Who are some quality youtubers now that capture the glory days of yt? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Stuff like HAWP, 5sf, asdfmovie, Nathan barnatt, etc.

No overblown people acting fake and sensationalist (that try so hard to be funny when they aren't) no ads. Just fun.

Does this even exist ? Even howtobasic has went to ads...which is fine. But it spoils it for me.

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[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Overblown people acting fake and sensationalist (that try so hard to be funny when they aren't)

This has been there almost since the beginning; case and point:

Annoying Orange
Fred
Boxxy

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

It has. But I don't recall annoying orange or Fred trying to sell shit to me every 3 seconds.

Those are nowhere near the quality of hawp or 5sf, either.

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I wasn't responding to your mention of ads, I was responding to your assertion that there weren't overblown sensationalists at the same time you liked specific channels.

Yeah, of course they weren't of the same quality, but during that same time period they both existed and were more popular than the one's you mentioned. Fred was pulling in double digit millions of views on most of his videos for a couple years. That's more than what could be said for any of the creators you listed.

Of the channels you highlighted as positive the only one that competes with Fred is TomSka with the asdfmovies, and those were spaced a year apart. Hell, Hawp, 5sf, and Nathan Barnatt never broke 10M views and rarely even broke 1M. Furthermore, TomSka in asdfmovie is overblown sensationalism.

What I'm attempting to highlight is that the platform has always had it's cringeworthy creators and that your rose-tinted glasses don't automatically elevate the creators you personally liked to popular status. That's not a bad thing per se, but obnoxious sensationalist creators operating at the same time as your preferred channels (and thus in your perceived glory days) were bigger and more popular than those you mentioned.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh yeah, Fred was annoying of course. But there are far worse, far more annoying creators today. And theyre all selling shit.

Asdfmovie isnt overblown for the sake of clickbait garbage though. A bear dying on the moon is fucking hilarious, or a cupcake thats mom is a cake.

Its this sensationalist idiocy I cannot stand

This isnt me yelling at cloud. This is actual shit content.

Dont even get me STARTED on Shorts. Idiotic.

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