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23 votes
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Looking for non-political content
Every now and then, I need, or at least am drawn to, something to turn my brain off for a bit. For some reason, this is often political content for me, which probably isn't healthy. Was wondering...
Every now and then, I need, or at least am drawn to, something to turn my brain off for a bit. For some reason, this is often political content for me, which probably isn't healthy. Was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for content creators that upload fairly regularly about non-political, not-super-deep stuff.
29 votes -
Groundbreaking lawsuit accuses Roblox of exploiting young creators
22 votes -
The rise and fall of the trad wife: Alena Kate Pettitt helped lead an online movement promoting domesticity. Now she says, “It’s become its own monster.”
39 votes -
Looking for creative types in the gaming world to interview!
I have a project where I interview people on my twitch live, as if it were a talk show. I mainly focus on people in the gaming world, so if you would like to be interviewed about your hobby for...
I have a project where I interview people on my twitch live, as if it were a talk show. I mainly focus on people in the gaming world, so if you would like to be interviewed about your hobby for 30-40 minutes let me know!
I interviewed speedrunners, gaming musicians, challenge runners, and tournament hosters before, but I'm open to anyone that is interested and in the gaming sphere. I don't have many viewers or influence it's simply because I love to do it. If you would like to collaborate on something like this, let me know! Thanks!
6 votes -
The end of the MrBeast era
39 votes -
A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube
31 votes -
"Goodbye internet": MatPat retiring from YouTube
27 votes -
Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos
109 votes -
How Nebula works
49 votes -
The brothers who invented Formula 1... for marbles
27 votes -
Twitch's new sexual content guidelines updated to include 'artistic nudity' after viral topless stream
45 votes -
Across the ASMRverse
10 votes -
Six months from now this channel stops
27 votes -
Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream
32 votes -
The Brain Scoop relaunch!
14 votes -
Every mistake I’ve made since 2014
24 votes -
Unzicker's "Real Physics": on dangers of Youtube physicists
12 votes -
GrayJay - Follow creators, not platforms
33 votes -
The war on stolen content
37 votes -
Kick revisits moderation policy after CEO laughs at sex worker ‘prank’ stream
18 votes -
xQc is stealing content (and so are most reaction streamers)
51 votes -
Rooster Teeth announces that Achievement Hunter is shutting down after fifteen years
20 votes -
Spotify is pulling select advertising privileges for white noise podcasts in a bid to boost the audio streaming company's annual profits
34 votes -
Japanese YouTuber sentenced to two years in prison for sharing gameplay and anime videos
16 votes -
Social media decline: Users are shifting to messaging apps and group chats
36 votes -
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls
121 votes -
Here's the plan - a video to the audience from LTT
23 votes -
Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment)
167 votes -
Twitch will let streamers ban users from watching their streams
15 votes -
Failures in accuracy, ethics and responsibility with Linus Tech Tips and LMG as a whole
163 votes -
AI comes for YouTube’s thumbnail industry
26 votes -
How two brothers turned planespotting into YouTube gold
8 votes -
What's the deal with copyright on Twitch?
So, a friend of mine wants to become a Twitch streamer, commenting over movies. I never used Twitch. He showed me some channels over there that made me confused. There are dozens of channels...
So, a friend of mine wants to become a Twitch streamer, commenting over movies. I never used Twitch. He showed me some channels over there that made me confused. There are dozens of channels entirely dedicated to people providing minimal commentary to entire movies, animes, and TV shows which are displayed in full, although not on full screen. And they seem to be monetized, otherwise why would anyone stream 5 to 10 hours a day? They have ads.
I have a few questions.
First, how is that legal? Why aren't copyright holders taking these channels down? Do people really care about a streamer that mumbles a single uninteresting word every few minutes, or it's all just an excuse to watch movies for free? Why the same content that will get your video taken down on YouTube is apparently okay on Twitch?
18 votes -
Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox usher in the new era of Smosh
13 votes -
Wendover Productions on Nebula
28 votes -
From fan funding to shopping: More ways for creators to earn on YouTube
4 votes -
What are some Minecraft content creators that you enjoy watching?
Personally, I would recommend Pixlriffs. A few days ago, he has started a new season of his Minecraft Survival Guide series coinciding with the release of Minecraft 1.20. The series goes over each...
Personally, I would recommend Pixlriffs. A few days ago, he has started a new season of his Minecraft Survival Guide series coinciding with the release of Minecraft 1.20. The series goes over each step, including the basic ones, to get yourself started and beyond on a Minecraft world. Here is a direct link to the start of season 3 inside a playlist. If you are a new or returning player to the game, I think it's a very nice resource to get the hang of it.
The channel has been going for quite a few years now so there's a lot of content to watch, including a separate channel that he handles the writing and narration for dedicated to recapping the event of the Hermitcraft multiplayer server. The Hermitcraft players are themselves content creators I'd recommend checking out.
21 votes -
Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, Creator Warehouse, and Floatplane
30 votes -
Who are your favourite content creators, and what do they do?
So I've been watching a lot of Youtubers the past year or so, and I'm about to run out of content! So I'm curious what you all are enjoying? I'll start of course - some channels I really like:...
So I've been watching a lot of Youtubers the past year or so, and I'm about to run out of content! So I'm curious what you all are enjoying? I'll start of course - some channels I really like:
Contrapoints - rarely uploads nowadays but makes great videos about social issues, especially trans and queer issues as she is herself lesbian and transgender.
Perun - weekly 1-hour videos consisting of analysis of military economics, primarily about the Ukraine conflict. He also branches out though, and has done great videos on China's military's modernisation, and the German military's procurement processes, to give some examples.
World War Two - you may remember him from The Great War, this is Indy Neidell and co. who goes through the Second World War in chronological order. It is very in depth as they do it week by week, so this is the most thorough documentary on the war available.
Skip Intro - analysis of TV shows, particularly his Copaganda series is very interesting, in which he goes on deep dives of different TV shows' portrayal of police and how, most of the time, this portrayal is very dishonest.
Climate Town - very informative and funny content about the climate crisis. Lots of things impacting the climate that you wouldn't have ever thought of before.
Jenny Nicholson - makes videos about her own interests, fandoms, nerd culture etc. Very funny but rarely uploads.
Edit: Thanks everyone for the recommendations and discussion! Lots of stuff to sift through now, thank you!
26 votes -
How Kurzgesagt cooks propaganda for billionaires
22 votes -
How Freddie Wong built RocketJump to nine million subscribers…and then left Youtube
6 votes -
The business behind Kurzgesagt
11 votes -
My channels were hacked, streamed crypto scams, then deleted last night
12 votes -
Who firebombed FriendlyJordies?
8 votes -
Sam Denby on how well negativity works on YouTube
@Sam (from Wendover): One thing I hate is just how well negativity works. Of our top 10 performers over the past year, eight (in my view) include direct or indirect negativity in the title/thumbnail. (A🧵) pic.twitter.com/tqIz9v6CTh
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Crushed
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How 2019 marked the end of movie nerd YouTube channels
I don’t know how many of you watch “nerd” movie channels, or ever did. But for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about stuff like ScreenJunkies, Collider and all...
I don’t know how many of you watch “nerd” movie channels, or ever did. But for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about stuff like ScreenJunkies, Collider and all their auxiliaries like SchmoesKnow.
These are the people that were made fun of by RedLetterMedia in their NerdCrew videos which funnily enough they don’t do anymore.
They were pillars of the YouTube film community. In fact, back when I was first getting into movies in the early 2010s, they were the majority of content. Until the video essay boom came into fruition circa 2015, and of which is now the primary style of video.
They would make dozens upon dozens of videos and podcasts talking about the latest trailer for a Marvel movie. They would speculate about what would happen in the next Star Wars movie. They would react to trailers and over-exaggerate. They would fully embrace all things that Funko Pop nerds embraced.
2019 was the height of all of this. The MCU’s Infinity Saga came to a close with Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home, and the Star Wars Sequel trilogy wrapped up later in the year with The Rise of Skywalker. The hype for these movies were unbelievable, even if one of them disappointed and left everyone with a bitter after-taste.
Then the pandemic happened and all nerd movie news stopped. There was nothing to react to, there was nothing to hype. Wonder Woman 1984 came out, but nobody liked it.
The following year was a little bit better thanks to the hype machine surrounding Spider-Man: No Way Home. But still, the views that these nerd channels were getting dropped significantly. Check out the difference between the reviews on Fandom Entertainment's channel for Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home. The drop in audience is remarkable. And that’s for the big reviews. The day-to-day content that these channels posted are down significantly, and in the case of Fandom Entertainment (of ScreenJunkies), they have stopped producing daily videos. It’s a YouTube channel on life support.
Collider is an empty shell of itself, they canceled all of their nerd panels and only do generic press junket videos.
It’s simple really. These things ended. Interest in the MCU has dipped since Endgame (with the exception of Spider-Man). Star Wars has stopped making movies, and the TV shows have been of mixed quality. People moved on. These channels aren't needed anymore.
The era of the 2010s movie nerd YouTube channel is over. The only ones staying alive are ones that relied more on personality rather than farming content. I’m talking about JeremyJahns, Chris Stuckmann, and Mr. Sunday Movies. Their audience stayed around because their audience liked their personality.
12 votes -
Kurzgesagt and the art of climate greenwashing
7 votes -
YouTube should charge for 4K. Hear me out.
13 votes