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Breadtube if it didn't suck.
Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.
Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.
There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.
A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.
Death to clickbait.
Especially in video form where you can't easily skim.
The internet is not a good experience no more.
The worst is when they do it with critical safety info
"The FDA just issued a safety recall on this common food item"
CDC: One Neat Trick to Not Die; Funeral Directors Hate Him
it's incredible how purchased ads trying to aesthetically appear like headlines have had such a dramatic impact on the crafting of editorial headlines.
it's almost like the NEWS under capitalism was always going to suck as the distinction between its press and advertising/marketing are functionally the same.
I know it's reddit, so who really cares, but I get a good chuckle seeing the "promoted posts" (ads) that are something like
but with all the comments turned off to prevent any sort of natural engagement.
It's interesting how advertising co-opts any culture around it
Should go to actual jail for this kind.