Inspired by this post but the other way around. Which channels (any subject) do you think have stayed true to their beginnings and are still worth watching today?

My pick would be Gamers Nexus.

  • mrnarwall@lemmy.world
    54·
    2 months ago

    Primitive technology. There are many imitators, but the original is a man on his own in Australia. His videos focus on building structures in the woods. Starting with river mud, he will make a furnace in order to make bricks in order to make a building to sleep in in order to use it for kiln drying for larger structures etc…

    Be sure to watch with subtitles to read his explanation of things!

    Edit to fix: he is based in Australia, not new Zealand.

    • Nefara@lemmy.world
      17·
      2 months ago

      Also needs to be said that he’s been creating for a decade and every video is consistently as good as the last one. The man single handedly spawned an entire genre and he just kept doing his own thing, algorithms and influencer culture be damned.

    • dellish@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Very glad to see this mentioned, yet somewhat miffed you think he’s in, I assume “Tropical” New Zealand?

      His videos, and those of Lemmino, are the only ones where I’ll set aside a time of day so I can watch them alone and happy.

      • mrnarwall@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        You can blame this all on me for my ignorance. As someone from the US, I can’t say I am very familiar with the details on Australian versus New Zealand geography. No miffing was intentional, I assure you!

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 months ago

    I think a whole lot of “maker” type channels have all stayed pretty solid, off the top of my head

    This Old Tony
    Adam Savage
    Xyla Foxlin
    Clickspring
    Blondihacks
    Colin Furze
    Inheritance Machining (though compared to some of the others he’s relatively new)
    Stuff Made Here
    Jeremy Fielding

    Branching out a bit

    How to drink
    Caitlin Doughty (ask a mortician)
    LockpickingLawyer
    NileRed (and NileBlue)
    Tasting History
    Townsends
    Useful Charts
    EDIT: Almost forgot Technology Connections

    Some of them have changed their format a bit over the years, I don’t think that’s been a negative for any of them. Also due to how YouTube revenue works these days a lot of them have had to rely more heavily on sponsors, patron, merch etc. don’t hate the player for that, hate the game.

    • dellish@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Clickspring is absolute gold. The guy is crazy talented and to be fair most of the time I don’t know what he’s talking about, I just enjoy watching a master at work.

    • fartographer@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      I watched Colin Furze for the first time in some time, recently. I was surprised by how much more calm and measured he seemed. And then I realized it was likely because he was a little older, had more people in his life to be careful for, and probably moving a little slower in general. And then I felt old. And sad. And surprisingly irrelevant.

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Honestly I have begun to question whether Project Farm staying exactly the same is good or not for me as a viewer.

      I used to watch every video, even if it was for a tool I’d never need myself. Now on a lot of them, I just tend to watch just the beginning to see the initial assessment of the competing products and the final summary, since I know what the whole middle is going to be.

      I’m sure that’s not the healthiest thing for the channel, as it cuts “engagement time” and I’d like to see a heat map to see if I’m not the only one doing this.

      I just trust the guy maybe too much at this point, plus since most products I don’t need, I’m not that invested in the minutia show by the main segment of the videos.

      None of this is a knock on the channel or his videos, but as the question was about what has stayed good and you are still watching, that made me think how PF was still as good as ever, but that has somewhat reduced my watching of it.

  • jeeva@lemmy.world
    111·
    2 months ago

    Hbomberguy has been getting nothing but better.

    Foldingideas also has fantastic long form video essays that I really enjoy.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Yeah Folding Ideas is one of the few youtubers I often make a point to watch with my wife as an event. As is Hbomberguy

      Similarly, I know controversy follows her everywhere, but contrapoints maintains very good content, and while some of her videos have their issues they tend towards high quality and extremely well thought out, even when I don’t entirely agree with all of the takes she has in them.

  • AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    I just wanted to say, y’all are my people, we don’t agree on everything, but I’m glad to have moved to lemmy. The few channels mentioned here that I’m not subbed to, I’ll be checking out.

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      My feelings on Ian himself have become a little strained, but he is doing the same or better quality than ever now that he gets invited around the world to show off so many rare items. I could not name a better source anywhere for weapons history and being able to see the actual weapons and often their entire disassembly.

      While modern life has made me less interested in gun culture, their mechanics, development, and how they have shaped history and society I still find very interesting.

  • horseloaf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    Stefan Milo - real archaeology, not ancient aliens

    Cool Worlds - real astrophysics, not aliens

    PBS Space Time - it’s never aliens

    twoodford - Zen and the Art of Guitar Repair