It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like “the world will end soon” or “my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto.”
Content aimed at culture (movies/series) also behave the same way, throwing a bit of politics into the mix. Always the same incendiary click bait title spewing a bunch of nonsense that has nothing the story, setting characters or other topics relevant to the piece.
Is there anything that can be saved on that platform? It has gotten so bad that I’m start to think that Tiktok and Twitter both have better content than YouTube. At least in those platforms you can find a random dude writing an essay in a series of 20 tweets on why an increase of mantis is related to the global surge of ballpoint pen prices.
I know this will get hate, but I still enjoy LTT.
A lot of people complain about the clickbait headlines or that he’s hamming it up for the camera. He does get a lot of hate.
I personally find him entertaining and I like most of the other presenters. I don’t mind the clickbait headlines because they’re all clickbait, it’s like a running joke itself.
Yeah they’ve openly said that they wish they didn’t have to do the clickbaiting, but that the effect it has on their total views/revenue in undeniable. It’s kinda just how YouTube is at this point, adapt or die
Aw, that’s unfortunate. Clickbait by itself shouldn’t ruin a creator for someone. Gotta look for the positives, not the negatives.
I thought the Linux gaming pc challenge was fair. You have to remember that most users are not technical at all and that’s where Linux falls down.
The only thing I disagreed with him majorly on was his complaint about the GitHub interface not downloading files you click on by default. I get where he’s coming from as a non-dev, it’s jarring and confusing but as a developer that’s the last thing you’d want. His complaint about GitHub’s interface really should have been directed at all those people using GitHub as a place to store files. But that’s so intrinsic to Linux, it’s hard to get away from yet it’s something that does prevent Linux from appealing to the mainstream.
Don’t get me started on the reliance upon the terminal and bash scripts to achieve anything. I cringe every time someone says “just go here and copy/paste these commands”, not just because it’s unintuitive but because it’s also a major security risk. Not that windows is innocent of this either but it’s much more common in Linux.
Spoken like an average cancel culture enjoyer; especially since this post hasn’t had any activity in like, what, a week? Digging up an old comment to do something like this is something people enjoy for some reason, and I don’t get it. Look for the positives, not the negatives, for God’s sake. There’s too much negativity in this world (which probably won’t change, but I can hope).
Can you elaborate? I see comments like this that say “thing/person bad” but never back it up with a reason.
He used to produce decent content, until he just started doing everything stupid and wrong. For instance build a HUGE storage server with FreeNAS (now TrueNAS), then failed to back it up, lost tons of Tbs of data, and failed to do typical things with that type of storage system.
That’s one of the failures I can think of off hand, I know there’s a few others but it’s essentially all IT no no’s, things that make IT pro’s cringe. It can 100% amusing content for non IT pro users but yea.
Video Essayists:
Barely Sociable - mysteries and dark stuff
CGP Grey - stuff you forgot you wondered about
Computerphile - explanations of topics tangentially related to Current Tech Thing
Defunctland - documentaries about theme parks and their experimental ventures
Disrupt - thought provoking dark topics; a bit over the top (this is why I don’t watch Nexpo)
hbomberguy - venting about video games and pop culture
Jacob Geller - existentialism framed through video games
LEMMiNO - investigations into things that have left a societal impact
Numberphile - professors geeking out
Philion - explorations of sticky situations in pop culture
Quinton Reviews - mercilessly in-depth explorations and reviews of millenial and gen z nostalgia
Slightly Sociable - more mysteries and dark stuff
Solar Sands - existentialism framed through pop culture rants
Summoning Salt - mostly retro gaming speedrunning content
Veritasium - educational content
Wendigoon - paranoid nerd content
Wendover Productions - explorations of how the world works
Other stuff that interests me:
Captain Disillusion - breakdowns of digital trickery; digital media education
danooct1 - examining retro viruses
Surveillance Report - an approachable, not-too-paranoid, privacy news podcast (breaches, legislation updates, commentary, etc)
TechLore - privacy info and commentary
videogamedunkey - video game critic; pop culture commentary
Great list! I have a lot of overlap so here are some of my additions:
RedLetterMedia - movie and series reviews and shows, usually with s lot of snark and cynicism
The History Underground - history videos, mostly war / ww2 related topics, with a lot of on site visits
PBS Space Time - Physics and astronomy videos, complex topics sometimes on the verge of being too difficult to follow for most mortals, very interesting!
Hot Ones - interviewing celebrities while eating increasingly hot wings, amazing host, great questions.
CuriousMarc - restoring and fiddling with vintage tech, famous for rebuilding an Apollo spacecraft guidance computer
Ben Eater - building computers and in depth explaining the components using breadboards, super interesting stuff!
Everyday Astronaut - spaceflight and engineering, very in depth videos about various rocket engines
Like Towan - building model railroads and dioramas with great detail
Primitive Technology - a guy building huts and shacks and stuff with only self made tools, no voice over. classic!
GxAce - photography and equipment related videos, incredible production quality with a cyberpunk themed twist
3Blue1Brown - beautifully animated math videos
SmarterEveryDay - engineering related videos
EC Henry - Star Wars and Star Trek themed videos about models and ship lore
Here’s my superlist…
Critique of dumb capitalist ideas: Adam Something https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvfHa-GHSOHFAjU0-Ie57A
Science/Design Practical: ALEX LAB https://www.youtube.com/c/ALEXLAB
Most awesome demonstrations of DIY science shit ever, dude is a genius, 100/10 do recommend… Applied Science https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333
Material Physics and other Physics stuff: AlphaPhoenix https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA
Model rockets, flight computers and other cool shit (dude builds a landable solid rocket booster, very cool): BPS.space https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg
A younger Veritasium/Tom Scott: Atomic Frontier https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbCq5Y0WPGimG2jNXhoQxGw
Machine shop shit and good humour: AvE https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil
Good humor and crazy ideas: Boy Boy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_S45UpAYVuc0fYEcHN9BVQ
Interesting sciency stuff, not too technical: Brainiac75 https://www.youtube.com/user/brainiac75
Practical Morons: Allen Pan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVS89U86PwqzNkK2qYNbk5A
Material physics, general science stuff, usually on a nanometer scale, dude owns a SEM and some other cool tools. Breaking Taps https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06HVrkOL33D5lLnCPjr6NQ
South African dude, was an apprentice at Hacksmith labs: Build IRL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gbCGiEov1VAcOFpfGKPiA
Surely everyone knows that hexagons are the bestagons: CGP Grey https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey
Cool chemical reactions in slo-mo ChemicalForce https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqONNjBkukcc2yXbmHL8niQ
Chemistry vids: ElementalMaker https://www.youtube.com/user/ElementCollector1001
Chemistry vids from a rambling (smart) idiot: Explosions&Fire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVovvq34gd0ps5cVYNZrc7A Extractions&Ire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFApMFo_AafXbHRyEJefjA
Very detailed Chemistry videos: NileRed https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile 2nd Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1D3yD4wlPMico0dss264XA
Chemistry stuff: Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheThoisoi2
Crazy medical edge cases: Chubbyemu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg
Interesting medical stuff from a cardiologist: Medlife Crisis https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ
Impressive redneck DIY projects: Cranktown City https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3KKU5-uaoLyKnGVzv1XNw
Woodworking projects: DIY Creators https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChKlSK39lLg8eZHIX0iVzLA
Crazy high quality DIY projects: DIY Perks https://www.youtube.com/user/DIYPerks
In depth engineering videos focussed around cars: Engineering Explained https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained
Optics, dude makes lenses n’ shit: Huygens Optics https://www.youtube.com/user/huygensoptics
Australian redneck DIY projects: I did a thing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw
Lots of 3D printing, lots of jet engines and turbines: Integza https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2avWDLN1EI3r1RZ_dlSxCw
Large scale 3D printing stuff: Ivan Miranda https://www.youtube.com/user/superazote
Very in-depth practical game prop DIY projects: JAIRUS OF ALL https://www.youtube.com/user/jairust
Dude hates his life but builds cool robots and shit: James Bruton https://www.youtube.com/user/jamesbruton
Movie and game inspired crazy DIY projects: JLaservideo https://www.youtube.com/user/JLaservideo
Interesting and strange DIY projects: Joel Creates https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHk0IYEDJxQGQ-nbd3yP_KA
Discussions of science and other weirdness: Kyle Hill https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceBasedLife
Full Mac repair videos from angry repair man: Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup
Some DIY stuff, not my fav but he’s okay: Louis Weisz https://www.youtube.com/user/WeiszCracks
3D printing and other projects: Maker’s Muse https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMakersMuse
Heavy technical electronics stuff: Marco Reps https://www.youtube.com/user/reppesis
High voltage electronics: Plasma Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg45A-ph7Eu8jQgfrwDkHLg
Electronics/DIY projects with an artistic flair: SeanHodgins https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-bw6PRKuDlH6fP1mP4nOw
Electronics, 3D printing and other crazy projects: Zack Freedman https://www.youtube.com/user/ZackFreedman
Electronics: GreatScott! https://www.youtube.com/user/greatscottlab
Electronics and bad DIY booze: bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom
Ozzie electronic engineer: EEVblog https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog
Dumbass electronic engineer who likes blowing shit up and shocking himself: ElectroBOOM https://www.youtube.com/user/msadaghd
Your weekly space/rocket reports: Marcus House https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNHHEoiSF8pcLgqLKVugOw
Space and astronomy news/info: Scott Manley https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg
Dude who does crazy stuff to pianos: Mattias Krantz https://www.youtube.com/user/Mattiaskrantz
Dude who builds useless robots: Michael Reeves https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHaxi4GTYDpJgMSGy7AeSw
Minis and dioramas: Nerdforge https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggHsHce2n3vvbJf_8YKrMA
Thalasso hobbyer たらそほびや https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYAt_kceIuiDwklp0EeIFw
Cool science and DIY stuff: NightHawkInLight https://www.youtube.com/user/Nighthawkinlight
Super interesting socail documentaries: Oki’s Weird Stories https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjDQKxiTVpXutZc2Ra9wCAg
Model planes, drones, rockets, racing cars etc: PeterSripol https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yF9tV4xWEMZkel7q8La_w
ProjectAir https://www.youtube.com/user/ThatScienceGuyJames
rctestflight https://www.youtube.com/user/rctestflight
Tom Stanton https://www.youtube.com/user/tomstanton282
RCLifeOn https://www.youtube.com/user/RcLifeOnSimon
Interesting physics stuff: Physics Girl https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman
3D printing and design: Proper Printing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfMW0tMZEciSXQym8x0EoQ
Podcast hosted by a bunch of science youtubers: Safety Third https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7QE72cxiBkiwnvGoFfqYOg
Random DIY projects, like turning a Tesla into a truck: Simone Giertz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ
Science and practical stuff: SmarterEveryDay https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2
Interesting experiments and simple explanations to strange phenomenon: Steve Mould https://www.youtube.com/user/steventhebrave
Crazy engineering by a genius: Stuff Made Here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ
Lasers and high voltage: styropyro https://www.youtube.com/user/styropyro
Long form DIY stuff with detailed explanations: Tech Ingredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients
In-depth explanations and history of technology: Technology Connections https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q
Testla coils: teslista555 https://www.youtube.com/user/teslista555
Science and bioengineering: The Thought Emporium https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChemlife
Redneck science: TheBackyardScientist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBackyardScientist
3D Printing: Thomas Sanladerer https://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasSanladerer
Dude who tells you about interesting things and places: Tom Scott https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay
Ozzy redneck DIY: Turnah81 https://www.youtube.com/user/Turnah81
DIY projects and fabrication: Tyler Bell https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0FT83RjTWCmc6n9lLojmQ
Interesting theory, math, physics and science subjects: Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Insanely detailed miniture mechanical projects: W&M Levsha https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLt9kIslIa1ffiM8A04KORw
Dumb but entertaining DIY stuff: William Osman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94Yw
Fun videos and skits:
Chris and Jack https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Liv5-jdU2Qk53lTtYDG2w
Matthew McCleskey https://www.youtube.com/user/foreignduckslap
MattColbo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyqjn-9rKdcAe0gTMAkqyg
Joma Tech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0qA-eDDICsRR9rPcnG7tw
Gus Johnson https://www.youtube.com/user/gustoonz
Goat-on-a-Stick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyR_C_QVjZR24ze0fl5S_Q
brian david gilbert https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakAg8hC_RFJm4RI3DlD7SA
FilmCow https://www.youtube.com/user/SecretAgentBob
Max Fosh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb31gOY6OD8ES0zP8M0GhAw
Lee Hardcastle https://www.youtube.com/user/leehardcastle
Joel Haver https://www.youtube.com/user/MakingShorts
Steven He (emotional damage) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0_k4INXrwPS6HhIyYqsTg
Trent Lenkarski https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAj9NhvUTfNaq4YwOHGEyA
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/channel/UCcvfHa-GHSOHFAjU0-Ie57A
https://piped.video/user/bkraz333
https://piped.video/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA
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https://piped.video/user/arduinoversusevil
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https://piped.video/user/brainiac75
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https://piped.video/user/CGPGrey
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https://piped.video/user/ElementCollector1001
https://piped.video/channel/UCVovvq34gd0ps5cVYNZrc7A
https://piped.video/channel/UCvFApMFo_AafXbHRyEJefjA
https://piped.video/user/TheRedNile
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https://piped.video/user/huygensoptics
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https://piped.video/user/jamesbruton
https://piped.video/user/JLaservideo
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https://piped.video/user/ScienceBasedLife
https://piped.video/user/rossmanngroup
https://piped.video/user/WeiszCracks
https://piped.video/user/TheMakersMuse
https://piped.video/user/reppesis
https://piped.video/channel/UCg45A-ph7Eu8jQgfrwDkHLg
https://piped.video/channel/UCE-bw6PRKuDlH6fP1mP4nOw
https://piped.video/user/ZackFreedman
https://piped.video/user/greatscottlab
https://piped.video/user/bigclivedotcom
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https://piped.video/user/msadaghd
https://piped.video/channel/UCBNHHEoiSF8pcLgqLKVugOw
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https://piped.video/channel/UCggHsHce2n3vvbJf_8YKrMA
https://piped.video/channel/UCdYAt_kceIuiDwklp0EeIFw
https://piped.video/user/Nighthawkinlight
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https://piped.video/user/ThatScienceGuyJames
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https://piped.video/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ
https://piped.video/user/destinws2
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https://piped.video/user/styropyro
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https://piped.video/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q
https://piped.video/user/teslista555
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https://piped.video/user/1veritasium
https://piped.video/channel/UCLt9kIslIa1ffiM8A04KORw
https://piped.video/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94Yw
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https://piped.video/user/foreignduckslap
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https://piped.video/user/gustoonz
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https://piped.video/user/SecretAgentBob
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https://piped.video/user/leehardcastle
https://piped.video/user/MakingShorts
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We have a lot of overlap in the skits section 🤝 have you checked out any of these?
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GoodLongPee - Joel, Trent, and Alex’s shit post channel
Of all the things you suggested… WHY did I have to click on Chubbyemu??? 😭😭😭
YT is basically my television or my background music during work. As long as I can use adblock to avoid ads, i’m happy.
Revanced on mobile, Smart Tube Next on Android TV and Ublock or Adguard on desktop ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
I don’t read books or watch TV shows or watch movies or watch sports.
I watch a ton of educational, engineering, cooking, BMX, woodworking, and retro game channels.
Favorites are:
- Technology Connections
- Mark Rober
- Backyard Scientist
- Allen Pan
- Lockpicking Lawyer
- Smarter Every Day
- Rex Krueger
- Stuff Made Here
- Retro Bird
- Spencer Foresman
- Action Lab
- Veritasium
- Vsauce
- Ethan Chlebowski
- That Dude Can Cook
- Stumpy Numbs
- Electroboom
- Styropyro
- Nile Red
- Anthony Panza
- Sam O’Nella
- Collin Furze
- Sam Pilgrim
Oh my. I should stop. There are so many more.
Seconding Technology Connections! That guy really puts a lot of effort into his videos
Good list. A few ones I would add are:
- Solar Sands *I did a thing
- Integza
- Tom Stanton
- Ahoy
- LGR
- Techmoan
- The 8-bit guy
- Tom Scott
- LEMMiNO
- Mustard
- bigclivedotcom
- Practical Engineering
- DIY Perks
- Steve Mould
- b2studios
- Plasma Channel
- Real Engineering
- POSY
- Mike Boyd
- Bobby Broccoli
- NileRed
- VWestlife
More technical:
- Ben Eater
- Sebastian Lague
- Kevin Fang
I really wish there was a save comment feature because I’m subscribed to about half of those and I need to check the other half out.
At least in sync there is the option to save comments and it works. You can afterwards find the comments in your profile. Not sure if it’s a sync or a Lemmy feature though.
Edit: just checked and it’s actually a Lemmy feature. You can just long press a comment and hit the star to save it.
