0920: "Youtube Parties"

[scarletmanuka]

Wait, musical Tesla coils?

Yes. They are quite popular.

[KShrike]

Youtube parties have always been like this...
Well, at least any party that you bring up youtube with.

Or when you are hanging out with your friends, you show them a youtube video: starts this chain.

[Karen_Luaren]

I first recall this (which, sadly, isn't really a joke) from some book.
It went something like 'Actual listeners are rare. Most people just work on what they are going to
say.'
It's kind of like "[A cease fire is what you negotiate for when you need time to get more ammo to
your front lines.]"

[addams]

Wait, musical Tesla coils?

Yes. They are quite popular.

That was entertaining.
If, these are Tesla Coils. They are bigger but not better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Td--HItuoI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-AS13f ... =endscreen

Those things are so fricking LOUD. The poor neighbors.

[jpers36]

See, I haven't had that problem. Wikipedia sometimes drags me in and TVTropes always does, but on YouTube I'm usually there just to hear-and-possibly-see my favorite music videos again and again; I seldom go looking for new stuff and when I do I'm unlikely to travel far. I think this is because, with the exception of sponsored videos for the latest popstar or whatever, YouTube is pretty good about staying topical - if I watch a video by Slayer, I'll then be offered other Slayer videos, but in short order I'll have gotten my Slayer fix and will leave unless I have another very specific video or category to look into. This isn't like TVT where I'll be reading an article and seeing links with seductively inexplicable titles that I have to investigate, or long lists of examples that tempt me into a spiraling infinite staircase of research on shows I might want to watch someday.

I've actually tried to use YouTube as a time sink the same as Wikipedia or TVTropes. I've just never really been able to get it to work very well. The huge amount of content available is offset by the awful designs of the creator archive, viewer history, and recommendation engine features.

[Quicksilver]

See, I haven't had that problem. Wikipedia sometimes drags me in and TVTropes always does, but on YouTube I'm usually there just to hear-and-possibly-see my favorite music videos again and again; I seldom go looking for new stuff and when I do I'm unlikely to travel far. I think this is because, with the exception of sponsored videos for the latest popstar or whatever, YouTube is pretty good about staying topical - if I watch a video by Slayer, I'll then be offered other Slayer videos, but in short order I'll have gotten my Slayer fix and will leave unless I have another very specific video or category to look into. This isn't like TVT where I'll be reading an article and seeing links with seductively inexplicable titles that I have to investigate, or long lists of examples that tempt me into a spiraling infinite staircase of research on shows I might want to watch someday.

I've actually tried to use YouTube as a time sink the same as Wikipedia or TVTropes. I've just never really been able to get it to work very well. The huge amount of content available is offset by the awful designs of the creator archive, viewer history, and recommendation engine features.

Watch a video on Kyrospawn's channel.
You're welcome.