I have a hard time caring about related videos being based on absolute profitability for google or optimized returns for advertisers. Crazy thought; I’d like related videos to be based on quality and relevance.

Here's to hoping Vidme picks up YouTube's slack.

I think it also has to do with how absolutely dystopian some companies can be as far as product placements and never, ever EVER giving the competition a chance to photo bomb. A terrifying real life example was how attendees of the London games who wore brand logos contrary to the Olympic sponsors were forced to cover every inch of the 'contraband' logos with tape.

It's all fine and good if you say 'Welcome to the real world of business and advertising, YouTubers' but it would have been super duper to lay out the rules at least somewhere for users to read instead of saying "You don't get to know the rules but you better follow every one! And if you break one you have to find out why yourself because we're not telling." So the user has to play whack-a-mole trying to find out just what the bloody Hell set an advertiser off.

An example was a use who found a wrecked pizza truck but because the logo was visible that was verboten. At least he thinks that's why.

Even channels in my youtube subscription feed have disappeared in the last few months. For example, if anyone here is subscribed to the atheist experience channel, check and see if their uploads appear in your subscription feed. They don't for me, and I don't know why.

Youtube started recommended videos about Beekeeping for me, because I like Eddie Izzard who -- as it turns out -- IS COVERED IN BEES.

This is fine because Beekeeping videos are fucking fascinating. If I lived outside of city limits I would definitely start keeping bees.

I dunno why but I am just obsessed about bees. I don't have any pictures of bees or plush bees or posters of bees, or anything even bee related in my house or in my life. Nobody knows I am in awe of bees. None of my friends know; none of my family knows.

But if I could have a hive full of bees I would do it. I wouldn't even steal their honey, I just think their whole life cycle and insect society is amazing. Even how newly hatched queens will go around finding other queen cells and jam their stingers in there to quash potential rivals.

Bees are just amazing. If I had bees I would give my knees to them so that they would be the bee's knees.

Could this guy be any more annoying especially with that background synth track?

5 for demonetized butthurt.

We always need more gatekeepers, never less.

Goddamn youtube, you used to be the cool uncle, now you are the creepy uncle.

Deducting 2 stars because of the presentation.

On one hand there’s a legitimate issue here, on the other this one is becoming another proxy war for alt right shitheads to cry censorship because Youtube won’t let them hint at oppressing minorities.

@Hooker, it's not a matter of choosing a side it's a matter of fact. YouTube isn't the public square. A private company that owns/operates youtube is changing the way it operates. The people who upload content to youtube have 2 choices:

1. do nothing and accept it
2. leave and use something else

If anything I want content creators to go build their own solutions/platforms to deliver their content so they can be in control.

While I don't want to shill for corporations that don't need anyone's defense, I also don't want to paint a bunch of adult-babies who are now crying that they can't make money off of bullshit as being locked in some heroic struggle either.