Ask Lemmy

I click "Don't recommend channel" whenever I detect bullshit, like if the word "banned" is in the title. Those are never about anything that was actually banned.

I can't even remember them all, but it's usually one of the following, in no particular order:

-- Someone who started well but whose channel is now just ads for paid content elsewhere, OR whose content is clearly only there to serve as a vehicle by which to present all their merch, affiliate links, new products, paid collaborations, etc., and/or where the content itself is merely a series of reminders about "check the link in the description!" every two minutes to the extent that even Sponsor Block can't keep up (the art communities tend to have these more than others do)

-- Someone who is casually cruel, or if they mock others in a way that could even be remotely considered serious (Cam Anderson of Blacktail Studios is my sole exception here: mouth like a flamethrower but it's hilarious and clearly not meant seriously except in regard to his ex-roommate, iykyk)

-- Someone who draws me in on content but turns out to have an incessant whine or series of gripes or is embroiled in unending conflicts

-- Someone who leans heavy on religion, or uses voiceover to deliver extended essay-like monologues on some unrelated subject

-- Someone who turns out to be right-wing/fascist or strikes me as a propagandist, and/or delivers propagandistic content that seems to rely on emotional interaction or visceral response from the viewer

-- AI content: I can live with a splash screen/intro or other minor bits, but otherwise I don't want to see it or hear it

Johnny harris when I saw he said something about how he will lie or stretch the truth in order to make the video better

A few I've watched got outed as creeps or predators (Wilbur Soot, Exurb1a, + a couple others I can't remember)

There was one space news channel I watched who's name I can't remember now (he even showed up in one of Everyday Astronaut's live streams at one point years ago iirc) who turned out to be MAGA and started making videos about how "nAsA iS aCtUaLlY cOmMuNiSt"

My most recent unsub was Brodie Robertson, he was apparently caught sharing loli images in a discord server or something. Apparently the guy who called him out for it is some alt-right grifter, but Brodie's defence amounted to "it's just drawings bro"

I've been watching YouTube as my main source of entertainment for 15+ years so there are countless creators who's content I've just lost interest in too.

mental outlaw, videos stopped being interesting

I have an youtube account since 2008 and since then a lot of creators came and went. I grew, the creators grew, that's how time works. For example I dropped all Let's Play channels, as I don't watch them anymore. I do watch some gaming channels but not full gameplays anymore. At some point I started watching videos in English, than in German (my native language). I don't remember any instance, where I dropped a channel, because I specifically didn't like the person anymore. It was either I lost interest in that content, they changed their content or they even stopped doing videos.

Soft White Underbelly. It's misery porn. I think people started going on there for promotional purpose. I suspect some might be playing exaggerated versions of themselves.

Crazy Russian Hacker/Taras Kul, videos were really explaining science in an interesting and funny way but now seem like TeleShopping but for useless items.

Comicstorian, because he died.

NetworkChuck when he started his religious bullshit at the end. He’s a smart guy and had some great content. But peddle your snake oil on a separate channel. I came for the tech, not the sermon.

I've dropped all of them in a way. I only go to YouTube to watch the weekly alton brown. Instead of YouTube, I spend 4 bucks a month to watch the stuff that Corridor has on thier website. I'm trying to degoogle and demicrosoft my life.

Flashback history and darkest chapter, due to his inability to address the history of Israel and the genocide of Palestinians.

Flesh Simulator gave off subtle vibes of being kind of a chud, but he made interesting videos; then he partnered with MDE and put longform content behind a paywall there. I am not giving money to MDE, so MDE can give it to Sam Hyde, so Sam Hyde can give it to neo-nazis, no matter how good the content is; and the fact he defends this at all (and still does, to my knowledge) was enough for me to say "nah let's just watch someone else"