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Posted: 2/25/2017 10:27:18 PM EDT
Here are some things that annoy me:

>5 second intros; bonus points if they have shitty dubstep or metal music.

Fake radio voices. I exit the video 90% of the time I hear it.

>10 seconds of shilling for their channel. I.e., "If you like what you see, subscribe here because I don't want to work a real job and I want more than SSDI. Please leave comments and like this video as well. You see I need subscribers to keep going."

Shitty music during timelapses


What are some things that annoy you?
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:29:10 PM EDT
[#1]
Nothing really. They are free to watch, and can be skipped/ fast forwarded at any time.

If I had to nitpick it would be shill "reviews."
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:29:41 PM EDT
[#2]
Thumbnails that aren't in the video.


Long rambling useless info

Potato photography
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:31:02 PM EDT
[#3]
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Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:31:34 PM EDT
[#4]
As long as there is a crash or somebody does something stupid and wins a prize then I'm good
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:31:36 PM EDT
[#5]
The over use of the generic youtube approved music 
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:32:39 PM EDT
[#6]
that it stops playing if you leave the screen

I.e., can't listen to a song and browse arfcom
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:33:40 PM EDT
[#7]
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Thumbnails that aren't in the video.


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it's the girls in the bikinis isn't it.

Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:33:56 PM EDT
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The over use of the generic youtube approved music 
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I hate when audio gets pulled due to a DMCA notice.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:34:47 PM EDT
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that it stops playing if you leave the screen

I.e., can't listen to a song and browse arfcom
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For some reason it only does that, at least for me, if on tablet or phone.

If I am on my desktop I can minimize yt and the audio will still play.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:34:54 PM EDT
[#10]
Terrible music,namely dubstep crappiness.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:35:54 PM EDT
[#11]
When they do a technical video and they don't even have a basic understanding of the subject matter or ability to explain their ideas clearly. Also when they make obvious assumptions but they don't look deep enough to make good assumptions.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:37:06 PM EDT
[#12]
Misleading thumbnails.
Ads (obviously)
People who make 5000 dollars a month from home in the comments section.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:37:39 PM EDT
[#13]
Annotation


"Reviews" that are actually rambling unboxings
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:39:55 PM EDT
[#14]
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"Reviews" that are actually rambling unboxings
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Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:40:23 PM EDT
[#15]
music instead of original audio
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:43:59 PM EDT
[#16]
Long intros

Music playing over sounds you want to hear in the video like cars or jets

Get to the fucking point

Gun reviews where they never shoot the gun

Rapid cuts and edits while someone is talking that makes the speaker look like Max Headroom. It really screams the speaker has no grasp on public speaking or on the topic.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:44:53 PM EDT
[#17]
Everything.  10 minutes to describe 10 seconds of information.

A video when a single page with two pictures would cover it.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:45:13 PM EDT
[#18]
pop up annotation boxes

Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:47:17 PM EDT
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Everything.  10 minutes to describe 10 seconds of information.

A video when a single page with two pictures would cover it.
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It's like they think everyone watching is an infant.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:54:56 PM EDT
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That's my second biggest gripe.

Number One is waiting over 10 seconds for a song/music to start then end with over 10 seconds of blank time.  There are videos out there with minutes of blank time.

Number Three is videos that have the Poster remove for whatever reason.  Believe me when I say that when I post a video here I have played it before posting it.  Even then a link disappears after a few weeks/months later.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 10:57:33 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:00:12 PM EDT
[#22]
just over the top profanity mostly.
When someone cannot string two words together without dropping an f bomb it just irks me.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:05:04 PM EDT
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For some reason it only does that, at least for me, if on tablet or phone.

If I am on my desktop I can minimize yt and the audio will still play.
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that it stops playing if you leave the screen

I.e., can't listen to a song and browse arfcom


For some reason it only does that, at least for me, if on tablet or phone.

If I am on my desktop I can minimize yt and the audio will still play.


That's how it works.  If you pay for YouTube Red it will keep playing when you leave the app on your phone
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:13:00 PM EDT
[#24]
Atheists.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:18:04 PM EDT
[#25]
Long, stupid intros, loud annoying music, bad audio, stupid people and bad camera work.

There, I've ruled out 87% of youtube videos and saved you all a ton of wasted time.  
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:19:20 PM EDT
[#26]
When they do a technical video and they don't even have a basic understanding of the subject matter or ability to explain their ideas clearly. Also when they make obvious assumptions but they don't look deep enough to make good assumptions.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:21:40 PM EDT
[#27]
Insanely loud intro music.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:24:21 PM EDT
[#28]
Watching a technical video (e.g. A trigger install vid) that has a run time of 25 minutes when most of the video is rambling useless info.  Get to the point already.  Most of these videos could be sped up and summarized in 5 minutes.  Where's the beef?  I don't need all the BS commentary
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:31:26 PM EDT
[#29]
Bad resolution. It's 2017 people, 1080p should be the minimum. 
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:45:15 PM EDT
[#30]
This is very interesting to me since I've started doing a youtube channel during the winter months.  I don't have ads and I don't make money.  Winter hobbies were shooting, hunting coyotes, ice fishing and at night I'd play video games.  I figure its more productive to spend my evenings making youtube videos instead of playing video games.

So I have questions:

-Is my intro too long / annoying?
-Do  I ramble or over explain?
-too many cuts / transitions?
-Any other objections?

Thanks for any feedback!

Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:46:02 PM EDT
[#31]
Monkeys with AKs.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:50:01 PM EDT
[#32]
The jump cut editing.
Do you really fail so much at life that you can't say 4 fucking sentences in one take?
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:50:43 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/25/2017 11:56:17 PM EDT
[#34]
It seems like most stuff on YouTube these days sucks.  Misleading titles, long intros, loud intros, crappy music, rambling idiots, rambling people who may be knowledgeable but I don't listen long enough to find out, fake laughing, bad special effects, most people making gun videos who don't realize just how retarded they make gun owners look (same with people in most areas actually), lots of profanity, etc.  The list is long these days.

For technical/historical videos I still think Ian at Forgotten Weapons does one of the best jobs.  He does his research, he presents context and content that is relevant and his his videos aren't overly long.  I know folks here like Hickock45 but he doesn't seem to have a clue a lot of the time and his videos just ramble while promoting Bud's, Federal and whoever else is supporting him.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:01:43 AM EDT
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This and commercials.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:05:25 AM EDT
[#36]
People who yammer on about liking their videos and begging for comments.  

Overly loud music.

People who cannot communicate clearly.  If you cannot give a speech in front of a crowd, you probably shouldn't put yourself on youtube.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:26:19 AM EDT
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This.  More than anything else, this.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:31:38 AM EDT
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- Clickbaits thumbnails... I'm a sucker for the female newscaster with the awesome cleavage that you never get to see.
- Misleading titles is a close second to the clickbait
- Pop-up messages/links/whatever in the video
- Not time-lapsing an obvious process like loading a magazine... unless the person has some pretty interesting shit to say while doing it.
- Zooming in on something and not adjusting the focus
- 99.9% of Nutnfancy
- Hands in the way of the thing they're reviewing
- When a kid can give a better, shorter explanation on how to do something than a grown-up
- A video of a TV playing a scene from a show/movie
- Shooting videos just showing the guy standing there shooting. At least have a picture in picture of the target or change it up and have some new angles. Military Arms Channel used a drone in a recent video.... it was great. I love the use of drones to get an overhead view of things.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:36:33 AM EDT
[#39]
I hate when people start their videos with " It's your boy ____ ______ here".
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:36:35 AM EDT
[#40]
When it tells you that it's age restricted...



I'v been a registered user for years and this shit still pops up.

Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:41:45 AM EDT
[#41]
Chopped and abrupt editing.  If you need to start over, start over and give a smooth presentation.  If you do have to cut, give a second or so transition, rather than having a new sentence start where the last left off without so much as a breath.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:43:53 AM EDT
[#42]
how many fucking ads there are now that google ruined it. and just about everything else they do.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 1:08:28 AM EDT
[#43]
Constant Yeager/tactical respons and range time video suggestions.  Can you block them like FB?
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 1:21:27 AM EDT
[#44]
advertisements and commercials 

fucking overly loud background music where you can't hear the retard talk 

disproportionate music and voice levels 

click bait thumb nails .. 
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 1:22:24 AM EDT
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Endless yammering.

If you put up a video, I should not have to wait until the halfway point in the video waiting for you to get to the subject at hand.

Know what you're going to say and get to the point.

If you want to just blather on mindlessly to something, get a plant.
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I agree. I try to keep mine short and to the point.
Fostech Echo - cycle of operations shown in a jig.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 1:29:25 AM EDT
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I agree. I try to keep mine short and to the point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Q404KWGUM
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Good Composition, decent focus, clear audio A+ Video
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 1:37:35 AM EDT
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Good Composition, decent focus, clear audio A+ Video
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Thanks!

I thought it wasn't bad considering the extent of my editing was tapping the pause button on my phone a few times. I had to squeeze it in during the few short minutes all three kids were napping.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 1:47:33 AM EDT
[#48]
People who put religion or politics into every damn post. When you're talking about your new car, radio, or gun, I don't want to hear you jabber about how much you hate ____________, or love _____________. Either side, I don't want to hear it.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 2:01:59 AM EDT
[#49]
Like/comment/subscribe whoring.
Ads
Annotations
Video quality so shitty you can't see a damn thing (why the hell even post it)
General retardation in a desperate attempt at finding attention on the internet
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 2:07:52 AM EDT
[#50]
Technical videos that skip over a vital portion of the operation that you are watching the video for.

"Now that the engine is out of your car, it is just a simple matter of-Oh, look at that, it's back in and everything is good."
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