Another problem with youtube is search. It's frustrating when you want to learn something and search for it, but youtube shows you what it thinks you need instead of what you search for

I think the main reason KZfaq is boring, is because KZfaq tries so hard to show me what IT thinks i want, that I just see the same crap over and over. Whether the creators chase the algorithm or not is irrelevant if the algorithm is going to give me the same shit every day anyway. There's an immense amount of video that gets uploaded that I have no way to even know the existence of. I might even pay extra for a way to get a list of the 100 latest videos uploaded.

YT used be about INDIVIDUAL creators. Believe me, I was here in 2005 and 2006. Now, it's all about corporations. "Mr. Beast" is a bloody CORPORATION; a team of people, marketers, makeup artists, video editors, etc. At this point, if you ain't rich... YOU AIN'T *NOTHIN*. Nothing at all.

Its not just boring, it absolutely sucks.

KZfaq keeps only recommending big channels with over half a million subscribers when I generally want to watch small and new channels. It's so hard to find the channels I want because of this, channels that are sharing their interests and tips rather than doing it as a business for money. I hate channels that are 'professionally made', instead I want real and amateur stuff without all the bangs and whistles.

What's sad to me is that back in the day, it seemed like you could find ANYTHING with KZfaq search. As soon as KZfaq sorted out its algorithm and cracked down on "misinformation," the search function just went to crap. That's one thing the "new internet" gets wrong. The "algorithm worship" from companies is insane and they've all nerfed their search functions. Do they not realize allowing people to freely search and surf their platforms would tailor the algorithm even more???

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This channel is becoming something else but still feels similar.

You unlocked some interesting memories in me. Growing up in 1990's Poland, I would watch Education TV, a 6 hour or so segment on state TV that played during summer vacations at the time your parents were at work. It discussed topics like math, physics, electronics, paleontology (which 10yo doesn't love dinosaurs?) and many others in a kid-friendly way without being childish. It got me hooked on science. Then the state TV got fully commercialized and the segment was canceled in favor of braindead reality TV and such.

Well said Aperture, well said. I feel that we all need a cultural dopamine detox. We need to disconnect to truly connect.

I block so many channels that show up in my feed in an attempt to get alternative viewing.... the issue is, there are so many, and like you said, you watch one video, and for years later, KZfaq still recommends related channels with same content. It is frustrating and makes KZfaq feel subversive and empty for me.

Everything cool on the internet has been ruined by corporatization. If you got to mess around on the internet in the 90s and 2000s, then you should feel lucky to have experienced it. And it's only going to get worse.

I quit social media and KZfaq two years ago. My whole life became better. I was moving to an apartment with my girlfriend, I had a good job. After some months I was opening KZfaq and started watching again. I thought there could be valuable information, but after some time, we only watched BS. TokTok cringe videos and political stuff. Suddenly my girlfriend said "I feel bad. I feel intoxicated after watching this" And she was right, this shit has become toxic. You cant escape the fast-food stuff. The will catch you with thumbnails and titles that you need to click. I want complete control over my life back. I want to use 2024 as a new start. This is all a waste of time. Claim your life back.

This is what happens when an entire generation wants to be content creators. That which is common is not precious. A fight to be truly unique but it has become saturated with content to the point that there are loads of people doing the same things.

Everyone's trying to sell something or sell themselves, rather than BE themselves. In this attention economy, people seem to forget the other benefits to sharing vids other than "going viral", and that becomes the sole focus. I have no desire to appeal to a general( lowest common denominator ) audience, so have little fear of being cancelled, or being dropped by advertisers etc. What i do fear is censorship, because it puts my efforts to reach the select few I'm targeting, to waste. I love that so many people watch this channel. Typically my favorite creatives' vids have been viewed less than 1000 times. Despite putting out great ideas. Likely only to be rehashed and reposted(stolen) in a watered down form by a much more popular channel.

What I miss about old KZfaq is going on random video streaks. Like you could start on some specific search, then just through suggested videos you’d end up on some of the most random, and bizarre stuff.

KZfaq for me is searching for actual good educational content for half an hour and then finally settling with the channels I know from the past. Btw I like how you totally broke the algorithm here😂

KZfaq DOESNT SUPPORT NEW TOPICS WE SMALLER CHANNELS CANT SURVIVE WITHOUT FOLLOWING TRENDS, ONLY BIGGER CHANNELS CAN DO TOPICS THEY WANT

I've watched YT heavily for years, at least since 2015. It seems like even though there is more and more content out there, the algorithm is having more difficulty recommending videos that hold my attention

I can watch science, cat and guitar videos all day long. If I click on one news channel that may have political content my feed is immediately full of insane political misinformation. I spend the next hour doing “wack a mole” saying “not interested “ to rid my feed of ignorance. The algorithm really doesn’t know what to do with users like me who will never watch popular stuff.

one thing id like to add is every creator who has originality has a set base of subscribers who genuinely care about what the creator posted. For example exurb1a is a channel which posts videos sporadically, sometimes just one in two months, but many people regularly check in if he posted something new. Real creators need not worry about the algorithm

Not sure there is just one problem. When YouTurbers started to make serious money on their channel, they started chasing the algorithm, in stead of making the videos they really wanted to make. I don't blame them, but the result is tons of videos that feels emty and soulless, and the very few that actually spring from passion and insight are burried in an every growing pile of crap.

I've decided to not read comments under this video. Just thought to myself that I might have learnt it as a reflex to constantly check in with others' opinions, but oftentimes people don't really write anything that profound - and I realize that - yet still keep checking in because, well, it's a part of overstimulation too. Double points for scrolling comments *while* the video is still on. However reads this, I hope you don't have such a reflex, and if you do, too - that we both will be able to overcome it sooner. Stay mindful, stay strong, stay interesting :)

Actually the worst trend on KZfaq is the generic no copyright vaguely atmospheric "music" on every video.

It’s boring because most people joined the internet/youtube. it used to be the funnier and more intelligent part of the population.

Remember back in 2008, when KZfaq was a social network? You could decorate your background of your page like MySpace, and was really centered around the ability to message each other and share videos that way... I had a long conversation with James Murphy on youtube messages after a comment i left on one of his guitar videos,,, good times man ~

I personally have disabled my homefeed by applying an add-on to my browser. Additionally, I purged my subscriptions. I now find myself watching way less youtube and I now dont feel like im numbing myself with overstimulation. I also learned to value the content I do watch more. I feel like people are scared to be bored because it confronts them with their own thoughts, yet thinking is important. Its what makes us humans special.

The old algo used to give introduce you to a much wider scope of content. It seems to have become a lot more focused, sometimes you get trapped in a bubble. The other.thing is that channels that have been going for ten years are alot further down their paths of development. I know there are channels that i've been watching for years that i probably wouldn't understand if i just stumbled on them now. Also the authority score thing is terrible, corporate media basically got boosted to the front of everything overnight. KZfaq used to mean footage from people in the place where something was happening. Now it's the processed newsroom stuff that people started using youtube to escape from in the first place.

Its not just YT. Its every media. Films, TV, games, books. Media has become dull.

The algorithm won't recommend a lot of the stuff I like. I find myself clicking on "don't show me this channel" more often than clicking on a new channel and liking it.

I have a little lifehack for youtube. I've created three accounts: one for music, one for entartaning and one for informative content (this one). It helps with recommendations and it is more organized this way. Hope this information will be useful to someone.

I have loved youtube for many years but the current algorithm is the worst it's ever been. It's so hard to find content worth watching. I keep giving up and reading books now

Love this social commentary! Let’s get back to creating art and not content 🎉❤

The problem is that a watcher's attention span gets overly too saturated by excess consumption to the point that watching a video doesn't hold as much meaning anymore. The watcher no longer wants to give focus, doesn't feel satisfied and just clicks through videos out of old habit because they have to have something in the background distracting them from any possible tiny amount of boredom that might sneak up on a person because they've become so intolerant to boredom and so accusomed to splitting their attention everywhere all at once that a focused effort in learning becomes difficult.

"What's the answer to 99 out of 100 questions? Money."

I love the thumbnail. Also, KZfaq is the only media platform I frequently use after hours devoted to college homework and reading. The ubiquitous amount of ads and increase in skip-wait times have been horrendous in 2023 and it appears to only be getting worse. I don’t like the direction it is going in.

I spend half my youtube time scrolling each video and clicking "don't recommend channel again". The algorithm does not learn my preferences.

This video has actually made me think about things. Most educational videos that don't provide instant gratification may be shoved to watch later, where they will never be touched again. I'm going to watch some of the videos in my watch later to try and break out of this (I already know it's mostly long videos).

Thank you Sir. Enlightening as always

Great video again, making excellent points. I think at some point there will be a sort of saturation in certain areas and people will get bored with it and want something else. But it's hard to say, because we've never lived in a society like this before, with the algorithms and the effects they have.

KZfaq was already trash by 2014-2015 compared to the 2006-2012 glorious run. I loved YT back in '08 as a 13yo looking up how to emulate nintendo ds games and the text notepad instruction videos were elite lol.

Demonetization, the ever tightening noose of a refined algo, thought policing, and KZfaq Shorts… THIS is what happened 🎉

Been a sub for a while now, and I honestly can't remember the last time your channel has popped up into my feed. Great vid. 👍👍

The algorithm and how creators have started uploading less is why it sucks for me now as a viewer. Also the rules youtube keep making up and demonetization is one of the major reasons why creators are giving up. When companies get involved in people's creativity and start trying to control it then it is the moment people will cease to find any joy in it.

Because back in the day people were making videos for fun. Then it evolved into people trying to figure out what sells and how to profit from their creation. Now it’s refined. There’s nothing “new” people only do what they know will sell…add on top of that, the KZfaq policies and having genuine fun on here is too risky.

Almost every youtuber has become a version of Mr. Beast.... "I drank olive oil for one week... This is what happened" "Can a shotgun kill a dinosaur?" The day youtube allowed, FAKE thumbnails, clickbaits, fake captions, KZfaq was doomed. Nobody makes content on youtube, its has become a greed game of VIEWS.

In the last year alone, I've noticed a major switch (for the worst) in KZfaqs algorithm. Been on here for ages and in the last year my 'For you' page on KZfaq is absolutely trash. Not sure which intern updated/broke it but someone definitely did.

Great video once again 😊. I would maybe add one important factor to whole YT, adds, as nowadays everything is about selling, so somehow seems logical that algorithm will developed based on it… but that’s just my wild guess. But if more people would disable the YT history, things may get more interesting. Though my YT home page looks ugly (as I cannot get rid of notification “Your watch history is off… Update settings” ) I am really happy that I don’t get instantly overwhelmed with YT’s suggestions based on e.g. my location, videos similar to content creators I’m already subscribed too, etc. Keep doing great job in the next year and wish you all happy holidays 😊

It's funny because my YT feed is mostly high and low level coding, mathematics, engineering, Astrophysics, and computer engineering. Like half of my recommendations have like 380 views and the other has like 500k. The last time I saw a Mr. Beast or other "relevant" KZfaqr pop up has been a while.

Removing the dislike button.

I hope KZfaq can realise this and even take inspiration from this video to make it great again. It would be nice to see videos of what we actually want or from creators we enjoy.

I’ve never watched nor been recommended a Mr. Beast video. Strange that I’ve been on KZfaq since its inception and never watched one. Don’t plan on it either.

This video really hits the nail on the head. I find myself watching the first minute or so of YT videos and switching to something else. Oh sure, the video titles all have screaming click bait titles but, the content is becoming repetitive and boring. I'm subscribed to over 500 channels in an effort to find interesting content.

I'm tired of the algorithm

I love what you're making dude. Take care.

Excellent overview. Thx

The button "new for you" doesn't work. Nothing new there. I consume the same bs every day. The only solution is to uninstall. KZfaq, get rekt.

YT is boring because all I see are the same videos every day

I have felt this exact feeling of being overwhelmed with start-page content, to the point that I couldnt watch any of the videos in my subs anymore. I simply dont have time to watch it all, but I lack the satisfaction of seeing videos I actually care for, from my subs that I deliberately chose. There is a great chrome extention named "Unhook" I use. You can hide a great assortment of things that can be distracting, for example. I always turn off the start page and the recommended section. So when I open YT, it opens to the subs page. I can watch all the videos from my subs without being influenced or bothered by content YT wants me to see. And if I have a lot of time on my hands and not enough content to watch, I enable the start page for ten minutes, while browsing for vids I want to watch and putting them in my watch later playlist, before disabling it again.

I agree that KZfaq feels boring now because I have been watching stuff on here and it has been really hard to find stuff and even to get the videos you are most interested in to watch and great video Aperture :]

I feel like the new meta will soon be back to poor or rough production but with quality subject/personality. People (adults) are slowly becoming tired of channels being ultra polished and want it back to the raw content where they felt like the video had soul. However I also believe it won’t be KZfaq. KZfaq has lost its way and they’ve gone past the point of no return. Just one opinion in an ocean of others

KZfaq feels more like cable now. Channels are forced to make one type of show on a regular schedule. And shorts are like commercials promoting these shows

I love how I never heard of any of the creators mentioned in the video, nor was I aware of any of the topics supposedly pushed by the algorithm according to the video. I guess that reinforces the premise of the narrative, since KZfaq feed seems to indeed be incredibly personalised. I actually don't think the algorithm is all that bad, it just needs to be less repetetive and more experimental. It is very good at determining what I like and what I don't - the issue is that if I spend a lot of time on one topic for a few days, it suddenly thinks I lost interest in all the other topics I've used to watch previously, no matter how many hours or literal days I've spend on them even last year.

I watch almost every video by the channels I'm subscribed to because I have notifications on and I regularly check the subscription page. I don't know if that makes me a responsible user but I hope that helps

Honestly what I miss about KZfaq when it was the Wild West when like a random 10 second would pop up for no reason like a Charlie bit a my finger or hide ya wivess or emo ninja and everybody would talkin about it

When Aperture posts uk its gonna be a good video

Everything feels boring because we have milked tf out of our neurons. No more novelty or pleasure

I'm about 8 minutes into this video... and something you said resonated with me, enough to think of a better way for the algorithm(s) to work. Let's say you are interested in educational content. Maybe you should be given a chance to select a "genre", e.g. "philosophy", and be able to dial up or down the quality of the content... I dunno, just throwing ideas out there. I'm probably going to start content creating... and to kick it off, it's just going to be my voice, doing various things around my home. I need a good camera... and need to learn how to edit... but getting started will be my largest hurdle. Even if I use my phone to make a bunch of videos, then slap it all together as best I can... I'm ok with that. Aperture... I'm glad I found your channel. My algorithm has been providing really good content to me.

I’m only 53 seconds into the video so this might be mentioned in the video but another reason for me personally is that when I was younger everything was already more exciting because it was new to me. After years of mindless staring at a screen it gets a lot less interesting. Kind of similar to how it feels to try a drug for the first time vs how it feels to do that same drug after years of addictions, the first high is always the best and you’re constantly chasing it but never satisfied. Not to say a screen addiction is more dangerous than a drug addiction but I think it’s a decent comparison, kind of puts it into perspective?

2023 is KZfaqr’s worst year

Genius video. Thank you so much!

Yt will get moments where it understands I don't want something stimulating, I want to have something to think about, but it always eventually falls back into it's old tricks. Very annoying and I'm in one of those dips now. However it seems I'm on the upward slope back to my actual interests again

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KZfaq has 2.7 Billion users , and for us small creators it's still one big platform to display our works for free...🎉. Am passionate, consistent and enjoy posting my shoot.

Good explain. Thank you and well done 🎉

I agree with this. KZfaq was my favorite app but now I'm flooded with the same thing constantly when I like variety. I'm trying to be counter programing with my channel which is not working out so far but I'll stay the course. I hate temporary trends.

You have to carefully curate what you view. I am a power playlist user and have many playlists on different topics. I do that with most of my social media.

People uploaded videos/did things for fun back then and didn't look for profit.

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. I feel bad for creators and it's limited my want to become one even though I think I have interesting things to share and could foster my own style. It's already hard work to make content and get people interested, the extra burden of pleasing the all mighty algo just seems demoralizing. I have a hard time bringing myself to do anything I consider even remotely cliche or repetitive without being fairly ironic about it.

KZfaq does have it's share of professionally content but KZfaq does have almost 20 yrs of content to draw from. There are ways to form your feed to content you like the most but typically I use the advanced search tool if looking for something specific. I eliminate shorts from my searches and short clip videos. Its about learning how to do content searches to get to the information you are looking for.

I always tell my friends who complain about the social media, that use them liek they want you to use. That means use the options "not intrested about this post" that you can use in youtube and facebook, like content you like and dislike you dont like. Don't just scroll mindlessly, this way algorithm starts feeding you more and more mindnumbing bs. The more activly I use online, the more effectivly I get information that actually makes me better person in every field like relationships, health, wealth, my career and so on.

During the early 2010s , if watch a video with 1 million views it would be worth your while and possibility is you would enjoy every second of it. Today a video can have 45 million views and its still possible that you would click away from the video within few minutes because its boring and cringe from the first second.

I use a chrome extension that prevents me from seeing thumbnails of random videos, I just see ones from the channels I subscribe to, so I'm less likely to be "captured" by the algorithm in that sense. Still, I do sometimes do searches, and even there I'll get fed, along with my search results, some random videos that have nothing to do with the search. So it's like KZfaq is trying to insert those wherever it can, which is pretty bad in my opinion, but oh well, apparently this is the price we way for having this platform. I can't imagine the stress involved in trying to grow a KZfaq channel, nor the stress involved with one that's actually become somewhat succesful. It seems like there's constant competition and copying of channels in order to play off the success of the ones they are copying, plus just the thought that you reached a certain mark of success and if you don't bust your a**, your channel might start declining. If your income is dependent on the channel, that produces that much more stress. Just seems like a thankless job unless you have a true love of both makin videos and a real mission of why you want to produce the content you do, but even then, I would think that it would still be pretty torturous unless you truly had no big investment in the outcome of the popularity (and monetary income) from the channel...

There are tkmes when im scrolling YT and I get it, this is what I watch, they have it right, but I don't want any of it at the moment. I can feel the robot trying to drag me in. The game it playing on the mind. So I do what you said search through my subscriptions to see what's new. Also, occasionally when I open YT it will be on reels. Playing some random video hoping I'll just begin mindlessly scrolling.

Happy holiday guys ❤

Funny how that "tin foil hat nonsense" has repeatedly shown to come to fruition 😂

There is a lot of great educational videos out there Nebula in particular.

Im doing my thing, music and outsider stuff. No reactions or chasing subscribers, I don't give a shit but would be chill to have people listen to music and see if it inspires others and all. Diy and all. Idk if that bells true with your vid. But cheers for reading my man. Lots of love ❤

Is the title meant to be like that?

WE NEED A NEW KZfaq, one free from the algorithm

It's boring because corporate wokeness has ruined it with their whimsical feelings and identity politics

First time on YT in 2011-2012 here! Most of creators at that time are from the US, until there are too many people from around any corner of the world using this platform, plus YT censor policy and everybody already started to monetize (later called 'youtuber').

I've turned off my watch history, so I ONLY get served stuff from my subscribers. So I get to watch content from people I want and never have to see Mr beast again ♡

I have to get a control on my stimulations in life

Im already subscribed but I gave a like for the "your favourite channel, like this one" dig 😆

I often try to "cheat" the algorithm to make it serve me what I want, this means I have to dislike content, press the "not interested" or "don't show this channel" button and removing stuff from my watch history. Now, however, it seems to have recognised I that I only want the specific things I like and does not serve me anything else. It come to the point where I can search up a new youtuber on my own hand, watch one of their videos through, and later get 10 videos of this youtuber in a row, before my feed just cuts off and actually stops... It's entirely broken and it's made the platform sooooo boring.

Bc KZfaq has been neutered like every other social media

Despite his incredible success, I'll never truly understand Mr. Beast's content. Not surprisingly I've never clicked on any of his videos.

I cannot even find small channels anymore.

I also hate how we went from no ads to skip in 5 second ads to 2x 5 second unskippabke ads to 2x 15 second unskippabke ads