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by rcfaj7obqrkayhn 1747 days ago
i have learned to not expect quality content from Youtube. Most channels pump out videos to grow their channel so they all have to play games(clickbait titles, flashy thumbnails, fluff videos to a certain length to please YT algorithm) and now that YT is trying to compete with tiktok, they also encourage channels to have shorter videos, and you cannot explain anything mildly complex in that short period of time.

Imo text should be the main source, then use YT videos as supplemental material

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> "Imo text should be the main source, then use YT videos as supplemental material "

Text has its own corresponding set of unique "platform" problems.

But really, the thing spanning both is the concept of "spam". Quantity over quality seems to be winning out, and the algorithms are not doing their job of sorting the best content to the top. They do to an extent, but then they "spread" out the rest over the entire stack of quality so that it's not a winner takes it all kind of sorting.