Lemmy Shitpost

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[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 103 points 1 week ago (17 children)

Lemmy is the only social media I have, it’s a peaceful life.

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[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (14 children)

YouTube is my other social media and it's getting stale quickly

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[–] Cheebus@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I turned YouTube history off and just watch videos through “my subscriptions”

For me it’s a game changer

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[–] xylol@leminal.space 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I basically did the same thing but have a YouTube downloader that puts them on my Plex server. So I can watch a show then like a YouTube video and call it a night

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[–] ProfessorGlorps@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wanted to set that up to for a while. But I don't have a home server, just a seedbox and it's limited in what I can do. What software are you using?

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[–] xylol@leminal.space 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I'm using pinchflat on it. The trickiest part was just the naming scheme in pinchflat for the videos and the library configuration on plex so it shows them correctly.

Also I got blocked by YouTube a few times because I would pause it for a while then start it up and it would download way too many so they would block me for like a month

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[–] ProfessorGlorps@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks, I'll have a look if the server supports it.

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[–] shifty@leminal.space 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I degoogled, so I don't login.

Youtube Unhook and SponsorBlock Extensions in Firefox

"Hide YouTube related videos, comments, video suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending tab, and other distractions.

A browser extension to eliminate distractions on YouTube, including the recommended sidebar, endscreen video suggestions, user comments, homepage related videos feed, trending tab, turn off autoplay or annotations, and more. Toggle the options through the popup to customize your own YouTube experience!"

I go to youtube website and its just a blank page with a sidebar and a searchbar. My subscriptions are just bookmarked pages of people I follow, or I subscribe through Grayjay.

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I do something similar, not as many extensions and very incomplete bookmarks. Most of the time I just go through a list in my head, so sometimes I remember a channel I haven't checked in a while and then have enough videos to watch for a week.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago

I want to do the same, but if I'm rehearsing on my own I might be playing along with a YouTube. My music account's history is basically my busking setlist.

I really should download the songs and make a Winamp playlist

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[–] protist@retrofed.com 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

YouTube is still amazing, you just have to ignore the algorithm, which is easy enough through subscriptions

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I was trying to find background music the other day while I did chores. Unless you know a specifc channel, there's a good chance your search takes you to Aimusic instead of music.

I've been known for having strong opinions from time to time

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

Why ignore the algorithm? Some of my favorite creators I found through the algorithm (suggested videos, homepage, etc). I just ignore the ones you don't like, you'll see less and less of them.

Example: A few weeks ago it tried to show me videos of Charlie Kirk, I marked them as boring and after 3 attempts it got the message and I haven't seen one since.

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[–] protist@retrofed.com 1 point 1 week ago

You're right about this, but getting it right can take some work. YouTube makes recommendations based on your watch history and input, so you have to go in and remove videos from your history you don't want to influence what you see. But a big problem IMO is that the algorithm recommends things only based on what you've watched recently, and not based on your subscriptions

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I have never really thought of YouTube as social media, but you have a point.

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[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It leaned further into it back during the google+ days. There were feeds that showed your friends activity, comments, reply videos, etc. It's interesting that they went in other directions.

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[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Yes, but it’s very white and Anglo so it doesn’t feel like a “worldwide” web.

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[–] FapFlop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It’s kinda like an MMO. We’re all here, but we likely won’t cross paths again.

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I just use Lemmy, fuck the technocrats

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

Where mediocrity is an aspirational goal

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[+] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com -19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Your friend sounds like an snobbish ass. Just because something is offline doesn't mean it's not mediocre. There are many, many valid criticisms of social media. But when your friend mentions something they enjoy you don't seem very nice when you tell them that what they enjoy sucks. Don't yuck someone else's yum.

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[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We’re friends, though. We’re honest with each other. I want to know his perspective even when we diverge.

So if I love pizza and he hates it, I don’t want my friend to tell me with a coat-hanger smile that he likes pizza too. I want to know how much he hates it with all the adjectives he can muster.

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[–] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I don't think that was at all the point the friend was making

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This kind of inability to accept others’ point of view is why I don’t connect with people much anymore.

When I was younger I had lots of friends who had differing opinions and we had the openness to say “that’s fucking stupid” with each other, explain why and still remain friends.

These days you can slip up just once with a minor non-conforming opinion and people suddenly become unhinged. And I simply can’t take only talking about surface level topics to avoid conflict anymore.