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A video like this could not thrive on TikTok, Instagram Reels, or even Facebook for that matter. This is my attempt to explain what's good about UA-cam, and to encourage decisions within UA-cam's leadership to consider leaving a bit of money on the table in favor of protecting the beautiful cathedral that they have created for us. Following the short-term numbers will destroy the beautiful thing you have created, but if you stay the course and stay true to Your Voice, I believe the fact that Educational content thrives here on UA-cam will ultimately make you win in the end. Thank you to those who work at UA-cam for making a platform where beautiful things like this can exist. The challenge now is to fight to keep it this way, when the siren song of more dollars is no doubt trying to pull you away from that which is good.
Well said!
☝️☝️☝️ this is so extremely important. Thanks for all you do & God Bless You!
Your awesome Destin
That was a good choice of verse at the end, Destin. I have watched your channel for years and I really appreciate your content.
Thank you! I'm so happy you are resisting the shorts movement, while there may be a place for such things - When I see a SED video, I know it's great content and I want there to be a substantial amount of info being hurled in my direction. Thank you for saying it so well, I agree
Thanks for this thoughtful video Destin. I am constantly reminded of how ‘the medium is the message’ which makes me wonder what is the real message of UA-cam? I think for a long time the message of UA-cam has been in depth, quality content, which contrasts with other social media platforms. Like you I hope they keep it this way and don’t keep trying to copy every other platform out there. What I love about your work is you’ve never lost your voice. Thanks for using your voice for good on here.
Yeah
you fell off + ratio + the hood watches Tom Nicholas now
I was a bit sad when you made the video about the need to change your titles due to the algorithm, it felt like youtube already started evolving to bury your (and destin's and many others') quality channels under piles of clickbait fiesta without any substance behind.
It reminds me of an old interview of a leader of the first TV channel in france (TF1) explaining the meaning of their programs is to sell people's attention to the advertisers...
Its weird because I noticed the evolution of Derek's and Destin's channel. Not in a negative way, but just noticed how much more in depth their videos were progressing. I still found myself watching videos that were 15-25 min long and was still engaged just as much as the 10 min videos. STILL incredible content from my favorite creators, learning subjects I had no idea I was interested in. YOU really are getting smarter everyday. Thank you guys for the content over the last 10-12 years. The impact has not gone unnoticed. Cheers
I appreciate the kind words Derek. I appreciate you and count you as a true friend. I’ve really enjoyed your work lately for many reasons. I’m excited to see you hit your stride and lead us all towards more intelligent content.
Thank you Destin for the fun photo project!
Running around Paris to find the exact same spots and capture it again was like a really cool Indiana Jones adventure!
Well done guys! You've both made my day!
The photos were perfect. Even the objects locations
thanks for your effort for recreating the photo. hope you have a good day as i have from this video:)
@@RadManGG Thanks a lot !
@@DJON0071 Thanks :)
Thank you all creators still try to steer UA-cam to the right direction.
We are all trying! " like and subscribe" 😄😄
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@@sorenkair he said left
Very good points. To add to the conversation, I'm not a fan of the dislike button no longer showing the count either. Now it's harder to sort through tutorial videos. I learn how to do some household tasks like change outlets here on UA-cam. Now I can't tell if the video is clickbait, low quality, or if everyone got electrocuted unless I read the comments in every video. The problem is, content creators can turn the comments OFF. So now people here on UA-cam can curate a well crafted lie for watch time, and even propaganda can flourish now. I think they're creating a monster without even realizing it. The UA-cam shorts are only going to exacerbate this downward trend too.
Very valid point.
I have cut down on new content since they removed the buttons numbers. That's ok, I have got plenty i know are good.
Its all part of youtube becoming a better part of the Marxist-Communist-Socialist propaganda machine.
I remember when they did the same thing with the thumbs down on comments. That’s when UA-cam comments went from mostly helpful and quality to trolling and garbage. This will have the same effect on their video contents quality. It’s a huge mistake.
I suggest we all use the feedback option in the app to let them know, we want it back and why. If I was looking up a repair or troubleshooting video. I used the likes to dislikes as a meter of the reliability of the video.
Agreed. I'm not a fan of shorts, but rather more thorough content. Shorts, TikTok and reels are fine, but everyone wants to be what UA-cam is. UA-cam shouldn't try to be what they are not.
I prefer trousers in winter
God, why is everyone making shorts?! It's December for Christ sake.
@@unlokia That could actually work as a pretty good metaphor. TikTok lives in a hot climate and wears shorts, and now UA-cam is seeing them wear shorts and now UA-cam wants to wear shorts too. But it's just going to end up with UA-cam getting frostbite because it doesn't work in this climate.
What shorts are doing is basically reuploaded tik toks. Most of the shorts I watch are just short food clips from content creators who upload on tik tok and youtube shorts side by side. Basically somewhat a reincarnation of vine. It's a format that fits certain contents but not the long-form video youtube is already providing
UA-cam thrived with short videos about cats, memes, and "fails" during its beginning and by dropping them they allowed tiktok to pick up the idea and grow as a contender. UA-cam is not copying other platforms by using shorts. UA-cam WAS the main platform for short videos, and corporate karen made the mistake get rid of them by punishing creators who made them.
Long videos are fine, but some of us also have been enjoying short videos for over 15 years in this platform. I'd rather have both.
“Half of UA-cam's mission is to give everyone a voice"
The other half is making sure no one is able to hear it
Facts
You have an intelligent, interesting, scientific channel. Of course UA-cam wants it destroyed.
Dictatorship of the algorithm
"the other 2 halves are making sure no one is able to hear it"
perfect.
UA-cam "Broadcast Yourself"
That was the slogan and mantra when it was climbing up from obscurity.
It was power to the people to make their voice heard.
power to the people lmaooooo hahahahahahahahhahahaha
@@chrismathewsjr Yes, and it was all about the people and small creators. That was over a decade ago, what's so hard to believe? UA-cam wasn't always so political and censored as it is today, you know?
It was. Now it is turning into another Facebook full of censorship.
@@chrismathewsjr this was before google bought them
@@chrismathewsjr you're showing your age
I agree, and really appreciate your message!
If someone's true to their voice on this platform, it's you Ben.
Keep doing what you do!
I watch both of you and subscribe 😄 Thanks for what you are doing.
Please never change your video type, you make the best of the best type of videos.
don't hitch your wagon to a dem horse
UA-cam needs to be replaced with something better. Removing dislike view is such a dumb decision, one of many these past few years.
They shouldn’t remove it. They should just bring back some stuff
You can try something like Rumble, but those are political echo chambers
@@NickzAndMikz You mean it's a certain group of people that were censored off of UA-cam?
UA-cam was better 2 years ago 😢
@@NickzAndMikz 'first they came for x, but I was not an x so I did not speak up'
I use UA-cam mainly for education. I watch tutorials and DIY projects, and the dislike button saved me from wasting my time with bad videos, because people with more knowledge than me would dislike something that is wrong.
Now I have no idea if something new for me is correct or wrong !!! UA-cam just destroyed education!!! 🤬
Why I usually read comments first.
👍 maybe everybody should start their comments with a thumbs up or thumbs down 👎 👍 to replace the youtube editing.
@@rebeccawhite3804 creators can delete any specific comment they want
@@rebeccawhite3804 Too messy. And you wouldn't be able to know the actual ratio with thousands of them. Negative emotions are more contagious and hence some trolls will abuse it just for the heck of it.
Same. I'd use the dislike ratio as a barometer on if it was terrible advice or if the video was click bait. UA-cam already takes down comments on the regular. Not a good way forward.
As Destin would say: “in a world of talkers, be a THINKER and a doer”. Thank you Destin for thinking about how content on internet should be delivered and for producing such good stuff for so many years.
Completely agree. So many other UA-camrs I see just copy the latest trend or success, rather than stick to their style that gave them the passion in the first place.
Welp, this particular video is _not_ what Destin was/is about.
It's just another meta/self-absorbed/introspective piece like a million other youTube-identity-crisis "who am I, what is youTube... _really_ , etc." monologues.
I just want another Destin video about the usual (or unusual) Destin real topics, say "Schlieren Imaging of Butterfly Wing 🦋 in Flight", just to make something up.
@@-danR ur part of the problem
@@xddddddddddddd true, but dude has a solid point, before it gets all weird anyway.
Because they're chasing the money and not the fans
Rhett and Link
Thanks for making this video Destin!
First to found u
Im second!!! I wonder if theyll reply...probably not
I'm a huge fan of doing these then and now photo projects. It's a great way to connect with history. Appreciate your voice!
There is a roughly 40 minute video of exploring the Somme and recreating photos taken over a hundred years ago, and its amazing to me that you can see just how much the earth was moved to accommodate the Great War, and just how much of those earthworks still remain exactly the same today.
@@loganmartin59 Interesting. I’d like to see that.
After the disappearance of the dislike counter it's clearly harder to see yt in such a positive light, but i think that the overall message is still extremely important AND relevant, all content producers should take this message to heart, if they didn't already by themselves.
God bless you Destin, never change.
you can add a chrome extension to bring back the dislike counter
@@zangoz_2693yes but so many people are watching videos via the YT app on our smartphones or tablets.
You're running one of the best educational outlets in the world Destin. Forget shorts, forget pandering to the algorithm, you are doing everything right.
Thank you sincerely for everything this channel has done, and thank you on behalf of my kids too.
Algorithms from a handful of companies are altering our culture in small increments but not insignificant amounts. It’s important for creators to remember their values. Thank you Destin for keeping them.
Last video's frog in context
I agree about Notre Dame; most of the reason people want to visit is to see that time capsule; how all the parts of such a building encapsulated a period of time in France and Europe's history, and the relationship the Catholic Church had with art, architecture, and civil engineering.
When you randomly change bits of it to have modern art, you lose part of the spirit of the cathedral, what makes it what it is.
Hasn't ND literally been changed and altered through the past tons of times though ?
Nobody really said anything about those instances. It just occured and anyone adapted to the alterations as still representing the " original " entity.
Ya no, Notre Dame is very much a living and changing edifice. It has endured many ravages of history from wars and uprisings to the slog of time, and if it weren’t for Victor Hugo it might have been torn down entirely.
I personally think it should have been slightly changed and updated after the fire. There is nothing more Notre Dame than an update after turmoil.
Hi when is turning pi2 vid coming?
France becoming slowly but surely a muslim territory and you can tell by living here that people are more and more looking to copy and spread north African culture . That's why in some city like Strasbourg or Marseille it's always easy to find cash for a new mosque rather than refreshing to identical an old and lesser attractive over time church or cathedral .
it encapsulated the whole period of time between the 12th century and today, it has never stopped changing over the centuries. If people visit it and think it hasn't, they're missing the point
I honestly feel this is one of your most important videos that you have done.
Although the aim of this video content is directed at the platform of UA-cam, it's application is much more broader and far reaching. And is fundamental to navigating our "modern" life.
Keep up the good fight and stay the course.
OUTSTANDING VIDEO!
My favorite part of SmarterEveryDay is the reaction of those involved. When the baseball broke Mach 1, the weedwacker line wrapped and unwrapped, the submariners proudly discussed their craft, the snatch blocks lifted an incredible mass, etc, etc.... Each of the moments included the unfiltered responses of those involved. Sheer exaltation, shock, and dismay are all at play here.
KEEP SHARING THESE MOMENTS! And keep including your friends throughout the world.
Well done Destin.
SNATCH BLOCK!
Destin is, without a doubt, one of the very best content creators on UA-cam. I can't think of anyone that communicates as clearly, effectively, and thoughtfully as he does.
Agreed! Although I know a few other great content creators, like Jon McCray (Whaddo You Meme channel).
And his unbridled joy seen when he learns or discovers or successfully completes a build is so beautiful to see the honesty in his expression in that moment.
Checkout mustard
@@abdulaziz-kt5ih Ty ty, I shall
For my nastalgias, I take a dose of _Techmoan_ with a follow up of _Toy Galaxy_ 👍👍
Destin: "Don't lose your voice"
Me: "Oh man, I totally agree with everything Destin says."
UA-cam: "let's remove the dislike count"
@@smarkies I know
You made me Laugh out so loud ! Thank you for this one !
“Gly”: Absolutely brilliant video! As a creator myself I’ve struggled with this very same issue. Thanks for bringing it to light. Take care.
Whats a "gly"?
It's his name. He's got an awesome UA-cam channel where he explores old mines and old mining towns. It's really awesome and got me to do some of my own exploring around Utahs many old mining towns and sites.
I love how educational UA-cam
Unlucky if i cant see dislikes i cant know, video is good or not when i watching tutorials 😞
Destin. This has hit me hard. Thank you, my life was turned upside down because I lived to what I thought people wanted to hear. I am getting better now but hearing you speak in such an inspiring way about what you love has mad eme get up and be productive again. Much love from the UK
Do the next right thing Dale.
@@smartereveryday Stop making paid propaganda
@@xp8969 stop being a troll
@@kylancook3477 get a life
@@xp8969 I got one! It's great thanks!
I agree with you. Don't sell out! Make videos for you and if viewers don't appreciate it, that's their problem. When the viewers pay you directly a substantial amount, then they can complain. As long as the content is free, viewers should take it or leave it, and since you did not make the content for any specific viewer, the criticism of some random stranger on the internet with entitlement is a serious mental disability. Not all viewers are reasonable and respectful no matter what you do. Make the videos you want to see and nurture the viewers who appreciate your hard work. Everyone else is an unnecessary distraction and their delusional self-entitled and self-important opinions are of no value to you.
Right? Well said!
"the criticism of some random stranger on the internet with entitlement is a serious mental disability. Not all viewers are reasonable and respectful no matter what you do." Are you respectful by saying that? Your opinion feels a little bit like delusional and self-entitled...
@@arnohakk114 Not at all. Politely calling out people being rude, or supporting someone who's being attacked by another with an obvious mental disability isn't “self entitled”, it's just facts. The fact that you feel personally hurt by his comment suggests to me that you owe someone an apology. I'm not rude on the internet unless someone earns it, and even then, I stick to facts, ergo, I'm not the least bit hurt by his comment. I've met people with obvious mental handicaps who are very rude and your hesitation to call it what it is just enables the problem.
@@wilfdarr Actually, I was just suprised how she is devaluating people for insulting which is like doing the same thing as she complained about... I did not insult anybody, so no apology needed I guess?
@@arnohakk114 First: Devaluating isn't a word.
Second, the difference is that the people HE (Carey can be both male or female: in this case he's a man) is speaking of habitually devalue others [hard] work, while this person is being critical of their need to unnecessarily and habitually belittle others. If you can't see the difference between the two, there's something wrong with you. They are not the same thing.
Another showcase of not only how smart you are, but how WISE you are. Big props Destin🔥🔥
I love this video. You are so right about everything. That’s exactly what my thought were about these changes within all these social media platforms. I feel like they want us to be a sheep and jump from one place to another for their own benefits.
First one
Edwin keep doing what you like with Gasparito, and don't mind the algorithm you have a great community.
Greetings from France 😁
Hey Edwin
dont comply,, everyone is fed up with u tube
Love your content bro!
I also don't like how they removed the dislike button. It's going down the path of the other platforms that also don't have dislikes. It really provides a good measure of whether a video is actually good or bad. It is supposed to be a useful tool, but some people just use it as a weapon and now we all have to suffer without one of UA-cam's greatest tools.
Other than YT Rewind I never encountered a video where the dislike count impacted whether I was going to watch. It may have made me feel better about disliking it, seeing that many others did as well, but I'm genuinely curious whether it changed your behavior -- not your opinion.
almost nobody used it as a weapon - people used it to express their actual opinion of disagreement. Often at UA-cam itself. And youtube didn't like that.
@@x--. It's actually very useful for education videos and tutorials, so you can see which ones are more trustworthy or useful to other people
Yeah, ratio is gone, so bye-bye useful indicator if the video is actually good. Now the likes are less valuable too because they stopped being compared to anything. Should I compare them to the number of views the video has? It's so clunky and backward and hardly tells about video quality at all.
@@x--. The dislike count was a tool I used for determining if I was going to watch an educational video.
A key example would be when looking for a video on how to do a simple car repair.
The dislike number helped me avoid click-bait videos, and guide me to the one video that told me what I needed in less than ten minutes.
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The dislike counter helped avoid clickbait videos that are just re-postings of other peoples' content in a long video of marginally related content.
Shorts are fast food but long form is a home cooked meal. Yes fast food is popular, but it cannot beat moms cooking. It doesn't make you feel good in the long term, that's why I think there will always be a spot for long form videos here on UA-cam. Shorts is just an answer to where the attention market is moving towards, and I am not immune to this. Destin you said you are resisting but are not closed to shorts. I am a noob but I can personally vouch that there is value in converting a long form video into a short. It is like distilling an idea to its purest form, it shows whats important, and is just another tool in content creation.
Accurate comparison! On point.
I like and agree with the food comparison. I hadn't considered that aspect or possibility of using shorts in that way- as sort of a condensed blurb or, perhaps, even as a preview, teaser or trailer for the full length videos, or just quick, fleeting, passing thoughts or observations on the go.
Well said! Absolutely agree!
In some aspects I like to equate shorts to, if you've read or heard of Kantian philosophy, Kantian lower pleasures and long videos to Kantian higher pleasures.
Shorts are like snacks/ junk food, while longer form videos are the main course. Like snacks, shorts are fine in small amounts, but are addictive and unhealthy if they become all you consume, as they are shallow and don't go in depth.
With those acoustics in Notre Dame, imagine how absolutely crazy the fire might have sounded before it destroyed the ceiling.
You get it man, now you know why I started it. the sound!
This is so insightful. Owning your voice is important on youtube. Thanks for making this video!
The funny thing is many other "science" channels have already succumbed to it
Hard to have “your voice”… when YT censors those who step out of line😒
Its important every man
Corporations being able to buy your voice and use it to sell product is the only benefit you get from using the internet in this way. We are all no nobody on the Internet by design. Corporations are trying to change that model so they can profit from it. Not so you can have more voice. The Internet is meant to be "EVERYONEs" voice. Not just the highest paid most commercially viable voices curated to us by the Corporations that for all intents and purposes, own them.
It blows my mind how people as smart as Destin, and the people he regularly associates with, could get the Internet so completely wrong. And fall so easily for corporate "gifts".
@@ZennExile its because he lives in a privilaged bubble and has never been censored or had his content taken down without any reason or recourse like so many others have experienced.
There’s two things I found interesting about this. Firstly, cathedrals like Notre Dame are extraordinarily vast given their age. The people who planned it and laid the foundation stones would never have lived long enough to see it completed. The scale of such buildings is such that there’s constant building maintenance going on. You could say that, from the first stone to this day, builders have never really left.
The second point is that those glass negatives are almost certainly 5 x 4 inches, a format that is still in use today. 5 x 4 and 10 x 8 large format cameras are still used for architectural and studio photography, especially where poster-sized images are required. Even in this digital age, larger formats provide for incredible detail and detect a range of colours that normal cameras can’t.
Remember the Argo...
I really love how you applied the "don't lose your voice" to yourself at first, then circled back with tying the message to Big UA-cam. Your video really drove that point home.
I recently visited Paris and when near Notre Dame, I couldn't help but be moved to tears with the detailed photo gallery of the damage that they had on display. It really is beyond belief that the cathedral is still standing at all. The photos available on the internet don't really do the damage justice. The team working on the cathedral are heroes in every sense of the word. I know we apply that label to a lot of things these days, however, it takes people of heroic courage to have entered and worked on that structure after the amount of damage done.
I personally hope they make it as it was, recognizing that it will be impossible to recreate everything, but as you said, it's really not my say and others get to make that decision.
I have been watching you for a few years now, if there was a youtube saint award, you would get one. Khan academy comes to mind to compare to what you are doing. Making facinating subjects accessible and adding a level of unobstuctive entertainment is a massively effective delivery. You do an incredible job. Smarter Every Day is an example of the good things online communication has to offer and I wish you nothing but the best. (Also, as a 50 year old, I've been forwarding the James Webb video to everyone. Geeking out hard, fingers crossed, can't wait to see the results. Cheers to your Dad)
I've never had an Instagram account, I've tried TikTok for a few minutes and hated it, and my Facebook account, which I've had for about 10 years, I rarely use. What I've noticed is that all these platforms want you to do is consume and keep them on their platforms as long as they can. But what's worse is the algorithms they use to impose an opinion on you, whether you realise it, or not. The reason I rarely use Facebook is because I did notice what was trying to be pushed down my throat and I don't like it. These types of platforms are dangerous and really set up echo chambers that take people down negative rabbit holes that turns them antisocial and as Destin says, it changes their voice. UA-cam still has an element of that as well, but there is so much content like what Destin provides to learn and enjoy. His channel is varied, educational and, I believe, comes from a great heart without being hyperbolic or trying to assert an opinion, rather he encourages you to think for yourself, and that's what I like.
Anything owned by Meta(FaceBook) is a bad idea, TikTok sucks, I could write an article on everything I hate about it. But their is more platforms and most of the other ones are not bad, UA-cam is going downhill with stuff like removing the dislike button, but it’s the only good option. I don’t like Twitter because of its community but that’s purely just my opinion. There is a new platform called GETTR that is like Twitter but it’s trying to stop canceled culture instead. Discord and Reddit seem to me like the places to go, Reddit divides itself into countless communities so if you don’t like the community just find a new one. Anyways that’s my 2 cents on these social media platforms,
Tiktok it brain cancer.
Whats really scary is how Facebook promotes conflict because conflict promotes engagement.
You hate tik tok until the algorithms start only showing you exactly what you wanna see.
I have been hitting that same wall on whether to follow my own voice or chase what the platforms want. UA-cam should be fun and I want to keep it that way. Thank you for putting this out as I felt it was less a choice and more a necessity. Make what you love!
I could agree more!
Never expected to see argo here but anyway
Hear hear!
Nice to see a fellow Brony.
and the thing is, there always the chance that both will go hand in hand at some point. Algorithm will sometimes just choose a video to popularize, could be yours next
Thank you Destin for this video. You just don't know the impact it had on me: I'm French, I live in Paris, and when Notre Dame went down in flames I had the privilege as a police officer to enter the still smoking cathedral the morning after. Since that day I haven't been back there and avoided watching images of it cause it hurts so much. Therefore, thank you so much for taking me back inside before the disaster !
And yes, your voice counts ! It really does. Thanks for all the learning and discovery on your awesome channel !!!!!!!
Same for me, watching from the USA... My heart was crashing down with the roof. Such a beautiful house of God. I will likely never get to see it in my lifetime, but I felt it as well.
As someone who has used most social media platforms, I couldn’t agree more that UA-cam is net positive. I often feel I need to take a break from Instagram and facebook for mental health. UA-cam on the other hand helps me expand my world view and learn. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows here, but it’s the best we got! Thanks for encouraging the company to keep it that way!
I agree to the sentiments of not losing your voice. My content is very specific and has its niche, and I up right refuse to change the format based on the algorithm. I'd rather remain true to myself and continue to make content exactly as I intended with no tweaks to appease the neon god 😁. If it gets views, it gets views. If it doesn't, it doesn't.
Ultimately it goes back to "How much can a person be paid to work to someone else's time or constraints?"
There's a significant amount of passion that the UA-cam algorithm constantly misses because it cannot recognize human emotion and how it attracts us to certain content. Stay true to yourself and your base and keep pumping out great content like you do. Just a little Truth and Reconciliation for you :]
I'm actually so happy I watched this video and that you commented on it. I've been looking for a halo UA-camr to watch, I haven't been in touch with the game and lore since reach came out so I can't wait to watch your stuff!
Yo nice to see you here!! Just started Infinite last night, can't wait to delve into your content when I'm done! There are thousands of Halo fans who appreciate what you've already made
I don't know yet what your channel is about but I'm going to follow right now.
As a content creator myself, I agree, we are loosing who we are, trying to please and compete with an algorithm, leading the next generations to something that doesn’t look good…
The algorithm favors corporate and government propaganda anyway so it's not like they care about independent creators anymore.
I think, he and you are confused about you're not doing something like an artwork that expresses yourselves. You're producing a specific product to a specific market whether or not you're aware of. It's not a Van Gogh painting or leading the next generations. It's a product tailored by demand.
"Content"
@@kozatas Sometimes fabricated demand
The demand does not have to be fabricated. In my opinion, the growth of social networks means, that they hit onto something deeply hidden in the human psyche. It´s very well documented in the Social dilemma movie and dilemma it is. We as a society are moving towards something we don´t understand. Is virtual reality the future of mankind? Is this the answer to the Fermi paradox? Did all aliens before us escape to the VR thus making them unobservable?
I have always loved learning on “Smarter Every Day “. Do Not do short mindless videos. You have covered some of the miracles of life. Keep it up Justin.
Totally agree, well put.
(Side note, autocorrect might have got you - did you mean "Destin" at the end there?)
@@oogalook yes
This is why my family loves you! You are true to who you are. We love watching you learn and learn with you. Stay true to you.
Destin...
When you pulled put the slides I got a bit emotional.
My mom and dad took MAANY slides (and photos and stuff) and they've passed away in the last 10 years. But this year I was told I'm in the late stages of Esophageal Cancer. I won't be alive long and my sister came to stay with me a bit. We were going through slides and pics from mom and dad. I can't imagine being without those physical ties to the past, our childhood, and even further back.
They didn't lie and didn't stage things to get more views. It meant a lot to see our true past.
So glad to see you are being strong on being a true and unrelenting 'you', in the face of a world desperate to 'remake'.
God bless.
J
Jeremy - can't imagine what you're going through, but I do know the thought of dying brings what's truly important in life to crystal clarity. God is for you. He loves you. You need him - you need forgiveness of sins only He can give. He stands ready to forgive if we admit we've done wrong in our lives and ask for His forgiveness. And his name is Jesus Christ.
I hope my message doesn't offend you - I type this with all sincerity and good will. Jesus has changed my life and forgiven me of my sins - past, present, and future. He also gives me peace during these troubled times. I have an incurable genetic disorder that causes headaches every day and night, and I'm allergic to headache medicine. But God carries me through each day.
Praying for you buddy. Thanks for being strong enough to post what's going on in your life. It means a lot.
@@charlietheteacher7795 Jesus doesn't exist, stop indoctrinating people. What can save someone with cancer is science, not imaginary person you created cause you couldn't cope with our problems.
Hey Jeremy, I just wanted to say your comment will be up here for generations and this little piece of you will be remembered.
Remembering my past is often tough for me but your thoughts have prompted me to reconsider trying to hold on to some of the good parts, the faded trinkets and the bittersweet memories. Large or small, I will carry this little corner of your shared experience with me. Thank you.
@@versedi You're right but this isn't the place man. Only if for OPs sake. Yes, he took this mans situation and made it about his favourite story book character but you don't need to develop that argument here. Maybe consider deleting the comment, idk
Your comment hits me too. I just lost my father to esophageal cancer at the age of 68 in April. We were late to getting him diagnosed and it wasn't even 6 months between his diagnosis and his passing.
I don't know how old you are, or what your story in getting to where you are now is, but I'm sorry you're going through this, and I hope with whatever meaningless power to magically change things that I have that you get every extra day, hour and ounce of time that you can, and that you face it with all the bravery and strength you can muster.
This was enjoyable to watch. I've thought about it often when I chat to full time YT friends who I can see are chasing what brings in the clicks, and thus revenue. And it's their livelihood, so I never judge but I can tell they don't always enjoy it as much. I have also not been able to engage with shorts, which tbh I've considered almost a failing on my part as a 'creator'. But I am privileged to have an outside job, and a small enough UA-cam channel to not really feel those pressures in a meaningful way. I can't imagine what it's like to run a channel with millions of subs and several employees. The other reason I liked it was that I've spent a great deal of time in Paris and love it dearly - it's an interesting choice for then & now photos as it's had strict building restrictions in the centre since even before the Belle Époque. A thoughful introspective vid :)
So basically you can't just enjoy the vid without bringing attention to yourself. UA-camrs like you are ruining the algorithm.
This has nothing to do with the content of the video, but how do you feel about the large amount of sponsorships/ads on UA-cam that are arguably deceptive? (VPN services claiming to protect you from hackers, crypto/stock market dealers of dubious repute etc.)?
Thanks Rohin. Yeah, that pressure you feel to use shorts is what I'm trying to articulate here. My goal was to make something constructive in hopes that one or two important folks inside UA-cam would see it. That being said, I acknowledge that they are running a business, and ultimately businesses are run by money. My goal in this video was to try to encourage them to leave some of the money on the table in favor of keeping the essence of what's special about UA-cam. I feel that TikTok is a dumpster fire, and I've seen it do far more damage to those around me than good. A video like this could not exist on TikTok, Instagram Reels, or even Facebook for that matter.
@@smartereveryday love your videos ❤️
Walking good youtube videos is like a normal functioning heart, it actually pumps information efficiently.
Shorts for youtube is like a heart with ventricular fibrillation, shorts just twitches the brain but doesn't pump anything.
One of the reasons why I have primarily turned to UA-cam over cable television is of channels like yours where I feel like I can be entertained, but also walk away having really learned something new. Every 6 months or so I do a youtube cleanse and look through my subscriptions and remove subscriptions that interested me in the moment, but are just filler content in the now. Your channel never gets removed. Its very refreshing that you are being blatantly introspective of your content creation. Just do you! That's what your viewers are here for.
UA-cam has the type of videos that cable will never provide. I'd like to try Nebula as it seems to fulfill the role UA-cam has in my life but I try and stay away from subscriptions. Maybe in the future I'll justify it. UA-cam being free also has allowed people to try different things without crazy startup costs and knowhow. If Destiny's only option was to convince a production studio to allow him a TV show we'd never have SED. And if UA-cam devolves into pushing shorts and hiding long-form content then we won't ever get the "next" SED. Who wants to create a long standing educational show on tiktok or Instagram? Nobody. But ads can be shown and data can be tracked. I hope UA-cam pushes back on the idea.
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@@mafia5509 Age: mid-2020 bot update? Nationality: Russian?
Aaand this is the point where I'm not just subscribed but also enabled all notifications. I like when a content creator stops/reduces clickbait and focuses on doing quality content without really caring about playing the algorithm.
Just two days before Notre-Dame burned, I was in Paris on a school trip in Europe where we explored different important places from WW2. I was standing in front of the Notre-Dame but decided not to go in due to long lines and time constraints (this was a school trip after all). I remember after we’d moved on from Paris and were in Belgium, watching on TV as the spire of the cathedral fell, engulfed by the flames. My biggest regret then and now was not taking the time to go inside and see it with my own eyes. It was right there, and though it’ll be rebuilt, I would never be able to see and feel how it once was myself. This video allowed me to at least get some feel for what it was like, and for that I thank you, Destin.
Wow that timing
Hopefully it will be back to it's normal form.. I'm glad I went there a few years ago after living in France and finally got the chance to go inside.. lesson is, try not to miss an opportunity when it's in front of us.
Much respect. You're one of the few with integrity.
The internet: “let’s get people hyped about digital NFTs!!”
Dustin: “So I bought a bunch of physical slides from the 1960s”
It is telling that one of the biggest media phenomena of the year is Get Back, the Beatles documentary based on a cache of film footage. It is an amazing piece of history, like being inside the group during their final months together. So much of the video and digital era will be lost.
Hi, I'm Emilia. Can you guess my age and nationality? Hom😊
@@mafia5509 47 years old from Russia.
Absolutely nailed it! UA-cam is a publishing platform. You are a content creator. You earn/"perform" for both yourself and UA-cam. UA-cam exists to profit from your work. It's options are to do so either parasitically (by consuming value from you) or symbiotically (by creating value for you). In reality, this is a spectrum. But the fact remains, the content creator is the host.
No content creator should ever change for their publishing platform, in the same way that no person should ever change for their mosquito.
Smarter Every Day is my doorway to the thinky place.
I'm behind anything you do Bud, just don't lose the Blue and White Hat!!☺
That hat is the symbol of this channel and Destin lol
I am a reflection of my subscription's personalities. My voice is their voice! I hope they say good things, because I'll repeat them for better or for worse! LOL joking but also kind of not! Scary…
I appreciate you not catering to an algorithm and actually creating authentic content. Don't ever change. We need more content creators (and people) like you.
Your videos on social media disinformation ... your science videos... all of them. Phenomenal.
" I want you to think when you watch a SmarterEveryDay Episode"
That is exactly why I watch your videos, be it Carburators, Laminar Flow or even Baseball Vs Mayo, I end up being intrigued by every video I watch.
Thank You so much Destin! Your ideas are beautiful and so is your channel.
Thank you for ‘not losing your voice’ and sharing this message. I hope to follow that lead in those things I pursue.
Just last year during the pandemic I took the time to scan and restore my grandfather's slide photos, and he happened to have a whole set of really interesting sights from Paris in 1959 and 1963, as well as other locations around Europe. It was a really fascinating process not only in the technical details of photo digitization and restoration, but also discovering moments and stories from the past that I had never heard about from my grandparents when they were alive. This video conveyed some of that excitement for sure.
*You are so right about this, thank you for taking a step to make a video about it... I feel that youtube following pursuit to make its platform more about entertainment is making it lose its educational value, UA-cam got to do something about it...*
They did, they removed the dislike count so now you cant tell which tutorials are good and which are just crappy clickbait videos. Well done youtube!
Usually the solution is to do less about it, really. Just let the community discover its own way.
It’s about time that we as the consumer take a step and remove our dependency on one platform. If more and more creators tries to shift to another platform, we the consumers will shift too.
Goodbye UA-cam. You are short lived if you keep making such decisions.
It's not that UA-cam is going towards entertainment. They are trying to become the next form of television. They are favouring the mainstream media and entertainment companies over small producers. And they curate educational content such that it doesn't cover any topic they deem to be unacceptable, even if the video is purely factual in nature. And I don't think UA-cam will change. This is a conscious decision.
@@CristiNeagu you can just not watch the mass media. Hit "don't recommend this channel" when it shows up in your feed. They can only gain views of people watch them... So maybe someone does enjoy their content.
If UA-cam can cater to different folks, that's fine.
20:59 - This isn't surprising to me, and it's why YT is still my fave platform after 13 years of use. Even with its changes over the years (most of which I haven't really liked), it's better than any other video/social platform. I have learned *so much,* and I've enjoyed learning it!
@Can Nam"Dog nuts" is too scientific -- explain in layman's terms 😀.
Which video platform is better?
Completely agree with you. It's my favourite as well despite all the obnoxious yet hilarious comments in YT!!!
UA-cam is by far the best platform for educational content along with engaging comments. It's sad to see a whole new generation wasting their precious time and mind watching 10 second long brain-dead TikTok videos all day long with little to no educational value. It's fine for a few minutes of entertainment now and then, but frankly it's just a bunch of BS from what I've seen.
As a photographer and HUGE fan of your content, this is the most insightful video I’ve watched in a long time. As a photographer, I’m not happy with the shift from photography to video shorts on Instagram. I think you have a very important perspective on mental health and the positive data in respect to the UA-cam platform. I hope UA-cam is listening….listening to you.
This was a great video, recreating old photos and especially capturing a moment in time at the cathedral. What a great 24 minutes!
I love how this entire video Destin is talking about staying true to who you are while playing music by someone who composed for a game about staying true to who you are that helped me rediscover my voice to stay true to who I am.
Layers, people. Layers.
Love your voice Destin!
On top of this, I want to add the recent move by UA-cam in making the like/dislike buttons irrelevant.
This has been a terrible move, which will open the doors to click bait videos, bad content overall which we could just skip looking at the like/dislike ration.
As I'm pretty sure UA-cam uses the likes as a key element for their "algorithm", I'm now protesting to make it irrelevant for them as well by not liking or disliking anything anymore.
Unfortunately this might hurt some of the creators I follow in the short term, but hopefully if more people do it, we might get our voice back as a viewer.
Well put. Perhaps we can shift to just commenting "like" or "dislike" for a bit.
@@isaacislaughter or have people makes comments with people saying "like my comment if you disagree" either way works
To be fair, the length and depth of the Smarter Every Day videos is one of the reasons I love watching them.
I'll always choose a thorough explanation of a subject over a quick snippet of information a la TikTok.
Keep doing great work, Destin.
I'm SOOOO HAPPY! I was able to go to Paris before the Notre Dame fire and was able to see it inside and out. One of the best parts was feeding pigeons outside the cathedral with my wife. It really is a special place of European culture and history and it should absolutely be preserved as close to original as possible.
I think there are a few places where they actually managed to find the right balance between "keep it as original as possible", which in my opinion should be the first goal for such a historic building, and on the other hand, put in whatever is needed to acomodate large numbers of visitors.
And to be fair, some change (minor ones) is ok. It is not like nothing ever changed in the 900 years before based on needs and new technology (I guess the building initially had nothing prepared to put in electric wires etc., lights, heating, whatever)
I was part of a choir that sang the Ave Maria in that cathedral and the acoustics and experience were amazing. No mics, no speakers, just the reverberation of our voices into an otherwise fairly dark space.
The walkthrough brought me right back to walking into that cathedral and the shift into a darker, hushed yet cavernous space.
Thank you Destin, for being such a positive voice (and your own voice) on UA-cam. Keep forging your own path and telling your story, and experience.
Love the Paris photos, and the physical media so cool to see!
I hate video need to be longer to get more views, as I want to give good review and tutorials that are straight to the point, instead of annoying long tutorials with a lot of fluff to just make it longer to fit the algorithm. I hate youtube made it like this and its killing my channel with short vids as I dont want to make long 10min vids if I dont need to.
Very fair point, this is something animators bring up often as well. Long watchtime is not great for detailed animation. Wonder how often these alghoritm changes in YT will happen.
Indeed, the length of a video should be defined by how long it needs to be to convey the content or message in a meaningful, how long the editor wants it to be for people to being able to more easily follow and by what the person making the video fells like it should be.
Didn't this change already? I heard let's plays, which are usually pretty long videos, are getting promoted less according to their creators. I guess 8min is the length yt wants these days...
This is the kind of content that keeps UA-cam ahead of other brain candy platforms who don't respect your attention. Thank you Destin and it was lovely seeing Matthieu join you
I've had immense respect for you for years, Destin, and it has only grown in hearing your thoughts around maintaining your channel's identity and on your plans in the face of platform pressures. Thank you for doing what you do and how you do it.
Also, all of France groaned when you tried to pronounce Arc de Triomphe 😂.
Destin: don't lose your voice.
UA-cam: active noise cancellation is on.
Hi Destin. That's one of the best video I've ever seen about being a individual, being true to yourself, being who you really are and not letting UA-cam, Facebook and all the other tech companies dictate your content and stuff with their algorithms. It's really food for thoughts. 👍👍
Always have, and always will, love that I can watch every second of every Smarter Every Day video because there is absolutely no filler. Wish more creators were like that.
As soon as you started talking about images and how they affect our perception, I perked up.
I'm a photographer, majored in photography some 30 years ago, and studied the history of photography then. Its interesting once you note how our perception of events is activated by photography, and yeah, its even more fascinating when you realize how much 'data' was captured in those early glass plates. (Only to be partially lost by the ravages of time)
Just as important is the fact that how we capture images changes what we decide to shoot. 150 years ago, you didn't shoot images of your lunch, because it took too long to set up the shot, you had to coat a plate in order to shoot it, and you had to prioritize what you shoot.
On the other hand, *everyone* is a much better photographer than people were 150 years ago. Not just because of the tools we have, but because we can constantly shoot images and get better. We also shoot more images of each other when we're happy, which affects not only how we see ourselves as a people, but how we feel worse when we're sad... because everyone else 'seems happy'. Right?
Again, talking about images and perception is my thing. Thanks, Destin.
This was the first channel I subscribed to and still one of my favorites. Be true to yourself ,as it has brought you success. Stand firm in what you believe to be right. Keep up the great work in a world where genuine honesty is hard to find.
A very fascinating video!!!! The power of the “Voice” is amazing!! Thanks for your version/vision of voice….. You hit a major point I have thought of often. The “short” version… I watch Utube because I have the choice to go in-depth on a subject and think about it. It provides many opinions and points of view. That’s the short part. But it also allows you to think about it and make your own choice. That’s the long part. At least for me… Thanks again for the video!!! Definitely a change of pace!!! Keep your voice!!!! Please!!!! In this point in time too many are content with letting others “Voice” for them……
You won my subscription when you said you aren’t going to just do what the algorithm wants. Well done sir, well done.
Exactly the moment I dropped my like. 😀
DogCarMan me too.
Something that Technology Connections demonstrated recently in his videos on photography is, if you put a photo-negative on a dark background and illuminate it from the front, it actually looks like a positive because the silver crystals that make up the image act to reflect the light from the front instead of blocking light coming from the back. (I'm not sure if all negatives like this will be using silver, or if there are other possible elements that could be used on the film, so it might or might not work for the images you have).
One of my favourite things about the comparisons is seeing how trees have been moved or how much they have grown in the years since the original had changed.
I was in Paris last week with my daughter who goes to school there. My dad studied there in 1954. And he often would sketch underneath a willow tree at the down stream and of Ile St Louis at Pont Neuf. it’s probably not the same tree but it’s a willow. You know you’re in an old city when the buildings that are constantly being reconstructed far outlast the trees.
Fascinating and a little initially depressing to see all these sights swarming with people where they were not so much 100 years ago. I wonder if that is down to population growth of the shrinking globe brought about by cheaper air travel. Then I see your bit about actually experiencing these places in the flesh, and I realise that yes, they may not look as pristine, and spacious, but they were built to be enjoyed in person, not simply seen in photographs, and I realise that even though they are disfigured by the swarms of people, the democratisation of international tourism has enabled these places to be enjoyed as they were designed to be enjoyed.
I couldn't agree more. And I'm sure it hurts me in the algorithm, but I only make videos the correct length for the story I'm telling, and not to please an AI.
Thanks for fighting the good fight 🙂
hey!! how are you doing? is episode 16 coming soon? :P
Fighting platform algorithms is ultimately a losing battle. UA-cam controls the algorithms, so they directly influence who's watched & shared more/less, and who's monetized/demonetized. Ultimately the answer is to look for alternative platforms, like @RealEngineering has done.
Vote with you feet and your wallet (and your mouse/fingers/stylus). If you choose to diversify or move, the people who matter will follow you (that's what 'follower' used to mean).
@@HuntingTarg I do agree that I might lose the battle against the algorithm. But I still win the battle of conscience when people discover my content and enjoy it because it's honest and from the heart. I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside reading their comments as they binge-watch my latest series in one go for 12 hours. It makes it all worth it 🙂
@@c90adventures Mate i'd follow you all the way to North Korea
@@simonrees-owen7830 haha. Due to Covid restrictions, the most adventurous I can do at the moment is Walmart
Always love the content you produce. Over Thanksgiving weekend my family pulled out the old slide projector and looked at photos from my dad's childhood in the '60s and some from my early childhood in the late '90s/early 2000nds. There is so much nostalgia for me that comes from the sound of the projector, but I also noticed that it isn't about how high res the images are, or about having razor sharp focus, it's just about the memories and the people who were there. I recently got back into film photography, and am also thinking about shooting slides as well now. It was serendipitous that you released this episode when you did. Keep up the great work!
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Justin, do not ever bend to the algorithms. Keep true to yourself. I love the amount of effort and energy you put into your videos. I'm an old guy but I've been getting much smarter everyday, thanks to you. Never change.
apparently his name is Destin which as it is nonstandard might be easy to miss ... but i liked your comment =]
I appreciate the long format videos. Maybe because I'm closer to 40 now than 20, but I absolutely love learning along with you on these. Keep up the good work.
Love the message. I think this is even more important for smaller creators trying to find their voice as well. The challenge of course is being able to make it as a channel and also not fall into the chasing views trap. Always giving me something to think about Destin! 🤙
Hi, I'm Emilia. Can you guess my age and nationality? Hom😊
Thanks for the one off OLF episode. Miss them. Hope you do some more now and again.
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Wow! The way you narrated your point, explained with a lot of detail by drawing a parallel and alluding to the things that are going in a wrong direction in the social world is just amazing! I have never seen anyone explain or draw parallels to any subject better than this.
Great video! Loved it! Hopefully, YT will listen more to what you have to say regarding the topic and hope that you have struck a chord of integrity, responsibility in at least a few people at YT. It definitely got me thinking and reconsider what to entertain, give attention to and what not to. Amazing!
Keep the great videos coming!
We're proud of you Destin, glad to hear you're staying true to yourself.
Keep being curious for us & God Bless you and your family!
LOVED the stereo audio/video of Notre Dame... Dustin, you are one of the best and smartest on UA-cam. Thanks for what you share! ❤👍😎
As a traditional blacksmith when I first uploaded to UA-cam, one of my first comments was from a professor who said " this is a great example. It's not not the strongest or the smartest that survive but the ones that are most adaptable". I've never forgot what he said. I've since moved from being traditionalist and embraced all technology no matter how modern and ever changing in order to not just survive but to thrive. I'll never forget the journey and I'll always love and appreciate the traditional skills but I think change is not only good but necessary. Thank you so much for sharing your journey. Cheers J
Any specific examples or stories of times where adapting to newer technology unexpectedly helped you thrive?
@@localverse using technology for marketing such as UA-cam itself is one. Using CAD software and using CNC laser cutting for most of my parts prior to forging is extremely efficient. Using modern welding equipment instead of traditional joinery has opened a hole area of work and that is very profitable that I couldn't access if I remained traditional. I've even built my own power hammer and about to build my own CNC plasma table. I started off wanting to be a purist traditional blacksmith but failed to make it sustainable and so adapting and embracing change has really benefited me and helped provide services to a greater amount of people by making metal work more efficiently.
@@joshuadelisle I imagine it also gives you the breathing room to be able to practice whatever traditional work you like to on the side or for particular projects/needs/fun and such too. There's that bit of sadness that comes with needing to give in to the future and change, but as long as you can find some time (should you event want it) to do things however you want to sometimes, I think that can be good too.
@@Taima yes in a way I can do more projects for enjoyment as not everything I do has to earn money. When I was stubbornly trying to hold on to my identity as a traditional craftsman I was actually really unhappy and maybe even depressed. Letting go and adapting was actually very freeing. I now tend to think most things that are good are to be enjoyed for a time but not to be held onto too tight because when change happens it is very painful, but if you embrace change then it can be exciting entering into something new.
@@joshuadelisle As long as one realises that change for it's own sake is perhaps not a good thing, as is growth for it's own sake. That describes what cancer is, unrestrained growth.
I found this video extremely emotion evoking. Thank you for making this. Thank you for challenging me to capture humanity with my photography. Please keep up the fantastic work, Destin. I greatly appreciate what you're doing.
I find it really interesting that longer content performs better for you. From what I have heard from others, their content generally performs better at somewhat shorter lengths (say, maybe 10 mins or so). So there is something about the way that you present and format your content that keeps it interesting for longer videos rather than dragging on! Keep up the good work!
UA-cam has been prioritizing watch length for a few years, due both to changing watch habits and also some shady demographic outreach (young children are much less likely to move off).
@@artstsym i would have thought the opposite, im 26 and my 19 year old brother watches allot more shorter content and less science stuff.
Well, when I say watch habits, I don't just mean who you're subscribed to, but literally the habits of how we watch. A lot of people use it in the same way as podcasts, "watching" low visual engagement videos while doing some other activity. Basically, normal UA-cam is skewing towards long, and for the groups whose ideal watch length is lowering they've been halfheartedly chasing the TikTok model with stories.
10 minutes is still really long in a world of TikToks, instagrams, and shorts
@@artstsym I knew that watch length was important, but I was thinking more in terms of proportionally to the whole video
So glad for Destin's self awareness and self analysis to know when adapting to an environment is not necessarily a good thing.
sometimes adapting involves....pushing back....as a collective....before it's too late.
For UA-cam, leaving Shorts aside, I think that they've removed two great things that they already had before:
1) Accessibility through community-submitted closed captioning (yes if you're a fairly well-off UA-cam channel you should ideally provide your own but closed captioning in itself isn't a universal thing, some culture prefers hard caption);
2) The ability to make your own informed decision by making public reactions public, even if it doesn't guarantee to be interpreted exactly as it says on the bottle.
As for keeping buildings or statues or monuments or even cityscapes and just landscape in general I'll say that I think it depends on what they means to everyone, even though it's often sad that the ones who have the last say will always be those with enough power either material or immaterial. We've changed through so many "optimistic" and "pessimistic" phases in the course of humanity, and I think that the real question will always be the one of how to make sure that it can be sustained further forward or not, each solution with their own ups and downs and trade-offs.
I love to see 2 of my favorite people, so happy to see Mathieu on the show! One of my favorite episodes ever! Bravo!
Wow thanks a lot !
@@MathieuSternmon plaisir. I'll be in France most of July will have to touch base for a Photoshoot I'm going to be in a very cool little town. I love your stuff and I'll email you for your rates!
whoa. I was sitting here like “wow these comparisons of modern Paris and past Paris are super cool!” And then as you were transitioning from that, the entire weight of the message around maintaining identity hit and I just started sobbing (I am emotional but not much of a crier). I haven’t started watching the rest yet but thank you for sending such a compelling and important message 🥲
Same feels
We'll always have Paris.
Another great video Destin. You're spot-on about the race to the bottom in content creation. UA-cam has an amazing place in the online world, with interesting, educational, historical, scientific, funny, scenic, relaxing etc. etc. etc. long form videos. The world has enough dummed-down content on instagram, tik-tok, twitter, all of which contribute to and reinforce an ignorant, short tempered and polarised online "community". UA-cam creators can still take the time to educate, inform, report, entertain while taking their viewers on fantastic journeys to far away cities, galaxies or even around the body. Thanks for all of your content!
Destin, thank you for using your voice on UA-cam to remind us to stay true to ourselves. Over the years, UA-cam has been my go to resource for learning new things and I often go deep down the rabbit hole and I’ve learned so many wonderful things that I never even knew I needed to know. That’s how I discovered your channel in the first place and my life is better for it.
It’s still possible to use shorts for good content and even educational content, but most of them are just mindless meanderings that steal away our time and give nothing in return. I agree 100%.
Really appreciate and like this kind of video Destin, I've always felt over the years that I have had a better experience connecting with people via youtube and learned and broadened my thoughts with the content people have made on youtube. I found the comparison chart of the three social platforms very inciteful and to my perspective accurate. I also respect your choice of not making shorts, especially for your kind of content, I almost always come away from your videos with a new understanding or atleast getting a better understanding of the perspective of others. As always thanks for putting these great ideas out there for everyone :)
Yeah I enjoy the longer form content. I'm not usually one of those that feels they actually know the people they "idolize" but Destin is one of the few YT creators that wears his heart on his sleeve and feels like a guy you would enjoy spending drinking some beer and just chatting about random stuff. And next day you wake up and you're building some hospital in Colombia and wonder how you got there lol
The thing with slides, negatives, and images is that they're tangible and can be put on display in the real world. Gives it more life than just being another image on a screen in a folder in a hard drive somewhere occupying 1's and 0's.
The thing with "images on a screen in a folder in a hard drive somewhere occupying 1's and 0's" is that they can be printed out and also put on display in the real world.
Destin...man don't change anything. I like watch your videos due to how you do things, the enjoyment you get from it (Evident in each video) and yeah...your voice in every applicable meaning of that phrase. Love this project you did and had no idea about your other channel which I will certainly check out. Cheers mate!
this guy is the most wholesome creator on youtube
this video could also be titled 'how to not be a grifter'...so many youtubers, creators, political commentators completely change who they are for their audience, and once I realize they are doing that, all my trust is lost for them.
thank you for being one of the good ones
Idk if he is the most wholesome. To be *most* wholesome I think he should have steered clear of the US military. Making them out to be an organization children should uncritically admire is problematic.
exactly how i feel, destin is goated for not selling out to the corporatization
@@norezenable i agree with that but on the whole i think his channel is good. plus he supports smaller channels and doesn't even advertise it. found out about him through a smaller channel he is a 'mega patron' of