Cool tip: if you want to find old videos. Use this: Search something and then add "before:" and then add the year you want. And it will look for videos made before the year you put.
I agree, like it was so easy to make UA-cam friends back in the day. I can’t seem to meet anyone anymore lol I love collabing but it’s really not as common now which I miss. I’d fr love to bring that vibe back
@allietricaso Exactly, from a viewing perspective, it used to be super easy to connect with other fans. Though now seems as there are so many different communities, it all feels sort of disconnected in a way.
@@allietricasoyou have 100% heard this before but I think you have a similar sense of humour to Danny Gonzalez / Kurtis Conner / Drew Gooden, it’d be so cool to see you do a video with one of them
"Old UA-cam" for me was always copyrighted movies and shows cut up into 10-minute chunks at 240p with part 7 always missing because it got hit with a copyright strike. That and UA-cam Poop.
Plenty of full moves are shows are still up most cases the onwers dont care and just leaves them up the posters of these videos arnt expecting money from them anyway.
It’s hard to say, new UA-cam has a lot of amazing creators and it’s a lot easier to find friendlier communities. I’m less likely to be called slurs constantly. On the other hand, UA-cam as a platform is getting pretty bad, and the old school culture had a lot going for it
Old youtube was better because youtubers could be more creative, they didn't have the thought in the back of their mind like "will this get copyrighted/demonetised" they had more freedom to be creative. And i also think youtube videos felt more simple and i've always preferred that, luved just watching people hop on a game and have fun with their friends or by themselves doing a lets play like even a lot of old smosh videos, ian and anthony would literally just hang out and eat a meal and it was entertaining
shorts are annoying because sometimes there's actually some good content in shorts from youtubers i like, but then i also don't wanna ruin my attention span ::
@@keepyoursins we don't really need scientific evidence, ive had times when ive just doom scrolled for so long and now im realising i struggle to sit and watch gameplay videos before i could watch whole lets plays 3 hours straight and now i always get distracted or i always look for a different video because the one im watching isn't fuelling my brain enough. And ever since i stopped watching most shorts it has improved
i think the charm of old youtube was that people just made videos to have fun, and show off their sometimes ordinary lives to the world, like just recording you and your friends and putting it up for views on youtube. but now these days, people are LIVING off of youtube, and it feels a lot more like a competitive scene, that you have to be interesting and have high production value for views, rather than just fun, home-made content like it used to be much earlier on.
True. I also remember when you could get your videos featured onto the front page. People like iJustine got front page attention, and her audience was built from there on.
UA-cam (next to old flash-game sites and imageboards) felt like the only video site that was made from the ground-up by its actual users and content sub-cultures, and not created by a boardroom of people out of touch with what they think kids think is funny but feeding it to us (like 2010s Nickolodeon.) Truly before Twitch being the more corporately overseen from the beginning.
old youtube by a mile. i hate how oversaturated and kid-friendly youtube has become, especially since they dont even commit with being sfw with the ads they allow on here. they gotta stop censoring the main platform when they already have youtube kids
I def bring this up, I think they’re working on it a bit by making the recommendation system a bit better but I def miss how wild things used to be lollll
Its a mixed bag for me, because back then people used to do a lot of questionable things to get views, like putting large boobs in their thumbnails... or misleading thumbnails in general that the video has nothing to do with, and it put a halt on people just doing annoyingly racist, or shock content for views. Some moral standards have been accepted because of it.
For me old youtube is 2008-2010 youtube when star ratings were a thing, every musician and their mother had a Vevo channel, and I was using it either to listen to Nickelback and Papa Roach or to look at creepypastas or video proofs of UFO sightnings in 144p. The pinnacle of content creation I must say.
As Jack once said, "You miss how you felt back when you were watching those videos at that time, cos you were probably in school. And you probably just came home from school and just watched videos all day and had a great time. But now you're grown up. Now you have responsibilities, now you're in college, and you have a job. And youre probably stressed out a lot, but is it the change in the channel?"
No. What it is ….partly…is when we first discovered UA-cam it was amazing and new…and we miss that. But the other part is…UA-cam scrubbed their website of things like conspiracies. You can’t find the info you once could on here. And please don’t tell me Shane has videos…they only allow people like Shane to make videos because he stays in the box of conspiracies he’s allowed to talk about.
I would actually say that UA-cam had 3 phases: early UA-cam (2005-2009), mid UA-cam: (2010-2015) and late UA-cam (2016 onwards). I feel as though those periods all had different vibes. I will note that it was never a sudden change, it was a gradual shift; the starting years are based roughly on the beginning of a shift, not when it was in full swing.
Honestly that’s a really good point I agree!! They’re all so different, it felt weird saying 2014 UA-cam was the same as 2009 UA-cam because they couldn’t be more different hahaha
This is a good point! I think esp bc that 2016 onwards era was sort of the beginning of the end for UA-cam rewind, and it was also when Vine died which brought over a lot of creators and I think sort of changed what became popular on the platform
2005-2009 UA-cam: people just chilling together 2010-2015: gaming, makeup and pranks 2016-2022: a bunch of copycats and podcasts Now: self-improvement and how to beat depression post-COVID 19
You are absolutely right about "old" UA-cam being frowned upon by peers, now everyone watches UA-cam. I also think the vibe has changed drastically in regards to how we interact. Communities were a lot smaller and we were all more vulnerable, but now that our generation has grown up, we have more of an understanding of the world and have more of a voice and it has definitely shown with the huge shift. There's good and bad on both the old and new sides of UA-cam. I just find it crazy how it's been so long now since "old" UA-cam came and went. We're old now LMAO
Seeing as how commentary and video essays are my favorite vids, new youtube content is my fav. However, i wish creators didnt have to worry so much about age restrictions or copyright claims. It seems to keep people from being as creative as they want to be. And also, youtube shorts can be annoying.
Modern youtube isnt bad though currently (2020-) because now its a bit easier to tell what the different categories of youtubers and you can look for or ignore the types that you want freely. Its a bit more clear who are the react channels, who are the commentary channels, who are the essayists and Gen Z youtube tends to have a far better understanding of comedic editing than we ever did..
I haven't personally had that problem, but there are some features that can help narrow down a search. For example, if I wanna find a video from a past date, I could search using "before:xx-xx-xxxx"
@@elokin300 the issue is it basically won't show what your searching up unless its something you normally watch , I usually have dig deep(for something that used to be right at the top) or use incognito
Old UA-cam was so great because I could just turn on my old ass dusty grainy webcam and just show my sketchbook or lip synch to some Avril Lavigne and it was all about the vibe of sharing with other people. I basically considered that hanging out with friends. Today it doesn’t feel like sharing, it feels like performing. Back then it just felt more authentic
I've been watching youtube since 2006, I was 12. It's unreal to think I've been watching UA-cam for 17 years. Old UA-cam to me is Smosh, Ryan Higa, Liam Kyle Sullivan, What the Buck, and Potter Puppet Pals. Despite the hyper-commercialization of new UA-cam, I still prefer it to old UA-cam. New UA-cam consistently leaves me gobsmacked with the quality of content people are putting out. This subject has been on my mind a lot lately since Smosh got back together and Miranda Sings sang her ukelele "apology" within the same week. It feels like while one great chapter of youtube starts, a terrible one finally finishes.
I think old UA-cam was a better social media, and new UA-cam is better for entertainment media. Which is weird since now they’re trying to push community tabs and shorts like tik tok but taking away everything that made UA-cam like a community
the sense of community is prob what i miss most about old youtube. creator communities used to be so intertwined with each other as whole friend groups, and creators themselves would make collabs and tag videos or meet ups. it’s just not the same now 😭
I miss the old UA-cam so much. Back then, it was really the only big social platform because Facebook and Instagram didn’t take off until roughly 2010. Old UA-cam was like hanging out with your friends and UA-camrs could post anything they wanted. There were no copyrights, no clickbaits, no ads, no UA-cam TV, no UA-cam kids, etc. 2005-2011 were the golden years of UA-cam and those were the best times being a kid. I’m glad I got to experience it!
honestly youtube from maybe 3-4 years ago was the best in my opinion, although people have a lot of nostagia from before that, personally this is my 'nostalgia' era ig
@@squarrot9355not just covid, youtube got hit with a serious law suit (the whole kid debacle) which was a major shift in how youtube operated and operates
Speaking as someone who just started doing UA-cam this year, I would definitely say old UA-cam was better. I feel back then, creators thought of it as more of a fun hobby rather than their actual career. Not saying that anyone who views UA-cam as a career is wrong, but it can be easy to suffer burnout from doing UA-cam on a daily basis. Nowadays, it's very difficult to get a lot of traction on content unless you know the in's and out's of the algorithm. And even then, it's still tricky to get much engagement, especially with how strict UA-cam's guidelines are now. That's just my two cents though!
old youtube algorithm made me a kpop stan and got me into media commentary youtube meanwhile i watched 2 colleen commentary videos yesterday and now this algorithm thinks im the biggest colleen anti there is
I remember when vidcon was all the rage, and I was dying to go. Back when Jenna Marbles, Joey Graceffa, Ryan Higa, Ian and Anthony, Dan and Phil, and lots of really cool iconic creators were there. Now vidcon just happens, and I only find out about it through a couple UA-camrs I watch who say “yeah I was at vidcon”. I have no idea who goes to vidcon anymore except for like 2 creators lol
This isn't as easy a question for me to answer, because my definition of "Old UA-cam" is different than other people's. I never really watched Shane, Pewds, Higa, or any of them, because I was never seeking out specific creators, but specific content. Think Half Life: Full Life Consequences or Red vs Blue (before it became the Big Bang Theory of Machinias) My feeling is that Old UA-cam is better if it was content that you could come back to, content that has aged well. Newer UA-cam may be a bit more sanitized in terms of creativity, but there's still enough for me to consume because now I seek out specific creators.
Yeah I'm the same way I used to just watch whatever showed up on my feed that looked interesting back in the old times, but now I'm more inclined to watch a specific set of creators primarily.
There's pros and cons to both for sure but I miss the tight-knit community vibe of old UA-cam, and how there was less censorship and more customization on peoples' profiles. I miss classic Myspace too for that reason, I wish we had a modern social media site where we could have super customizable pages like classic Myspace...
Old UA-cam because it was more creative. Not everybody did the same thing the same way as everybody else. Also some of the old videos that were done 5-10 years ago still hold up to this day and probably will forever. Some new videos however are just trends that will make people cringe in 10 years or less.
the main thing i miss about old youtube is the old channel layout, very akin to myspace where you could customize your background and stuff, and you could watch videos on peoples channels, meaning you wouldnt have to click back to their channel when you finished watching a video
As someone who has had an account since 2006, I appreciate that you really commented on your experience and your era of using it and didn’t try too much to comment on stuff you didn’t experience because I hate when people cover bullet points of stuff because they don’t have actual experiences of that era. Anyway, great video as always Allie.
Yes 100%!! I try to really only bring in my own experience with stuff like this. I’d hate to get something wrong and misinform people on how stuff was~
Old youtube was real comfy and I'm definitely nostalgic for it and modern youtube is absolutely more corporate and sanitised but the content is genuinely so much better by pretty much every metric and it's great that so many creatives can make a living doing largely independent content
Old UA-cam for sure felt very much like a home made video kind of place. New UA-cam feels like a whole ass streaming platform, which isn't a bad thing but it's pretty cool to be old enough to have watched it evolve
in my eyes 2005/2006-2012 is old youtube, then it changed to current youtube. i'd call 2013-2014 the mid time period change to the current youtube aka the mid decade year like early 90's is 90-94, 95 is the transition point; and 96-2000 is the current end. i like the current youtube, but i'd like some of old youtube back. there are old creators that left before monitization happened, and others that i enjoyed.
Old UA-cam had some really genuine charm, but a lot of that comes down to nostalgia! The quality of UA-cam today is unreal and I can't help but favor how much effort is put in to content now.
But doesn't that defeat the of "UA-cam'? UA-cam took off because it was not like corporate TV, now they are looking almost the same. Effort was put into old UA-cam as well, you have just probably never seen those videos.
@@timsmythfilmsandanimations I’ve watched UA-cam since 2006. I agree that it’s become too corporate, but I think there is more opportunity than ever for new creators and higher competition incentivizes creativity (but also shock value garbage). That doesn’t always mean good content though. It really depends on the niche.
@@justindaughtry Well the actual video quality as far as pixels is concerned, should not count in the discussion, as everyone used what was available at the same, which is the same today. So many videos, this one we just watched for instance, are really no higher effort than the videos back in the day. The difference is that in the old UA-cam one could find a unique video and be surprised, and that rarely happens today. It is like Hollywood movies, there will always be some gems, but most of them will be mediocre. I do see where you are coming from though.
The old comments were sorted by likes, so it was very possible for a toxic hot take or hate comment to float to the top. Now they try to prioritize only the most milktoast agreeable opinions, which encourages people to repeat things that other people have said and form echo chambers. This is especially abusable when framed in a positive way, such as praising something that does not deserve that much praise
The old UA-cam channel layout was major bussin. Huge based. Massive cowardice in all the features removed. LET ME CONTROL EVERY AESTHETIC DETAIL OF MY CHANNEL! LET ME WATCH MY PLAYLISTS ON MY CHANNEL PAGE! LET ME HAVE EVERYTHING HOSTED ON ONE CONTINUOUS PAGE! *AAAAAAAAHH*
Old youtube was like a more or less small subculture were people just want to have fun and talk to each other. New youtube feels like everyone acts like a Character. Old youtube was better in my opinion.
Old UA-cam for me was before Lucas Cruikshank left JKLPRODUCTIONS for his only channel for FRED. I miss the days of sketch comedy, but also it’s almost painful to watch now 😅
@@allietricaso I just want updates on his cousins. Like what happened to them? Why did they stop posting after Lucas became successful? Is there family drama?
Actually it depends, old UA-cam has that good vibe and it's more chill but at the same time it gets boring sometimes and resolution is too low, new UA-cam has better resolution, new and more types of content but a lot of toxicity. For me a liked the middle era, around 2010 - 2017 for me. Since I also started using UA-cam arround 2012 - 2014.
old yt was better because people made whatever they wanted not the same formulatic video essays with raid shadow legends sponsors because "gotta follow the algorithm" I'm not a creator, so I can't comment on it being better for creators, but as a viewer youtube peaked as soon as it got out of 480p era, and once the 23 and me lady bought it it was all downhill from there.
Old UA-cam will always be better because we weren't as obsessed with aesthetics and it was more for fun back then and there weren't as many ads and as many annoying, fake influencers as there are now. I think UA-cam sucks now just with how many damn videos are sponsored. If they are built into the video in a way that is NORMAL and sounds genuine it's different, but now half the ads are annoying. IDC if it is. how they make money, they could take sponsorships that actually are genuine and not fake like Danielle Carolan's are now. She started out genuine and relatable and now she is just another "rich" girl that lives in NYC. And promotes shit companies like Revolve that aren't even slightly affordable on top of that, you can tell she doesn't actually use half the products she promotes. Old YT > new
Agree. Even people like iJustine and Jenna Marbles were good because they were just being themselves, they weren’t following an algorithm. Then the money came rolling in and pretty soon we started getting creators that all sounded the same. I try to find small creators who are just being themselves, but YT search makes it very difficult to find them. Most of the time they just give you results from already established big channels who clearly making videos for the paychecks.
I started watching UA-cam in late 2007/early 2008 (I'm 24 now) and have seen everything from clickbait tilted Rick Rolling videos to the rise of Minecraft UA-camrs and later video essayists. From my perspective I prefer old UA-cam because even as a kid I felt like I was watching endless content on a site that relatively few people understood. Plus, old UA-cam had annotations which were always fun to read and provided easy access to linked videos. EDIT: I must say that new UA-cam is MUCH better at deleting hateful videos now than before
Not just UA-cam itself, but you can notice original and nice comments on much older videos. Right now, its just unoriginal, stupid comments like "WE ARE GETTING OUTTA SOMETHING WITH THIS ONE" or "UA-cam HIRE THIS MAN!!!! or even worse, shorts roblox videos, etc. Old youtube also felt like a self journal. People uploaded videos of them skiing, hiking, feeding animals like swans, and more. Today you won't find things like these. I think old youtube was better.
Lowkey I feel like monetization ruined youtube. Not that youtubers shouldn’t make money from their content but once they started making money it stopped being a hobby and became a job. I knew things were changing when everyone started having management and moving to LA. UA-camrs stopped being regular people and became celebrities.
I feel like old UA-cam was better, bc their was less stuff that is considered inappropriate, and it was less toxic, plus here was no crappy Colleen Ballinger apology video, which is definitely a plus
Some creators are making money. Some of us are still small even after many years, and it actually cost me to run my channel yes I monetize, but it takes me four months usually to make $100. I spend way more than that.
I do miss the fact that there used to be more sketches, which have definitely died down in current youtube. Also, German language UA-cam was wayyy better then, which isn't saying much because current German language UA-cam sucks absolute ass apart from some documentaries uploaded on channels which are directly funded by our national broadcasting and hence have a standard of quality. I miss the times when copyright laws weren't enforced so stringently by the big companies so you had very funny parody voice overs from big movies.
i think i'm super nostalgic for old youtube, but as a viewer, i prefer new youtube more. i think creators' opinions may vary since money is so much more involved now, but for a viewer, the content is just kinda better overall. there's tons more variety, longer runtime, etc etc. and while the recommended isn't always 100%, i find videos i'm interested in wayyy more often than not. i definitely get the "simpler times" nostalgia anytime i see screenshots of old youtube, but aside from some small features here and there (channel page customizations my beloved and dearly missed), there's not much i actually WANT anymore from old youtube other than just the feeling of being 11 again lol
I think, sadly enough, a lot of people who should not be making money on UA-cam are making money on it and I don't think, unless you are one of the biggest channels on UA-cam, you should be making enough money to live with UA-cam as your full-time job. I mean, maybe brand deals or Patreon pledges, things that come FROM UA-cam videos but from making videos should be considered a hobby, not a job. I am entitled to my opinion
The very first UA-camr I ever watched consistently was Ryan Higa. I thought his content was hysterical and would come home every day after school to watch it. So much nostalgia!
ive been here on YT since its inception, new YT is better, 15 years agoo i culdnt watch yutube longer than an hour, little bitd sized clips over a dial up connection, today i stream youtube straight through a wifi connection straight too the dome, sometimes up to 10 hours a day, yutube has taken over and made broadcast tv obsleete
I'm kinda in the middle tbh. On one hand you have old UA-cam where people were just making what they wanna make and just getting to be themselves, however it was riddled with sexism, transphobia, homophobia, racism etc. Nowadays UA-cam has better systems in place to keep people safe and to slow the spread of bigotry, but a lot of todays youtubers, if they weren't already on the platform for some time, seem a lot less genuine and seem more in it for the money than the joy of making content. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with making money via an online presence, it just really sucks that a lot of people are only in it for the fame and money and not just for the sake of entertaining. Edit: Forgot to mention that a lot of the bigotry on UA-cam resides within UA-cam shorts, it does not seem to be very monitored
on one hand, yes i like the new yt too but I hate the fact that all the content nowadays is pretty much the same. you don't really see people moving around as much anymore and all the vloggers nowadays seem more like aestethic bloggers. I miss the creativity of old yt. So to conclude, if new yt regulations with old yt creativity could combine, I would actually not need to want more.
Heyyy I'm early this time lol. Old youtube was better in general, but there are still awesome creators in the current era too like the one who posted this video lol
I think what I miss the most is the layout of the site. It was much more personaliable to make your channel however you want. I think its gotten too simple looking over time but thats just me and eventually we all got used to it. New UA-cam has gotten some what better, but I think both the old and new both had there cons and pros. Lastly you can still find tons of creative and cool things on here, you kinda have to dig around or be lucky enough to be recommended it. I will say UA-cam is better than Twitter that's for sure.
There aren’t many things that I can highlight in modern youtube, but the ones that I can, make everything for me. A single reason why I will always choose modern over old is video essays. Out of all the genres and types of videos this is the only one that proves youtube isn’t just a silly dumb entertainment platform. The quality of this content is of the industry level. It even discusses things TV or Netflix never were interested in discussing. And it is also only came to exist very recently
Before I even see this video, the main thing I miss about old YT is the home made feel to it. Everything feels too corporate now but on the other hand the corporate feeling allows creators to create full time. I mean, there was also the piracy lol watching fan subbed Naruto “episode X part 1 of 3” with each part in the video responses because each video had to be 10 min or 100mb whichever came first. I have an account where I follow creators under 100k subs and or creators that aren’t sponsored to try to capture some of that feeling.
Old UA-cam for me I started watching UA-cam back in 2007/2008 and I will say UA-cam has changed some better some worse Back then we had •kickass dbz linkin park amvs •hilarious ytps •flash animations •no bullshit copyright system •felt like a platform to have fun in •fun super Mario 64 blooper videos Nowadays we have •UA-camrs being pedophiles •people taking UA-cam very seriously as their only job because they don’t have actual skills •it’s always a dick measuring contest with these content creators •cringey sponsor ads •UA-camr drama •apology videos •cancellation (I hate that term) •UA-cam being overly censored with the whole monetization demonetization crap
I love looking back at old youtube because of how everyone was basically free to create whatever they want. Now i feel like its more restrictive, people can’t express theirselves fully
I like old UA-cam because it was really fun watching others make new and innovative content. Now that doesn’t really happen as much since everything has mostly already been done
Or and here me out the heavy censorship to and the need to follow suit to not lose monetization has heavily restricted a lot of the creative freedom on the platform however to some degree yes its definitely far more difficult to be original after the first few "waves" of youtubers and content
@@alexcunningham1647 I think these both are two reasons for why it’s harder to be creative now. I do feel like if I was on rumble where there are basically no restrictions, I’d have the same struggle as I would on UA-cam. I guess there is also an expectation in media now for a lot of it to be very meaningful in some way. Every funny thing you watch has to have some sort of underlying message to speak about some bigger thing. With Old media, you still had that, but we also had the content where you’d watch it and cut off your brain like Smosh and Rhett and like for example.
I actually tend to go back and watch old UA-cam videos more than the new videos. Sometimes I just want less edited videos to watch. I think you’re right about it being simple and that’s what I liked. That and I’m still living in the past 😂
I miss the star rating system on UA-cam. If videos only had 1-2 stars you knew they sucked and to avoid them. Also old UA-cam was way more expressive before monetization in like 2015/16. Now you can’t even say what’s on your mind about certain topics without the fear of being demonetized. However new UA-cam has better quality content. Especially now that everyone uploads in 4k, HDR and 1080p.
2005-2008 Wild West Days (Early Era before any big names came in the picture, it mostly consisted of random videos shot with a potato quality camera) Golden Era 2009-2014 (Iconic UA-cam at least to us Gen Zers, many of the first Big videos and creators started and/or were dominate here) Edgy Era 2015-2019 (A period where there was a shift from the happy-go-lucky vibe of the early 2010s, to a more pessimistic yet fun attitude. UA-cam became more corporate as well) Covid Era 2020-(early) 2022 (Covid changed UA-cam into a more corporate and serious entity. Politics and Covid overruled the entertainment aspect of UA-cam. UA-cam channels became more professionally run, but the era saw a bleak view of the future and drained of the feeling of previous eras) A New Era (mid) 2022-present (This is today, after the horrendous start of the 2020s there is still a bleak view of the future. There is recovery, but the site is not the same. Tastes have changed, and a new Generation of UA-camrs will soon take over. Whether it gets better or not, UA-cam has left a profound impact on all of us)
Old UA-cam for me is really just the era of Pewdiepie and before but I think there’s two “old UA-cams” right now. Before Pewdiepie and during Pewdiepie or UA-cam broadcast yourself and everything else up to 2016 early 2017. It makes me sad though content is so much better but it doesn’t make me feel better. Nothing compares to Jack playing turbo dismount or old UA-camrs who aren’t around anymore or aren’t as passionate and young. I’m still subscribed to channels that haven’t uploaded a video in a decade because as much as I hate to say it I’ve been around that long but I’m also glad. I was around to see at least bits and pieces of it all It’s like what Butters said to Stan about beautiful sadness. I’m glad something can make me feel that sad and nostalgic because it can make me appreciate today all the more.
Old youtube memories make me sad honestly, i started recording with my buddies in like 5th grade now im 27 and its a completely different environment, more like TV. I did a video with my buddie austen alexander and james charles/markaplier and dude pulled up with a whole crew and it felt lame af, like defeating the purpose of YOU-tube. But then again I bought my motorcycle in cash with YT money so maybe new gen isnt that bad lmfao.
Idk new gen UA-cam is pretty mid. full of drama channels/reaction channels/political channels despite I don't care about American politics/Crypto and bitcoin channels how to get rich quick scheme scams/UA-cam shorts is pretty much Tiktok lol.
Yeah it sure was though, youtube from it's older days was just a video sharing website all about fun and creativity when it was all about you and you get to be you. And make whatever you want but it just sucks how youtube is just not what it used to been and youtube isn't even fun anymore while some people find modern youtube To be fun but not anyone like me will though, and of course youtube now is all about views and money and people just take youtube way too serious nowadays.. Since we have people that try way too hard to get views by doing something so stupid to try to get many views even when that isn't how that works to get views though Which makes me wonder whatever happened to working hard to get those views? and I even find it sad you can't even make videos for fun on youtube anymore. Since people will just sht on it by saying it sucks or cringe even if you're not trying to be prefect on youtube though like damn it always sucks when good things Changed for the worse by becoming bad.. :(
Honestly, yeah, the videos have a lot more quality than back then. The problem is that youtube now is too much "driven" by the algorythm. I no longer feel like i am controlling the content that i see, and instead they are bombing me with low-quality shorts and a lot of toxic content. And that sucks. Also, it´s becoming way harder to find niche content creators because of that.
speaking fax ngl, I remember when people had machinima as a way for people to get monetized and that was like a big deal back then lol, but yeah youtube has changed a lot since then and it's very noticeable if people have been on the platform for a bit now.
The only things that are better with modern UA-cam are that the videos are longer, and that they have higher video quality - everything else is flat out worse, like the ridiculous amounts of ads throughout all videos, the stupid auto-pause crap, the end cards that block like half the screen, Shorts videos, and so on. I have installed a bunch of extensions that get rid of those things.
Watching this video made me go back look at the oldest videos on your profile and made me actually recognize how long I’ve been watching your videos. It’s crazy to think about the weird way you can watch people grow (obviously very different than actually knowing someone irl) though this platform. Always have and always will love your content. Keep it up ❤
I really like new youtube much better! Yeah, I miss the days of 2013 when youtubers were new to me and the communities felt more tight knit. BUT I've found that in things like the Hermitcraft fandom or anime youtubers, so that tight knit youtube community is still out there. But it may be more niche. I will say I do LOVE how it's easier to come across high quality informational and educational videos with the video essay boom. Yeah, not all of them are great. But 99% of the ones I've stumbled across have been really informational or neat and through provoking!
My biggest complain with current UA-cam is that through the years they really listened to complaints and feedback for features that people wanted, like being able to get off the app without cutting the video. Then instead of making those things a regular feature to better the experience they took them all and put them behind a paywall.
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@@musicbychanc3 She is objectively cool
Naw I was literally at winners earlier trying to find shirts like this I’m eating this up
Cool tip: if you want to find old videos. Use this:
Search something and then add "before:" and then add the year you want. And it will look for videos made before the year you put.
Old UA-cam felt like hanging out with friends, new UA-cam feels like listening to a bunch of adults talking amongst themselves in the other room
I agree, like it was so easy to make UA-cam friends back in the day. I can’t seem to meet anyone anymore lol I love collabing but it’s really not as common now which I miss. I’d fr love to bring that vibe back
@allietricaso Exactly, from a viewing perspective, it used to be super easy to connect with other fans. Though now seems as there are so many different communities, it all feels sort of disconnected in a way.
@@allietricasoyou have 100% heard this before but I think you have a similar sense of humour to Danny Gonzalez / Kurtis Conner / Drew Gooden, it’d be so cool to see you do a video with one of them
@@Sundaeys Dude, why would you mention the same person 3 times?
Definitely
"Old UA-cam" for me was always copyrighted movies and shows cut up into 10-minute chunks at 240p with part 7 always missing because it got hit with a copyright strike. That and UA-cam Poop.
i watched a majority of the original dragon ball cut up into 10 minute parts on youtube in like 2009, good times
Plenty of full moves are shows are still up most cases the onwers dont care and just leaves them up the posters of these videos arnt expecting money from them anyway.
"Part 7 always missing" why is that so accurate? 🤣
Or when movies were zoomed in too close, or in a tiny square at the edge of the screen to avoid copyright.
*Because, youtube is; where the poop is...*
*Where there's smoke, they pinch back.*
It’s hard to say, new UA-cam has a lot of amazing creators and it’s a lot easier to find friendlier communities. I’m less likely to be called slurs constantly. On the other hand, UA-cam as a platform is getting pretty bad, and the old school culture had a lot going for it
Well said tbh
Except for the DCU (Danny Gonzalez cinematic universe)
Old youtube was better because youtubers could be more creative, they didn't have the thought in the back of their mind like "will this get copyrighted/demonetised"
they had more freedom to be creative. And i also think youtube videos felt more simple and i've always preferred that, luved just watching people hop on a game and have fun with their friends or by themselves doing a lets play
like even a lot of old smosh videos, ian and anthony would literally just hang out and eat a meal and it was entertaining
Super fair point, demonetization fear is REAL
Demonetisation more like 'demon'etisation
@@Geinky you're on to somethin there
@@allietricasoI can't be the only person to say that but I don't remember ever seeing someone say it
I agree.
i think old youtube was better because shorts wasnt there and youtube videos werent as repetitive and weird
shorts are annoying because sometimes there's actually some good content in shorts from youtubers i like, but then i also don't wanna ruin my attention span ::
@@FemboyKaiSakuthere's no scientific evidence it ruins attention span
@@keepyoursins we don't really need scientific evidence, ive had times when ive just doom scrolled for so long and now im realising i struggle to sit and watch gameplay videos
before i could watch whole lets plays 3 hours straight and now i always get distracted or i always look for a different video because the one im watching isn't fuelling my brain enough. And ever since i stopped watching most shorts it has improved
@keepyoursins there hasn't been enough time to really make studies about it but I can personally feel it ruining me lol
@@FemboyKaiSakuI can definitely relate
i think the charm of old youtube was that people just made videos to have fun, and show off their sometimes ordinary lives to the world, like just recording you and your friends and putting it up for views on youtube. but now these days, people are LIVING off of youtube, and it feels a lot more like a competitive scene, that you have to be interesting and have high production value for views, rather than just fun, home-made content like it used to be much earlier on.
True. I also remember when you could get your videos featured onto the front page. People like iJustine got front page attention, and her audience was built from there on.
Also real creatives had a place. But it screwed up when it became view time vs view count and why animation, short skits were no longer profitable
Set up for financial ruin.
UA-cam (next to old flash-game sites and imageboards) felt like the only video site that was made from the ground-up by its actual users and content sub-cultures, and not created by a boardroom of people out of touch with what they think kids think is funny but feeding it to us (like 2010s Nickolodeon.) Truly before Twitch being the more corporately overseen from the beginning.
old youtube by a mile. i hate how oversaturated and kid-friendly youtube has become, especially since they dont even commit with being sfw with the ads they allow on here. they gotta stop censoring the main platform when they already have youtube kids
I def bring this up, I think they’re working on it a bit by making the recommendation system a bit better but I def miss how wild things used to be lollll
It's not for kids, it's for advertisers. Corporations do not care about children.
@@LilFeralGangrel exactly. its like they treat kids as an afterthought and only "care" about them to save their image
@@allietricaso oh my god its actually you! it'd be awesome if you made a video tackling how useless youtube kids is becoming. love ur content ❤️❤️❤️
Its a mixed bag for me, because back then people used to do a lot of questionable things to get views, like putting large boobs in their thumbnails... or misleading thumbnails in general that the video has nothing to do with, and it put a halt on people just doing annoyingly racist, or shock content for views. Some moral standards have been accepted because of it.
For me old youtube is 2008-2010 youtube when star ratings were a thing, every musician and their mother had a Vevo channel, and I was using it either to listen to Nickelback and Papa Roach or to look at creepypastas or video proofs of UFO sightnings in 144p.
The pinnacle of content creation I must say.
Yes yes and YES
Ok I said 08 to 2011…we are on about the same page
Yes! Creepypasta back in middle school! I loved that and vevo so much
As Jack once said,
"You miss how you felt back when you were watching those videos at that time, cos you were probably in school. And you probably just came home from school and just watched videos all day and had a great time. But now you're grown up. Now you have responsibilities, now you're in college, and you have a job. And youre probably stressed out a lot, but is it the change in the channel?"
No. What it is ….partly…is when we first discovered UA-cam it was amazing and new…and we miss that. But the other part is…UA-cam scrubbed their website of things like conspiracies. You can’t find the info you once could on here. And please don’t tell me Shane has videos…they only allow people like Shane to make videos because he stays in the box of conspiracies he’s allowed to talk about.
I would actually say that UA-cam had 3 phases: early UA-cam (2005-2009), mid UA-cam: (2010-2015) and late UA-cam (2016 onwards). I feel as though those periods all had different vibes.
I will note that it was never a sudden change, it was a gradual shift; the starting years are based roughly on the beginning of a shift, not when it was in full swing.
Honestly that’s a really good point I agree!! They’re all so different, it felt weird saying 2014 UA-cam was the same as 2009 UA-cam because they couldn’t be more different hahaha
This is a good point! I think esp bc that 2016 onwards era was sort of the beginning of the end for UA-cam rewind, and it was also when Vine died which brought over a lot of creators and I think sort of changed what became popular on the platform
Don't forget that it had a major change in 2020 it really went downhill from there
2005-2009 UA-cam: people just chilling together
2010-2015: gaming, makeup and pranks
2016-2022: a bunch of copycats and podcasts
Now: self-improvement and how to beat depression post-COVID 19
The new one ia the worst. Fearful.
You are absolutely right about "old" UA-cam being frowned upon by peers, now everyone watches UA-cam. I also think the vibe has changed drastically in regards to how we interact. Communities were a lot smaller and we were all more vulnerable, but now that our generation has grown up, we have more of an understanding of the world and have more of a voice and it has definitely shown with the huge shift. There's good and bad on both the old and new sides of UA-cam. I just find it crazy how it's been so long now since "old" UA-cam came and went. We're old now LMAO
WE DO BE OLD NOW LOL
Wait until you get to 36 years old like me. You'll feel it even more.
Seeing as how commentary and video essays are my favorite vids, new youtube content is my fav.
However, i wish creators didnt have to worry so much about age restrictions or copyright claims. It seems to keep people from being as creative as they want to be. And also, youtube shorts can be annoying.
Same opinion! There was a lot of unhinged behavior on the internet then, too. So I’m glad some of that has been curbed.
Not all. But some. 🥲
@@TheAngryCleric so true!! As toxic as it can be now it was waaaaaaay worse in the past
@@TwizzleTown oh definitely. Especially for POC, I mean the Internet was definitely racist during the early 2010s…
Modern youtube isnt bad though currently (2020-) because now its a bit easier to tell what the different categories of youtubers and you can look for or ignore the types that you want freely. Its a bit more clear who are the react channels, who are the commentary channels, who are the essayists and Gen Z youtube tends to have a far better understanding of comedic editing than we ever did..
@BlikPic that's such a good point! And I totally agree that gen z revolutionized editing
The best part of old youtube was the fact that it had a search function that actually worked.
Omg I did mean to bring this up, that’s such a good point. I look up something and it’s just my recommendation pageee
Omg yes! Search now I don’t even get the search result
I haven't personally had that problem, but there are some features that can help narrow down a search. For example, if I wanna find a video from a past date, I could search using "before:xx-xx-xxxx"
@@elokin300 the issue is it basically won't show what your searching up unless its something you normally watch , I usually have dig deep(for something that used to be right at the top) or use incognito
i find it helps when trying to find something older to add "before:20XX" to the search
Old UA-cam: passion
Current UA-cam: product
Old UA-cam was so great because I could just turn on my old ass dusty grainy webcam and just show my sketchbook or lip synch to some Avril Lavigne and it was all about the vibe of sharing with other people. I basically considered that hanging out with friends. Today it doesn’t feel like sharing, it feels like performing. Back then it just felt more authentic
As someone who started using UA-cam in late 2012, I can confirm that UA-cam really was better over a decade ago compared to modern UA-cam.
I miss Jenna Marbles so frigging much. I would watch her do anything
there was something really magic about O.G. Jenna
you both beat your meat while watching Jenna Marbles
I've been watching youtube since 2006, I was 12. It's unreal to think I've been watching UA-cam for 17 years. Old UA-cam to me is Smosh, Ryan Higa, Liam Kyle Sullivan, What the Buck, and Potter Puppet Pals. Despite the hyper-commercialization of new UA-cam, I still prefer it to old UA-cam. New UA-cam consistently leaves me gobsmacked with the quality of content people are putting out. This subject has been on my mind a lot lately since Smosh got back together and Miranda Sings sang her ukelele "apology" within the same week. It feels like while one great chapter of youtube starts, a terrible one finally finishes.
I think old UA-cam was a better social media, and new UA-cam is better for entertainment media. Which is weird since now they’re trying to push community tabs and shorts like tik tok but taking away everything that made UA-cam like a community
Old UA-cam was great but I don’t miss it being super compressed 240p only.
the sense of community is prob what i miss most about old youtube. creator communities used to be so intertwined with each other as whole friend groups, and creators themselves would make collabs and tag videos or meet ups. it’s just not the same now 😭
I miss the old UA-cam so much. Back then, it was really the only big social platform because Facebook and Instagram didn’t take off until roughly 2010. Old UA-cam was like hanging out with your friends and UA-camrs could post anything they wanted. There were no copyrights, no clickbaits, no ads, no UA-cam TV, no UA-cam kids, etc. 2005-2011 were the golden years of UA-cam and those were the best times being a kid. I’m glad I got to experience it!
honestly youtube from maybe 3-4 years ago was the best in my opinion, although people have a lot of nostagia from before that, personally this is my 'nostalgia' era ig
however ,i did only start watching youtube in 2016 with zoella and stuff so that might put it into context :)
covid
I've been watching YT practically the entirety of existence, but I can kinda get behind this
@@squarrot9355not just covid, youtube got hit with a serious law suit (the whole kid debacle) which was a major shift in how youtube operated and operates
Speaking as someone who just started doing UA-cam this year, I would definitely say old UA-cam was better. I feel back then, creators thought of it as more of a fun hobby rather than their actual career. Not saying that anyone who views UA-cam as a career is wrong, but it can be easy to suffer burnout from doing UA-cam on a daily basis. Nowadays, it's very difficult to get a lot of traction on content unless you know the in's and out's of the algorithm. And even then, it's still tricky to get much engagement, especially with how strict UA-cam's guidelines are now. That's just my two cents though!
how do you know what old youtube was like if you just started 💀
old youtube algorithm made me a kpop stan and got me into media commentary youtube meanwhile i watched 2 colleen commentary videos yesterday and now this algorithm thinks im the biggest colleen anti there is
I remember when vidcon was all the rage, and I was dying to go. Back when Jenna Marbles, Joey Graceffa, Ryan Higa, Ian and Anthony, Dan and Phil, and lots of really cool iconic creators were there. Now vidcon just happens, and I only find out about it through a couple UA-camrs I watch who say “yeah I was at vidcon”. I have no idea who goes to vidcon anymore except for like 2 creators lol
This isn't as easy a question for me to answer, because my definition of "Old UA-cam" is different than other people's. I never really watched Shane, Pewds, Higa, or any of them, because I was never seeking out specific creators, but specific content. Think Half Life: Full Life Consequences or Red vs Blue (before it became the Big Bang Theory of Machinias)
My feeling is that Old UA-cam is better if it was content that you could come back to, content that has aged well. Newer UA-cam may be a bit more sanitized in terms of creativity, but there's still enough for me to consume because now I seek out specific creators.
I literally went and rewatched Half Life: Full Life Consequences after this video popped up in my recommendations.
Yeah I'm the same way I used to just watch whatever showed up on my feed that looked interesting back in the old times, but now I'm more inclined to watch a specific set of creators primarily.
There's pros and cons to both for sure but I miss the tight-knit community vibe of old UA-cam, and how there was less censorship and more customization on peoples' profiles. I miss classic Myspace too for that reason, I wish we had a modern social media site where we could have super customizable pages like classic Myspace...
I found a website the other day that basically functions as Myspace called "Spacehey," and it's pretty cool
I miss unhinged g-mod video youtube. Also the 5 star ratings and private messaging inbox system was nice too
Old UA-cam because it was more creative. Not everybody did the same thing the same way as everybody else. Also some of the old videos that were done 5-10 years ago still hold up to this day and probably will forever. Some new videos however are just trends that will make people cringe in 10 years or less.
the best era of yt for me was when gaming exploded on the website
So 2012 to 2016-ish
@@Beefnhammeror 2015-2018
So rapist kidnapping phase.
@@user-pq3um6ue5p Wtf does that have to do with gaming?
New UA-cam is a little more educational in my opinion. Old UA-cam was just people goofing around
100% accurate hahah
True, I sit here watching video essays more often.
Yeah, but I prefer the "people goofing around" videos that people used to upload to UA-cam.
😮
the main thing i miss about old youtube is the old channel layout, very akin to myspace where you could customize your background and stuff, and you could watch videos on peoples channels, meaning you wouldnt have to click back to their channel when you finished watching a video
*1000%*
As someone who has had an account since 2006, I appreciate that you really commented on your experience and your era of using it and didn’t try too much to comment on stuff you didn’t experience because I hate when people cover bullet points of stuff because they don’t have actual experiences of that era. Anyway, great video as always Allie.
Yes 100%!! I try to really only bring in my own experience with stuff like this. I’d hate to get something wrong and misinform people on how stuff was~
Old youtube was real comfy and I'm definitely nostalgic for it and modern youtube is absolutely more corporate and sanitised but the content is genuinely so much better by pretty much every metric and it's great that so many creatives can make a living doing largely independent content
Old UA-cam for sure felt very much like a home made video kind of place. New UA-cam feels like a whole ass streaming platform, which isn't a bad thing but it's pretty cool to be old enough to have watched it evolve
Old UA-cam was better because you didn't have alot of anti-woke, woke, redpill, nonsense on it.
in my eyes 2005/2006-2012 is old youtube, then it changed to current youtube. i'd call 2013-2014 the mid time period change to the current youtube aka the mid decade year like early 90's is 90-94, 95 is the transition point; and 96-2000 is the current end. i like the current youtube, but i'd like some of old youtube back. there are old creators that left before monitization happened, and others that i enjoyed.
Old UA-cam had some really genuine charm, but a lot of that comes down to nostalgia! The quality of UA-cam today is unreal and I can't help but favor how much effort is put in to content now.
But doesn't that defeat the of "UA-cam'? UA-cam took off because it was not like corporate TV, now they are looking almost the same. Effort was put into old UA-cam as well, you have just probably never seen those videos.
@@timsmythfilmsandanimations I’ve watched UA-cam since 2006. I agree that it’s become too corporate, but I think there is more opportunity than ever for new creators and higher competition incentivizes creativity (but also shock value garbage). That doesn’t always mean good content though. It really depends on the niche.
@@justindaughtry Well the actual video quality as far as pixels is concerned, should not count in the discussion, as everyone used what was available at the same, which is the same today.
So many videos, this one we just watched for instance, are really no higher effort than the videos back in the day. The difference is that in the old UA-cam one could find a unique video and be surprised, and that rarely happens today.
It is like Hollywood movies, there will always be some gems, but most of them will be mediocre.
I do see where you are coming from though.
It's why I'm happy i grew up with Jenna, Grace, & Hanna. They're all just flat out, straight up decent humans.
The old comments were sorted by likes, so it was very possible for a toxic hot take or hate comment to float to the top. Now they try to prioritize only the most milktoast agreeable opinions, which encourages people to repeat things that other people have said and form echo chambers. This is especially abusable when framed in a positive way, such as praising something that does not deserve that much praise
Old UA-cam was people who enjoyed making videos posting for fun and new UA-cam is basically television 2.0
The old UA-cam channel layout was major bussin. Huge based.
Massive cowardice in all the features removed. LET ME CONTROL EVERY AESTHETIC DETAIL OF MY CHANNEL! LET ME WATCH MY PLAYLISTS ON MY CHANNEL PAGE! LET ME HAVE EVERYTHING HOSTED ON ONE CONTINUOUS PAGE! *AAAAAAAAHH*
Old youtube was like a more or less small subculture were people just want to have fun and talk to each other. New youtube feels like everyone acts like a Character. Old youtube was better in my opinion.
My generation of UA-cam you could message people
it was much more like social media
now its just corporate media
Old UA-cam for me was before Lucas Cruikshank left JKLPRODUCTIONS for his only channel for FRED. I miss the days of sketch comedy, but also it’s almost painful to watch now 😅
That’s so specific I love it😂 yeah that was a huge switch up. Good for him tho he was getting older I def get it lolll
@@allietricaso I just want updates on his cousins. Like what happened to them? Why did they stop posting after Lucas became successful? Is there family drama?
Old UA-cam was far superior. It was back when people had talent. Video editing was much better.
Actually it depends, old UA-cam has that good vibe and it's more chill but at the same time it gets boring sometimes and resolution is too low, new UA-cam has better resolution, new and more types of content but a lot of toxicity. For me a liked the middle era, around 2010 - 2017 for me. Since I also started using UA-cam arround 2012 - 2014.
old yt was better because people made whatever they wanted not the same formulatic video essays with raid shadow legends sponsors because "gotta follow the algorithm"
I'm not a creator, so I can't comment on it being better for creators, but as a viewer youtube peaked as soon as it got out of 480p era, and once the 23 and me lady bought it it was all downhill from there.
Old UA-cam will always be better because we weren't as obsessed with aesthetics and it was more for fun back then and there weren't as many ads and as many annoying, fake influencers as there are now.
I think UA-cam sucks now just with how many damn videos are sponsored. If they are built into the video in a way that is NORMAL and sounds genuine it's different, but now half the ads are annoying. IDC if it is. how they make money, they could take sponsorships that actually are genuine and not fake like Danielle Carolan's are now. She started out genuine and relatable and now she is just another "rich" girl that lives in NYC. And promotes shit companies like Revolve that aren't even slightly affordable on top of that, you can tell she doesn't actually use half the products she promotes.
Old YT > new
Agree. Even people like iJustine and Jenna Marbles were good because they were just being themselves, they weren’t following an algorithm.
Then the money came rolling in and pretty soon we started getting creators that all sounded the same.
I try to find small creators who are just being themselves, but YT search makes it very difficult to find them. Most of the time they just give you results from already established big channels who clearly making videos for the paychecks.
I started watching UA-cam in late 2007/early 2008 (I'm 24 now) and have seen everything from clickbait tilted Rick Rolling videos to the rise of Minecraft UA-camrs and later video essayists. From my perspective I prefer old UA-cam because even as a kid I felt like I was watching endless content on a site that relatively few people understood. Plus, old UA-cam had annotations which were always fun to read and provided easy access to linked videos.
EDIT: I must say that new UA-cam is MUCH better at deleting hateful videos now than before
Not just UA-cam itself, but you can notice original and nice comments on much older videos. Right now, its just unoriginal, stupid comments like "WE ARE GETTING OUTTA SOMETHING WITH THIS ONE"
or "UA-cam HIRE THIS MAN!!!!
or even worse, shorts roblox videos, etc.
Old youtube also felt like a self journal. People uploaded videos of them skiing, hiking, feeding animals like swans, and more. Today you won't find things like these.
I think old youtube was better.
Lowkey I feel like monetization ruined youtube. Not that youtubers shouldn’t make money from their content but once they started making money it stopped being a hobby and became a job. I knew things were changing when everyone started having management and moving to LA. UA-camrs stopped being regular people and became celebrities.
I feel like old UA-cam was better, bc their was less stuff that is considered inappropriate, and it was less toxic, plus here was no crappy Colleen Ballinger apology video, which is definitely a plus
LOL
Colleen was old UA-cam to me unfortunately 😭 she was one of the first UA-camrs I watched in like 2014
@@izzz222 oh no… I’m sorry for you
@@N0T_MY_N4M3thank you 😔
to be fair, garbage apologies became a staple of creators back in like 2014
i miss 2014-2019 youtube 😞
Same
Some creators are making money. Some of us are still small even after many years, and it actually cost me to run my channel yes I monetize, but it takes me four months usually to make $100. I spend way more than that.
I do miss the fact that there used to be more sketches, which have definitely died down in current youtube. Also, German language UA-cam was wayyy better then, which isn't saying much because current German language UA-cam sucks absolute ass apart from some documentaries uploaded on channels which are directly funded by our national broadcasting and hence have a standard of quality. I miss the times when copyright laws weren't enforced so stringently by the big companies so you had very funny parody voice overs from big movies.
5:40 me with “better help”.
IS EVERYONE SPONSORED BY THEM!? Like holy!!
i think i'm super nostalgic for old youtube, but as a viewer, i prefer new youtube more. i think creators' opinions may vary since money is so much more involved now, but for a viewer, the content is just kinda better overall. there's tons more variety, longer runtime, etc etc. and while the recommended isn't always 100%, i find videos i'm interested in wayyy more often than not. i definitely get the "simpler times" nostalgia anytime i see screenshots of old youtube, but aside from some small features here and there (channel page customizations my beloved and dearly missed), there's not much i actually WANT anymore from old youtube other than just the feeling of being 11 again lol
im actually looking all the smosh old videos again for the nostalgia and youtube recomend me this video (i talk spanish sorry if i have bad inglish)
Old youtube best of the best
New youtube Cringe shorts
I'm fairly new to regularly watching UA-cam, so it's interesting to see how the culture's shifted through the years.
Great video thanks!
I think, sadly enough, a lot of people who should not be making money on UA-cam are making money on it and I don't think, unless you are one of the biggest channels on UA-cam, you should be making enough money to live with UA-cam as your full-time job. I mean, maybe brand deals or Patreon pledges, things that come FROM UA-cam videos but from making videos should be considered a hobby, not a job.
I am entitled to my opinion
The very first UA-camr I ever watched consistently was Ryan Higa. I thought his content was hysterical and would come home every day after school to watch it. So much nostalgia!
there are some good "bring back the dislike button back" extensions on chrome
ive been here on YT since its inception, new YT is better, 15 years agoo i culdnt watch yutube longer than an hour, little bitd sized clips over a dial up connection, today i stream youtube straight through a wifi connection straight too the dome, sometimes up to 10 hours a day, yutube has taken over and made broadcast tv obsleete
I'm kinda in the middle tbh. On one hand you have old UA-cam where people were just making what they wanna make and just getting to be themselves, however it was riddled with sexism, transphobia, homophobia, racism etc. Nowadays UA-cam has better systems in place to keep people safe and to slow the spread of bigotry, but a lot of todays youtubers, if they weren't already on the platform for some time, seem a lot less genuine and seem more in it for the money than the joy of making content. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with making money via an online presence, it just really sucks that a lot of people are only in it for the fame and money and not just for the sake of entertaining.
Edit: Forgot to mention that a lot of the bigotry on UA-cam resides within UA-cam shorts, it does not seem to be very monitored
on one hand, yes i like the new yt too but I hate the fact that all the content nowadays is pretty much the same. you don't really see people moving around as much anymore and all the vloggers nowadays seem more like aestethic bloggers. I miss the creativity of old yt.
So to conclude, if new yt regulations with old yt creativity could combine, I would actually not need to want more.
Heyyy I'm early this time lol. Old youtube was better in general, but there are still awesome creators in the current era too like the one who posted this video lol
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I think what I miss the most is the layout of the site. It was much more personaliable to make your channel however you want. I think its gotten too simple looking over time but thats just me and eventually we all got used to it.
New UA-cam has gotten some what better, but I think both the old and new both had there cons and pros.
Lastly you can still find tons of creative and cool things on here, you kinda have to dig around or be lucky enough to be recommended it. I will say UA-cam is better than Twitter that's for sure.
There aren’t many things that I can highlight in modern youtube, but the ones that I can, make everything for me. A single reason why I will always choose modern over old is video essays. Out of all the genres and types of videos this is the only one that proves youtube isn’t just a silly dumb entertainment platform. The quality of this content is of the industry level. It even discusses things TV or Netflix never were interested in discussing. And it is also only came to exist very recently
Before I even see this video, the main thing I miss about old YT is the home made feel to it. Everything feels too corporate now but on the other hand the corporate feeling allows creators to create full time.
I mean, there was also the piracy lol watching fan subbed Naruto “episode X part 1 of 3” with each part in the video responses because each video had to be 10 min or 100mb whichever came first.
I have an account where I follow creators under 100k subs and or creators that aren’t sponsored to try to capture some of that feeling.
Modern youtube channels: Vivziepop, Glitch productions, mrbeast, dafuq boom, lackdaisy etc.
Classic UA-cam channels: Fred, annoying orange, nostalgia critic, etc.
UA-cam went to shit once music parodies went out of style
Old UA-cam for me I started watching UA-cam back in 2007/2008 and I will say UA-cam has changed some better some worse
Back then we had
•kickass dbz linkin park amvs
•hilarious ytps
•flash animations
•no bullshit copyright system
•felt like a platform to have fun in
•fun super Mario 64 blooper videos
Nowadays we have
•UA-camrs being pedophiles
•people taking UA-cam very seriously as their only job because they don’t have actual skills
•it’s always a dick measuring contest with these content creators
•cringey sponsor ads
•UA-camr drama
•apology videos
•cancellation (I hate that term)
•UA-cam being overly censored with the whole monetization demonetization crap
I would rather funny and old quality videos rather than cringe click bait videos
I love looking back at old youtube because of how everyone was basically free to create whatever they want. Now i feel like its more restrictive, people can’t express theirselves fully
I like old UA-cam because it was really fun watching others make new and innovative content. Now that doesn’t really happen as much since everything has mostly already been done
Or and here me out the heavy censorship to and the need to follow suit to not lose monetization has heavily restricted a lot of the creative freedom on the platform however to some degree yes its definitely far more difficult to be original after the first few "waves" of youtubers and content
@@alexcunningham1647 I think these both are two reasons for why it’s harder to be creative now. I do feel like if I was on rumble where there are basically no restrictions, I’d have the same struggle as I would on UA-cam. I guess there is also an expectation in media now for a lot of it to be very meaningful in some way. Every funny thing you watch has to have some sort of underlying message to speak about some bigger thing. With Old media, you still had that, but we also had the content where you’d watch it and cut off your brain like Smosh and Rhett and like for example.
Modern youtube: Memes, popular trends, indie animation, asmr, mukbang
Classic UA-cam: obnoxious and annoyingly funny videos, weird animations, childhood.
I actually tend to go back and watch old UA-cam videos more than the new videos. Sometimes I just want less edited videos to watch. I think you’re right about it being simple and that’s what I liked. That and I’m still living in the past 😂
I miss the star rating system on UA-cam. If videos only had 1-2 stars you knew they sucked and to avoid them. Also old UA-cam was way more expressive before monetization in like 2015/16. Now you can’t even say what’s on your mind about certain topics without the fear of being demonetized. However new UA-cam has better quality content. Especially now that everyone uploads in 4k, HDR and 1080p.
2005-2008 Wild West Days
(Early Era before any big names came in the picture, it mostly consisted of random videos shot with a potato quality camera)
Golden Era 2009-2014
(Iconic UA-cam at least to us Gen Zers, many of the first Big videos and creators started and/or were dominate here)
Edgy Era 2015-2019
(A period where there was a shift from the happy-go-lucky vibe of the early 2010s, to a more pessimistic yet fun attitude. UA-cam became more corporate as well)
Covid Era 2020-(early) 2022
(Covid changed UA-cam into a more corporate and serious entity. Politics and Covid overruled the entertainment aspect of UA-cam. UA-cam channels became more professionally run, but the era saw a bleak view of the future and drained of the feeling of previous eras)
A New Era (mid) 2022-present
(This is today, after the horrendous start of the 2020s there is still a bleak view of the future. There is recovery, but the site is not the same. Tastes have changed, and a new Generation of UA-camrs will soon take over. Whether it gets better or not, UA-cam has left a profound impact on all of us)
02:11 is that Rebecca Black with Jenn McAllister? Idk who the dudes are but WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
Honestly, alot of things just seemed less corporate before 2014
Social Media
UA-cam
Roblox
Steam
Esc
Old UA-cam for me is really just the era of Pewdiepie and before but I think there’s two “old UA-cams” right now. Before Pewdiepie and during Pewdiepie or UA-cam broadcast yourself and everything else up to 2016 early 2017. It makes me sad though content is so much better but it doesn’t make me feel better. Nothing compares to Jack playing turbo dismount or old UA-camrs who aren’t around anymore or aren’t as passionate and young. I’m still subscribed to channels that haven’t uploaded a video in a decade because as much as I hate to say it I’ve been around that long but I’m also glad. I was around to see at least bits and pieces of it all It’s like what Butters said to Stan about beautiful sadness. I’m glad something can make me feel that sad and nostalgic because it can make me appreciate today all the more.
good new youtube youtuber: CHAD CHAD!! sure i’m a member of kurtistown but i gotta say i’m even more of a chadling
Old youtube memories make me sad honestly, i started recording with my buddies in like 5th grade now im 27 and its a completely different environment, more like TV. I did a video with my buddie austen alexander and james charles/markaplier and dude pulled up with a whole crew and it felt lame af, like defeating the purpose of YOU-tube. But then again I bought my motorcycle in cash with YT money so maybe new gen isnt that bad lmfao.
Idk new gen UA-cam is pretty mid. full of drama channels/reaction channels/political channels despite I don't care about American politics/Crypto and bitcoin channels how to get rich quick scheme scams/UA-cam shorts is pretty much Tiktok lol.
We need 10 hour doggy NOW!
Also you forgot about one of the biggest mcn's ever to exist: Machinima
Yeah it sure was though, youtube from it's older days was just a video sharing website all about fun and creativity when it was all about you and you get to be you.
And make whatever you want but it just sucks how youtube is just not what it used to been and youtube isn't even fun anymore while some people find modern youtube
To be fun but not anyone like me will though, and of course youtube now is all about views and money and people just take youtube way too serious nowadays..
Since we have people that try way too hard to get views by doing something so stupid to try to get many views even when that isn't how that works to get views though
Which makes me wonder whatever happened to working hard to get those views? and I even find it sad you can't even make videos for fun on youtube anymore.
Since people will just sht on it by saying it sucks or cringe even if you're not trying to be prefect on youtube though like damn it always sucks when good things
Changed for the worse by becoming bad.. :(
Honestly, yeah, the videos have a lot more quality than back then. The problem is that youtube now is too much "driven" by the algorythm. I no longer feel like i am controlling the content that i see, and instead they are bombing me with low-quality shorts and a lot of toxic content. And that sucks. Also, it´s becoming way harder to find niche content creators because of that.
speaking fax ngl, I remember when people had machinima as a way for people to get monetized and that was like a big deal back then lol, but yeah youtube has changed a lot since then and it's very noticeable if people have been on the platform for a bit now.
The only things that are better with modern UA-cam are that the videos are longer, and that they have higher video quality - everything else is flat out worse, like the ridiculous amounts of ads throughout all videos, the stupid auto-pause crap, the end cards that block like half the screen, Shorts videos, and so on. I have installed a bunch of extensions that get rid of those things.
Watching this video made me go back look at the oldest videos on your profile and made me actually recognize how long I’ve been watching your videos. It’s crazy to think about the weird way you can watch people grow (obviously very different than actually knowing someone irl) though this platform. Always have and always will love your content. Keep it up ❤
“Unless you started watching UA-cam this year” I feel so targeted 😂
I really like new youtube much better! Yeah, I miss the days of 2013 when youtubers were new to me and the communities felt more tight knit. BUT I've found that in things like the Hermitcraft fandom or anime youtubers, so that tight knit youtube community is still out there. But it may be more niche. I will say I do LOVE how it's easier to come across high quality informational and educational videos with the video essay boom. Yeah, not all of them are great. But 99% of the ones I've stumbled across have been really informational or neat and through provoking!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that Brody quest by lemon demon on her section transitions!? (Lemon demon is one of my special interests)
I miss looking forward to a JennaMarbles video every Wednesday/Thursday 😔💖
Remember when they used to watch VEVO UA-cam and you would be watching it in like dark mode.
My biggest complain with current UA-cam is that through the years they really listened to complaints and feedback for features that people wanted, like being able to get off the app without cutting the video. Then instead of making those things a regular feature to better the experience they took them all and put them behind a paywall.