The AVGN Miracle Piano video made me realize something...

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I don't know how many of you remember this, but YouTube used to severely limit the video length of anything uploaded to their platform until users achieved 'Director' status, at which point they were given free rein to do whatever they wanted (pretty much).

That (combined with both crappy upload speeds and some people still dealing with faulty dial-up connections) meant that videos REALLY had to get their points across in a 3-5 minute 'window', and, as a result, I feel that even modern short uploads pack much more of a punch and are more content-heavy than most video essays currently on the platform.

As I said on another thread, I enjoy watching things made for fun +15 years ago and I never feel like I'm not getting my money's worth of content whenever I watch something that's just a few minutes long.

Ever felt this way?

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I don't know how many of you remember this, but YouTube used to severely limit the video length of anything uploaded to their platform until users achieved 'Director' status, at which point they were given free rein to do whatever they wanted (pretty much).

Yup, and you couldn’t even pick your own thumbnails and upload speeds for higher res were so slow, and costed a ton of data, being a YouTuber essentially meant being filthy rich back then, so I can’t trust any YouTubers who seemed “weirdly high quality” at that era. ;D

That (combined with both crappy upload speeds and some people still dealing with faulty dial-up connections) meant that videos REALLY had to get their points across in a 3-5 minute 'window', and, as a result, I feel that even modern short uploads pack much more of a punch and are more content-heavy than most video essays currently on the platform.

As I said on another thread, I enjoy watching things made for fun +15 years ago and I never feel like I'm not getting my money's worth of content whenever I watch something that's just a few minutes long.

Ever felt this way?

Too true! I honestly just put some old videos on repeat these days.

 

[Jeff]

And how Youtube wasn't bought by a corporate greedy search site and added garbage ads, garbage algorithms, and copyright takedowns?

 

[tenkai star]

Gotta respect the classics. This was Donald Glover's old channel

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

so I can’t trust any YouTubers who seemed “weirdly high quality” at that era. ;D

Right?! I'm always like... You guys/girls were pushing 720p? In that economy? Well, excuuuuuuseee meeeee, your majesty XD

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And how Youtube wasn't bought by a corporate greedy search site and added garbage ads, garbage algorithms, and copyright takedowns?

That would have happened either way. It's estimated that around 200 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube EVERY SECOND (!) — Hard to remain independent with that demand.

 

[χKai]

Me too

It's the video itself, and the time it was made but unreleased

when this video was made

It was right around the turning point of when his videos stopped being funny

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Me too

It's the video itself, and the time it was made but unreleased

when this video was made

It was right around the turning point of when his videos stopped being funny

That's the hottest take I have read in a while.

I do like how someone called him "The Disinterested Videogame Nerd" on that one XD

 

[χKai]

That's the hottest take I have read in a while.

I do like how someone called him "The Disinterested Videogame Nerd" on that one XD

When he stopped being the angry  Nintendo nerd, he stopped being legit

and that is when I took over
As the true Angry Nintendo Nerd

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

When he stopped being the angry  Nintendo nerd, he stopped being legit

and that is when I took over
As the true Angry Nintendo Nerd

Make us proud!

 

[χKai]

Make us proud!

Well, I've No-Damage ran Ninja Gaiden and soloed FF1 as a White and (almost) Black mage (save file corrupted after Tiamat).

But I'd never force myself to beat Dragon's Lair

 

[diet_orange]

And how Youtube wasn't bought by a corporate greedy search site and added garbage ads, garbage algorithms, and copyright takedowns?

Didn't youtube get bought out by Google fairly quickly into it's lifespan though?

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Didn't youtube get bought out by Google fairly quickly into it's lifespan though?

I think it was in 2006.

 

[Jeff]

Didn't youtube get bought out by Google fairly quickly into it's lifespan though?

In 2010, Google bought Youtube.