It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like “the world will end soon” or “my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto.”

Content aimed at culture (movies/series) also behave the same way, throwing a bit of politics into the mix. Always the same incendiary click bait title spewing a bunch of nonsense that has nothing the story, setting characters or other topics relevant to the piece.

Is there anything that can be saved on that platform? It has gotten so bad that I’m start to think that Tiktok and Twitter both have better content than YouTube. At least in those platforms you can find a random dude writing an essay in a series of 20 tweets on why an increase of mantis is related to the global surge of ballpoint pen prices.

  • int-argc-char-argv@kbin.social
    441·
    1 year ago

    Video Essayists:
    Barely Sociable - mysteries and dark stuff
    CGP Grey - stuff you forgot you wondered about
    Computerphile - explanations of topics tangentially related to Current Tech Thing
    Defunctland - documentaries about theme parks and their experimental ventures
    Disrupt - thought provoking dark topics; a bit over the top (this is why I don’t watch Nexpo)
    hbomberguy - venting about video games and pop culture
    Jacob Geller - existentialism framed through video games
    LEMMiNO - investigations into things that have left a societal impact
    Numberphile - professors geeking out
    Philion - explorations of sticky situations in pop culture
    Quinton Reviews - mercilessly in-depth explorations and reviews of millenial and gen z nostalgia
    Slightly Sociable - more mysteries and dark stuff
    Solar Sands - existentialism framed through pop culture rants
    Summoning Salt - mostly retro gaming speedrunning content
    Veritasium - educational content
    Wendigoon - paranoid nerd content
    Wendover Productions - explorations of how the world works

    Other stuff that interests me:
    Captain Disillusion - breakdowns of digital trickery; digital media education
    danooct1 - examining retro viruses
    Surveillance Report - an approachable, not-too-paranoid, privacy news podcast (breaches, legislation updates, commentary, etc)
    TechLore - privacy info and commentary
    videogamedunkey - video game critic; pop culture commentary

    • googlesnarfen@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 year ago

      Great list! I have a lot of overlap so here are some of my additions:

      RedLetterMedia - movie and series reviews and shows, usually with s lot of snark and cynicism

      The History Underground - history videos, mostly war / ww2 related topics, with a lot of on site visits

      PBS Space Time - Physics and astronomy videos, complex topics sometimes on the verge of being too difficult to follow for most mortals, very interesting!

      Hot Ones - interviewing celebrities while eating increasingly hot wings, amazing host, great questions.

      CuriousMarc - restoring and fiddling with vintage tech, famous for rebuilding an Apollo spacecraft guidance computer

      Ben Eater - building computers and in depth explaining the components using breadboards, super interesting stuff!

      Everyday Astronaut - spaceflight and engineering, very in depth videos about various rocket engines

      Like Towan - building model railroads and dioramas with great detail

      Primitive Technology - a guy building huts and shacks and stuff with only self made tools, no voice over. classic!

      GxAce - photography and equipment related videos, incredible production quality with a cyberpunk themed twist

      3Blue1Brown - beautifully animated math videos

      SmarterEveryDay - engineering related videos

      EC Henry - Star Wars and Star Trek themed videos about models and ship lore