together). They reverted it, it is back to "normal" now. And as to the recommendations... Yeah, the recommendation algorithm seems a bit psychotic at the moment. That said, I am seeing A LOT of new creators in my recommendations. Which is not altogether a bad thing. But for me it is, because I like what I like, I know what I like, and don't want/need anything else.

@gamer386 2 ай бұрын

I have basically stopped looking at the recommended page and am going straight to the subscriptions page. But KZfaq is pushing me more to Rumble and podcasts because the recommendations are so bad

@jacollins2010 2 ай бұрын

I'll have to keep an eye out on my recommended feed. I've noticed "new" videos that have subjects that don't interest me, but I never paid attention to the number of views for them. Scanning through my feed now, and all the recommended videos are over 5k or 10k views (which are decent for some of the smaller channels I watch).

@doylemaintenance 2 ай бұрын

Just got totally demonetized myself for shorts that I put up that were found at time of upload that they did not contain any copywrite infractions. But now they've demonetized my entire library of even my own content. Snakes they are.

@zact2342 2 ай бұрын

in the last 6-12 months, I've 100% noticed I get random 0-100 view videos on my main page recommended.

@aurorauplinks 2 ай бұрын

i think some times its just that people pay for their videos to be advertised to give them a chance to be seen. I used to pay for a few of my videos to be seen, but i did it more out of curiosity to test the ability to advertise. buuuuut it didnt make a huge difference since i didnt spend a lot or use great videos for it.

@TheNekofanatic 2 ай бұрын

The Google EULA gives them complete access to all of the data used on any of their servers, without monetary compensation, if they so choose. And they aren't required to inform you of its use.

@hamdinger7145 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq kidnapped Oz

@AdamBrentWest 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I’ve had to look up all the channels that are usually recommended to me.

@c.jgressman2181 2 ай бұрын

The weirdest part of it is that I get recommended videos that are in completely different languages than I speak (English).

@kickflippro3 2 ай бұрын

I do too, but google has thought I speak Japanese and Spanish for a long time. Instagram thinks I speak Thai

@nuclearmedicineman6270 2 ай бұрын

Same here. I speak 5 languages, and can understand somewhat maybe a couple of dozen (If you speak Swedish, understanding Norwegian and Danish is pretty easy). Yet, KZfaq still manages to find videos in languages I don't understand to recommend.

@wangusbeef86 2 ай бұрын

I don't actually mind getting the odd recommendation from small channels with 100 or fewer views, what I want is a working search function that doesn't just sort of give up after the 3rd item down the list lol

@dh510 2 ай бұрын

Wait.. you're getting 3 useful results when you're using KZfaq's search function? Lucky you...

@quirelll 2 ай бұрын

I have also noticed that maybe in the last 3 months

@JayDee-vq5rf 2 ай бұрын

I stopped using YT for the most part. But I noticed I was getting some obscure channels for games I played. So I just invited those players to game and closed YT. If YT's only leg up on competitors is it's search feature, then I suggest everyone just game the search and close youtube. I'll see you on Rumble, knights.

@kamenriderkfp6684 2 ай бұрын

A company that will demonetize videos or whole channels for no apparent reason then even if it is overturned will pocket any money made during the period of demonetization instead of making sure it is received by the content creator. Clearly not stealing from people using the platform at all

@MrHws5mp 2 ай бұрын

Can't say I've seen any of these problems with my reccs (the ones on this vid for example are fine), but there might be some reasons for this: I use an ad blocker (ever since the number of ads went through the roof during lockdown), I use a browser extension that restores YT Dislikes seamlessly, and I only ever browse from my subs page, not from "For You" or the Home page. YT might therefore have decided that spamming me with 100% ad-revenue vids from non-partnered channels is pointless since a) I'm less likely to click on the vid because I can see the dislikes and b) I won't see the ads anyway.

@Andri474 2 ай бұрын

The answer is yes, as much as they can before someone can file a lawsuit.

@absolutedegenerate2992 2 ай бұрын

Petabytes is the largest measurement of data we currently have

@jonafen5504 2 ай бұрын

Ads on demonetised videos has become a KZfaq classic

@markguyton2868 2 ай бұрын

They've technically been stealing for years, people are just barely starting to notice. I also miss the old algorithm where you could go down rabbit holes and end up on the "weird side" of KZfaq instead of it doing it for you and failing miserably...

@ProgresistTaliban 2 ай бұрын

I have a small channel in Spanish (20K subscribers) and I have noticed the same thing: 0 growth in the last few months; and, as a user, it sometimes recommend videos to me with less than 10 views. I didn't find any specific bias in these: neither ideological nor regarding the demographics of the person who created the video. It seems completely random.

@AlexiusRedwood 2 ай бұрын

I got recommended today a video 26 seconds long about the box set of Nemo 1 and 2.

@ninjapat1514 2 ай бұрын

i also think it is because youtube has an option for creators to pay for their videos to be promoted by youtube.

@Mythe88 Ай бұрын

If i have to support every creator manually i'm starting to think i should activate adblock everywhere, since i don't see why i should pay youtube if they don't pay the creators i want to support.

@alcardianzilthuras2396 2 ай бұрын

Nowadays I have to keep scrolling to find 1 or 2 interesting videos in a day from my recommended feed & then look under channels I sub to to find anything else. Either KZfaq is drunk what is think I want to see or the algo is pushing shit. Only getting 3-5 relevant videos on search is not helping either

@thedmdidit9842 2 ай бұрын

Petabytes are the next step after Terabytes. Than its Exabytes and Zettabytes.

@joseph7988 2 ай бұрын

Since youtube doesn't charge creators to store their videos on youtube servers, why is it a problem that they show a few ads on that content to pay for the storage?

@JeroenBerkvens 2 ай бұрын

As a software developer, I know how easy it is to flag videos that contain things Google doesn't like (such as criticizing KZfaq or any other political thing they care about). And a lot of creators like you have a different channel for their more controversial topics, but what they don't seem to realize is that it is also very easy to predict what videos are likely to trigger people to watch those videos. One of the easiest and most clear ways is that if KZfaq recommends lots of videos from creator A and users enjoy those videos, users will look for more videos of creator A and find the videos Google doesn't want you to see (even if it is on a different channel) even if they aren't reccomended. So the best way for Google to prevent users from watching those videos is to limit the exposure of those videos. This works across channels and even with different creators (if you watch a lot of videos from creator B and creator B mentions creator A (or someone in the comments does) you're likely to check it out).

@BubbaTrashCan 2 ай бұрын

I'm from central Europe and I haven't experienced the algorithm changes you mention at the beginning of the video.

@brucepreston3927 2 ай бұрын

I have definitely been getting a bunch recommended videos from small channels with not very many views...But most of them have are related in some way to topics I have searched for

@skibidi.G 2 ай бұрын

I believe that they are stealing indeed from our playlist Shad. First they demonetized a bunch of videos and then they fit in the ads and then... *rake in all the revenue* while youve been labelled an extremist and got mininal dollars on your clips 🧐

@GrayghostAlpha 2 ай бұрын

Single data point here, but I've been paying attention to this since you started to bring it up: You are in my recommendations all the time. I very rarely see a recommendation that isn't a channel I'm subscribed to, or related to something I've watched recently. Not saying this isn't happening to some people, only that it's not happening to me. So I think whatever is going on is a multi-factor equation.

@Sophice 2 ай бұрын

yeah ive been getting random videos on things i have no interest in and when i say dont show me this channel anymore, it seems to come back the same day and 40-50% of the recommended vids i get is stuff ive already seen that also shows back up a couple days later after telling it not to show me this video again