# YouTube And Why It's So Hard To Find Certain Things

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228 "2021-10-26T12:08:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228/1 "2021-10-26T12:08:11Z")

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Anytime there’s a big story, you click on it, and it’s someone dude talking about it. Click-bait with nothing to watch. This happens all the time. Today I read that Dave Chappelle makes a video, but all I see are other people giving their 2 cents (on the dollar).

And many times, it’s an automatic fake voice app just reading articles.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228/2 "2021-10-26T15:31:22Z")

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“The Algorithm” is engaged in trying to sell you shit, hence why you get a bunch of rapidly produced sponsored videos with little content instead of a simple, straightforward factual explanation. It isn’t incidental or a flaw in the system; it is literally how it is supposed to work.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/leX541Dr2rU/maxresdefault.jpg "There is No Algorithm for Truth - with Tom Scott") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leX541Dr2rU)

Stranger

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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228/3 "2021-10-26T17:13:44Z")

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What Stranger said. YouTube isn’t really the place to go for breaking news. What is it you’re hoping to find (sincere question)?

For instance, I heard the hubbub about Chappelle yesterday, and found the context on Twitter in seconds by searching “Chappelle Gadsby”.