Keep your fingers out of the UV. Not healthy.
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Reminds me of Stumble Upon, which I used to enjoy.
âThe conversations weâre having about YouTube are based on an impoverished view of what the platform really is,â says Ryan McGrady, senior researcher at the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, US. âWhen we just focus on whatâs popular, we miss how the vast majority of people actually use YouTube as uploaders, and overlooking the role it plays in our society.â
I spent the last month dipping into one of the first truly random samples of YouTube ever collected outside the company. I saw a side of the internet that sometimes feels lost, one full of pure, unvarnished self-expression. Itâs an entire world that YouTubeâs all-seeing algorithm wonât show you.
To unveil this side of YouTube, McGrady and his colleagues built a tool that dials videos at random. The scraper tried more than 18 trillion potential URLs before it collected a big enough sample for real scientific analysis. Among the findings, the researchers estimate that the median video has been watched just 41 times. Posts with more than 130 views are actually in the top third of the serviceâs most popular content. In other words, the vast majority of YouTube is practically invisible.
Most of these videos arenât meant for us to see. They exist because people need a digital attic to store their memories. Itâs an internet unshaped by the pressures of clicks and algorithms â a glimpse into a place where content doesnât have to perform, where it can simply exist.
Hereâs a thing linked in the article that cycles randomly through videos named IMG-something.
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I didnât even know magnets liked riding bikes.
Cool video, thanks for posting.
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Magnets, how do they ride??
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Careful - thatâs a polarizing subject!
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They used to make sahti near my childhood home. I still remember the smellâŚ
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The US govât just did DEI, and I am very confused.
Plus the fact that I never heard of this battalion before and THAT pisses me off!
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It was a movie (last December?)
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I donât have Netflix.
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I think there was an obituary for one of the members sometime last year.
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I could almost file this under Did Somebody Say Star Trek, but it is a bit more universal.
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I must have the plushie 555 timer!
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This is was interesting. The guy does a deep dive into mythology about elves and the fae in mythology and literature in different cultures from Japan to Ireland, including the middle east, and how Tolkien and D&D changed it up, with a bit of religion, to make them more angelic rather than the traditional trickster beings. All while dressed and speaking like a Georgian gnome.
At first I was thinking - this is really long - but I got sucked into it. It was interesting.
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