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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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All posts must be showerthoughts

The entire showerthought must be in the title

No politics

If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion

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[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't know if YouTube died per se, but it certainly became enshittified.

Heaps of content creators sold out to advertising interests and degraded their own platform. Not that I blame them really, money always talks

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[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And new creators take their place, if you're only seeing shit on YouTube it's because you're only subscribed to shit.

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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Heaps of content creators sold out to advertising interests and degraded their own platform. Not that I blame them really, money always talks

And new creators take their place, if you’re only seeing shit on YouTube it’s because you’re only subscribed to shit.

To be fair, a lot of the good ones have moved over to, or always has been on, Nebula. (I'm not getting paid for pitching Nebula, just saying.)

In essence, you're both right, to some degree, but not completely.

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Tell me you're out of touch without telling me you're out of touch. Most of the good creators only upload once in a blue moon nowadays. The search feature is completely useless. Dislikes have been removed, so you can't easily filter garbage anymore. Shorts, a toxic form of content, is getting pushed down users' throats. Their UI is getting worse all the time...

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[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

I have no trouble finding good content and if you don't use the official app or use it in your browser you can just disable shorts. It's also not like dislikes ever actually filtered content lmao. You never saw videos with crazy dislike ratios back in the day? Engagement votes are engagement, whether they're positive or negative.

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Have you considered that your definition of "good content" might be shit?

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[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

'Everything I don't like is objectively terrible'

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