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commentary#62

This Is Phil Fish

Innuendo Studios

“possibly the most important video on youtube - is "This Is Phil Fish"[1] by Innuendo Studios.”

5 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

explainer#92

YouTube's copyright system isn't broken. The world's is.

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott explains the situation and the solution best.”

13 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#165

The Problem With Facebook

2veritasium

“before you waste any money, watch these two videos”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018

commentary#293

VidMe or Why Platforms Aren't Your Friends

Folding Ideas

“Folding Ideas (on YouTube) had a solid video about VidMe, which is a case study in how NOT to do this”

8 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

documentary#307

This is Financial Advice

Folding Ideas

“I would highly recommend "This is Financial Advice" by Dan Olson to anyone not already familiar with the community.”

9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

commentary#308

Why Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita Sarkeesian

Innuendo Studios

“This video series does a pretty amazing job in describing those two groups and their motivations”

7 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

commentary#324

Incels | ContraPoints

ContraPoints

“Natalie Wynn's video^0 on incels always struck me as uniquely useful”

7 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

talk#419

Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014)

XOXO Festival

“Darius Kazemi's iconic 2014[1] talk”

7 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

comedy#515

What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners

Sara Forsberg

“Internet personality Saara turned speaking fake languages into a career with this amazing little clip”

6 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

explainer#603

Can You Watch This Without Getting Angry?

CGP Grey

“Great TED talk on the original twitter kerfuffle referenced in the article”

6 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

commentary#643

Canceling | ContraPoints

ContraPoints

“I think that it’s useful to hear a balanced take on cancel culture”

7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

music#677

Youtube duet: Miles Davis improvising on LCD Soundsystem

Alessandro Grespan

“which served as one of my most memorable early introductions to jazz”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

commentary#913

Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective

Veritasium

“Derek of Veritaseum made a video laying out why "clickbait-y" titles like that are necessary, and I feel like it makes a pretty good case.”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#959

Facebook Fraud

Veritasium

“See a real live experiment someone did, to figure out the true reach and ROI on Facebook Advertizing.”

7 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

commentary#999

Flat Earth: A Measured Response

hbomberguy

“I strongly recommend watching hbomberguy's video about flat earthers”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

documentary#1033

BBS The Documentary: Episode 1 of 8: BAUD (The Beginning)

Jason Scott

“He also gave us the brilliant BBS: The Documentary”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

talk#1270

DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars

Christiaan008

“Watch his talk on the matter, it is really great”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

music#1383

Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)

boburnham

“This is one of my favourite songs now”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

talk#1459

ARCHIVE TEAM: A Distributed Preservation of Service Attack

textfilesdotcom

“gave a fantastically entertaining talk about how they saved Geocities, Yahoo! Video, and Friendster”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016

comedy#1471

Angry Voicemail We Got From an Alamo Drafthouse Customer

Alamo Drafthouse

“This video Alamo posted to youtube of an angry customer bitching about getting kicked out for texting is amazing”

3 HN recommenders · 2011–2026

talk#1715

A real person, a lot like you

Derek Sivers

“This is the video, I want everyone on internet to watch”

3 HN recommenders · 2011–2013

commentary#1738

What 40,000 Videos Tell Us About The Trending Tab

Coffee Break

“Here's an excellent video breaking down with extremely compelling data how the "trending" tab is very heavily manipulated”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020

commentary#1976

Veritasium: A Story of YouTube Propaganda

Tom Nicholas

“Tom Nicholas did a good job breaking down the problems with it”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

talk#1998

Emojli: Behind the Scenes and Why You Should Never Build An App

Tom Scott

“There is a wonderful talk by the founders of emoj.li about how it was all a joke which got out of hand.”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

documentary#2148

POLYBIUS - The Video Game That Doesn't Exist

Ahoy

“the best gaming-related video essay produced!”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

commentary#2345

Gacha Drama and the Korean Gender War

Moon Channel

“i found this video [0] and its sequel [1] very enlightening.”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

explainer#2359

Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213

SmarterEveryDay

“Destin Sandlin explores how YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are being used as a sort of vanguard in a meta-game to undermine our trust”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

explainer#2383

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Michael Wesch

“Just going to leave this gem of a video[0] here.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

commentary#2684

The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops

Innuendo Studios

“I can only recommend watching Innuendo Studios' _Alt-Right Playbook_ series for a deeper understanding of the dynamics”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

comedy#2732

Brain Crack (Explicit Version) :: Best of the Show :: 07-11-06

Ze Frank

“Most ideas kinda of suck when you do them.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

documentary#2777

Making Sense of VRChat, the "Metaverse" People Actually Like

People Make Games

“There's a great video[1] on VRChat”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

commentary#2915

Game Theory: How PewDiePie Conquered YouTube

The Game Theorists

“Here's a video with some interesting theories about how PewDiePie, and other gaming channels, are so popular”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2017

commentary#2944

The Really Dark Truth About Bots

Benn Jordan

“Don't let the title fool you, it covers more than bots.”

3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

commentary#2949

Update on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange Parts

Strange Parts

“he had a concussion and seems to be handling it quite well, even recovering”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

other#2998

Matsuoka Shuzo [松岡修造 ] - あきらめかけているあなた (NEVER GIVE UP!!) [English]

Ryuujin131

“this brief inspirational vid may help with the hard slog needed to finish”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

commentary#3004

Weird Kids' Videos and Gaming the Algorithm

Folding Ideas

“Bit of a lengthy watch, but this video is pretty eye-opening”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

talk#3010

Web 2.0 Expo NY: Clay Shirky (shirky.com) It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure.

O'Reilly

“Ted has a knack for reframing things in ways that make the arbitrariness of certain historical decisions clear”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2024

comedy#3229

How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus

John Mcafee

“At least he's got a sense of humor.”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

documentary#3243

Everything Is A Remix (Full Film)

StarveTheSystem2

“You will enjoy this documentary (Everything a Remix).”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

commentary#3282

My Video Went Viral. Here's Why

Veritasium

“He actually made a great video a while ago explaining why professional Youtubers don't have much of a choice when it comes to clickbaiting”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

commentary#3330

So...TikTok Sucks

Hank Green

“Worth the full watch on video media money.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

documentary#3371

BBS the Documentary [Full HD]

L33T GUY

“BBS: The Documentary is covers a lot of what you’re asking about.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

other#3381

What is a Browser?

Ji Lee

“there is this great video of Google employees asking people in Times Square what the difference is between a browser and a search engine”

2 HN recommenders · 2009–2025

demo#3633

2Advanced Studios v2 flash website in 2001

Web Design Museum

“They built crazy futuristic flash GUIs like this. Here's one from 2001”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

other#3644

Reddit Place (/r/place) - FULL 72h (90fps) TIMELAPSE

Gurkengewuerz

“I found this whole thing to be incredibly fascinating.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

commentary#3659

Copyright Deadlock (The Jimquisition)

Stephanie Sterling

“Jim Sterling has done a brilliant job at explaining how broken the YouTube Content ID system is”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

commentary#3663

THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.

Jon Bois

“Jon Bois did an amazing video about this one”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

comedy#3738

Forklift Driver Klaus English Subtitles

Veso Vey

“this video answered every question I’ve ever had about why warehouse safety is such a big deal.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2019