More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel about the site

Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel... by mrkrab on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:45PM (#14692322)

I agree with you. I think the site caters mostly to children and young teenagers. Most popular videos, those shown on the home page, are of guys talking to a camera loudly and making silly jokes about videogames and current events, or very bad pop music.

And video thumbnails are the most cringy thing you can see on the Internet. http://buyviewsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/custom-...

It's sad to admit it but I avoid youtube whenever I can.

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Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel... by theonemind on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:58PM (#14692399)

If you log in and watch what you like, what shows up on your page really adapts. You can think of it sort of like reddit, many siloed communities. I wouldn't judge what you can get out of it by the default front page.

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Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel... by vacri on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:06PM (#14692446)

If you think that the front page is representative of all the content on youtube, you're very much mistaken. There are swathes of content for a vast array of topics. Just accept that you're not a majority-demographic viewer and ignore the front page pitched to them.

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Re:More than a decade later, how original YouTube stars feel... by antod on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @04:37AM (#14694442)

I'm in my mid 40s and the youtube front page just offers me punk and 80s thrash metal videos plus some windsurfing and mountain biking - suits me fine.

I get a weird culture shock whenever I ever see what it looks like to my kids though.

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