Decline of Youtube - blocked vids, fake reviews, shadow bans, clickbait, hidden dislikes etc

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RU-vid (which now should be called AdTube or CorpTube) has been declining as a service for years. I say this as both a user and content creator. So I'm taking a hiatus to work outside the platform on some external projects, including a book and a video game.
00:00 Review videos blocked - Fair Use in copyright
02:50 Dispute resolution limitations
04:03 Free advertising for copyright holders
04:25 Biased copyright office employees
05:28 Unfair strikes against accounts
06:05 Malicious copyright office employees
07:58 content of my 3 blocked videos
09:02 Increasing problems with YT
09:27 Corporate ads vs Indie creators
10:24 Ad revenue offers / sell outs
10:50 Fake reviews as covert ads
11:15 Corporate media prioritized in searches
12:40 Old star rating system & ratings viewable in search results
15:10 Down votes hidden enabling clickbait
17:10 Shadow banning of Full Metal Jacket review
20:50 Algorithm suppression of views on two more vids
21:40 Starship Troopers review blocked by malicious distributor employee
22:17 Is it just about political content? Not in my case
23:20 Pinned comments auto-unpinned
24:00 Replies to comments mysteriously removed
25:20 Need option to filter out corporate content in searches
26:52 Continuing transformation of platform to corporate
27:36 Stepping away from RU-vid
28:00 My first book in the works
30:30 My first video game in the works
31:35 My Minecraft mods and where to get them
33:06 Learning to code
33:45 Reaching new audiences
34:30 Game development progress
36:18 A break from film analysis
37:00 Writing and directing again?
38:30 Film festival jury panel
38:50 Live Q&A event soon
39:20 Hiatus for remainder of 2023
40:18 Gameplay combat demo
Regarding the Minecraft mods I made (as mentioned in the vid) you can get all six of them here legacy.curseforge.com/members...
They include:
Ager's Giant Junkyard Dimension
Ager's Massive Castles
Ager's Amazing Mineshafts and Miner Companions
Ager's Lushroom Biome
Ager's Mosslings and Villages
Ager's Earthquake Generator
Keep up with my content without relying on YT's unreliable notification system ...
Website www.collativelearning.com
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@2l84me8 9 месяцев назад

Gone were the days of people simply broadcasting themselves. RU-vid is an absolute mess.

@EmbraceTheStruggle24 9 месяцев назад

Agreed 💯

@robertpolnicky7702 9 месяцев назад

I mean what would you tube be right now if it was a free standing company. Alphabet was Hillary number one campaign financier. She is a notorious corporatist swamper. When you've got lobbied congressman bringing out that the corporate takeover of the media was to shut up independent. That concerns me.

@ryananderson5202 9 месяцев назад

people reacting to other peoples art. people then reacting to the reaction. People reacting to the reaction of the reaction. I also love how it seems That certain people like women can use music in the background where others cannot.

@RoninDave 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I didn't push my vids much but I'd get decent views far more than my sub base but now despite more subs a lot of my recent vids barely get a 100!

@RoninDave 9 месяцев назад

@@ryananderson5202it's insane reactions and commentary get more views often more than the original source material

@ricardogalvan1031 9 месяцев назад

Nothing ticks me off more than witnessing "shadow bans," as it's clear it's done to block something but without having to deal with pesky things like proving you violated an actual rule.

@mapesdhs597 9 месяцев назад

It is an especially insidious form of censorship.

@19ate4 9 месяцев назад

They live solely to spreed lies deception and dishonesty, They have no god, The have no morals They have no justice They have no power Only traits they have are hate, inferiority complex, jealousy and envy.

@perfectsoulmates2023 9 месяцев назад

15:02 You still haven’t realized that it’s all just a charade? Anyway, thanks for the video 👍🏼

@Raygo. 9 месяцев назад

I can vividly recall the very moment the shadow-banning thing started. For a while I took an interest in politics, and regarded certain channels as places to share ideas and debate. I'm a fairly articulate and well-informed person, and so of course those who lack these qualities took great exception to me. I began to notice that I was rarely, if ever, being notified of replies to my comments, and that "likes" would rapidly disappear. My work around was to use the History>Comments tab and just re-visit (mostly) threads I had recently posted in. Then one day, mid-debate, I discovered that most of my own comments would only be visible to myself when I was logged in. This proved to be an effective way to silence me and kill off my hobby. To this day, several years later, YT *_never_* informs me of any reply or like to any comment I make, unless it is the channel owner giving me a heart or some such. YT is largely dead as a place for genuine and/or meaningful interaction, which is sad. Many channels are either seemingly owned by corporate and/or state troll farms or are simply teeming with bots pushing propaganda or pap. Such is life.

@perfectsoulmates2023 9 месяцев назад

@@Raygo. I had a truth channel that I ended up deleting myself because I knew 100% that I was shadow banned. I had over 2k subs but all of a sudden views plummeted and nobody was left. Very spooky feeling at that time, as if I knew I was being shadow banned. Anyway these days I preach about love so hopefully I can grow once again to 2k subs and not be shadow banned although I’m already getting those vibes. Maybe I’m wrong this time. It’s a scared society these days where people are too afraid to interact with what you said “meaningful content”. Sad world indeed.

@jembartlett 9 месяцев назад

As a long term viewer/consumer, the most frustrating thing for me is the clickbait. It's constant and out of control. People have become so obsessed with making money off their channel that every second video is called "I can't believe this happened" with a picture of someone with their hands over their head etc etc. Channels I used to respect don't realise they have lowered their integrity and caused me to drift away. I can't be the only one.

@joshuasmith9350 9 месяцев назад

no one has become obsessed. they always were . your a fool if you think what’s happening wasnt forecasted long ago , by those much more aware than you

@jembartlett 9 месяцев назад

@@joshuasmith9350 what an unnecessarily horrible and inaccurate comment. The clickbaiting has massively ramped up over the past year or two, as more and more people seek to scratch out a living from YT. And why on earth is awareness of these matters a competition?! Inclined to think you're some kind of bot, in which case I shouldn't have taken the bait.

@LilyGazou 9 месяцев назад

I’ve noticed it too. The YT guru channels tell people how to make thumbnails that boost click-through rates, how to manipulate the viewers, etc. Its repulsive. I actually made a video about dramaface 😂. I unsub or block such channels now. If I wanted to waste my time, I could click and then not watch- bad for their analytics.

@joshuasmith9350 9 месяцев назад

you need the money that bad? What value do you put on integrity?@@jembartlett

@joshuasmith9350 9 месяцев назад

the content "creaters" dont realize they are employees.@@LilyGazou

@totalprocall6894 9 месяцев назад

The best thing creators can do is abandon this crap platform.

@ps4games164 9 месяцев назад

I was without internet for 2 weeks and can't believe I'm saying that but it was relieve. Scrolling down is just bullshit after bullshit.

@riggsreacts 9 месяцев назад

Facts

@IAsimov 9 месяцев назад

As much as I want that to happen and for RU-vid to collapse, I still wonder WHICH could be the better platform. As long as a single person or company owns the servers, it will inevitably change into copyright and corporate bullshit in order to satisfy the donors and lawsuit-issuers.

@dmenace8411 9 месяцев назад

yes Yess YEESSSS🙏

@Zircuitz 8 месяцев назад

I hate to play the devils advocate here but: Running a service like RU-vid is a massive undertaking and is extremely expensive. RU-vid is backed by Google who don't really profit of off RU-vid (As far as the evidence I've seen presented from 3rd parties so far), because of the massive computing power and bandwidth required. RU-vid have a video library measured in Petabytes of storage requirements. Creators rely on the income from Ads or RU-vid premium subscriptions, which is funded by the massive ads-network of Google. This is why creators are hesitant (and understandably so) to jump ship. Running a website like RU-vid is pretty much impossible without backing from a multimillion-dollar company like Google. At least as a long-term service that is profitable.

@jonbourgoin182 9 месяцев назад

I really, really miss the late 2000s/early 2010s era of RU-vid.

@Thespeedrap 9 месяцев назад

I guess RU-vid expose to much information so the illuminati must have saw all of this😅😅

@deltahfman 9 месяцев назад

@@Thespeedrap #noplanes :)

@DUB-sential 9 месяцев назад

@@Thespeedrapmaybe it was a fishing exercise

@unknown_norie 9 месяцев назад

Remember braunwyns spiderman theme??

@DexLuther 9 месяцев назад

The internet in general was a lot better in those days. RU-vid before monetization was also much much better. People made videos because it was their hobby, they wanted to learn camera work, editing, etc, and/or they just had something to say. Monetization just attracted people who do it for the money, and it also attracted a lot more scams.

@AnonymousAnonposter 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid has been in decline for five years or more. I know so many channels that have been banned or shadow banned.

@timewarpdrive77 9 месяцев назад

16' or 15' is when the decline took hold.

@Fiveash-Art 9 месяцев назад

@@timewarpdrive77 It got even worse with the fake beer bug fear campaign they started running in 2020 .... "Misinformation! Misinformation!" ... and the more they hit with it, the algorithms just exponentially attack you even more.

@ericvulgate 9 месяцев назад

Try ten

@holdingpattern245 9 месяцев назад

@@timewarpdrive77 I remember 2012 being the start of the decline

@dinguloid 9 месяцев назад

Pretty much after Google bought it. Though it's progressively getting worse still.

@HajimeAru 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid are gradually moving away from providing a platform, and becoming a publisher for the benefit of the advertisers. Been going that way since Adpocalypse in 2017/18. Individual creators are being phased out while media corporations and mainstream TV channels are exempt from most of the copyright and speech rules.

@jaykeefe08 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid is too big for human management so they use the "Guilty until you prove your innocence" algorithm approach

@rudolphguarnacci197 29 дней назад

No, guilty until proven guilty or guiltier.

@aidanlynn 9 месяцев назад

The algorithm has completely wrecked the search feature, it's near impossible to find the video you want even when you use the exact words in the title.

@HeyBusterLuke 6 месяцев назад

You'll have much better luck finding videos on RU-vid searching with duckduckgo

@bradspringer2372 4 месяца назад

I noticed that also and wondered if it were just me.

@RideAcrossTheRiver 2 месяца назад

Do NOT click on a cat video EVER.

@crossroad536 Месяц назад

@@RideAcrossTheRiverwhy

@leplane_ Месяц назад

@@crossroad536 Yes, listen to the dude. I clicked on a cat vid once, and the moronic youtube started showing me a gazillion cat videos after that. Or cat channels, or cat this, cat that etc. The whole catyards. YT used to show random content in the past, now it only shows content that you've clicked on, a variety of the same content distributed by many other channels.

@jonchowe 9 месяцев назад

Rob, a very dear friend of mine passed away last month. He worked with me as a bartender at a beer bar before I went to law school. We both talked about movies all the time, all the stuff we love. He and I ate up Kubrick ideas together, but you were never mentioned. After he died i remembered he had given me a bunch of thumb drives years ago; the first 2 were are his favorite Grateful Dead live recordings, and I was slowly but surely making my way through them. Slowly, mainly. So i decided to go through all 4 thumb drives and the 4th drive was just titled "Rob Ager" when i plugged it in. It had a bunch of your videos, mostly ripped from RU-vid but a few he'd purchased. Ive watched you for years, emailed with you even (I had a theory about "Going to the Sun/Son Road" as a connection between 2001 and The Shining), and it makes total sense that Glenn would have been watching you this whole time. He was that kinda guy. Just wanted to let you know that my friend really loved your work, and that posthumously made me feel a bit better. The part about going through the drives happened this morning so this video is well timed, and needed. Thanks again for all your work.

@collativelearning 9 месяцев назад

Ah, sorry to hear about him going ;(

@jonchowe 9 месяцев назад

@@collativelearningHe lived a good life, just not nearly long enough. And apparently he took great joy from your work, as I do. RIP Glenn Jaffe

@unstopitable 9 месяцев назад

Sorry to hear about your friend. I'll say a pray for his soul. My condolences.

@ModernPict 9 месяцев назад

requiescat in pace @@jonchowe

@EchoLog 9 месяцев назад

What a trip how that went down! Rest in peace.

@geoffhorvath3261 9 месяцев назад

I think RU-vid's decline really started after the introduction of large-scale mainstream media platforming. It just stopped being RU-vid

@mikatu 8 месяцев назад

Let's call spade a spade: Google!

@happyhammer1 9 месяцев назад

I really miss the old RU-vid. It used to be a real organic expression of the people. Now it's been corporatized. Everything innovative and popular ends up being absorbed and bastardized by the system, always.

@CinnamonGrrlErin1 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid is their own worst enemy, I swear

@Thespeedrap 9 месяцев назад

Very true it's only a matter of time before it falls or goes away like TV and radio and hopefully social media😅

@LordMalice6d9 9 месяцев назад

@@ThespeedrapSocial media will never go away. It is a brilliant brainwashing and psyop avenue.

@commandingjudgedredd1841 9 месяцев назад

It wasn't a bad place, then they sold out to Google.

@CinnamonGrrlErin1 9 месяцев назад

@commandingjudgedredd1841 selling out to only the big name RU-vidrs and following trends didn't help either. I don't play video games or watch mainstream movies at all, and 95% of my recommendations are just things I couldn't care less about. And blocking channels or hitting "not interested" doesn't do a damn thing to fix the algorithm (and god knows I tried). My winter hobby is making YT playlists though, so I don't have to keep hunting down the good stuff constantly.

@syon600 9 месяцев назад

@@commandingjudgedredd1841 and Google, which was a wonderful resource just a few years ago, is now just a paid for advertising platform, useless for search now. People are using reddit Google searches to find meaningful content or will just use reddit directly in future, for actual human responses to their questions.

@kingbyrd.1512 9 месяцев назад

I hate youtube as it is. Most of the good content is either deleted or blocked or on its way to be either one of those two things. Almost tempted to delete this damn account and never look back.

@R-Lee- 9 месяцев назад

Rumble

@charmingmander331 9 месяцев назад

@@R-Lee-Rumble has its own problems. Odysee is thankfully coming along.

@ameliaward7429 9 месяцев назад

I'm here to watch RU-vid devour it's own tail. It's fun.

@AnxietyBrainz00 9 месяцев назад

@@charmingmander331 sadly it'll be a long time before it even gets close to 2009 RU-vid

@R-Lee- 9 месяцев назад

@@charmingmander331 yeah it does have some problems but I think it would solve all of this man's problems

@edwardhannah8507 9 месяцев назад

I’m glad you made a video about this, Rob. RU-vid has been a f**king joke for a while now. Don’t get me started on those “reaction” channels either. Best of luck with the book and game though, bro ☮️

@stevenmillan9220 9 месяцев назад

I'm also so sick of all of the reaction videos(which get an immediate block from me),all of the ads(which freeze my PC [ala Letterboxd{where all of that site's amateur scribes attempt to be the new Harry Knowles with 4/5 of the Letterboxd-ers brownnose and shill every film that comes along their way}]),all of the review videos where the reviewer tend to make themselves look like Harry Knowles knock-off clones,many of the wrestling and horror cinema reviewers that are heavily brownnosing and shilling everything that comes upon them,and of all of the social media influencers who think that both their immensive egos and their useless opinions only matter,all of which is why I don't have my very own RU-vid channel.

@thepubknight6144 9 месяцев назад

@@stevenmillan9220 I have to agree one channel talked more than the actual video, paused it multiple times to the point you don't know what the video is about

@davidb4150 9 месяцев назад

Here is a list of features RU-vid has remove in the past 15 years -The five star rating system -DMing/ messaging other content creators -annotations in videos -adding friends -videos responses/reply videos -visible video tags -the button above the video that would drop down the content creators current videos so the viewer didn't need to leave the page( it was an amazing feature) -Subscription page was the default home feature of the site when the user was logged in. -custom background channel pages -count of public videos on the content creators videos and page -category of what the video was displayed (this was a recent change) -showing the last time a user was logged in -subscription search bar -the change in code so searching for a specifics videos are hard/broken and the relates video aren't even related or similar(algorithm BS) ] -the dislike counter being public -videos used to showcase like/dislike ratio before you watched the video -used to be able to see what videos your favorite youtubers liked/watched/commented on I'm probably missing more but damn they got ride of a lot

@TheJeremyKentBGross 7 месяцев назад

Should be taking notes for building a new site.

@ameliaward7429 9 месяцев назад

My favorite corporate scumspeak from RU-vid is the "We'll TRY not to show this ad anymore". They'll try. How big of them.

@cjay2 9 месяцев назад

Really? They bother? I'm using an Adblocker since the ads began.

@SpaceCaseZ06 9 месяцев назад

The ads have been getting excruciatingly unbearable. I've got VPN with built in ad blocking now. That doesn't eliminate all ads either in desktop or Android but it goes quite a long wa

@ChrisHilgenberg 9 месяцев назад

FB does this as well, asking 'why did you hide this ad?' and I don't bother giving them that information. They have enough information on my viewing patterns to figure that out for themselves.

@BlackSheep380 8 месяцев назад

@@cjay2 RU-vid wiped out my free adblocker and I can't get it back.

@RideAcrossTheRiver 2 месяца назад

How about videos flagged as 'Already Watched'... yet now they show up again, just already flagged.

@Darstag 9 месяцев назад

Couldn't agree more Rob. It's gone to complete muck. Been a fan of yours for years

@davidcleverley4700 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, he’s a cool cat. I don’t always see things his way, but I appreciate his body of work.

@jamesboswell9324 9 месяцев назад

Totally agree with all the central points you are making here. The YT algorithm used to be so good that it presented recommendations that were interesting and unexpected but perfectly inkeeping with what you enjoyed watching. Recommendations that provided an almost endless stream of fascinating content. But then about 5, 6, 7 years ago they trashed it and have made it increasingly difficult to avoid clickbait crap ever since. They also got rid of the down vote purely because corporate content was getting massively ratioed and so it became an embarrassment. Tbh I am sick of the way the internet has been stolen from us with shadowbanning and algoirthmic suppression. It is one of the most worrying trends and that's saying something.

@BlackSheep380 8 месяцев назад

We are literally being ruled over by evil and insane psychopaths.

@TheJeremyKentBGross 7 месяцев назад

100%

@shrunkensimon Месяц назад

They want it to be TV 2.0. A narrow, one-way stream of low bandwidth thinking designed to lull a person out of their higher thinking abilities.

@brianmeen2158 9 месяцев назад

One of the biggest issues these days is the almost nonstop ads on RU-vid - I mean it’s almost frustrating especially the ads you can’t skip

@thomasalexand 9 месяцев назад

I totally agree. What's infuriating is that RU-vid doesn't create any content. It's we, the public, who create the content. Amazon is another case in point.

@bobs5596 9 месяцев назад

i believe the ads are being made so annoyingly numerous to drive viewers to pay for premium. just about 2 weeks ago ad blockers started to cause the site to freeze up until you allow the ads. i had no idea how obnoxious and how interruptive they were until that, after being here 20+ years. they think nothing of interrupting music in the middle of a song to pump in an ad. first thing it does is make me avoid buying the product no matter what it is. if youtube was allowing free speech and not hiding information from viewers i would support them. but this mess? no way.

@Matowix 8 месяцев назад

@@bobs5596 I noticed ads are worse than ever in the last few weeks. 2 per video

@dr.elvis.h.christ 8 месяцев назад

I run adblockers on my computers though that does nothing for my TV and mobile devices, so I just don't watch there at all.

@Henry-sv3wv 8 месяцев назад

i use a bash script with yt-dlp to turn youtube urls into a podcast (also converting to mp3) and sent it to my android using ssh (SSHelper app). podcast addict sees the new stuff in a virtual podcast folder

@daniel7___ 9 месяцев назад

Click bait is the worst part of RU-vid. Algorithms that discover channels like yours are another major issue. I don’t see any fix only worsening

@thepubknight6144 9 месяцев назад

A channel called Channelpup called out Emergency awesome and found out it's a content farm channel and that Charlie has his interns and ones who work on his channel artificially leaving comments and likes to get his views up and make more money And for years people would even mock him for it in the comments saying things like "50 views yet 1000 likes , makes sense"

@LilyGazou 9 месяцев назад

I’ve seen a lot of kiss--ass comments on some channels and wondered if they were fake.

@jasoncervantes9583 9 месяцев назад

I just assumed they were hired shills

@JohnnyOrgan 9 месяцев назад

It's not just RU-vid. ALL social media sites "copyright checks" have gotten way OTT in the past year or so. I write music and almost every upload is blocked for at least a week until I argue that the content is original and belongs to me.

@animatewithdermot 9 месяцев назад

Class example was the Portland based computer repairs channel 'Adrian's Digital Basement'. His second channel was deleted for "IMPERSONATION'. He appealed, was turned down (by a 'human' allegedly). Then he posted about it on Twitter, it went viral, and Lo! and Behold! a YT mod saw it and reversed the "irrreversible" decision. Insufferable BS on here. And moreso when you look at the content farms spamming the platform with dangerous content, misogyny, etc etc etc.

@pennybunny 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid are the worse for it

@gurriato 8 месяцев назад

@@animatewithdermot Oh, no! Not the misogyny! :'¬(

@animatewithdermot 8 месяцев назад

@@gurriato You may be OK with the likes of Andrew Tate being platformed (strange, given your love of Jesus), I, however, am not. Well bud, let's agree to differ, and I pray that the women in my life don't suffer the misfortune of encountering you in person.

@animatewithdermot 8 месяцев назад

@@SatanenPerkele Whew, that's great to hear so.

@user-rg9xd9mu5r 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid is scariest when you open the app on a new Android phone with new account. You get to see the default vids pushed to the top. Every one has some creepy rainbow psychedelic shit in the thumbnail, 50% is Mr. Beast and the rest is all mind numbing insanity.

@ArthurSchoppenweghauer 9 месяцев назад

Your channels are among the few, rare channels that still put out honest, high quality content. The platform is basically unusable without the browser extension to show the dislikes. Sadly, there seems to be no real alternative as of now and even if there was, all platforms tend towards the same clickbait ridden, shadowbanning nightmare that just pushes corporate content at the expense of user satisfaction. For all intents and purposes RU-vid is a monopoly and they know it.

@knotlock 9 месяцев назад

Watching this video is a deeply cathartic experience and it deserves to go viral. Perfectly captures the human experience using this technology. Humans deserve better.

@teastrainer3604 9 месяцев назад

They've let countless false and misleading thumbnails stay up for years because those things get clicks.

@eurostar0711 9 месяцев назад

We had better. Corporations ruined the entire internet experience. Everything you see online is a business now. Its all become soulless

@octagonseventynine1253 9 месяцев назад

Sad that they’re blocking your stuff because it has genuine educational value. RU-vid is almost unwatchable now with the aggressive amount of ads.

@timewarpdrive77 9 месяцев назад

adblocker

@ericvulgate 9 месяцев назад

Brave browser. I won't ever watch their ads.

@TruckerJenkins82 9 месяцев назад

@@ericvulgateI second Brave browser. You can log into your RU-vid account and everything, no ads though, which is effin great. Not sure if you can lock your phone though whilst watching a RU-vid vid, haven't found a way to do it. It's annoying because I often have my phone in my pocket whilst working.

@android584 9 месяцев назад

Brave browser on android has saved my sanity in regard to watching RU-vid.

@AbstractM0use 9 месяцев назад

They want you to pay for premium. It's ad-free. (I use adblock)

@TrappedInFloor 9 месяцев назад

Thank god you're talking about shadowbans and algorithmic deboosting. I only see a small amount of acknowledgment of those particular problems and it makes me feel like I'm going crazy since it's one of the most insidiously dystopian things on the modern social-media oligopoly internet.

@yashamaga13 7 месяцев назад

well its going to get even worse because biden and his puppet masters just handed free reign to the entire internet over to the FTC as of Nov 15th.

@michaelstewart9188 9 месяцев назад

Hello Rob, as a former film studies student now mentoring and supporting students in higher education I both value the educational aspect of your you tube contributions and have made students aware of your interesting and thought provoking analysis. Whilst not recommended course material the quality and style of your work provides accessible and engaging edutainment for those interested in film analysis who may struggle with or are not interested in reading journals or academic texts. There's a real sense of access for all who may be interested in film and would be a major loss if it went. Thank you for your contributions to understanding film, ways of analysing text and links to critical concepts. Valued resource and respected by many good to know you are taking it to other platforms will keep following progress of the book and thanks for all your work.

@MRSYSTEM96 9 месяцев назад

Strange because there are other youtubers here who always take scenes out of tv shows and movies and they seem to get away with it. There are lots of double standards on youtube

@zg-it 9 месяцев назад

Without a doubt. Some are anointed. Most aren't.

@armondtanz 9 месяцев назад

Im convinced its on presentation. Bright lights (pink n purple are a fav)... Shouting "hi guys" Acting camp, fun , kids tv personality. Smooth skin, good looks, white teeth. All this is Ad friendly and youtube love this format.

@BlackSheep380 8 месяцев назад

@@armondtanz Most of that is my description of "CRINGE"

@ShitWrangler 9 месяцев назад

Censortube should be mandated to allow contrary voices be heard through an equivalent 'right of reply' if nothing else out of the last three years. I've watched youtube from the start and it's a public service and incredible tool when done right. Right now it's garbage run by a bunch of idiots.

@innconspicuous 9 месяцев назад

Updoot🎺

@lavawingsplays1627 9 месяцев назад

lol 100% free speech (or hate speech for that matter) isn't promised a corporate platform.

@ShitWrangler 9 месяцев назад

@@lavawingsplays1627 I don't pay or watch cable TV, RU-vid has been one of my primary sources of information and in exchange RU-vid and its original content creators receive my viewership and associated advertising funds. I would defund the CBC so fast it would make your head spin. I'd never pay a BBC license fee. Because of that they're now a involuntary public forum and should be made to act accordingly. Make a accessible RU-vid ombudsman.

@AdrianTechWizard 9 месяцев назад

Way back, you could record a short video message in the comments section, leave a five star review and heavily customise your channel page. Back then it really was about expressing yourself.

@biggwillbeats4384 9 месяцев назад

@@AdrianTechWizardRU-vid is NOW ‘themtube’… It’s definitely NOT YOUTube‼️ Sinking 🛳️‼️

@MrBendybruce 9 месяцев назад

The crazy thing is we have the situation where youtube creators have their content stolen by people like sniper wolf who do nothing but upload the original video and then react to it in the most lazy and untransformative way you could ever imagine. Yet those people can continue to do this with utter impunity and youtube does nothing. I can only conclude that youtube only cares about protecting themselves from potential litigation from large corporate media companies, which is why they go completely overboard with someone like you. When it comes to their own creators though, they perceive little or no risk and are therefore not willing to do anything.

@JumpyJolt 9 месяцев назад

One of the things to remember when testing the search engine from a different account to find your video is that the "watch history" and "search history" needs to be cleared first. YT sometimes won't show a video in search if you have already viewed the video.

@TheJeremyKentBGross 7 месяцев назад

My watch history as well as other lists tell me with some frequency that videos that have since been banned are no longer visible in whatever list.

@palehorse1111 9 месяцев назад

Man if that's the truth I don't know what is. Ever since the Adpocalypse things have consistently been degenerating.

@DownWithTheBees 9 месяцев назад

Rob, I do believe that you have some of the best movie analysis videos on RU-vid. You have completely changed how I watch and think about thematic elements. I understand your frustration but don’t let it get to you.

@pauliedibbs9028 9 месяцев назад

I don' think it's his analysis is some of the best, it is the best... The 2001 monolith epiphany speaks volumes alone. I have been a fan for years now and cannot thank Rob enough for opening my mind to a whole greater level of perception.. as well as for helping me gain an entirely new level of appreciation for my favorite films and cinema in general.

@Mixolydio 9 месяцев назад

@@pauliedibbs9028Agreed and whenever I try to turn someone on to Rob, that monolith video is my #1 go-to

@sedevacante0027 9 месяцев назад

@@Mixolydiodo you know the name of the Monolith video? I'll check title Monolith and see if I can find it.

@rupertred7434 9 месяцев назад

Link please

@unbearifiedbear1885 9 месяцев назад

He's easily the best imo - nobody delves into the minutiae like Rob (the video about the layout of the "Shining" hotel sealed the deal for me!)

@TrippyKitty08 9 месяцев назад

When I started drawing my comic in 2017 I listened/watched to your various videos about film analysis and I really listened when you pointed out particular character framing, color palette choices and things like that. I think it improved my art! I'm sorry you're having so many difficulties. I'm not surprised. Many creators are having issues. Everything is so commercial.

@scottgregory6129 9 месяцев назад

I have been shadow banned. No longer is this platform about serving the customer. It's about manipulation.

@maccagrabme 9 месяцев назад

But they aren't conditioning people like us as we cant be changed so why do they bother?

@henkdachief 9 месяцев назад

i doubt it bro

@GrimReaperNegi 9 месяцев назад

Me too. I was trying to talk about the economy! And I wondered why the people I was back and forthing with, didn't respond, I checked the thread in Incognito, and IT wasn't there!

@henkdachief 9 месяцев назад

@@GrimReaperNegi thats different, thats a comment, some comments dont show on certain videos, thats no shadowban

@GrimReaperNegi 9 месяцев назад

@@henkdachief Well, think what you will.

@JonnyRecaps 9 месяцев назад

I couldn't agree more mate. It's become a very different arena in the last year or so. I've lost five movie reviews in the last 3-4 months and the fact they're allowed to bully people is disgusting.

@innconspicuous 9 месяцев назад

Updoot

@c.f.875 9 месяцев назад

Bullying is fine. It’s just words

@JonnyRecaps 9 месяцев назад

@@c.f.875Wha?

@EasyThere 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid is getting money from those studios and fears another ad-pocolypse. Disney has been strong-arming them for sure.

@Cre80s 9 месяцев назад

Agreed. I couldn't agree more with every single thing Rob said in this, and nearly wrecked my neck nodding so hard the whole time.

@oculartremors Месяц назад

Clicking "Don't Recommend Channel" on a certain type of video and getting not only about 30 similar recommendations to also pointlessly block, but seeing ALL your blocked channels on your home page about a month later.

@denisskenderovic3707 9 месяцев назад

Your channel is a shining beacon of light in this dark swamp that is modern RU-vid. I come back to your classics every few months or so. I'm glad you are taking time off, and I can't wait to see what you got in check for 2024. Have a good one!

@skevosmavros 9 месяцев назад

Another early RU-vid feature that went away was the idea that anyone could "reply" to a video with another video, and that response video would appear under the original video as a little thumbnail. It was a great feature, some video makers would engage in a back and forth, a sort of slow-motion video-based dialogue. It was great for political or philosophical videos, but other videos too. I still miss that feature.

@collativelearning 9 месяцев назад

Oh yeah, forgot about that. that was a good feature.

@davedogge2280 9 месяцев назад

I really LOATHE it when big platforms ruin people's good, hard work. It happened to me in Spain recently with Ebay (thanks hidden EU regulations). It's 2023 the RU-vid auto blocking bot should be able to detect the difference between an entire or partial movie being uploaded and a few seconds from a movie.

@mapesdhs597 9 месяцев назад

What happened re ebay?

@davedogge2280 9 месяцев назад

@@mapesdhs597 been selling a private collection of a UK based toy line and I went past the 10.000 euro mark and I get this e-mail stating 'open up a company to sell your own stuff'. I declined as it's my stuff I have lying around the house, bought from shops and I have the receipts and I am selling at lower price than retail 2nd hand and you can do that under Spanish law without invoking tax to pay but oh no, ebay say that there is this 'German EU' law now. I declined and they wiped all my 250+ sales ads overnight, opening and running a company in the EU Spain is far more expensive and time consuming than doing it in the UK. Maybe the only thing good about Brexit is that it did cut out red tape mandates from Brussels / Germany - Germany just makes the rules and the 'weaker' countries follow.

@dr.elvis.h.christ 9 месяцев назад

You are right. YT has been going downhill for a long time now. I've gone from a heavy YT viewer to hardly watching at all now because their policies have destroyed the quality of the videos, especially censorship. Furthermore demonitization policies have forced "controversial" content makers to insert their own ads, which is not only annoying but corrupts the integrity of the creators. On the other side of the coin, the same monetization has invited the greedy creators who produce nothing but drama, hype, or rehashes of others' contenth with CLICKBAIT titles. I've made it a personal policy too block channels with such titles, and anything that has ads. YT ads are already blocked.

@djjoelley931 8 месяцев назад

Glad I found this video. I have been experiencing issues with RU-vid lately as well specifically this auto block function on my recent mix videos with videos that shouldn't be blocked. Once they get blocked (since I have a small channel) there laterally is no way to contact anyone for support except for the "feedback function" which literally is useless as they never respond. Will see how much longer I am on RU-vid as I may end up just leaving.

@Finn_MacCool 9 месяцев назад

It's fair use because we are watching and enjoying the reviewer. His commentary and analysis. Not the material he is reviewing.

@Tyler_W 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid has always allowed these big corporations to abuse fair use for as long as I can remember being on the platform. It's one thing if you're just posting the original work, but so much of what gets copyright struck are completely within the bounds of fair use according to the US Supreme Court, but nothing gets done about the abuse because people don't want to go up against the bottomless money bags of the corporate giants they'd be suing.

@ge2719 9 месяцев назад

Fair use specifies not for profit

@hithere4719 9 месяцев назад

@@ge2719no it doesn’t

@ge2719 9 месяцев назад

@@hithere4719 it literally does.

@katokianimation 9 месяцев назад

Purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes: Courts look at how the party claiming fair use is using the copyrighted work, and are more likely to find that nonprofit educational and noncommercial uses are fair. This does not mean, however, that all nonprofit education and noncommercial uses are fair and all commercial uses are not fair; instead, courts will balance the purpose and character of the use against the other factors below. Additionally, “transformative” uses are more likely to be considered fair. Transformative uses are those that add something new, with a further purpose or different character, and do not substitute for the original use of the work. Nature of the copyrighted work: This factor analyzes the degree to which the work that was used relates to copyright’s purpose of encouraging creative expression. Thus, using a more creative or imaginative work (such as a novel, movie, or song) is less likely to support a claim of a fair use than using a factual work (such as a technical article or news item). In addition, use of an unpublished work is less likely to be considered fair. Amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole: Under this factor, courts look at both the quantity and quality of the copyrighted material that was used. If the use includes a large portion of the copyrighted work, fair use is less likely to be found; if the use employs only a small amount of copyrighted material, fair use is more likely. That said, some courts have found use of an entire work to be fair under certain circumstances. And in other contexts, using even a small amount of a copyrighted work was determined not to be fair because the selection was an important part-or the “heart”-of the work. Effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work: Here, courts review whether, and to what extent, the unlicensed use harms the existing or future market for the copyright owner’s original work. In assessing this factor, courts consider whether the use is hurting the current market for the original work (for example, by displacing sales of the original) and/or whether the use could cause substantial harm if it were to become widespread.

@donniecatalano 9 месяцев назад

Let's not even talk about google bulldozing in your privacy demanding your phone number to simply have an account!

@emmafrost7151 3 месяца назад

What’s also BS is the COPPA kowtowing (yet they still have pre-roll ads for videos auto flagged “for kids”). I used AdBlock and I got a notice to remove it or my channel would be removed.

@alienautopsy9326 6 месяцев назад

One of the best channels on the Tubes. This man’s analysis on film is brilliant, sometimes it’s really deep reading interpretation and even it’s not the director’s intention, he presents very interesting points of view to consider , specially with Kubrick and Star Wars

@manwiththeplan4446 9 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot for not selling out, man. I unsubscribed from so many channels because they decided to pander to corporations instead of being honest with their audience. I love the analysis videos and how you talk to us and not down on us.

@thepubknight6144 9 месяцев назад

My final straw was these popular "Superhero movie channels" bent over backwards to defend Ezra Miller and Amber Heard despite the comments showed people didn't like them and they kept playing the "well we don't know" game or downplayed their crimes Yet with Johnathan Majors with no proof they automatically were making click bait videos about "Johnathan Majors replaced?" Or saying "We gotta pause on speaking on him" So two people who were convicted of crimes, these channels want to play stupid or make some excuses about "They had to release these films" despite the Wb said they don't matter Yet a man who was not only not convicted, he was acquitted after finding out his ex lied ? What's even funnier is how these channels swear they're "woke" and they are against racism against black people yet they completely acted like white supremacists during this Don't forget how much they went out of their way to downplay how much Bob Igor damaged star wars and Disney and pushed all the blame on Kathleen Kennedy and that she "kicked Lucas out" despite he was a consultant on many Star wars shows Even George Lucas himself said this and he loved Kathleen I mean hell he's the one who wanted her as the Executive producer for LucasFilm If Kathleen was the issue why did not only John Boyega but Daisy Ridley say they'd only come back if they only worked with Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas and JJ Abrams??? And it's not like they didn't know this Bob himself blamed himself in his own book so these channels are being intellectually dishonest They're definitely corporatists shills who are paid to push narratives

@MLPDethDealr32 9 месяцев назад

i do that and i know thats why RU-vid keeps sending a holes to my channel. Im making what I want, not what they want. And i dont care what their opinion is.

@ChrisHilgenberg 9 месяцев назад

What annoys me more is that creators and/or their teams do not do research or reviews on the corpos that are wanting them to sponsor a video. So many 'scammy' or 'only exists via influencers/creators as a brand/product that's actually mediocre as a product' sponsors out there. Remember when Established Titles (scam) made the rounds to creators with more than 250k followers like a year ago?

@CommissionerLawWonder86 9 месяцев назад

@@ChrisHilgenbergAll the more reasons why I never accept sponsorships of any kind. You never know what kind of crap they try to sell people. Sponsors like Temu, Raid Shadow Legends or Established Titles are what gives advertising a bad name.

@kirabarsmith9353 9 месяцев назад

It's almost like messaging and control trumps good business these days... RU-vid/Google/MIC used the talent of the public to build the platform, and now they want to be rid of us as the creatives, which reflects the mindset of those who own this platform.

@bobs5596 9 месяцев назад

it got bad around the last election. they banned a lot of channels who supported a certain candidate. RU-vid participated in obvious election interference. infowars was the first to go.

@pennybunny 9 месяцев назад

As a creator and viewer I can confirm that youtube have become terrible.. they refuse to monetize me after being monetized for years as they say my content isn't mine when it's all mine or rarely some shorts that I didn't film myself I make transformative under fair use. Yet youtube won't monetize me.. they also keep putting premium charges up. Trolling has become horrendous also, you can't even block trolls from watching your content. It's become depressing being here

@buddyroeginocchio9105 8 месяцев назад

This presentation is an eye opener about the mechanism, culture, ethics, law and art of internet presentation. As a 3/4 hr presentation it delivers days worth of understanding. Thank you and again thank you.

@TheJeremyKentBGross 7 месяцев назад

As a heavy YT user, not even a creator, just a user, for over a decade, basically nothing here is news, but it's good more people become aware of it. This site is trash compared to what it used to be, and I'd go to a competitor in a heartbeat if there really was one. So far all the attempted ones just don't have much content or have no real search, etc.

@ShadyPlatinum777 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid has forgotten the independent creators are what made it popular. I completely agree with you we came here for an alternative perspective.

@bernabearias9616 9 месяцев назад

You can't see the dislike ratio anymore, but there are plug-in add-ons to make them visible again.

@danieldemayo6209 9 месяцев назад

So ridiculous.

@mrbushwookie6051 9 месяцев назад

Nothing for the phone as far as I know tho

@jaybinks871 9 месяцев назад

And do you know why that is? It all started because of "Santa Inc" trailer. Bc it got such abysmal ratings and gained too much attention. Way too many people are noticing patterns from a certain group of "elves." That same group really hates White people... hmmmmm

@Cre80s 9 месяцев назад

Yes, it illustrates that the data is still moving right on down the pipe like it always has, it's just (recently-ish) superficially disabled/masked to suit the complaints from massive corporations for when their promotional shit gets ratioed into the dirt. It's obviously a stand-in solution in lieu of a better one (and there never will be one).

@scottv8124 9 месяцев назад

That's because vacs videos were getting destroyed w dislikes

@jack_k2136 9 месяцев назад

Keep up the great work! I always enjoy your respectful presentation. Even if the topic is controversial, I think you have presented most or all of the thoughts around it straightforwardly. We have too many gatekeepers, and no one keeps them in check. Hope you feel better quickly!

@Joaocruz30 9 месяцев назад

FIY your channel is one of the most interesting of RU-vid because of the themes, the vast array of opinions, critics of movies and pther stuff you put. Congratulations

@aylmer666 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid is shooting itself in the foot - another aspect is the insane number of ADS that get shoved in your face in some videos. They don’t even let you skip them half the time (it’s been a slow creep to more and more ads and less and less ability to skip them). It makes watching RU-vid jarring and fragmented - plus if you aren’t quick on the skip button, it’ll punish you sometimes by playing a 20 minute (!!!!) video. Also, most ads I get are totally irrelevant and do nothing to sell the product. They don’t even appear targeted at me as often I’ll get Spanish language ads and I don’t even speak Spanish. The people paying to put ads on RU-vid are wasting their money… but yeah, I understand why and it’s a relic of the broadcast TV days. Back then you had a captive audience. Now, the audience can always click away but the marketers don’t seem to know or care yet.

@Rezzanine 9 месяцев назад

They're trying to get you to subscribe to RU-vid Premium

@BlackSheep380 8 месяцев назад

@@Rezzanine Yes and by "monetizing" the content creators, they gain control over them and are better able to censor what's on RU-vid, which is the REAL reason for the stupid ads that nobody likes.

@karllykos 9 месяцев назад

The ONLY thing keeping me using this website are the content creators I enjoy and being able to leave a comment on their video (if I'm fortunate enough that it manages to pass through the filter, that is). I even got a warning about a week ago that a comment I left was deleted for "spam, scam, or other deceptive practice." But did it show me what the comment in question was? No! I'm fed up with the ads, nonsensical censorship, and other issues with this place - and if it weren't for the content creators, I would have stopped using it a long time ago.

@Roescoe 9 месяцев назад

Yup there's good musicians here and the interface is usable (with plugins, though that's dying too)

@ericvulgate 9 месяцев назад

I get told my comment is deleted for 'cyber-bullying' from time to time now. They never provide evidence, they never produce the offending comments. FUCK THAT SHIT

@biggwillbeats4384 9 месяцев назад

This. I’m feeling like the current has changed and I’m swimming against it. It harder to find ‘good-great ‘ content with the bs algos SATURATING ya feed.

@thepubknight6144 9 месяцев назад

I been blocked multiple times for "cyber bullying and harassment" This year 10 times already and I looked at my comments and no where was I harassing or cyber bullying anyone It was in videos where I pointed out what Rob is saying here One was when a big RU-vid channel made a 19 minute video on "the MCU did Rhodey wrong" when this same channel did 4 videos previously on "How Rhodey was a skrull since Civil war" So now if you rightfully call out corporate channels who intentionally have hypocritical views for click bait and content farming it's gonna get your account blocked and eventually banned It's not just me many people have complained about this It's getting sick

@biggwillbeats4384 9 месяцев назад

@@thepubknight6144 . I’ve been told I was cyber bullying ….what specifically, ⁉️ YT:…crickets. Me :deez NUTz @YT.

@mcleanblades9234 8 месяцев назад

the slide started when legacy mainstream media started posting content. the youtube experience turned into searchable cable TV.

@ezmaniac 8 месяцев назад

i got demonitised recently, i appealed with a video explaining that I do not know what crime I had committed. I lost my appeal, but nobody answered my questions. All automated and banned for 3 months. I am disgusted.

@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon 9 месяцев назад

Another thing that's changed as well over time is the comment sections. You used to find a lot more people talking about the content of the video or just having some kind of banter. Now 90% of it is just "I love your channel, you're so amazing!", in one form or another.

@spinsandneedles 9 месяцев назад

I've been getting that from Asian countries - Malaysia, Indonesia . . . never a word about the video but just that it's great . . . the channel is great, etc. I'm sure they don't watch and I don't understand the angle.

@DVincentW 9 месяцев назад

Those are Bots.@@spinsandneedles Been happening for a few years. Their comment appears as soon as you post a video. I block them, but now it "hide this user from your channel" I reserve the right to keep their BS off my channel. Best regards.

@spinsandneedles 9 месяцев назад

@@DVincentW Thank you. I guess there is no person there.

@psychedelicelvis-777 9 месяцев назад

@@DVincentW I don't even get them!

@robertbeckman2054 9 месяцев назад

Rob, you are a bit of an inspiration to me. I love your commentaries, deep analyses, and humor. You seem like a good man and father. Sorry about the trouble with Y-tube. Take care, from a fan of 3+ years.

@lonesomealeks4206 9 месяцев назад

YT is shit now. everything is "content". YT ignores my 'don't recommend channel' blocked channels. Ads blocker work fine on PC for now, so i don't care about ads

@boondoggle4820 8 месяцев назад

RU-vid has been going down this path for a couple years now. It’s really sad because you can hardly make content or comments (they do the same thing to users’ comments) with an original thought that challenges some norm or conventional wisdom without being shadow banned or censored.

@danielhague734 9 месяцев назад

I didn't realize your channel isn't monetized. I have Premium so I don't see ads either way, but for someone with hundreds and hundreds of hours of content to abstain from monetization is incredible. You're a real one, mate.

@bobs5596 9 месяцев назад

you are paying money to the enemy. this should be a boycott.

@grandstarstudiosFORMER-YT 8 месяцев назад

use an adblocker

@BlackSheep380 8 месяцев назад

I didn't have ads either until a few weeks ago when "TheyTube" took away my free ad blocker and offered for me to pay for no ads.

@ThirdStrikeParty 9 месяцев назад

I've been dying for the ability to block specific channels from appearing in my searches too. I'd really like a feature that makes youtube searches work like "old youtube" where in present day I can search for a potentially unpopular video (low views) even by FULL TITLE and it just won't show up. It will be one or two semi related things, then some random sponsored stuff that's completely irrelevant and the video is infinitely harder to find than it used to be. I don't know if it's possible, but I'm surprised no one has made a third party browser extension "better youtube search."

@hamsandwich6685 9 месяцев назад

Probably would get sued if you make that, but it is a good and necessary idea otherwise.

@ChrisHilgenberg 9 месяцев назад

Same thing has happened to Google Search and all derivatives (sorry Duck Duck Go). You used to be able to search for a topic, and continue just paging through the pages of results; now after maybe 10 pages, you'll get redundant results

@celeriumlerium8266 9 месяцев назад

It's a losing battle but you can block specific channels with blocktube and you can fix the search by just adding "before:2025" to the end of your search to get rid of all the nonsense it throws in there. Blocktube again for shorts.

@ianarn 9 месяцев назад

I think the censorship and demonetisation of channels really buggered it up. It should have remained free from woke advertisers telling us what we can watch! We’re being treated like children!

@zg-it 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid shorts, a great example of a company treating their loyal users like they are idiots while trying to court a group of people who use a different app. Bite that hand that feeds you, youtube. See how it works out.

@jasong7373 9 месяцев назад

You’ve made some really incredible videos over the years and I always find myself starting with “he’s so full of s**** on this one!” Then usually it transitions into “oh DAMN that’s a crazy observation.” Large companies basically wiping their a** with hard-won concepts and norms like fair use is unfortunately becoming so common. We all hate it. We are all so sick of RU-vid, their clamp-down on creators, their trash shorts, etc. Love you man

@ChrisHilgenberg 9 месяцев назад

ContentID needs to go personally, and there needs to be a platform that counterstrikes (not the game, lol) those that repeatedly make false claims without actually owning said content they say they do. We need a platform for fair use that also keeps the powers between creators and content owners honest.

@kso808 8 месяцев назад

You’re absolutely right about the invasion of corporate sponsorship on YT channels. I notice it on Instagram as well. It gets annoying. Another issue you mention regards viewer comments, and their potential deletion by someone. I’ve had issues with my comments not getting liked by the YT channel owner, possibly precipitated by other comment posters’ deletions, although I’m not sure.

@SynthwavelLover 9 месяцев назад

The automated shadow b&ing of comments is a big problem too. It limits the discussions we can have and, even worse, it can make it difficult to combat misinformation. We desperately need somewhere where we can speak our minds more freely and not be... essentially parented. The current way things are handled is not good at all. YT is one of the biggest platforms, alongside Twitter, FB, IG, etc. and all of these platforms limit speech and discussion which, IMO, is very worrisome. These platforms are trying more and more to be "advertiser-friendly" and by doing so they're ironically becoming the opposite of why people went to them in the first place. YT, like you said, was a place for small creators and you got to see information in a more "real" way; you didn't see media in the way you did say on CNN or MSNBC. Not only did you see it differently but you had AUDIENCE INTERACTION. Like I said earlier we desperately need things to change.

@Novastar.SaberCombat 9 месяцев назад

Exactly. My comments are ALWAYS intelligently crafted, but I've been shadowbanned, restricted, and censored for years. There's absolutely *NOTHING* I can do about it. Zero. Zilch. I don't exist; I'm invisible. 💪😎✌️

@davidlinehat4657 9 месяцев назад

@@Novastar.SaberCombatnope! I can see you.

@FailedFlea93 9 месяцев назад

I hate it. I was once replying to someone and got the notifications for their reply but their comments were not visible in the comment section. I've also, had times where I post a comment and then seconds later it's automatically removed.

@SynthwavelLover 9 месяцев назад

@@FailedFlea93 It's the worst feeling to work on a well-articulated comment for 5-10 minutes and then it goes to waste.

@raymondhemphill146 9 месяцев назад

I’m sorry you have to go through this B.S. I found you while researching one of my favorite horror movie (The Thing - 1982) and your videos about that movie (and many others) have only made my understanding and appreciate for them even greater. Another thing that baffles me, how is your channel not monetized? You provide great value, you obviously work very hard and put a lot of effort into your analyses, and a man should be paid for his work.

@NativeIntelligenceCheckMyDJmix 8 месяцев назад

I feel your pain and annoyance....I'm disappointed with my recent RU-vid experience as a small content creator. Enough weird things, inconsistencies have been happening that I feel there is nothing on my end to solve, so I just stop. Things either work as they should or they don't and shit aint workin right on this platform in many ways, some obvious, and some seemingly personal, which is the weirdest part.

@wendychavez5348 5 месяцев назад

I have never heard of a creator who was actually offended by Downvotes on their videos! Ive heard confusion, and jokes, and pleas for clarification, but anything that provides information on how to improve content is ultimately beneficial. Hiding such information is the opposite! I do appreciate your content, Rob, and always have.

@sole__doubt 9 месяцев назад

Well this video actually showed up in my subscriptions feed. Most of your other videos do not show up and Ive been subbed to you for at least 10 years.

@kayyoung3187 9 месяцев назад

Your videos are so educational. They are worth paying for on your website and I’m so thankful you continue to provide that route.

@captaincran3940 9 месяцев назад

"I would also like to block out corporate content..." And that's why RU-vid doesn't have that option

@HistoryandHeadlines 9 месяцев назад

The first eight months of this year did about double of what those months did last year for me, but so far September and October has been doing about half of what those months did last year and I have no idea why.

@TheVidkid67 9 месяцев назад

Forget finding a literary agent and publishing houses, I sent my manuscript from my first novel to around 50 agents and they all turned me down so I self published and it's still doing really well. I went through Amazon publishing for my second novel, but it's not doing as well, maybe I need to find some decent promotional techniques. Great video. Where the hell do you find all the time? I thought I had my work cut out with all the musical instruments I've acquired this year. All my viral videos were shadow-banned ages ago, someone's got it in for me. I've been watching you for years and I thought I'd subscribed but I didn't. I did now though 👍✌

@MillywiggZ 9 месяцев назад

You bring up a good point with recommendations. I’ve noticed it myself and think it’s not in YT’s interests to do it. If you search for something, or you want something recommended to you, the worst thing the app can do is show you things you won’t click. YT wants that click, but whatever you do to say you’re not interested it never listens. So that potential click of something the algo has learnt the viewer would want to watch is under a load of react BS that the user doesn’t click and figures there won’t be anything then moves away from the app.

@SteveMHN 9 месяцев назад

I think the youtubers themselves should choose whether they want the thumbs down to be displayed on their channels.

@Rachel_M_ 9 месяцев назад

That sounds a little too much like personal choice to me 😉

@animatewithdermot 9 месяцев назад

Well, the thing about forcing thumbs down is that many channels are run by scumbags - the kind of people who post dangerous content about food or tech (the fractal wood burning vids are a great example - many people have died following those vids). Anne Reardon has done a video debunking them, and Google/YT - being awful - banned HER video for having "dangerous content", while leaving the actual killer videos up! This is happened on more than one occasion, and will probably continue to happen on this awful platform. Anyway, THUMBS DOWN allows people to quickly see if a video has an issue, as a video on 'fractal burning' might not fool so many people if it has a few thousand thumbs down - many people won't take the time to drill into the comments to see if a dodgy food or tech howto might turn out to be fatal, but that black thumb is a great way to flag this, short of YT actually doing something decent for once and not allowing dangerous howtos.

@princessmarlena1359 9 месяцев назад

The RU-vidrs who should have it the most won’t enable it.

@KevKlopper 9 месяцев назад

@@princessmarlena1359at least you would know to avoid these. When you see hidden dislikes you would click away.

@princessmarlena1359 9 месяцев назад

@@KevKlopper no arguments there! 😆

@anthonystruth-YT 4 месяца назад

Years ago my Saving Private Ryan video was copyright claimed by a company. I googled the name and they distribute DVDs in Italy. Absolute madness

@gamewithadam7235 9 месяцев назад

I agree star system was way better than even likes and dislikes. It's even worse now because you can't see dislikes. Hiding likes and dislike was always an option.

@robfreeman5783 9 месяцев назад

My theory is they're blocking these reviews/analyses/etc because studios don't want people watching or learning about older great films. They want us ignorantly accepting of the modern crap being rammed down our throats.

@lavawingsplays1627 9 месяцев назад

lol okay Magnum P.I.

@Ali-lm7uw 9 месяцев назад

Interesting, I always wondered why people think Nolan is great. Turns out, they never watched or even heard of Kubrick, Lynch or Tarkovsky.

@DVincentW 9 месяцев назад

Cancel Culture in overdrive.

@boreanknight 9 месяцев назад

I've been following your channel for many years. Because of movies, yes, but also your psychological Skyrim analysis is highly underrated, I keep rewatching it regularly. Overal, you have some of the best content and for me you we're always the representative indepented creator, entertaining and deep at the same time. RU-vid should really appreciate more its creators.

@romaneberle 9 месяцев назад

nice video. :) i agree with most of what you say about RU-vid, and would like to add: - algorithm creates a bubble of prioritised search results and recommendations, distorting reality. - AI generated mashup content provides shallow pseudo-information, messing with people's brains. - RU-vid shorts cripple the ability to think.

@johnran6015 9 месяцев назад

A few channels here and there like this one keep me here but the main attraction for me was always the deep and endless amount of albums on here especially from obscure bands then lots of older weird media then audiobooks. This is kind of the hidden fruit if youtube, it's amazing if you're into metal for example, an enormous amount of home videos and films of concerts. I had no idea there was a technical thrash scene in Russia and Poland in the 80s and 90s, just as an example. Also videos of car mechanics, home improvement, farming and hunting, people can trash youtube but what is here is really great and wasn't an incredible amount of media in one easy spot just 13 years ago. From a creator perspective I don't know but I really enjoy your channel.

@az7500 9 месяцев назад

The start of the end for Google. I am Surprised they kept their dominance for so long. Your channel is great!!!

@dlmiller7873 9 месяцев назад

Years ago I started giving creators of quality content glowing praise as a way to support them emotionally. As a result, I have noticed my comments being blocked. I think something much deeper and control-centric is at play here. Great content as usual, Rob.

@Fattydeposit 9 месяцев назад

Maybe your glowing praise comes across as sarcasm.

@mycammedia 9 месяцев назад

You are correct - we rescur kittens in Indonesia and are bullied relentlessly with censorship and suppressing my videos

@Michael_Hunt 9 месяцев назад

@@Fattydeposit Even his comment seemed sarcastic lol but I don't doubt that happened.

@jnnx 9 месяцев назад

@@Fattydeposit”Glowing praise” is probably read by the algorithm as “paid spambots”, especially if it is to multiple creators.

@blueeyes402 9 месяцев назад

agreed...I have made many many comments on YT usually on religion, culture and politics over the years I have never had a reply nor a like and that's because no one ever sees my comments... anyway as I understand video platforms will soon be wiped out by AI...

@MarcoMugnatto 8 месяцев назад

I'm using the "Channel Block List for RU-vid" extension to block channels with too much clickbait and merchandising, since RU-vid itself doesn't like to give users the control, and there isn't a block feature.

@jabezhane 9 месяцев назад

I now get warnings about using a ad blocker. Thing is I bet I pay more into monthly Patreon subs to a select group of creators than RU-vid gives to my entire watch list in a month.

@jackcorcoran324 9 месяцев назад

So much respect for you for never having sponsors. You're a legend Rob!

@dizasteroid7 9 месяцев назад

They say diversity is our strength all the while preventing diversity of thought and opinion. I dont go on youtube for history channel content or msnbc opinions but that content and those opinions are shoved in my face and i have to scroll for many minutes to find content made by real people or i will have to specify my search to pinpoint accuracy. corporate content is still heavily promoted even though its six degrees of separation in relation to my search. The flaws in this system are only getting worse.

@ParanormalHorrorArtist 9 месяцев назад

I stumbled on this and instantly knew I've seen your Alien movie analysis. Yesterday I saw my first extra warning before commenting to keep it clean. I've never had this. It's not bad, but wtf. There already is a reminder. Also mad props to you sir for not making a big deal on your covid recovery. Get well soon bud. 🙏 😊

@seanharbinger 9 месяцев назад

Been watching your channel for years, sorry should have said your most awesome badass film analysis channel, been enjoying it, savoring it even. Your concerns about RU-vid and it’s standard fare of moronic content are real and I couldn’t agree more. Will support you on any platform, your content is just too good!

@ah5666 9 месяцев назад

You are the channel that originally taught me there was much more to films than what met the eye. For that I’m very grateful to you. I don’t know of any channel doing analysis before you, yet RU-vid has always kept you down, I’ve felt. Just know your original people support you and you’ve changed the way we watch/appreciate films.

@VINTAGE1959 9 месяцев назад

Rob, I'm a big fan of your channel and I've been following you for many year's now. Regardless of any issues you may come across, I'm very thankful for your work. I appreciate you sir. Keep it up bud.

@pumpkinpie7254 9 месяцев назад

Your video came in today as " new to you " just an fyi ...Thank you, very interesting issues, it's such a shame there's so much corporate greed ... I don't think it's wise to solely depend on this platform financially ... The majority of content creator's utilize RU-vid as a " side hustle " if you will ... Good luck with your future endeavors 🥰

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 9 месяцев назад

I'm almost at the point of boycotting any channel that does a BetterHelp ad. Those people have been proven to be scammers/fraudsters, and I don't want to support any channel that is too stupid, greedy or lazy to not be concerned about being associated with them. Your obvious integrity and originality is a dying breed around here anymore. I sure hope you don't leave, but I will seek out your content wherever you end up.