Comment on Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?
schwim@piefed.zip 1 week ago
commenting on random YouTube videos
That’s definitely not new. Comment spam has existed as long as comments have.
Stealing content is also as old as the internet. It would make sense they would use their own music if that’s what they were selling. People that sell affiliate links to stuff paste their logo and domain on the lower or upper part of stolen reels.
I don’t discover music on Youtube so I can’t speak to it’s rise in popularity but things like this get adopted widely when it’s proven to work.
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Blocked Shorts in first weeks because it quickly was full of this.
And if anyone wants to discover music, get a scrobbler for a good music network. By design, algorithms pigeonhole. That’s just how math works. You need the tried and true method of community sharing and (most) scrobblers are, essentially, a modern take on “word of mouth”. Music has only ever been best discovered and broadened to listeners when recommended from other explorers.
schwim@piefed.zip 1 week ago
Do you have any that you find useful? I haven’t used one in decades.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 week ago
I’ve enjoyed bandcamp’s writeups. They seem to be written by real people.
I also sometimes peruse the “who else bought my favorite album this month?” listing. Find some gems and wild cards there.