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YouTube is doing A/B testing of the Subscriptions feed (hexbear.net)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by blobjim@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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It is now in a grid layout and I can't switch it to the list view. Worse, some videos are now out of order chronologically i.e. a video from 4 hours ago appears before one from 3 hours ago.

Feels like part of the continued march towards algorithmization of every last major internet service. The ultimate goal presumably being to make it easier and easier to censor things, Facebook style.

Presumably the channel RSS feeds will continue to work...

Unfortunately video hosting is one of those services that costs a lot to run so it isn't easy to replace.

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[–] mickey@hexbear.net 32 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Feels like part of the continued march towards algorithmization of every last major internet service. The ultimate goal presumably being to make it easier and easier to censor things, Facebook style.

I think the removing of dates videos were published was the Rubicon moment in this. It serves the general trend of enshittification in terms of forcing people to eNgAgE with the platform longer, but there is so much independent news and analysis delivered on YT that the capital class doesn't like threatening their media PR empires. They are stripping us of our very ability to orient ourselves temporally; I hate the antichrist, etc.

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wish people would just run blogs (with videos if desired) on their own websites (with an RSS feed). But that is much harder to monetize. People make videos and put them on YouTube because you can make a lot more money off of video ads. But anyone not focused on monetization via video ads should probably not be relying on YouTube.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago

Besides monetization, there is discoverability. The algorithm handles marketing for you, attracting new viewers and reminding your past viewers that you exist. On the other hand, users have to intentionally visit blogs or sign up for emails etc.