Youtube

[Rageaholic]

Actually, I love youtube. I spend way too much time on it. What I hate are all of these fucking changes they make to it. The latest is that they disabled the star rating system for videos and made the comments harder to navigate.

But what really pees me off is that now I need an adobe upgrade to view any videos. The problem, the site is so slow that I can't install the upgrade unless I want to wait a half an hour. All I get is that fucking circle thing at the corner of my screen going round and round while I wait impatiently just to get to the adobe site. Then when I do try to install it, all I get is a white screen of death.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKK! I just wanna watch some videos!

[powerboy]

Youtube used to be great. But it is all screwed up. Sometimes, I just want to watch videos. But then I can't for some reason.

[Rageaholic]

Part of the problem are the damn copyright nazis that get rid of all the good videos. I'm sure not all of that is youtubes fault, but it sucks to see good videos taken down because of it.

[HYHYBT]

There *is* a good side, at least as I see it, to the new comment arrangement: the "delete" button is much harder to hit when you're aiming for "reply." I've lost more good comments off my videos that way...

[Hobbs]

Part of the problem are the damn copyright nazis that get rid of all the good videos. I'm sure not all of that is youtubes fault, but it sucks to see good videos taken down because of it.
yea, i have one more chance before I'm suspended.

[Rageaholic]

Now that's wierd, I can now watch videos and I didn't download the upgrade. :confused:

Well at least the problem is solved. :)

[Plaidman]

It was a hack or virus maybe?

[Lace Neil Singer]

More likely, it was a bug they've finally gotten off their arses and fixed. There was a bug not long ago that made it impossible to comment, which was bloody annoying.

My main problem with youtube is all the dickheads who use the comments just to bitch and moan at people, or to post shit that doesn't make sense, then bitch when someone corrects them.

[draggar]

I've seen some compalints about it not working well with some browsers (like Opera and FF) - I wonder if this is deliberate to push people to Chrome?

[Red Panda]

What I don't like about youtube is all the dumb videos. sometimes I want to see a music video or a song in concert but all I get is people doing covers. Usually I don't think people listen to covers unless its there friend or a band they like covering another band. It would be neat if they made a search thing that lets you choose what kind of videos come up

[draggar]

What's worse is when they THINK they're doing a cover and it's a complete abomination. :)

Nothing like half a dozen completely bad musicians trying to copy "The Great Gig in the Sky". Talk about screaming banshees!!

(Note: There are some incredible covers of that song, don't get me wrong!)

[AdminAssistant]

I hate when I'll be looking up a clip from a TV show, and I have to wade through a bunch of awful slash-fic. Look, I'm looking for a clip of an episode of NCIS, I'm not interested if your "Tony/Abby" fantasy.

[Rageaholic]

I hate when I'll be looking up a clip from a TV show, and I have to wade through a bunch of awful slash-fic. Look, I'm looking for a clip of an episode of NCIS, I'm not interested if your "Tony/Abby" fantasy.

Do not get me started on those. I could start an entirely different thread on this fanboy/fangirl crap and how everyone wants a romance. Most of their videos either use angsty emo music or heavy metal crap that all sounds the same. Even when the clips are good, the music completely ruins it.

[Lace Neil Singer]

What I hate is if I am watching a fanvideo, like an AMV or computer gameplay, and some shit for brains has posted in the comments, "Wah wah *fandom/character* sucks". If you don't like the fandom or characters, then why the hell are you watching it? :rolleyes: I don't mean constructive criticism; if someone can defend their viewpoint in a reasonable and mature manner, that's another thing entirely. But it's irritating to watch, say, Streets of Rage gameplay and read some mental midget's comment of "Streets of Rage sucks." -.-

[Fryk]

What's really sad is, that they did all this work to "fix" youtube, and no one's even attempted to fix the whole "false DMCA Take Down" mess.

[HEMI6point1]

What's really sad is, that they did all this work to "fix" youtube, and no one's even attempted to fix the whole "false DMCA Take Down" mess.

There are a couple of reasons why Youtube has stopped becoming the video sharing site of choice: Prudes and false DMCA notices.

I have a couple of model tribute fan vids that were pulled from my old account even though they contained no nudity. Said vids are now on Dailymotion, aka the french Youtube. I still have some vids on my new Youtube account but they're relatively tame.

As far as the false DMCA claims, most of them are done by Warner Music Group. I had the audio on some of my videos silenced because they claimed the song was theirs when it really wasn't. I disputed it and each time, I won.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Yeah, Dailymotion is full of win. I go there to watch music videos that, for some reason, are not viewable from the UK. :rolleyes:

[HEMI6point1]

Yeah, Dailymotion is full of win. I go there to watch music videos that, for some reason, are not viewable from the UK. :rolleyes:

When a video is blocked in your country it means that Youtube doesn't have the licensing to play it there. Or something like that. :rolleyes:

[Pagan]

What I hate is if I am watching a fanvideo, like an AMV or computer gameplay, and some shit for brains has posted in the comments, "Wah wah *fandom/character* sucks". If you don't like the fandom or characters, then why the hell are you watching it? :rolleyes: I don't mean constructive criticism; if someone can defend their viewpoint in a reasonable and mature manner, that's another thing entirely. But it's irritating to watch, say, Streets of Rage gameplay and read some mental midget's comment of "Streets of Rage sucks." -.-

That annoys the crap out of me, too. There's a particular singer that I'm very into right now and a lot of his concerts are on YouTube (very cool that they seem to not have a problem with people recording him). However, most of the comments seem to quickly degenerate into how horrible a person (that they've never met) he is because of his sexual orientation and he wears eyeliner (don't get that one either). I'm sorry, but I like my glittery little gay boy. I've finally just quit reading any and all comments anywhere on there.

Like you said, if ya don't like it, don't watch it!

[Lace Neil Singer]

I find that kind of comment happening far too often on Marilyn Manson music videos. -.-

One of my annoyances in comments happened on a Sonic pairing video; the couple in question was Knuckles/Rouge. This stupid girl posted a load of crap which was basically "Shadow/Rouge is right and all of you are wrong!". I and a few other people owned her, and she fell back on, "You suck!" :rolleyes:

There is nothing wrong in the slightest about having a different preference; however, if you choose to post about that different preference on a video that is about another, then either don't watch it, or if you feel you must, then make a mature and reasonable comment. I'd make other examples, but the Sonic fandom can have some very immature users in it, far more than any other fandom... cept, maybe, the Kiss fandom. XD

[Pagan]

I find that kind of comment happening far too often on Marilyn Manson music videos. -.-

Do they ever start quoting the Bible?

And the videos that I've been watching, you get about 5 comments down and someone has had the revelation and feels the need to share that....wait for it....he's gay! Like we all didn't already know. He "officially" came out some time ago, but, like Ricky Martin, it really wasn't a surprise.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Oh yes, I have seen those bible quotes. -.- Even once, bizarrely, on a Simpsons video; the one where they show the evolution of Homer in the opening credits. Some nutjob felt that a Simpsons video was the best place to start spouting about how evolution is evil and creationism is what really happened. O_o It's the Simpsons; how does that immediately make the jump to that kind of commenting?

[Fryk]

Actually, the false DMCA's that piss me off the most come from the evolution verses creation debate people.

[Arcade Man D]

I'm sorry, but I like my glittery little gay boy.

Don't be sorry, lots of people like glittery little gay boys. :P

[Lace Neil Singer]

And those who don't... shouldn't be watching the video!

The thing is; on the various gameplays, AMVs etc that I watch; I don't mind a little pisstaking or teasing in comments, but some people just come accross as being dickheads. If you have deliberately clicked on a tribute video to a certain video game character, or to an anime, or to a pairing, then it seems a bit stupid that you're watching it if you don't like it. :rolleyes: We all have a back button.

[Rageaholic]

More things that piss me off about youtube.

Those DMCA Nazis who get good videos canned. I saw it on the religious/political debate videos when I used to watch them and I see it now. The last straw for me are these hillarious Hitler downfall parody's (basically subtitles are changed so that it looks like he's ranting about every day things such as getting banned from X-box live). Now the executives of the movie are on a DMCA spree, hoping to get rid of these hillarious parody's. Hell, I was thinking of making a few of my own because they look pretty easy to make. Sadly, this sue happy society likes to take all the fun out of everything (but that's for another thread).

I also hate these assholes who post screencaps of movies, title their video "Batman Begins: Part 1 of 12" (and so on), but all their video contains is the screencap with a link on the sidebar to some website that probably has malware or spyware.

[BrenDAnn]

Pagan--I'm fairly certain that I know who you're talking about, and I too, am a fan of that certain "glittery little gay boy" (and his bassist but i digress). I've stopped reading the comments on the vids, for the exact reason you stated. I see things like "OMG he's so gay!" and go "And him being with men has what to do with his amazing ability to sing?" Seriously, people, get over it, or don't watch!

[HYHYBT]

Pagan--I'm fairly certain that I know who you're talking about, and I too, am a fan of that certain "glittery little gay boy" (and his bassist but i digress). I've stopped reading the comments on the vids, for the exact reason you stated. I see things like "OMG he's so gay!" and go "And him being with men has what to do with his amazing ability to sing?" Seriously, people, get over it, or don't watch!

Wait, there are GAY entertainers now?! When did that happen!?

[Lace Neil Singer]

Another thing about youtube that annoys me; this irritating bug that means that you can't comment, and just get an error message when you try. -.-