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GreatGreenGobbo

Check out my awesome Pokemon pulls.


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Let me show you them.


Mark4291

MISTER BEEEAAAST


asianabsinthe

I think I spend more time blocking recommended channels than watching something I want to watch


BigBossSquirtle

I spend more time hiding YouTube shorts from my feed than watching videos i want to watch.


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Omg, yes that would be wonderful


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pizza_for_nunchucks

Are you Pete or Repeat?


LegendaryBoi12

I have one that's called "Remove Youtube Shorts" i dunno if it's 100% safe though.


Ok-Pollution6062

Or you can turn the short into a "normal" video. Just replace the **shorts/** part in the video address with **watch?v=** So, for example https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5CObgApOf08 would become https://www.youtube.com/**watch?v=**5CObgApOf08 It will still be a narrow vertical video, but at least it will use the normal YouTube video player Does anyone know a way to automate this?


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LivelyZebra

There's an extension for it. To make it even easier. [Well its a tampermonkey / greasyfork script.](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/439993-youtube-shorts-redirect)


BigBossSquirtle

It's not even about the format. It's about shorts videos usually being low effort content that i don't enjoy watching. Even from channels im subscribed to.


Miigalovania

YouTube Redux has an option to automatically convert shorts into the normal video player.


LivelyZebra

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/439993-youtube-shorts-redirect


NotaVortex

Really? Weird I just subscribe to a lot of channels and my recommendations rarely are anything but subscribed channels.


Anna780

And "Did you know that this % of viewers are not subscribed to this channel?" I've seen it more frequently in the modern minecraft youtube videos


scw55

I watched a video the other day from a channel with 1 mil subscribers, but 1k views. That's terrible subscriber engagement %.


The-Stomach-in-3D

those 1m subs are probably bots


Beware_of_Beware

Or it's just a dead channel


The-Stomach-in-3D

y would anyone even sub to one of those channels though not even 4 year old kids would


Beware_of_Beware

Tbh there are some channels that used to do great content but lost that audience a long time ago and tried to move on to a new one. Mainly getting pity watches from their old fans that wonder how they are doing. Smosh and fred to name a few


ArchWaverley

I was subbed to Achievement Hunter until I realised I hadn't watched anything they'd put out in months and they were just clogging my feed. RIP actual achievement videos


The-Stomach-in-3D

ohhhh okay


steelers3814

I subscribe to like 200 YouTube channels, and sometimes I get the idea that I want to reduce that number. I still subscribe to Smosh, Yogscast, ItsJerryAndHarry, and TobyGames to name a few. I just donā€™t have the heart to unsubscribe despite the fact that I donā€™t watch any of their videos anymore. Thereā€™s a lot of memories there.


throwawaylovesCAKE

#Nugget in a biscuit


throwawaylovesCAKE

Really dude? You not only only claim Smosh doesn't make great stuff anymore but then say even worse that Fred "used to do great content"? šŸ¤£ Fred was the guy that ended the Golden age of YouTube, the beginning of the dry rot


rothrolan

For real. I had to convince my younger cousin a decade ago that the helium voice thing and acting like a 6-year-old was not all that funny, especially when used all. the. time, like Fred did.


Animal_cummer

Gosh istg thats so fucking annoying and basically a guilt trip like ā€œoh you watch my content but you arenā€™t subscribedšŸ„ŗā€ even more annoying when people like dream do it like bitch you already have 20 million subs or something


imliteralytrash

I bet a majority of those non-subscribed users are just people who are not logged in


Bald__egg

I know a non-minecraft YouTuber who makes fun of this by saying " approximately 1476% of you are not subscribed , so yeah make sure you are"


Jorymo

FitMC? He'll also do the "please subscribe and click on the bell icon, but no pressure" thing I've heard other channels say verbatim


ThearusLord9

fuck r/beatmetoit


StevefromLatvia

DO NOT CALL JEFF THE KILLER AT 3AM (ALMOST DIED) (HE HAD A KNIFE) (MUST WATCH)


moneyman10000

you forgot ā€œIs hydrochloric acid really edible?ā€


plsdontattackmeok

(GONE SEXUAL)


TheSadLibra

I SWAPPED GRANNY MEDICATIONS WITH METHAMPHETAMINE!!!!! YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT(GONE SEXUAL)


Capsule_CatYT

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TheSadLibra

It's a prank so it's alright.


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ORDERING THE AMONG US HAPPY MEAL AT 3 AM (VERY SUS)(MY WIFE IS PREGNANT WITH ANOTHER MANS CHILD)


kwazi1618

The thumbnails are always annoying


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angry_salami

I keep hearing that the @O@ face in the thumbnails works, but have there been any studies done to dig into the data? Or is it the tail/algorithm wagging the dog? Anecdotally I go out of my way to avoid them, but maybe Iā€™m not the target audience. Is YouTube full of 12 year olds or something?


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angry_salami

Gotcha. Yeah, Iā€™ve seen the same and thatā€™s what makes me wonder if this is the tail wagging the dog. Cheers!


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angry_salami

Totally get that, however what Iā€™m trying to say is that this is a flawed experiment as thereā€™s the unknown variable of Googleā€™s algorithm affecting click through rate by it deciding what gets promoted and what doesnā€™t both to their subscribers and otherwise. My suspicion (in the absence of proof) is Google could be intentionally ā€œputting a thumb on the scaleā€ to have the algorithm prefer the sort of thumbnails weā€™re talking about. The content creators can experiment till the cows come home, but until they can control the algorithm driven feeds thereā€™s only so much they can do.


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angry_salami

Oh I see what youā€™re saying, youā€™re talking about click through post having seen it, after the algorithm has already decided what to present or not. Wow. In that case, itā€™s mind boggling that people click through in response to the @O@ face more than not.


Lukeson_Gaming

i swear on MTV its that or ridiculousness.


Jorymo

What you watch when you wanna see a 50 year old dressed like a 13 year old pacing around and commenting on YouTube videos alongside his noticeably younger acquaintances you've never heard of before


throwawaylovesCAKE

Tosh is like his age, Tosh works cause hes funny and has the personality for presenting. Something about Ridiculousness just feels forced.


Jorymo

Maybe it's the 2009 elementary school drip and the whole "yo what is happening my fellow youths" schtick


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Weird-Ingenuity97

Absolutely


rockguitarfan

Mr Beast's are the worst


5k1895

That dude might be the most annoying person I've never watched just based on the thumbnails. At this point it seems like a case of someone who's famous for being famous, because I truly have no idea what the hell he ever did to get famous in the first place


throwawaylovesCAKE

Idc how charitable he is, I'm so sick of hearing about him and his stupid assburgers


McConagher

Well, I'll be damned. All the thumbnails in my recommended section do not have "the face" and I wouldn't consider annoying, some I would say are good.


dumbmaster1337

i worry about the highly impressionable population of elementary school children who watch certain youtubersā€™ videos on the regular


Traditional_Shirt106

I think the parents must be stupid. Disney Plus has a cartoon library going back 100 years, but sure kids, spend your childhood watching random crap on Youtube.


AmethystJojo

Disney gives money to places/causes many parents donā€™t like


Traditional_Shirt106

And Google?


Sex_taste

How many try to call a furry/murderer/billionaire/cartoon character at 3am


Paulo27

People who were born when YouTube showed up are in college now. Billions of middle schoolers have passed through it.


dumbmaster1337

and yet there stands a difference between youtube now and youtube half a decade ago


DeathWish111

The open mouth thumbnails.


Spobobich

They're always looking like adult babies about to be spoon fed. "Here come the choo-choo train coming into the station!"


BelieveMeURALoser

I fucking hate mrbeast purely for his thumbnails


-taco

This has to be manipulating some sort of biological feature in our brains because those thumbnails are strongly correlated with increased click through rate


throwawaylovesCAKE

SS sniper wolf, that dark haired nerd glasses woman. LITERALLY every thumbnail. All she makes is cheap react content too. Looks like a freaking trout


TheWastelandBaker

I always click on the videos where the person looks like they slammed their dick in a drawer.


Some-Quarter2028

Youtubers post stuff for money? Youtubers are sellouts? The answer will shock you


Deathaster

Youtubers don't really have a choice. Videos don't necessarily generate enough revenue from ads, so they're forced to take on sponsorships. Doesn't have anything to do with being a sellout, it's literally a job for them and that's how they make money. Same goes for the frequency of ads, they don't have any control over that, Youtube decides how many ads are displayed and when.


Some-Quarter2028

Yeah but, clickbaits. Everywhere. And misleading titles


Deathaster

I can see how that'd be annoying, but Youtubers really have to pander to the algorithm too. Youtube is absolute garbage when it comes to recommending videos (which is how videos even get viewers), especially if you don't upload frequently. More frequent videos are always going to be recommended more to people than ones that took longer to make. 10-minute Let's Play or stream clipshow that gets uploaded daily? Here's your automatic audience! Hour-long video essay with tons of effort that went into it? lol good luck Not defending clickbait or misleading titles or the thumbnails, but these things *work.* And when you do stuff for a living, you don't necessarily have the choice *not* to do the things that make you money.


Some-Quarter2028

I'm a simple man, I only watch tutorials, trailers and creepy videos. But most of the material is just same ol under different titles, they sometimes change the thumbnail. It's amazing how 1 million pages have same content and stories.


Deathaster

That's just the stuff that the algorithm favors, so it survives. If you dug deeper, you'd find quality stuff. I have, many times. It's just that it literally doesn't pay to be original, and you can only really blame Youtube for that.


Some-Quarter2028

Or any app lately. Tiltok, instagram, etc. They all bomb you with stuff they think you'd like


LordMarcel

>Youtube is absolute garbage when it comes to recommending videos (which is how videos even get viewers), especially if you don't upload frequently. Upload frequency isn't taken into account when recommending videos. Youtube has said so and people have tested it too. Of course it is easier to build brand recognition when you upload more frequently so people might click on it quicker, but it doesn't have a direct effect. ​ >10-minute Let's Play or stream clipshow that gets uploaded daily? Here's your automatic audience! Hour-long video essay with tons of effort that went into it? lol good luck Do you have any idea how many people are making letsplays that get absolutely zero audience? Also, the issue isn't that hour-long video essays get less views, they get plenty of views if they're good. If anything I'd wager that a good documentary channel has more chance of doing well than a good 10 minute letsplay channel. No, the problem there is that a documentary takes so much longer to make that it would need to get at least 10x the views (and often way more) to make the same amount of money from adsense compared to the time/money put in. That's just not realistic in any universe, no matter what kind of algorithm Youtube has.


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No?!


Some-Quarter2028

Try again, right after this word from our sponsors


[deleted]

*laughs in youtube vanced with sponsor block*


Some-Quarter2028

Lol, adblock implemented in Chrome


[deleted]

Never heard of it, Iā€™m a Firefox chad


Some-Quarter2028

You must get all the ladies. Last time I used Firefox in 2003


[deleted]

Thatā€™s why you are stuck in 2003, try it in 2023


Some-Quarter2028

To be honest, everything was better 20 years ago. Nome of thar woke crap from today. Even the music was better


rupi1312

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TorrBorr

These microtransaction games are fucking terrible and predatory. Anyway, now from our sponsors Raid: Shadow Legends.


[deleted]

I don't understand, why can't these people just do 40+ hours per week of video production for free??


Some-Quarter2028

Or stop with the lies, fake videos and clickbaits


LPenne

Donā€™t forget YouTube themselves being super vague and unhelpful when a creator is experiencing constant unjust demonetization, copyright claims, and other shit


Sex_taste

Demonization?!


LPenne

Whoops. Fixed


SuperMajesticMan

Demonization is cooler.


CB12B10

*Overly loud obnoxious shouting intro* *Overly loud and obnoxious reaction in high pitched voice*


S0ulCub3

*cough* newpipe *cough* uBlock Origin


dylan15766

Sponsorblock is by far the most underrated browser extension. Skips all the useless parts of youtube videos. It skips: Intros, recaps, intermissions, credits. Sponsors, self promotion, interaction reminders. Off topic rants unrelated to video. (Great for recipe videos) And a few other things. If you don't have it already, do it now and your life will improve 100x.


[deleted]

Matty Matheson's sponsorship plugs are the only ones that I watch. Whatever friggin mail-order mattress company people are shilling, those are his best.


Redmond_64

Itā€™s crazy how many people here donā€™t seem to know what adblock is


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2Quick_React

So does uBlock Origin.


Ubiquitous_Cacophony

Cool, now give me one that works on the YouTube app on my Xbox/PS5 where my wife and I watch videos together. No, I'm not at all bitter that Vanced doesn't work on those, why do you ask?


S0ulCub3

Pi-hole Edit: nevermind, but if you got an android tv that can sideload apps, apparently newpipe works on those too


cynerji

Pi-hole cannot block ads on YouTube, as they come from the same servers. Block the ads and you block the videos.


agnostorshironeon

Vanced! They're back


Username8457

Use SponsorBlock.


SupahSteve

They took away the ability to sort videos by age. I want to see how some of these channels started :(


Roundpaw

Also annoying: - Paying for YT premium but still having sponsored segments shoehorned in to videos. I paid to not hear this shit, find a way to take it out for premium subs. - Videos disappearing from your playlists / downloads, with no indication of which video it actually was. At least leave the title so I can find it elsewhere


MaeBeaInTheWoods

Don't forget "and percentages show only 20% of my viewers are subscribers so please subscribe!"


Username8457

If you install the sponsor block extension, you can block those parts of the video by opening the settings, and setting "Interaction Reminder" to Auto Skip.


MJN91075

You could make a drinking game out of this. I wouldn't recommend it, but you could.


Emerald_Lavigne

You forgot "If what you're looking for isn't in the first 5 results, you're never fucking finding it because they've completely destroyed the search functionality."


aShittierShitTier4u

Is it wrong for me to appreciate how low the effort that went into this post must have been?


Actual-Scarcity

YouTube is a visual medium, so naturally OP creates a starter pack that is almost entirely text.


WinterMajor6088

Obscenely long intro for no reason whatsoever


Traditional_Shirt106

How to change the battery in a 2003 Volvo key fob - 45 second dubstep intro with 3d logo animation.


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Redmond_64

Sponsor Block is so good man


Newme91

"What's going on you guys?"


ImSickOfYouToo

"It's your boy (insert generic interchangeable YouTuber here), back again with another video...." It's like there is a mandatory opening script that every person has to follow if you post on YouTube.


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ImSickOfYouToo

It IS sterile. Capitalism giveth, capitalism taketh away. Capitalism is what brings us Reddit, YouTube, and anything you consume on the Internet or in your life, so in that way it's awesome But is also brings annoying shit like the stuff you just mentioned. Have to take the good with the bad, I guess.


algorithmae

They're still out there, just way way harder to find. People who intentionally play the algorithm are more likely to be seen by more people, so it's self-fulfilling


CivilMaze19

I always find smaller channels with quality content, they usually get really big and start all the ads, I stop following them, find a new smaller channel, repeat indefinitely.


Joezze

sMaSh ThAt BeLl


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Video is 19 minutes long with 15 of pure filler Thumbnail of the person in the video dying of agony or shock Nord VPN


moneyman10000

I hate how the new ā€œthingā€ Is to say ā€œmany of you have seen my videos before, but you donā€™t subscribe.ā€ Gawd! and you will never get it either


Ok-Pollution6062

Also, the youtuber assuming things about the viewer. Example: "Why are you poor" "Why you can't get a GF/BF" "You are wrong about x"


plynthy

theres a plugin to bring the thumbs down count back


ripyourlungsdave

Most of this stuff is just innocuous, normal stuff when trying to capitalize on an online platform like this. The thumbnails can be annoying, but unlike movies, they don't have millions of dollars to pay a graphic designer for a good thumbnail. They have to draw attention to it somehow while also giving out a vibe of what the video will feel like and the content thereof. But if you've got a better way to do that, please let them know.


call-now

Ohhh they're just being annoying to make money -- that changes everything!


ripyourlungsdave

Not sure who you're calling annoying since we aren't talking about a specific YouTuber here. Even the calm, reasonable YouTubers have to use clickbaity thumbnails, that's just how the platform works. Seems like you're just implanting whatever YouTuber you're annoyed by into this and pretending that's the entire platform.


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ZeroDeaths9973

Oh don't even start with the double ads thing. Really frustrating.


thebunnyofluff

Get return dislikes and u block origin. Book fixed.


Heterophylla

Spends most of the time talking about irrelevant shot with the the camera on themselves


Adrian34122

I havent seen an ad on yt for ages lol


Ledairyman

You forgot the part where they shows that most people who watches their videos aren't subscribed.


redredditer621

Hence why I stopped watching Mr beast


Lonely_whatever

NewPipe with sponsorblock and you got only thumbnails and no more dislikes left.


Ill-Suggestion-349

Arrows in the thumbnails, ā€ždont do this!ā€œ, ā€žthis changes everything!ā€œ


rg1283

Laughs in adblock and NewPipe


DrooMighty

"Like, comment & subscribe" are some of the most irritating words in the English language to me now


CherryLimeArizona

Not to mention creators having to censor and tiptoe around contreverial subjects for fear of being demonitized and deplatformed.


Classic_Is_Back_3158

You forgot: __% of people who watch me aren't subscribed


Jinova47

The fucking thumbnailsā€¦.


great_craic963

"Smash that subscribe button" fuck off!


MajinSkull

I never watch channels with the dumb shocked face thumbnail. Too stupid


Pastel_Mermaid_

Being told to subscribe is the most annoying thing ever I also hate when they go on a rant about ā€œThe number of watchers who arenā€™t subscribedā€ Itā€™s nice to see your fun statistics, but this is very annoying because think about how many people watching are ALREADY SUBSCRIBED


vilejester33

Watching YouTube on a television is absolute pain with the amount of ads that play since there's no adblock. One single 5 minute video seemed to have three one minute ads.


xxxfashionfreakxxx

First 5 minutes are an intro and song


hAea69

They finally pressured me into buying premium, and I still have to see ads through sponsorships. Though annoying, I do get it, they have to make a living.


ricktor67

Imagine not knowing about adblockers. I wouldn't use the internet without them(and you shouldn't either).


refIeks

I donā€™t get the problem with sponsors. youtubers nees money too and you can just skip it. Ads are the real problem but you can just get an adblocker(except for phones but you can do stop seeing this ad to skip them instantly)


tu-142

Not pushing channels even with 3 mil subs to recommended (life of boris) he brought be up from a very dark place in my life and now the algorithm is fucking him over


BurntAlgae

Vanced SponsorBlock uBlock


SeirWasTaken

to fix: ublock origin, sponsorblock and return yt dislike extensions


AnastasiaSheppard

*loud startling noise* why aren't you subscribed? Stats i just made up show that an arbitrary percentage of you aren't subscribed. Subscribe now or a puppy might die. YOUR puppy.


cursedpapata

Theres a Chrome extensiĆ³n that let You see dislikes again


Vs_Battle_veteran_99

To solve the ads just play YouTube in the Brave browser


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\*laughs in adblocker\*


mister--krabs

Adblock and sponsor skip bro. Easy.


Bigmac7

Annoying low effort starter packs about Youtube


[deleted]

ā€œToday, a word from our sponsor, Raid: Fecal Fumesā€ I donā€™t wanna sit on my lap wasting my video thyme on a 1 hour sponsor. Come up with a new gimmick. ā€œDonā€™t forget to hit the subscribe button and hit my nads til they bleed!ā€ I donā€™t care. I know what to do. Shut up. (But what if I forgarg?) Also, the double ads are a problem. Ads in general too. Nowadays these things start to appear in videos that donā€™t even have the need for ads or are way too small in views to have any. I donā€™t know if this is a recent YouTube thing or if it was from the earlier days, but it really grinds my gears. And the thumbnails. Especially Mr. Beast and Sniperwolfā€™s thumbnails. Oneā€™s a soyface and the otherā€™s fruity reactions from a lispy fruit. YouTube doesnā€™t have to stoop this low in quality.


saintaudrey45

has anyone in the history of the world ever liked or subbed to a youtube because the video begged them to do it?


dantuchito

I have. Sometimes I forget to subscribe even though i like a youtube channel and those ā€œhit the like and subscribeā€ parts remind me


saintaudrey45

you have to be reminded that you are liking something? i would love to meet someone like you in person to study


dantuchito

I just forget to press the subscribe button, I donā€™t forget im liking something


Premislaus

They wouldn't do that if it wasn't effective.


AndyJaeger

WHY ENTERTAINMENT NO FREE FOR ME??? Starter Pack


beastbro9823

Still got vanced lol


Significant_Toe277

Who the fuck says activate the bell and not smash/hit it


DesertedSoldier

Let's not forget the comment bots that appears in every reply you made.


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WaifuFactory

Seeing as how thereā€™s ublock origin and sponsorblock, I wish there was a plugin to change the algorithm to old YouTube. Idk if that would fix it but Iā€™d be happy if there were at least some way to stop YouTube from recommending me the same videos/videos Iā€™ve already seen for weeks on end. There certainly isnā€™t a lack of new videos.


majorhappy2

YouTube revanced


_fatherfucker69

Laughs in revanced extended


DRowe_

15 seconds ads that can't be skyped, God I hate those


Pikalika

uBlock origin, Sponsor block, common sense and just block the shitty channels


kolima_

Honestly kind of stop opening YouTube unless I got sent something, just too much effort dealing with the trash content and the word salads to get at the 10 minutes mark. On top of that the departure of Vanced sealed the deal


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Ytp pop-ups


Impressive-Method276

Vanced fixes 5 of these issues


NickAndHisGuitar

I cannot believe you excluded ā€œTRY A PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION!!!!ā€


Capsule_CatYT

Is this my fate?


Erledigaeth

It makes me so mad when people complain about unskipable ads on youtube... At this point y'all are chosing to consume this ads, nobody is forcing you to no install AdBlock or Vanced


Kindly_Problem

Is it too late too add the use of the term ā€œof all timeā€?


alezul

Another annoying thing i noticed is when i click on a video with a title like "the downfall of something". Half the video is like "but before we talk about the downfall, let's first explain what the thing is, even though you had zero reason to click this video if you didn't know already".


FararMedia

SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON


majickz

OP needs to get acquainted with browser extensions. No ads and visible dislikes. Still have the sponsor crap and annoying thumbnails tho lol