• Victor@lemmy.world
    31·
    7 hours ago

    I like shorts. I say this again and again: Curate your shorts by liking and subscribing. Press “don’t recommend this channel” for shit you don’t want to see.

    Hone your algorithm. 👍

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      The two hurdles I see are viewership (current inertia has everyone browsing on YouTube) and monetization (people rely on ad money that comes from those watching 30sec of insurance slop).

      There are weaknesses in YouTube, like algorithms forcing creators to reach the 10 minute mark, or unfair content ID detection, but we might need a good corporate player to invent something against them. And I do mean a company - content creation is a business for a lot of people, not just an open source project.

      • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
        10·
        15 hours ago

        I’ve used peertube. Not a lot of good stuff on there. And I guess that’s the problem with trying to vie against YouTube – you’ll always start at zero.

        I’d contribute, but I don’t make internet videos.

        • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 hours ago

          Hey, just a hypothetical, what’s stopping me from making a peertube instance and just adding in a bunch of my favorite youtubers video collections there and letting like minded people watch them? Just the cost/data logistics?

          • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 hours ago

            There’s an ethical consideration in that those youtubers didn’t consent to their work being on peertube.

            But other than that – like technically and in terms of Peertube rules – you might want to ask someone else. I don’t know the answer. Sorry.

        • anonfopyapper@lemmy.world
          2·
          11 hours ago

          Chicken and egg problem. I really wish that more youtubers at least trip loaded their videos on peertube. Peertube even has an option to automatically mirror a YouTube channel effortlessly.

          You can contribute differently. Archive YouTube channels or re-upload memes or video-guides.