I got rid of YT and replaced it with PeerTube and Nebula. Am I a bit less entertained? Sure. Am I a lot less angry? Yup.

I’m also learning a lot more because I was forced to find new content and new creators which was actually really fun.

Genuinly asking this question. Aren't the ones on nebula the ones that make you mad? Maybe that's not the best way to put it but the ones like philosophy tube are the ones that got me started down my political path and they are still super political.

I think Jacob Geller and wendigoon are on nebula and they don't make political content. I'm sure there are others

Nebula has certainly improved but I still think they need to put more effort into getting new creators that aren't political or news. I just did a skim through their uploads lists for various topics and news and/or political (or political ish) content is still the most active. Topics like technology and gaming see far less uploads.

What is Nebula? Is it literally just a YouTube alternative, or is there more to it? I did some googling and couldn't find much. But they do seem to have a few creators I like.

any peertube creators you can recommend that make long form highly edited content?

Why did YT make you angry? I haven’t experienced it yet. I block content I’m not interested in and it goes away.

Exactly. I have my own interests and I just stick to that. Arts and crafts and dog grooming videos haven’t made me angry.

Youtube alternative with focus on educational creators. It doesn't have an engagement algorithm and it claims to compensate creators better.

taking a guess but I already saw some other comments on another thread mention this: The chart boys in any corps will see Engagement == Profit. Thus they will tune their recommendations solely for that. And if you aren't bothered about properly policing your video upload platform the end result is highly divisive content thats "not boring".

Divisive content makes people angry so they engage in comments.

i used to be on reddit. And I used to get into "debates" that devolved into a slap fight and make me angry about the people who intentionally or unintentionally riled me up with outrageous (real or my own perception) opinions.

While lemmy also has slap fights, I feel like the lack of an "algorithm" tuned for engagement prevents continuous fueling of the fire, metaphorically speaking.

its a paid platform where engagement (i.e bickering in the comments section) is near absent. And the content is allowed to address themes that make main stream media blush.

Youtube has just one priority, it wants you to watch as much monetised content as possible. If you watch and engage with those types of videos, it'll suggest them to you.

I don't, and I never see them recommended either - here's my youtube homepage right now.
DIY, electronics, cooking, gaming, science, with some weeb stuff sprinkled in - exactly what I'd expect.

The trending page of YT is like the r/all of Reddit. If I want to see some stuff I couldn't care less about, that's where I'll find it. I have no idea who actually uses that, but I've never found anything of value there.

sounds like you made some big progress in life

The only view of reddit I have is top/hour.

The YT trending was disgusting boring farmed content. It was like going to r/all two days ago.

Fair question, I don’t really watch that stuff. I’ve been watching channels like king k and Liam triforce etc. I also dabble in channels like Not Just Bikes. So nothing super political. I also follow a channel that dives into Math topics, etc.

Any iOS alternatives? The ad experience is not great.

I mostly watch folks like the Linux Experiment and Veronica Explains and Oh the Urbanity. I’ve had more luck on Nebula but I am trying to sort of “put up or shut up” by interacting with the platforms that I want to succeed. Ya know? So I just browse peer tube a lot and give random videos a shot.

YT, really Google, is just not a company I want to support. YT as a platform is not something I want to support by using. Also, data reasons.

Gizmodo still exists