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Re: Ask HN: Has YouTube peaked?

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Post by staticassertion »

sweuder wrote: post #180
staticassertion wrote: post #71

It's been that way for years, as long as I can remember probably. But I still watch Youtube for probably ~50% of my content. I'd probably like podcasts but I never know how to play them. I just want educational content and, to my knowledge, Youtube has the best collection. I like hearing an expert in a field talk about a subject. Even Khan Academy has their content up on Youtube. I signed up for Nebula and I barely u…

Based on: >but also I gotta have my "expert on topic talks to me about interesting thing" content. You should absolutely be listening to podcasts. This is literally the main strength of the format. What do you mean you "never know how to play them" ? Whichever phone you have there will be abundant free podcast players in the app store, you can look up and subscribe to their feeds and listen through that. Longform int…

I've just never "gotten into" them. Like is there a site I can just use? I don't really like apps I guess, but I'm open to using one.

Re: Ask HN: Has YouTube peaked?

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Post by sweuder »

staticassertion wrote: post #181
sweuder wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on: >but also I gotta have my "expert on topic talks to me about interesting thing" content. You should absolutely be listening to podcasts. This is literally the main strength of the format. What do you mean you "never know how to play them" ? Whichever phone you have there will be abundant free podcast players in the app store, you can look up and subscribe to their feeds and listen through that. Longform int…

I've just never "gotten into" them. Like is there a site I can just use? I don't really like apps I guess, but I'm open to using one.

Since each podcast independently chooses where/who their files are hosted on/with, no not really. AFAIK podcast apps are just a directory of RSS feeds, so you could in theory subscribe to one of those feeds directly but I have no idea for sure.

If the goal is to listen on your computer instead of your phone you could probably use spotify or apple podcasts or whatever.

Personally one of the strengths of podcasts is that its audio-only, so I can listen while on the go/doing non-cognitive work. Perfect use-case for a phone, but to each their own.

Re: Ask HN: Has YouTube peaked?

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Post by tmaly »

omega3 wrote: post #11

Especially since the removal of downvoting it's hard to get to good quality material. Majority of tech videos are a case of blind leading the blind and unless you know the subject already it's hard to spot. Nowadays I start with a forum/reddit/discord/hn search for a list of hive approved creators and only then go to youtube with that list in hand. Starting the search in youtube (unless for a very niche/non-marketabl…

I am curious, why was downvoting removed? It seems to have had a bad effect based on what you are saying.

Re: Ask HN: Has YouTube peaked?

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Post by throwaway29812 »

adrianN wrote: post #44

The whole Internet hat peaked due to monetization. Very little content is created because somebody is passionate about something and wants to share. Almost all content is created to either directly make money or to collect enough followers to eventually start making money. Everything is fake and optimized to grab attention. What organic content remains is drowned out by the firehose of monetized content.

Or all the growth and actual engagement is going to TikTok

Re: Ask HN: Has YouTube peaked?

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Post by srg0 »

scoutt wrote: post #51

I'm split between agreeing with you, and that Youtube is no longer a thing for me. Probably it's my forties talking here, but I am under the impression that the content and the format (including the length) is being leaned towards the 15-25 years old range. For (our) work stuff, it's all 30 minutes "learning tutorials", for a kid getting hands on a programming language or tool, or the couch-video-watcher-curious. I h…

Unlike Beato, 8-Bit Music Theory is actually insightful. Every time I watch his analysis video I see something that I want to apply and use.
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