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The algorithm of Youtube is not the same as it was in the past. The current one is so bad, it's insane. I used to be able to learn new things with Youtube, now it feels like I get recommended the same old stuff again and again.
In its golden age, Youtube was an immensely helpful tool for me. I went through phases of listening to lectures by so many different people and this shaped me in a positive way, and helped me view the world in a much more nuanced way than I saw it in before. This platform used to expand my consiousness & help me grow as a person on many levels because I could find innumerable different perspectives on any topic I was interested in. Ray Peat was one of the insightful people, but not the only one, that I found through Youtube.
Youtube once felt like it provided a platform to gather mentors who helped in aquiring a basis of knowledge on every topic and everything that one would want to learn. Whether it was spirituality, religion, science, history, politics, philosophy.. Provided one understood how to seperate the wheat from the chaff, there were so many golden nuggets on Youtube that would just help a lot in personal growth and educating oneself.
But nowadays.... Now Youtube just keeps recommending lectures and videos from the people you already know and have listened to for a long time, or even worse, videos you have already watched.. As a little side dish, it also recommends videos spewing the same kind of political propaganda narratives the government or covid officials want you to watch, coming from mainstream media channels. There are other ways in which this platform took a change for the worse, but the recommendation issue seems to be among the bigger negative developements imo. I used to like spending time on Youtube, now I feel bored by the same recommendations again and again.
Recommendations are the only reliable way to be constantly exposed to new stuff on Youtube that I know of, and now they are worthless most of the time. This platform once helped me develop, now it feels like it just stunts growth (provided it's the only place that you are active on) and keeps you on the same level by constantly feeding you irrelevant ***t you already know. Really sad... Youtube is unmatched in content quantity and quality compared to other video streaming sites. If it weren't for the bad algorithm that kept recommending stuff that is irrelevant, this platform would be amazingly good.
Like honestly, what has happened.. I guess Google happened?
If anyone knows internet sites that can scan through the content of Youtube and have their own algorithm that allows for better recommendations (if something like that exists), please share them. Or maybe share what you think about Youtube alternatives like Odysee or BitChute, or about Youtube itself.
In its golden age, Youtube was an immensely helpful tool for me. I went through phases of listening to lectures by so many different people and this shaped me in a positive way, and helped me view the world in a much more nuanced way than I saw it in before. This platform used to expand my consiousness & help me grow as a person on many levels because I could find innumerable different perspectives on any topic I was interested in. Ray Peat was one of the insightful people, but not the only one, that I found through Youtube.
Youtube once felt like it provided a platform to gather mentors who helped in aquiring a basis of knowledge on every topic and everything that one would want to learn. Whether it was spirituality, religion, science, history, politics, philosophy.. Provided one understood how to seperate the wheat from the chaff, there were so many golden nuggets on Youtube that would just help a lot in personal growth and educating oneself.
But nowadays.... Now Youtube just keeps recommending lectures and videos from the people you already know and have listened to for a long time, or even worse, videos you have already watched.. As a little side dish, it also recommends videos spewing the same kind of political propaganda narratives the government or covid officials want you to watch, coming from mainstream media channels. There are other ways in which this platform took a change for the worse, but the recommendation issue seems to be among the bigger negative developements imo. I used to like spending time on Youtube, now I feel bored by the same recommendations again and again.
Recommendations are the only reliable way to be constantly exposed to new stuff on Youtube that I know of, and now they are worthless most of the time. This platform once helped me develop, now it feels like it just stunts growth (provided it's the only place that you are active on) and keeps you on the same level by constantly feeding you irrelevant ***t you already know. Really sad... Youtube is unmatched in content quantity and quality compared to other video streaming sites. If it weren't for the bad algorithm that kept recommending stuff that is irrelevant, this platform would be amazingly good.
Like honestly, what has happened.. I guess Google happened?
If anyone knows internet sites that can scan through the content of Youtube and have their own algorithm that allows for better recommendations (if something like that exists), please share them. Or maybe share what you think about Youtube alternatives like Odysee or BitChute, or about Youtube itself.
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