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Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Re: Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Post by lupusreal »

Gigachad wrote: post #58
lupusreal wrote: post #51

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The "youtube meta" has changed overtime and not all creators have stayed current with it, so you can find old videos which were once optimized for youtube but no longer are, or new videos being created in an outdated style. With some channels though, I think they've decided to make suboptimal videos from the youtube algorithm perspective because they're getting most of their revenue from a loyal fanbase donating to t…

There could be multiple valid strategies too. I’ve seen some creators will put out a video once every few months, but that video will be shown on everyone’s feed and will get millions of views. While mass content posters like gaming channels probably get less exposure or their videos spend less time on the top.

True. And different kinds of content may have different metas. Some content needs to be timely and can only get views for a short period of time before effectively expiring. Other content is evergreen and can play the long game, counting on getting reliable view numbers for years.

Re: Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Post by satiric »

DaSHacka wrote: post #25
bowsamic wrote: post #15

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In my experience long videos on YouTube are extremely inefficient at conveying information, often repeating themselves in order to pad out the length. This is even the case for the better creators

I've noticed this too, it's becoming somewhat infamous that modern YouTube videos are all these 1+ hour long 'video essays' on topics which could easily be replaced with 2-3 page articles to be read in half the time. While back in the day a long video essay was usually borne out of necessity and thus information-dense and high-quality—not unlike a documentary, actually—it feels like length itself is an objective for…

One way to tell that a video isn't worth my time is if after the intro they say "To tell this story, we need to go back to 1724" or whatever. If they're going way back in time to explain a modern concept, they're often just doing it to pad the runtime. Obviously doesn't work for all topics; like I expect a history video about the american revolution to go back to at least the mid 1700s.

Re: Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Post by intpx »

raziel2701 wrote: post #32
brenainn wrote: post #4

I'll provide some background for people that aren't familiar with the game. It's an online vehicular combat game where you pilot tanks, planes, helicopters and warships. The vehicles range from pre-WW2 to modern. The game aims for realistic vehicle specifications, like armour thickness, penetration values etc. For older, actually real vehicles, that information is more easily available. For modern, classified vehicle…

Wow so this is the "if you want a good answer from the internet post a wrong answer first" but escalated by a ton!! That's incredible!

Ah yes. Dullingshires law

Re: Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Post by spondyl »

Philpax wrote: post #49
praptak wrote: post #17

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"Don't ask questions, post some blatantly wrong answers on the internet. You'll have angry PhDs running to explain how you are wrong!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#%22Cunningham'...

Anthony Bourdain supposedly found the best restaurants by using this trick

> Get online and write something along the lines of, “hey guys, I just had the absolute best chicken rice at [restaurant x] in Singapore, no questions asked, hands down, everything else pales in comparison,” then sit back and enjoy the show as the internet foodie elite each jump into the fray to defend their own picks to the death. You’ll get a much bigger response, more passionate praise, and it’ll probably end up being a little fun to boot.

https://au.lifehacker.com/news/58784/find-the-best-food-in-a...

Re: Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Post by jamesfinlayson »

intpx wrote: post #63
raziel2701 wrote: post #32

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Wow so this is the "if you want a good answer from the internet post a wrong answer first" but escalated by a ton!! That's incredible!

Ah yes. Dullingshires law

> Dullingshires law

Never heard this and Google is just giving me a bunch of law firms.

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Post by lsecondario »

jamesfinlayson wrote: post #65
intpx wrote: post #63

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Ah yes. Dullingshires law

> Dullingshires law Never heard this and Google is just giving me a bunch of law firms.

Maybe you should find the real name and post it as a reply.

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Post by oddsockmachine »

intpx wrote: post #63
raziel2701 wrote: post #32

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Wow so this is the "if you want a good answer from the internet post a wrong answer first" but escalated by a ton!! That's incredible!

Ah yes. Dullingshires law

I think you mean Cunningham's Law...

Re: Why do War Thunder players leak classified information? [video]

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Post by wavemode »

bowsamic wrote: post #15
mindcrime wrote: post #12

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Fortunately people still make short videos Interesting. I don't see anything fortunate about that myself. I guess it's a "different strokes for different folks" thing. Personally, I rarely watch any video that's less than 20 minutes long. I think of short videos as being too small to contain enough useful info to be worth my time (although that's obviously not literally true for all short videos). And generally speak…

In my experience long videos on YouTube are extremely inefficient at conveying information, often repeating themselves in order to pad out the length. This is even the case for the better creators

I don't find this to be the case. Bad creators make bad videos, regardless of their length. Truly good creators, though... well, let me put it this way - I've watched 7+ hour long videos which contained not one sentence of repetition or padding. They just had that much to say.

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Post by mindcrime »

lupusreal wrote: post #46
mindcrime wrote: post #12

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Fortunately people still make short videos Interesting. I don't see anything fortunate about that myself. I guess it's a "different strokes for different folks" thing. Personally, I rarely watch any video that's less than 20 minutes long. I think of short videos as being too small to contain enough useful info to be worth my time (although that's obviously not literally true for all short videos). And generally speak…

A lot of long videos have very little informational content but they become long because their creator rambles, repeats himself, tells shitty repetitive jokes and wastes time with sarcasm and then clarifying those sarcastic remarks because otherwise some people won't get it, etc. Drachinifel is a prime example of this. The channel "WWII US Bombers" is an example of the opposite, somebody creating information dense sh…

I guess I've just been mostly lucky to avoid those videos. And to be fair, most of the longer videos I watch aren't "purpose made" for Youtube - they're recordings of lectures, conference presentations, etc., where the length of the video just happens to be a factor of the length of the original session.
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