The trick is to search for stuff you like

Well therein lies the problem. I don't know what to search for.

And when I do think of something, most of the time I'll get maybe 4 or 5 results for semi-related content that I'm not interested in, and then the remaining results are completely unrelated crap that the algorithm thinks I want to watch. I've heard that over 700,000 hours worth of video are uploaded every single day, but apparently I'm not allowed to actually search for them.

I think you're missing what I'm bemoaning. It's not "Youtube doesn't work". It's "Good viral content no longer exists" When this video or Charlie bit my finger got popular it got popular OUTSIDE of people who were searching for it. People got exposure to something unique fresh and new that wasn't something they always clicked on.

Now it feels like everyone is in their little echo chamber in youtube, which is great, I get to see SBNation, NumberPhile, Tom Scott, and Your Movie Sucks... and don't see Mr. Beast or PewdiePie, because that's what I choose to view.

But nothing spreads "Virally" any more because youtube feels like they locked down what people see to what they 100 percent know people want to see with no chance.

A bigger different problem with this is what happens on twitter and sites like that, where it reinforces bad mentalities. If you only look at alt-right or progressive videos, you start to ONLY see those, and you aren't getting a wealth of different opinion, you basically get a singular view of the world, because that's what you want to see. It'd be fine, but people start to think "What I see on social media is representative of the entire world." And that's the first step on a bad path.

Yeah it took me a while too but but by carefully curating my subscriptions, likes, and comments I get what I like on youtube.

A More Civilized Age.

I cannot stand them, everything about it is just awful.

That's the thing, it's not viral if it's personalized. "Viral" expands far outside of the niche. You might not like videos of baby or slice of life videos, but Charlie bit my finger was everywhere. Almost no one wanted Rick Astley, but everyone saw it. Even this, I don't look up dance videos, but I Watched this whole thing. That's where "Viral" is.. The "this is popular even without being a fan of it."

Now it seems the only videos that do that is shitty drama or clickbait crap.

Am I trippin or did you post literally the exact same video as me lmao

Oof. That kiddo had some strong Ehlers-Danlo Syndrome going on there. I bet he's still feeling those moves today.

Kudos to Jr with the giant dong slung over his shoulder though, lol

Nice that even rivals or beats the dj8 ball cafe edit of legend: https://youtu.be/-s037_lG17k

It's almost vintage at this stage

Verily do we stand on the shoulders of meme giants.