I SOLVED YouTube's DnD scandal with ONE WEIRD TRICK

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@QuestingBeast 3 месяца назад

No, wait Death Bringer, the thumbnail's just a joke! I'm a big fan of your work! Ow! Watch Dungeon Craft's original video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KGArPZ7E_sA.html Unhook extension: unhook.app/ Patreon: bit.ly/QBPatreon Old-School DnD newsletter: bit.ly/TheGlatisant

@mrgunn2726 3 месяца назад

Yeah DB can be a might, touchy, err, opinion..., uh I mean to say; he likes what he likes.

@Adamthegeek70 3 месяца назад

Roll for initiative

@ceropuntocinco 3 месяца назад

Flexing beast being based again

@wadebutler7127 3 месяца назад

He used to have a great channel - until he decided to lean into making outrage bait for clicks. It seems to be doing well for him, I suppose, but I was a longtime subscriber who dropped the channel because of it. I'm not interested in the Internet Outrage Machine and gaming drama (often manufactured gaming drama), I'm interested in gaming, insights about it from interesting people, and so on. The Prof now spends half his time feeding the machine. Good luck to him, I guess, but I won't be watching

@mrgunn2726 3 месяца назад

@@wadebutler7127 I am still a fan of Professor Dungeon Master and his DungeonCraft YourTube channel. However, I can understand your position, I too was not keen on his switch to a for profit model. However, PDM was very transparent on his Patreon about his reasons, and has always been straight forward on RU-vid. If you run the numbers you will find fewer of his posts are 'clickbait' than you imagine. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@GreyhawkGrognard 3 месяца назад

I just don't use the RU-vid homepage, unless I am deliberately looking for something new. I use the "subscribed" page as my YT home page.

@Smittumi 3 месяца назад

This is the way. I only use this. Homepage is useless

@raff3486 3 месяца назад

Same😊

@andrewarcana 3 месяца назад

I'm the same way. The Subscriptions tab is effectively my "home" at this point. You won't need to install anything extra. it works on the mobile apps. It's just one click to the Subscriptions tab.

@LunDruid 3 месяца назад

Same. I've never once used "Homepage."

@FreeBroccoli 3 месяца назад

Seriously. It's amazing that more people don't use this feature.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1 3 месяца назад

Thank you, Ben! I love all Questing Beast's videos!

@DUNGEONCRAFT1 3 месяца назад

@@davesolo4352 The RU-vid algorithm has changed.

@wadebutler7127 3 месяца назад

@@davesolo4352 Problem is, outrage draws clicks and RU-vid LOVES to push outrage as a result. You then get once excellent channels like Dungeon Craft that go where the clicks are. That taste of success changes them - and not for the better. His channel is a shadow of what it once was, thanks to him leaning so hard into WOTC drama videos; I unsubbed as a result. But to the larger point, RU-vid recommendations too often focus on outrage videos, drama videos, and so on. No matter how often I hide channels that peddle in that garbage, they're always shoving more into my recommendations. I still peruse the recommendations now and then to discover new channels, but searching by topic has become a better tool because RU-vid's algo seems intent on serving up content designed to keep people angry. I do wish the Prof would stop chasing this carrot. I'd consider watching him again, but the front page of his channel even right now shows that he knows where his bread is buttered and that he will continue to pander for clicks. It's unfortunate.

@kelseysvenson8544 3 месяца назад

Am I the only one who never experienced this kind of issues? Now I realise it's because I always go to Subscriptions by default.

@jacemachine 3 месяца назад

Same. I didn't know people did otherwise.

@carp5444 3 месяца назад

Same, I'm confused. I've never had an issue. I don't use the notifications bell. I check my subscription tab. I have just shy of 100 subscriptions.

@synmad3638 3 месяца назад

Same but I've heard from several youtubers that we're in the small minority

@josephkrausz9557 3 месяца назад

It's so weird that anyone does otherwise.

@adminanonymous1521 3 месяца назад

It's like that's the entire point of subscribing or something.

@caleb-hines 3 месяца назад

I just turn off my watch history, so my home page is blank and I always go straight to the subscriptions page.

@Jeefrs 3 месяца назад

Same, it's nice

@etrudeau 3 месяца назад

Same

@JamesMillsNeutralBase 3 месяца назад

This is the way. It also turns off Shorts doomscrolling which is really nice.

@fredericmanson441 3 месяца назад

I did that too. But I have to get rid of "proposed" videos in the right panel... I LOVE ALL THE VIDEOS FROM QUESTING BEAST. (write and repeat that!!)

@pencilriot 3 месяца назад

same. best decision ive ever made. i feel bliss everytime i look at the empty homepage

@MatsJPB 3 месяца назад

I just saved the subscription tab as a browser bookmark and use that whenever I want to go to youtube.

@mightystu49 3 месяца назад

This kind of content is exactly why I am subscribed to you and enjoy your style. You are frank and don't try to fall into the easy pitfalls of most youtubers that will try to game the system. You give actionable advice and a clear viewpoint and it is so refreshing to see vs. all the channels that try to make their bones on hobby drama or other unimportant things that pander to an algorithm. Putting the power back in the hands of the people, where it should be.

@gmradio2436 3 месяца назад

I disabled RU-vid history, and RU-vid tried to take it's ball home and disabled the Homepage.

@CavernadoLekkis 3 месяца назад

Perfect! For a moment, I thought you would also complain about the algorithm and so on. But you actually provided a simple solution. Thanks!

@KnarbMakes 3 месяца назад

What if I wasn't subbed to the questing beast. I would never be able to find you without the recommended homepage feed ❤

@rynowatcher 3 месяца назад

Generally, pdm is talking about how to get new watchers to a Chanel vs an existing audience. He references his views go up when he does dungeon drama vs normal content but his regular viewers say they want more regular content and less wotc earning reports. Issue is you get more people than just subscribers if you go for a broader interest topic; ie, you get people interested in finance and d&d if you talk about the wotc fiscal year, but lose the finance crowd if you talk about how to dry brush terrain. Less of a reach thing and more of an interest thing.

@wadebutler7127 3 месяца назад

He lost me as a subscriber as a result of him leaning so hard into the outrage machine. I have no love for WOTC, but also have no interest in hearing about the drama all the time. It's part of why I'm into the OSR scene. He once had really good content, I liked hearing how he ran games, I enjoyed his views on gaming even when we disagreed on stuff, but the outage bait? Enough was eventually enough. I bailed on him

@rynowatcher 3 месяца назад

@@wadebutler7127 yeah. Same; chasing clicks does not endure you to your audience.

@TradeUaPikachu 3 месяца назад

Saw "One Weird Trick" and thought it was more playful clickbait. But I was wrong! It's a good thing ALL of Questing Beast's videos are great and I always want them in my feed!

@DavidAlastairHayden 3 месяца назад

It may not be weird, but it is a trick.

@aaroncorbett6352 3 месяца назад

I love ALL Questing Beast videos.

@DavidMasters-nt7rm 3 месяца назад

"I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future." Making "I love ALL videos by So and So" posts is about effective as those silly Facebook messages people got tricked into posting

@hexcrawler 3 месяца назад

I really enjoy many of questing beasts videos. Thanks algorithm.

@DeficientMaster 3 месяца назад

Less than a 10th of my views on a new video come from the subscription feed. Everything's from the homepage. What I see on my end as a consumer is if I watch one video from my sub feed & then go to my homepage, it's like the algorithm dumps all of that channel's videos in my feed. Idk man. All I know is I love Questing Beast's videos.

@helixxharpell 3 месяца назад

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE everything that Questing Beast does!

@marccaron6008 3 месяца назад

Tempest in a teapot. There is a role-down menu on the top left side of the RU-vid page. I use that to check all the new videos produced by the channels I subscribed to. There is no 'controversy'.

@jimmd68 3 месяца назад

Good advice. I've been using the subscriptions tab for years. The YT algorithm can't figure me out anyway!

@GMMike 3 месяца назад

I didn't know there was a problem I get my usual notifications and Ttrpg RU-vidrs. 😮

@FalkaRiannon 3 месяца назад

I recently had several situations where youtube activated the notifications on some channels I have been subscribed to for years without me doing so. So the notifications are definitely on the wonky side it seems.

@williambennett7935 3 месяца назад

I love the Questing Beast, but the Questing Beast just wanted to be friends 😢

@coldstream11 3 месяца назад

Lol

@LaserCat006 5 дней назад

thank you so much, the shorts have been really bugging me. feels so good to turn them off finally.

@ThaddeusKE 3 месяца назад

I just have the URL for the subscription page saved as y favorite for you tube, no browser extension or other tricks needed

@harmen4750 3 месяца назад

This is the way

@darthknight1 3 месяца назад

I love ALL of the videos by Questing Beast!

@Loki- 3 месяца назад

I just scroll down Subscriptions regularly. Like you said 👍 cool extension though!

@dadandjackplay 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the recommendation! I started using this a week ago and now every channel I want to follow immediately pops up when I go to RU-vid.

@Hallblithe 3 месяца назад

This is golden. Thanks so much for the advice! (Also, the thumbnail was hilarious-bravo!)

@sawe3172 3 месяца назад

After pondering how much time I lost watching recommended videos I really didn't want to see I turned off my entire RU-vid history. No recommendations of any type, so I can focus in the subscriptions I really wanna see.

@normanlennox4949 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the heads up, Ben. Time to make some changes. Long live the Questing Beast!

@christianstraubhaar339 3 месяца назад

yeah I've just been treating the subscriptions tab as my "homepage" for awhile, basically no adjustments necessary

@bluethirtytwo 3 месяца назад

This is what I've been telling people for years - if you stay on the subscription tab, you just see your subscriptions. It's so easy, and if you do it long enough it naturally warps your algorithm positively when you do venture out into the void.

@Blerdy_Disposition 3 месяца назад

For an honest moment Questing Beasts, I thought this was an April Fool's day video but then realized you were being honest! Will be using this though for sure.

@Roll_and_Rock 3 месяца назад

I go straight to subscribed, but had no idea it was "personalized". Thanks for calling out Subscribed All !

@joelbarr1163 3 месяца назад

Just bookmark the subscriptions page, and when you go to RU-vid, start there. No browser extensions, no "bell" buttons.

@davewire87 3 месяца назад

I always check my subscriptions since I don’t want to miss out on what my favorite creators have released. I only check the homepage to find random stuff. I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with watching the videos from the channels I’ve subscribed to.

@piotrp6793 3 месяца назад

I love your sane approach to RPGs and OSR! :) And love all your videos :)

@sonicexpert986 3 месяца назад

Glad to see more people talking about this, thanks for the informative video!

@jonmakar5646 3 месяца назад

I want to watch all Questing Beast's videos! Liked and subscribed! We need more of this content!

@jamesonstalanthasyu 3 месяца назад

I've always just used the youtube Subscription button, super simple and built in, and doesn't need an extension to be installed. I don't need another group collating my data for sale to understand the traffic of me and my cohorts.

@danielrowan4716 3 месяца назад

I love all Questing Beast videos. I generally give the front page a look but browse my subscriptions heavily for their new content.

@samurguybriyongtan146 3 месяца назад

I love all of Questing Beast videos! Great stuff.

@MrDowntemp0 3 месяца назад

I accomplish the same thing with different tools. Subscriptions used to be the default way to view youtube a loooong time ago. Anyways, I wanna see that list of spells, when can we get at that Knave 2e?

@mixofreak 3 месяца назад

Ahhhh... I've been wondering for a while why people were complaining about not seeing videos. I didn't realize people were only looking at their homepage instead of the Subscriptions page, since I always make playlists of stuff to just listen to but not visually see while at work, what stuff to watch at home in general, and what stuff to specifically put off for days off.

@ElSpiko 3 месяца назад

Just changing my bell notifications to 'All' instead of 'Personalized' for my favorite subs made a huge difference in my feed and suggested videos.

@AtillaBuyukurvay 3 месяца назад

I genuinely love all of Questing Beast’s videos, tho.

@JustinThorLPs 3 месяца назад

I also recommend the extension (channel blocker) It pops a little X next to the channel name that allows you to block channels so you don't have to see them anymore. You know, so if you want to still have the sidebar feature available, you don't want to unhook it. You can have it not feed you. Oh, I don't know. Bob, the world builder. He just happens to be on the sidebar right now for me. LOL

@Arsenico13 3 месяца назад

Thank you! Didn't know about this add-on! Installed 👍🏻

@Access1296 3 месяца назад

I love ALL questing Beast videos. Very good channel. I’d recommend these videos to everyone.

@TwIsTeDTeDDy177 2 месяца назад

oh my gosh! i really love all this guy's videos!

@petsdinner 3 месяца назад

For a minute I thought this was going to be an endorsement for the blogosphere! Looking forward to your next video!

@synmad3638 3 месяца назад

Unhook has literally made my life easier. Now, whenever I've watched everything my favorite channels uploaded recently, I'm just done with YT for the day! I would have to go out of my way to keep wasting time bouncing between videos I don't even really want to watch just because YT put them in front of me

@dradoss 3 месяца назад

Hey just wanted to let you know I really enjoy your QuestingBeast awards videos.

@alexandredesrochers1957 3 месяца назад

I love all your videos!

@blackbarnz 3 месяца назад

Anticipating "the doosy" with great enthusiasm!

@jonmakar5646 3 месяца назад

Questing Beast is the best channel, where I learn about D&D and RPGs and ttRPGs and games.

@VosperCDN 3 месяца назад

I've been using the same addon, which is great for removing all the felgercarb that normally resides on youtube. Prior to that, I just had my YT bookmark take me to subs directly, and would only go to the actual home page just to see what might be interesting.

@DungeonMasterpiece 3 месяца назад

I LOVE ALL OF THE ALEXANDRIAN'S VIDEOS! 🎉🎉

@nathandsomegames 3 месяца назад

Turned off watch history years ago so the home page doesn't even work. This forces me to use the Subscriptions tab and get all of your excellent videos Ben!

@welovettrpgs 3 месяца назад

Great tips! Thanks!

@GeekNGame 3 месяца назад

I love Questing Beast videos!

@f.a.santiago1053 3 месяца назад

Just thought I'd let you know that I just got the Labyrinth adventure game in the mail and CANNOT wait to play it with my friends.

@okra13 3 месяца назад

We love ALL the Questing Beast Videos!!!

@Grepehu 3 месяца назад

If you turn off your watch history, RU-vid stops giving you the homepage with recommendations, which is really funny because they thought they were making it to induce people into turning watch history back on, but it's only made my RU-vid experience much better without any algorithm.

@endieposts 3 месяца назад

Calling it a "DnD scandal" when it is simply the algortithm deprioritising content it thinks people are less likely to watch (like 'Professor' Dungeoncraft's consistently clickbaity, soyface-thumbnailed videos that people leave early and downvote) is very much like what freshman dungeoncraft himself would do. Also, all the dumbos trying the "I love all videos from xxxx" are the sort of people who use facebook and post the "I do not give facebook permission to use my photos" meme.

@robertfellrath4935 3 месяца назад

Great video. Always a fan of your content.

@stephenkotowych8105 3 месяца назад

I love ALL Questing Beast videos, especially the doozies!

@Smittumi 3 месяца назад

Lol. Ben, that thumbnail 😂😂😂

@VitorGuerreiroVideos 3 месяца назад

Quite some years ago I just changed my youtube bookmarks/shortcuts to the subscription page url instead of the "home page". Don't even see the home page at all and no need to install third party addon, which could affect your privacy while using your browser.

@MarvelX42 3 месяца назад

This is just anecdotal (but from my personal experience) but even when you are subbed and have "all" on, it still doesn't always notify you of all the videos from all the channels that you are subbed to.

@DrCarstairs 2 месяца назад

I have not been to my RU-vid Home page in ages. I have the subscription feed bookmarked and that's were I go.

@Stephen-Fox 3 месяца назад

Whereas I spend more time on the subscription tab than the home page and sometimes forget the home page exists (...Which means I tend not to see any community posts until about two days after they're posted)

@joel6376 3 месяца назад

I find the subscriptions page doesn't list everything. Perhaps its because I have ~10 years worth of subs (600+) and it stops working, but I rarely see woodworking things in there even though the channels still publish them. idk if the bell icon changes this behavior.

@granlobo28 3 месяца назад

Let's be clear, your content is great but I have to search for it because it doesn't show up in my feed, so I'll say it again, I love this content

@KeineMaerchen 3 месяца назад

I actually do love every Questing Beast video ❤😂

@brianr4054 3 месяца назад

I only go to the 'home' feed if I run out of stuff to watch in my subscriptions.

@jordangalvony312 3 месяца назад

It's weird, but RU-vid updated my watch history - aka, it's deactivated. I don't know how it happened, but basically the homepage is empty and asking me to turn back on the history to see anything. I've never turned it back on and i like it that way. It's so easy to wind up down a RU-vid rabbit hole and i avoid that now.

@oOPPHOo 3 месяца назад

Before people shame the home page too much, it should be noted that the subscription page comes with its own set of problems. Two core ones: 1) Users barely ever unsubscribe. We just add more subscription and switch between the ones we pay attention to. The home page reinforces this behavior, but it was there to begin with too. 2) It's in chronological order and will get flooded by channels who upload often. In my case, TYT used to flood my feed by uploading multiple time a day. So instead of a video like this competing with the algorithm, which is based on the type of content you've been engaging with lately, it will instead compete with the most upload happy channel you're subscribed to.

@Mantorp86 3 месяца назад

It’s funny because I always watch the subscription page and I forget that the home screen exists 😅

@jimjones7980 3 месяца назад

If you turn off your watch history, it also breaks the algorithmic home page (at least is has for me). Mine is blank with a notice asking if I want to turn it on (I don't). I just use my subscription tab and never miss a video. I also like the videos that I watch and comment when I feel I have something to contribute. Most importantly, though, is just watching from the subscription tab. I've been doing it for years and it has greatly improved my RU-vid experience. And... it's easy.

@PossumMedic 3 месяца назад

Great options thanks! :D

@jonothanthrace1530 3 месяца назад

Now I'm left with more questions than I had going in.

@beanboi789 3 месяца назад

It's funny that some people mostly use the home page. I have always gone straight to my subscriptions.

@mjolasgard2533 3 месяца назад

Grrr! And here was I slaying the RU-vid dragon, and some sorcerer comes along with a neat little magic trick and poof... i'm no longer needed. This must be 5e all over again!

@Nasty-sauce 3 месяца назад

Ok I’ve seen stuff about the algorithm and videos not showing up in the subscription tab for years and years. since the “adpocolypse” is when I remember it becoming a big sticking point for RU-vidrs. Does anyone know of any concrete proof that RU-vid doesn’t show videos in sub boxes? I’ve never had the issue personally and I’m not saying anything about the quality of QB because I think they should be wayyy bigger. But I’ve always noticed that when I see a RU-vid complain about the algorithm I notice the recent content they’re producing also makes me, a fan, go “oh I don’t want to watch those videos” so I don’t click on them. I know what I just said is highly anecdotal, but that’s why I ask cause so is every instance of viewers and RU-vidrs saying videos aren’t showing up.

@marklaurenzi1609 3 месяца назад

I love these videos!

@doublekrpg 3 месяца назад

I love all Questing Beast videos!

@chriskind 3 месяца назад

I like all the videos on this channel!

@AdrianFacchi 3 месяца назад

I just bookmark my subscriptions page and that's how I access RU-vid.

@QichinVODs 3 месяца назад

This promises to change my youtube watching behavior entirely D:

@ThePixelPear 3 месяца назад

Lol that is an amazing thumbnail and title. The satire is not lost😂

@zipperman1448 3 месяца назад

Clicking the bell icon might actually be a good idea...I don't have a habit of doing that.

@zonegamma8197 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the info

@thomaswhite3059 3 месяца назад

I like all of the videos of Questing Beast!

@thuglifegame7573 3 месяца назад

Also QB, the bell doesn’t work the way one thinks it would. Will def try Unhooked.

@Adept_Austin 2 месяца назад

Subscribed so I could see your videos after following this great advice 👍

@NemoOhd20 3 месяца назад

Thanks, Ben. I love all your videos. Doing things to circumvent the homepage misses the problem, if the video isn't shown to the masses, who do use the homepage, then Ben's channel will wither.

@QuestingBeast 3 месяца назад

Nah, you still see recommended videos in the side bar, if you want.

@NemoOhd20 3 месяца назад

@@QuestingBeast What percentage of your viewers do you expect will do your suggestion? What percentage the entire population will? The goal is getting more people from the genpop to see it, right?

@MrElliptific 3 месяца назад

Added the plug! Support for my favorite channels.

@MemphiStig 3 месяца назад

The Subscriptions page isn't very good at showing everything either, and doesn't do it all in chrono order. But it's not full of crap like the home page.

@frenstcht 3 месяца назад

And my confusion deepens: When I watch videos by a channel, I get shown more; when I watch fewer video by a channel, I get shown fewer; and when I stop watching videos by a channel, the suggestions trickle off until I'm shown them no more. Yet, even one viewing brings that channel back fully into the feed to be calibrated by choices. This works consistently and has done so for years. Not joking: I get videos recommended _after_ they've been demonetized! According to every creator ever, that's literally impossible! It even knows when I am getting bored with my feed and offers the something-new option at just the right time. Am I the unique statistical fluke for whom the algorithm has been perfectly calibrated? ETA: Edited for typo.