this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
76 points (100.0% liked)

[Migrated, see pinned post] Casual Conversation

3365 readers
1 users here now

We moved to !casualconversation@piefed.social please look for https://lemm.ee/post/66060114 in your instance search bar

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.


RULES

  1. Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
  2. Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
  3. Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
  4. Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
  5. Keep it clean and SFW
  6. No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I just remembered that back when YouTube generally used to show you actually related videos in the sidebar sooned or later you'd reach this so-called weird part which was basically an assortment of increasingly unhinged recommendations. It's funny to me that back then that was basically the only time when the algorithm failed to be invisible. But I was also quite young when the weird part of YouTube was a thing so I'd be interested to know if any of you remember specific clips you've seen there and any other details I might not have mentioned. The only videos that seem to have left a lasting impression on me were a 9/11 conspiracy documentary and a slideshow about a horrific, likely fake skin disease.

top 21 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I miss the YouTubePoop days.

[–] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Where there's smoke, they pinch back.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“What can you say about Carlton.” 🙂 “He was Carlton.”

[–] WordBox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Get

In

The box

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I watched (listened) to Linken Park songs and ended up at mr. pimple popper huge pimple exploding and some asians with blurry faces popping it.

Great time to be alive

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That’s TikTok now. That’s where regular people making videos seemingly went.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish there was a Firefox extension that made youtubes sidebar work how it used to.

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Algorithmic recommendations happen on the backend, so no chance of that unfortunately

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And then follow it up with ClownC0re

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Or, if that's not nerdy enough for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJap5M6n3qE

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

And if you enjoyed this, check out my fav LC song Thinking (live sesh)

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This might be more mainstream than what you're looking for, but this is the video that I think of from that time.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

a little while back YT rebalanced their algorithm to give more weight to people with less that like 100k or something subs. Since then, I have been getting a LOT more suggestions for channels with anywhere from like single digit subs, to like 25k. Get a couple a day now. Some of it is really strange.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Certainnarrator3@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

That's how I ended up seeing Faces of Death for the first time. I didn't run with the right crowds for anyone to sneak a VHS to a sleepover in a Disney movie box.

[–] mutat0@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. I miss the old YouTube. It feels so corporate and polished now.

[–] centipede_powder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's still there is the recommendation process from YouTube is not gears to small tine creators.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Wasn't this the catalyst for the "YouTube at 3am" meme