A disturbing new Youtube trend...

[GenXer]

Watching b00btube helped me fix a bunch of my old postwar trains.

But there is a ton of garbage on there with clickbait titles.

 

[FXJenkins]

More garbage on YT every hour! I only watch air crash videos mostly on there. As far as finding anything helpful on the other stuff---- AINT GONNA HAPPEN!!

I watched a YT vid and replaced the control board in my Whirlpool oven..4 years later its still cooking.

 

[Fried Chicken]

Watching b00btube helped me fix a bunch of my old postwar trains.

But there is a ton of garbage on there with clickbait titles.

Youtube had such promise, and then google found a way to commercialize it, and here we are.

 

[OM617YOTA]

95% of the good content on YT would disappear if it wasn't commercialized. Double edged sword, but ultimately for the better I think.

 

[Thoreau'sCabin]

YouTube and its content don't exist for "your benefit". Same with Facebook and most everything else you consume but don't pay for. Kind of like any source of information, it's best to not trust a singular one. Sometimes you just gotta brain a little bit.

 

[NSEric]

I found a lot of useful info on youtube but it's buried between a bunch of useless videos, you have to search for it.
I've saved a ton of money on repairs over the years because of youtube. IE I've rebuilt a few dirt bike shocks and forks, fixed running lights in honda cars for free and snorkeled atvs for a few bucks instead of hundreds buying a "kit".
I went down the chainsaw porting rabbit hole, there's some good info on youtube and a ton of bad with that one lol. Pro tip on that subject on youtube, the guys with dyno runs are legit, copy their work.

 

[Jeekinz]

As stated, theres tons of useful info on YT, before that was internet forums.

The stuff that drives me mad on YT are the people doing something for the first time, but explaining it to you like they are teaching you.

Oh, and the guys just blowing holes in their saw mufflers and saying it runs better. lol I know a bit about 2 strokes and just "making the exhaust flow" is not always the answer. Many of those vids you hear it bog like a clapped out 30 y/o dirtbike.

 

[earlthegoat2]

 

[earlthegoat2]

And this has been going on for quite some time.

It is more of a disturbing trend since the internet has existed.