Fortunately, YouTube is one of the very few platforms where long-form creation is not only accepted, but encouraged (not attributing this to anything other than greed, that's just their business model). This means that, accidentally, YouTube is somewhat the antithesis of standard Social Media - long-form kills "fast fashion" type dynamics.

Of course, it can fall victim to the same elements, namely AI gen, plagiarism, misinformation, trends (see Shorts, but luckily it's a new product by Google, so chances are good it'll die within the next two years), etc., but it's easier to smell bullshit when it comes in larger quantities.