Does LTT suffer from YouTube algorithm changes?

[Shepanator]

I was reading this article where youtube denies that they have been adjusting their algorithm recently, despite pewdiepie saying his views went from being 30% suggested video clicks to less than 1%.

I was wondering if LTT has seen a similar drop?

 

Sorry if this has already been spoken about somewhere, I'll delete this thread if so.

Also I guess this is directed at @LinusTech

[Syntaxvgm]

I don't know, but I keep getting suggested "therichest" and similar content every time I start a fresh session, usually its some gross or fake ass thumbnail with an arrow pointing to something. 

It's very obvious that real content is suffering and clickbait shit is helped by this. 

[Marine_Boy]

3 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

It's very obvious that real content is suffering and clickbait shit is helped by this.

I agree. I can see it more and more often recently. Shit ton of click baits, even on channels that never did this...  

 

As of LTT suffering because of any algorithm changes/adjustments - I hope not. Unfortunately I see their videos in my recommended feed less often than a while ago. 

[Syntaxvgm]

4 minutes ago, Marine_Boy said:

I agree. I can see it more and more often recently. Shit ton of click baits, even on channels that never did this...  

 

As of LTT suffering because of any algorithm changes/adjustments - I hope not. Unfortunately I see their videos in my recommended feed less often than a while ago. 

often the fuckin thumbnails break rules like "Violent or graphic content" and are displayed for weeks. 

Best part?

The new youtube redesign is removing the like/dislike bar completely. That WILL make it much easier for clickbait shit. There's so much you can tell by a video's ratio, especially on a channel with a dedicated viewer base. You'd have to pull out a calculator now. It is very obvious to me this is all intentional because of this. 

[Zoravar]

3 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

The new youtube redesign is removing the like/dislike bar completely.

That's a dumb idea.  But then again, this is YouTube and they're not known for always making the wisest decisions when it comes to things like this. 

 

Like you said, my fear is that doing so will make the click bait more prevalent. I've already noticed more and more of it in my recommended videos and it annoys me. It just makes the content I actually want to see less prevalent. 

[Syntaxvgm]

5 hours ago, Zoravar said:

That's a dumb idea.  But then again, this is YouTube and they're not known for always making the wisest decisions when it comes to things like this. 

 

Like you said, my fear is that doing so will make the click bait more prevalent. I've already noticed more and more of it in my recommended videos and it annoys me. It just makes the content I actually want to see less prevalent. 

I think they've got away with this shit for years because they have a monopoly on the mass audience. It will kill them, but there's no clear alternative, so that's not good for internet entertainment producers or the audience. 

[LinusTech]

13 hours ago, Marine_Boy said:

I agree. I can see it more and more often recently. Shit ton of click baits, even on channels that never did this...  

 

As of LTT suffering because of any algorithm changes/adjustments - I hope not. Unfortunately I see their videos in my recommended feed less often than a while ago. 

We've definitely noticed some changes but we aren't being buried at the moment. 

 

I think part part of the reason we aren't feeling it as much is that we've never been especially blessed by the algorithm anyway. 

 

Slow, steady growth. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

13 hours ago, Shepanator said:

Sorry if this has already been spoken about somewhere, I'll delete this thread if so.

No you won't

 

You can't

 

 

[DarkBlade2117]

3 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

We've definitely noticed some changes but we aren't being buried at the moment. 

 

I think part part of the reason we aren't feeling it as much is that we've never been especially blessed by the algorithm anyway. 

 

Slow, steady growth. 

Guy's it's a trap, this isn't the real Linus. We can't trust him! PROVE YOURSELF! WHAT HAPPENED TO MR.WHISKERS ON OCTOBER 28TH IN THE YEAR 1993!

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

We've definitely noticed some changes but we aren't being buried at the moment. 

 

I think part part of the reason we aren't feeling it as much is that we've never been especially blessed by the algorithm anyway. 

 

Slow, steady growth. 

i'm guessing stuff like what's coming up about youtube algorithms is also why you folks are very much putting your eggs in as many baskets as you can.. if that even made any sense at all...

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i do really wonder why i have to go look at rossmann's youtube page to see if he has new videos, but my frontpage is always full of "top 10 things you dont give a flying something about" i've been quite religious about never clicking.

 

it's almost like youtube is becoming apple "we decide what you want to watch today"

[Marine_Boy]

10 hours ago, LinusTech said:

We've definitely noticed some changes but we aren't being buried at the moment. 

 

I think part part of the reason we aren't feeling it as much is that we've never been especially blessed by the algorithm anyway. 

 

Slow, steady growth. 

It's good to hear that your channel wasn't affected as bad as some other channels I've heard about  Hope it won't change in the future