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by hashingroll 1936 days ago
> There is no algorithm, they're going to be served everything you make.

I am not sure how is this (lack of) feature mentioned as an advantage over youtube. Afaict there's certainly a video tab on the yt channel that displays videos sorted with time uploaded (and probably is modifiable). I understand that the point must be that people may want to not see the recommended videos, but don't most such visitors directly visit the yt channel. At least I use it like that.

(mandatory: googler, don't work on youtube)
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joshschreuder 1936 days ago
I don't know if it's a bug or intentional, but I have absolutely had cases where the thing you're talking about (Subscriptions) either refuses to show me a new vid from a channel I'm subscribed to, or refuses to notify me when a new video is out, despite having asked to be notified.
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james-skemp 1936 days ago
I'm a big user of the Subscriptions tab (283 subs, probably more than half from creators that stopped posting), and I've had no issues with lost videos. Well, unless they got temporarily delisted due to an illegitimate copyright claim.

(How do I know? Because most creators I follow will mention their last video.)

Limited experience with the bell, since I only did that for one channel, which I'm also a Patreon for. (Chrontendo: I usually watch the episode early and then listen to it again when it's public.) But 100% success rate with that notification thus far.

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joshschreuder 1935 days ago
I am the same, 310 subs here.

I didn't mean to imply this was frequent behaviour, as it's not. My point is more that I can understand Youtube channels wanting to have more control over their distribution and ensuring people who want to watch their content are aware of it, because sometimes Youtube won't make them aware.

I have seen a case where a video from a channel I'm subscribed to did not appear in my Subscriptions feed, and only appeared when going directly to the channel. From reading the comments I wasn't the only person this happened to. Though I can't see whether this was a bug on Youtube's end, or one of its endless tweakings to "the algorithm".

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