• M137@lemmy.today
    3·
    6 hours ago

    This post would have been relevant 3 years ago. We’re also mostly past “babe wake up, * posted a new video”. It’s mainly “crazy refresh pull” now, a mix of “this is AI” when it’s clearly not and bot comments who get thousands of likes and hundreds of replies.

    • Dookieman12@piefed.socialEnglish
      27·
      24 hours ago

      Also, “How could the algorithm hide this from me for a whole [however old the video was when they clicked on it]” when the video was uploaded minutes ago

      • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        25·
        22 hours ago

        Many mobile apps have a “pull to refresh” feature where you swipe up to the top of whatever list you’re looking at and then swipe up even further to refresh the whole feed. A “crazy refresh pull” is when said content appears on the newly refreshed feed and the user finds it enjoyable in a way they find to be extraordinary, or at the very least, better than average.

      • macniel@feddit.org
        3·
        22 hours ago

        On smartphones, when you are on a webpage or in this case YouTube you can refresh the page/view by tap and hold the top of the page/view and then pull down a bit and then release. That’s the so called refresh pull.

        Apparently it comes in various rarity level like a mythic refresh pull.

  • FRYD@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    17 hours ago

    I guess it’s dumb to comment like that. Not gonna lie though, it’s wild to make a whole meme and comments dogging on it.

    • trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      71·
      11 hours ago

      I think, it comes from a general frustration, because the YouTube comment section is practically unusable for actually discussing a video.

      Every so often, I watch something and want to see what people are saying about a particular section in the video. Like, maybe I was hoping for some info in the video and expect someone to have posted it in a comment instead.

      But then I have to scroll through tons of comments like:

      • “First!” (Followed by people telling them they’re not actually first.)
      • Various comments about how they’re watching the video shortly after its publication. Or long after its publication.
      • “What an inspiring video! Blah blah blah…” (with a profile picture of a half-dressed lady, because it’s actually just a bot)
      • A verbatim quote of a funny sentence in the video with nothing added.
      • “Just commenting for the algorithm!”

      Like, I don’t want to hate on people commenting what they like, but it’s just frustrating in that situation, because you do have to read every comment, to make sure you’re not missing something. You just become acutely aware of every repeated joke and every single comment you had to read, which did not actually say something.

      • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zipEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        Thats because YouTube changed their algorithm to fix the toxic cesspool it was before.

        So now it only shows the most vapid, hollow, flowery drivel anyone says.

        I’m not sure the fault really lies with the 12 year old saying “first”. I get why its irksome though.

        • trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          7 hours ago

          Ah, had not heard that before, but I’m willing to believe it right away.

          That just sounds like a very Google thing to do, like how they tweaked the video algorithm, so that longer videos would get more visibility, not long before TikTok took off and they had to introduce a separate category for short-form videos.