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Any good video sites out there?

So, my post about the clickbait nature of some youtube video sites was removed.

I was not trolling. I was not baiting.

Let's think about this for a moment. This is a hobby that pays attention to reviews. They drive sales, conversations, and how we perceive audio itself. 

Therefore, it's relevant to an audio hobbyist site to discuss the kinds of reviews out there. A good, informative review can guide members toward new ways of evaluating audio and help them make more informed decisions. On the other hand, review sites which are inaccurate or even just hyperbolic in their reviews or in their titles also have an impact on how seriously we can take that site. In the case of YouTube, some members here think that it is YouTube itself that is at fault. 

So, this is a valid topic for an audio forum. I went to a site -- which shall remain nameless because critique is not allowed, I guess -- which is consistently saying that the latest review is the "best ever" or "the most ultimate XYZ ever" etc. This is the kind of hyperbole which, I am arguing, has a negative effect on other, less manic sites -- which I will not name, either -- the ones not trying to work the algorithms to garner clicks.

The post I made was a claim with evidence -- evidence supporting the claim that there was a hyperbolic quality to the site. That's all I did.

And then my post was taken down.

Let's analyze what has just happened.

Violating post policies means posting "prohibited content."
The rules are as follows:

You will not submit content that is copyrighted or subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy, publicity, trade secret, etc., unless you are the owner of such rights or have the appropriate permission from their rightful owner to specifically submit such content.
You will not post information that is malicious, false or inaccurate.
You will not post content that is sexually expicit.
You will not post content that is abusive or defames another member of The Service.

Those of you who read my post will realize that I did none of these things. What I did was call attention to a youtube site that -- I am claiming, with evidence -- tends toward hyperbole in their titles.

If this post gets taken down, then I think only one conclusion can be drawn about what has happened to "moderation" here.

hilde45
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mahgister
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I think you are right but you underestimate the power of some poster here...

Oldyvimec suffer the same fate in a harsher way...He is banned...No recourse...

This is commercial forum to favorize selling and buying...

Nobody doubt hyperboles qualificatives because everybody use them for his favorite and idolized piece of gear to promote it AS THE ONLY solution...

Nobody believe that acoustic and psycho-acoustic outway in improvement MOST upgrades and nobody believe that superioir hifi experience is possible at low cost...

People are hypnotized by marketing like they are by political propaganda and never listen to acoustic cues which is the only way to learn how to listen...Instead of listening acoustical cues they TASTE directly their gear like a wine .... 😁 They speak about mid frequencies, high and bass at best , their acoustic vocabulary stop there, they completely ignore what LEV/ASW ratio means for example and how to hear it....They have no clue how to control imaging and soundstage and timbre at will... They have no clue especially the richest one boasting about 100,000 bucks piece of gear...

At best they read audio magazine reviews, a lost of time and money, instead of a few acoustic and psycho-acoustic books or articles to learn acoustic OPTIMIZATION of what they aleady have which is good most of the time but working in underpar acoustic condition ....

But i think you have already guess all that by yourself...

Being a thinker you know that only acoustic and psycho-acoustic explain sound and his perception laws , not the gear alone and its design by his magical electrical virtue...

Recording technique begin with a room acoustic perspectical take trade-off and end in a listener room /speakers trade-off exhange for some ears ... It is an acoustic and psycho-acoustic translation more than an electronical " pure" impossible  reproduction...

 

 

 

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Many do not understand nuance.They equate all actions as one in the same. Kinda like the man who happens to sees a couple making love and calls 911 to report a rape. It should not be this way. But its a part of the divide and conquer strategy which has been taking place in our society for many years, IMO

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mahgister
13,315 posts
 

To say the truth in a joking manner....

 

Maximun ignorance law:

The acoustic ignorance increase like the square of the gear upgrading number of successive choices in an audiophile life time and stay the same near this point of no return or complete forgetfulness of the room ...

 

 

This law is the counterpart of the acoustical optimization law:

The acoustic knowledge increase with the number of acoustical cues under room control....

 

i could not resist... 😁😊

rsf507
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I agree with you @mahgister but still I feel that the original post that was removed was wrong for being taken down. The OP only stated facts no untruths yes just maybe in a mocking way but it was clever and it did make a point. It was too bad some members can’t see what it was meant to be. Oh well it did put a smile on my face when I initially read it.

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mahgister
13,315 posts
 

I never said they were right with the censorship...

In the opposite read me right... 

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arafiq
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If the original (now deleted) thread was implying that Jay (Jay's Audio Lab) engages in hyperbole and sensationalism, then I have yet to witness it. I will admit two things though: his youtube titles can be described as hyperbolic sometimes but I always find that the content is very well balanced and accurate. Secondly, I have not watched all his videos, so perhaps there are some which probably fit the description.

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