[Arkhaine_kupo]

> The content is the most varied

If no one can find it, you basically have a modern digital version of the "if a tree falls and no one hears it does it make a sound".

Discoverability in youtube is currently absurdly shit. The algo just decides you like something and shows you the exact same videos you have already watched 30 times. Its so so bad, specially with how good the front page and side recommendations used to be.

Now its a fight of shorts, repeated videos, AI garbage, and search ignoring explicitly your request.

[satvikpendem]

Maybe it's your algorithm then because I found lots of great stuff that it surfaced to me that were not just repeats but adjacent topics. For example if I watch Veritasium I get videos about other math and physics topics and creators.

[Arkhaine_kupo]

> Maybe it's your algorithm

Nope, its just the set up of Youtube.

The front page is by design around 60% videos you have already watched. Best case scenario.

It used to be 9 videos in 3 rows of 3. now its 2 videos, then 5 shorts.

In the side bar the default was "Related" which was almost always new videos, directly related to the video you just watched. Now its a tab called "All" which aggregates related tabs such as "Watched" which again is videos you already watched. Content from the same channel (not necessary related to the current video)

All of this hides possibly related videos and narrows down discoverability.

it also ignores the push of youtube to reduce visibility of things (the front page being mostly shorts by volume is pretty telling)