Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

  • @Rob200
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    523 days ago

    You know why they might be hiding upload dates? My theory is, Youtube doesn’t really want you looking at new stuff. (Very apparent by the algorithm) they want you looking at specific news stories, and specific content but not constantly seeking new uploads from independents.

    But that is just a theory a plain theory. Thanks for watching.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      Youtube doesn’t really want you looking at new stuff

      I think they do want you looking at new stuff. Its just going to be AI generated stuff, and you’ll get spooked if you realize it was produced hours or even minutes ago with virtually no other engagement to speak of.

    • smokebuddy [he/him]
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      123 days ago

      YouTube’s search filter sort by “Upload Date” has been broken for awhile now so this is very plausible. It will serve it’s favourite creators’ irrelevant content in with relevant videos and not display at all some actual relevant videos.

      If you filter sort by upload date and filter by Uploaded Today you’ll see different results quite often which really makes no sense