Absurdities on the YT

[Catfishclark89]

I may be alone in this. But I’m getting a little worn out with all the BS on YouTube. I’d like to just have a place where you can share some of the most ridiculous claims and BS that you’ve seen on YT. Preferably related to saws and equipment but could be about anything.. so please share!

 

[Bill G]

The guys that go out and "rescue" old farm/construction equipment that has sat in the "woods" for 30 years but it fires up and runs
My ass!

 

[Catfishclark89]

Some of my favorites are the “homesteaders” that are always buying new $100,000 pieces of equipment for their hobby farm… yeah right. They were millionaires to begin with.

 

[cus_deluxe]

ill check youtube occasionally for a specific piece of info but this thing where people regularly watch “content” that these “creators” put out is just something i do not understand. but to each their own.

 

[huskihl]

There is some good stuff on YouTube but much of it is a cornucopia of mis-info. Especially if you are trying to learn and don’t know the difference

 

[Sloughfoot]

There is some good stuff on YouTube but much of it is a cornucopia of mis-info. Especially if you are trying to learn and don’t know the difference

Often times there's some good fact checking in the replies from the pros that really know.

 

[Ketchup]

ill check youtube occasionally for a specific piece of info but this thing where people regularly watch “content” that these “creators” put out is just something i do not understand. but to each their own.

It’s getting worse too. I spent 30 minutes finding a helpful video about an EGR valve. 90% of the stuff on there is just blah, blah, blah.

My co-workers tell me they watch podcasts on there. Who wants to watch people talk at a microphone?

 

[OnlyStihl]

I learned to weld at YT University. There are some non-welding channels I like to watch, but after a bit of time there is nothing new for them to share, and it's "We went shopping at Costco, look what we bought". Watching people buy peanut butter by the barrel gets old within minutes, nay seconds....

I also found YT useful in fully taking apart a Beretta before shipping the slide off to be Cerakoted. I once sent off a fully assembled Sig, and it came back with a damaged hammer return spring that took me a good amount of time to figure out, get the part and put back together correctly. You can save a lot of money and time in watching some videos.

 

[Motorka]

YT is like a women, 99% of what you see or hear in on you not to take seriously.

 

[cus_deluxe]

i will say i watched a little bit of this guy abomb79, has some cool vids of lathe work and cutting some big stuff, really neat and matter of fact.

 

[cus_deluxe]

It’s getting worse too. I spent 30 minutes finding a helpful video about an EGR valve. 90% of the stuff on there is just blah, blah, blah.

My co-workers tell me they watch podcasts on there. Who wants to watch people talk at a microphone?

when youtube started, people who knew what they were doing put up vids to help others or uplod an old tv show or movie or whatever. now theres just a lot of people who know if they get views, they get money, and they dont care about much else. i think advertising as an occupation is about as gross as it gets.

 

[huskihl]

Often times there's some good fact checking in the replies from the pros that really know.

The sad part about it is that the administrators are owners of the accounts. They can say what they want and delete any of the answers that don’t go along with them. No checks and balances.

There is also some great info there that has helped me many times

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

I had to rebuild a transmission in a 2013 fusion hybrid. There's a guy on the tube that shows the removal and installation of the transmission by the Ford shop book. He even spelled out what socket and wrenches were needed for each step and showed each step. It was great! Saved me a lot of time! A good visual goes a long ways of words in a book.

I've learned things about saws on the tube from guys like Joe.

For every worthwhile video there's probably 1000 that are a waste of time.

 

[Wilhelm]

Cnctitan - blocked

Vehicle recovery videos - blocking

"Reaction" videos to music videos - blocking

VLOGs - blocking

India manufacturing videos - blocking

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Cnctitan - blocked

Vehicle recovery videos - blocking

"Reaction" videos to music videos - blocking

VLOGs - blocking

India manufacturing videos - blocking

You might as well block the tube!!!

Just messing with you! Your post just shows what is being said.

@davidwyby do you do recovery videos as well?

 

[Motorka]

one of the old.

 

[Wilhelm]

You might as well block the tube!!!

Just messing with you! Your post just shows what is being said.

@davidwyby do you do recovery videos as well?

No, there is hard to find new to me good music videos, forgotten weapons, taofledermaus, battlebots, ...

The annoying thing is I watch those, like them, and yet YT keeps pushing suggested videos of the kind I keep blocking.

 

[Wilhelm]

@davidwyby do you do recovery videos as well?

No!
His recipe is dropping tree trunks on trailers.

 

[FederalQ]

In relation to OPE, Married With Small Engines will waste at times an entire hour of video to diagnose a saw that is not running. But it does provide an international market, I was able to find out about the ms400.1 last year by reading the comments on a German video. And within a month those comments disappeared...

 

[Catfishclark89]

one of the old.

This is probably top 10 most useful videos on there. See the chart, be the chart, live the chart!!!