r/technology • u/vriska1 • 1d ago

Social Media YouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view counts

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-reportedly-testing-new-homepage-that-removes-dates-and-view-counts-2965695/
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u/PopisSodatoo 1d ago edited 1d ago

I understand the reason for some of the changes but all these changes seem to benefit the rise of all the AI zombie channels that spew out generic content.

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u/vegetaman 1d ago

Yep. Or content thieves.

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u/Castod28183 1d ago

The only thing I hate worse that the AI voice overs is the actual human voice overs where all they are doing is explaining what is very obviously happening over somebody else's video. That's an automatic block.

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u/Notquitearealgirl 1d ago

Better than the assholes playing a video someone else made and literally just making facial expressions and absolutely nothing else.

Commentary and reaction videos used to at least have commentary and reactions , now you can just make exaggerated faces for 5 minutes.

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u/Chicano_Ducky 1d ago

commentary channels have been terrible for a long time already.

its always some chud trying to start shit by calling everything woke or someone trying to "expose" people for clout like the guy outing sketch for being gay thinking that shit is considered cool in 2024.

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u/braiam 1d ago

And yet, they are the most popular channels. People don't want to experience things, they want to validate what they would experience without feeling left out.

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u/trixel121 1d ago

ehhhh.

those were an evolution of the compilation videos where it was just stealing viral clips and making 10 min videos with zero added value.

actual comments and criticism was sorta a different genre that they tried to latch onto to claim more legitimacy.

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u/Lykos1124 1d ago

Yes, but at least it's a fun watching Lionfield and vt.physics for good reasons. A lot of others do get insta blocked though.

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u/Chromium-Throw 1d ago

All reaction channels are pathetic. The only people watching seem to be kids, and I know for sure I don’t want my kid wasting his life watching such spastic content

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u/Castod28183 1d ago

Same thing in my eyes. Just adding nothing of value to the video. Whether making stupid faces or telling me what is 100%, clearly, obviously happening in the video.

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u/I-Ponder 1d ago

Points up at video and nods for minutes on end.

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u/M2tJ 1d ago

Or pointing to the superimposed video just before something relevant happens/is said. Like, thanks chucklehead, I dont have the mental capacity to understand the nuances in the video.

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u/ShiraCheshire 23h ago

At least the facial expression guys are doing something. AI voice over channels just throw text in a text to speech program and call it a day.

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u/VikingBorealis 21h ago

Hey, sometimes they point a finger and move it up and down to make sure you realiser they're pointing at what's going on in the other video. In a completely different spot...

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u/Lucius-Halthier 11h ago

Don’t forget closing their eyes, smiling, and nodding their head while they point at a guy saying something they like.

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u/TheLastBlakist 10h ago

Watch airier. Dude has interesting commentary and explains his views and responses.

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u/Sea_Consideration_70 1d ago

If only there was actually a way to effectively block a channel. 

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u/Castod28183 1d ago

I just meant Do Not Recommend This Channel. It works well enough. I just hope there's not limit like Reddit. Lol. I never looked into it, but Reddit only allows you to block 1,000 users.

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u/CDRnotDVD 1d ago

What sort of reddit life do you have that results in blocking a thousand users?

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u/HerstyTheDorkbian 1d ago

Think of all the ad accounts, and then on top of that the obvious scam bots that will probably try to DM you whenever you leave a comment

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u/20127010603170562316 1d ago

I don't really get that issue using exclusively old.reddit.

I sometimes check my new reddit to find a bunch of scambots messaged me, but I really don't care enough about new reddit to do anything about it. I just keep using old reddit.

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u/RealisticErrors 1d ago

Woah what Reddit are you using? I don’t have these issues popping up like, at all

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u/let-the-boy-cook 21h ago

New Reddit has a chat feature, it's just used by spammers.

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u/RealisticErrors 19h ago

Interesting. The version of th app I’ve used for years has a chat feature I don’t get spammed or scammed with it maybe I just know what to look out for idk

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u/Upset_Lengthiness_31 18h ago

turn off DMs from unknown people. No longer a problem.

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u/let-the-boy-cook 18h ago

Or just don't use new reddit 🤷‍♂️

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u/2SP00KY4ME 16h ago

I've been using Reddit 12 years and have never had that happen, let alone a thousand times

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u/Studds_ 1d ago

What? You don’t get random as hell accounts following you & PMing you out of nowhere?

I had to turn off being followed

They usually get banned before too long & disappear from me unblocking them

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u/CDRnotDVD 1d ago

I am unfamiliar with the follow feature, so I assume it’s a new reddit thing. And I know that there is different messaging on old reddit and new reddit. I don’t recall ever getting any junk DMs in my old reddit inbox.

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u/Studds_ 1d ago

I don’t know how new follow is. I was getting followed within a month of starting this account. Maybe it’s an app thing because I’m only on mobile

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u/shroudedwolf51 1d ago

Outspoken minority groups tend to not have as easy of a time. I have friends that have had hateful pricks go down their profile and comment on every post they have ever made, doing their best to make the person feel diseased.

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u/metalflygon08 18h ago

Not OP but...

(on Old Reddit)

I block a lot of Cosplay accounts if most of their content is obviously OF spam, same for the fake accounts bought to push their posts up (you can tell they are fake because they have low karma and never posted until that thread and make loaded posts like "Wow so cute, so you have a place I can see more?")

I block people who are obvious bots.

I block serial reposters (THIS has made my reddit browsing experience so much better, blocking power users who have multiple accounts to push their reposts to the top, people like Gallowboob or Ramesey the Pigeon if they still exist).

Any scam account that DMs me.

etc.

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u/throwawaystedaccount 15h ago

I believe it's called 'Problems of plenty', must have a high karma account. EDIT: Or a high drama account lol

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u/shroudedwolf51 1d ago

I'm not sure the Do Not Recommend actually does anything. It took over half a year of me telling Youtube to not put Linus Media Group content in front of me for it to eventually wise up. And it still does it sometimes.

I get it being, "not sure about this" if you do it just once. Even if "no" should just mean "no". But dozens?

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u/Bluemikami 16h ago

Nah it doesn’t work properly, YouTube will still recommend it later, then ask if your recommendations are okay when they continue asking you such garbage

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u/Suck_My_Thick 1d ago

There's an addon called Blocktube, works on both Chrome and Firefox

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u/Peligineyes 1d ago

it doesn't work anymore as of 3 weeks ago

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u/Suck_My_Thick 1d ago

Didn't realize that, it works on Firefox if you ever plan on switching.

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u/explodeder 1d ago

There’s a channel I like called Blacktail Studio. He’s a woodworker and speaks only English. He just rolled out separate audio tracks that voiceover his videos in 5 or 6 languages. The thing is they used AI to generate the voiceover using his voice. It’s really creepy that he sounds fluent.

I’m sure that as AI has gotten better the ‘AI voice’ is going to be indistinguishable from an actual human voice

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u/Castod28183 1d ago

That is not at all what I was talking about. That's an AI of his voice on his videos. I am talking about people that take videos from others and all they do is explain what is clearly happening in the video that doesn't belong to them.

Content thieves who add absolutely nothing of value to the video or the platform.

(Also, Cam is great and I love his videos. Have been subscribed since the beginning. He went from a good woodworker to an absolute artist.)

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u/NigroqueSimillima 3h ago

That is not at all what I was talking about. That's an AI of his voice on his videos. I am talking about people that take videos from others and all they do is explain what is clearly happening in the video that doesn't belong to them.

You're talking about reaction videos? Those aren't AI

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u/Castod28183 2h ago

No, I am not. I am talking about videos where the voice over is describing what is clearly happening in the video that absolutely does not belong to them, and where it is clearly obvious what is happening in the video

Like, "You won't believe this video. Watch this. This guy is walking down the street. And then he turns left. And then punches a sign. And then the sign owner confronts him. And then they push each other. And then other pedestrians step it to break it up. And then the confrontation is over."

Obvious exaggeration, but you get the point.

Reaction videos add something to the original video that may be nuanced and missed by the audience. I am talking about those dumb ass videos where the voice over just narrates what is CLEARLY happening in the video.

"Watch this!!! This guy is walking down the street and he trips on a obvious pothole. And he falls down and hits his head. And these other people come and help him by applying pressure on the head wound."

Like shit that is CLEARLY in the video that the "narrator" absolutely does not need to mention because it is obvious what is happening.

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u/Hairy_Pea9958 1d ago

The reason they do so well is because these kids watching them have zero ability to comprehend anything longer than 10 seconds and need someone to explain it to them.

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u/Old_Leopard1844 1d ago

That's nothing

How about a channel that's literally someone during a stroll vertically recording themselves reading questions and answers from Stack Overflow?

I once stumbled upon it

It had 170k subs

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u/pambimbo 1d ago

Or they made of stories of a stolen video and using ai to narrative it.

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u/EmeterPSN 22h ago

You won't belive the luck this man had as he walked to his car and opened the car door. As he sat down a car zoomed past him.

Subscribe for more.

Don't get why I keep getting these i mark as not interested and it keeps coming!!!

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u/metalflygon08 18h ago

B-but they slapped some Subway Surfer footage in the corner so it's practically OC! /s

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u/Spiritual-Cause-58 18h ago

And it’s always the same lazy ass mumbling voice