Do you watch more YouTube than playing your game?

[Bomb Shot]

I feel like YouTube is more entertain than playing the same game again.

[Devsman]

No

I have a backlog, so replaying is not really something I do these days.

Also, I don't use YouTube for entertainment. I use it for education.

[Candyy]

Depends game... 🤷‍♀️

[Candyy]

Publicado originalmente por Devsman:

No

I have a backlog, so replaying is not really something I do these days.

Also, I don't use YouTube for entertainment. I use it for education.

Education IS also entertainment, specially on YouTube, where you want your video to be clicked as much as possible...
It mostly depends on teacher or youtuber doing it...

If it was not entertaining ,you would not watch it (like most ppl) unless you mean tutorials...

Idk why, but it kinda feels like you feel ashamed or something for using YouTube... 🤷‍♀️

[steven1mac]

Yes, but it is cyclical usually after beating a a game I take a week or two off of playing games. Right now I am watching recaps of Mangas I will never read, but I will get bored of that soon enough.

[Devsman]

Publicado originalmente por Candyy ♡:

Publicado originalmente por Devsman:

No

I have a backlog, so replaying is not really something I do these days.

Also, I don't use YouTube for entertainment. I use it for education.

Education IS also entertainment, specially on YouTube, where you want your video to be clicked as much as possible...

If it was not entertaining ,you would not watch it (like most ppl) unless you mean tutorials...

Can be. I've watched plenty that fell into either camp. But more importantly, I wouldn't be watching them if they weren't educational.

[Rio]

Some days yeah, I do be play a lotta games with down time where you chill at base while things process, or stuff grows up.

Ark breeding, Gregtech new horizons material processing, space engineers ore processing, etc

[JustWowMan]

That's a great question. My hours on YouTube compared to games are probably pretty close to equal. I used to hate YouTube, like 12ish years ago, but more and more quality content kept appearing. Before I knew it, I was watching more of it then any other streaming service I had, even satellite.

Just like Devsman, I appreciate the educational stuff. I can find a documentary on any topic I might be interested in at any time. Do I want just a quick 10-minute doc? It's there. Maybe I'm feeling a little more invested and want an hour or two doc - it's there. It's literally become my very first choice when I feel like watching something.

I was travelling a lot last year for work and began purchasing movies there as well, to watch while on the road. Some might think it's completely dumb to purchase a movie through there, but I have high faith it's still going to be around long enough that those purchases were well worth it. I love YouTube now haha.

EDIT: I might've taken this out of context. You mean just watching YouTube for the game that you're playing, or in general? Either way, YouTube is great.

[Devsman]

Publicado originalmente por JustWowMan:

That's a great question. My hours on YouTube compared to games are probably pretty close to equal. I used to hate YouTube, like 12ish years ago, but more and more quality content kept appearing. Before I knew it, I was watching more of it then any other streaming service I had, even satellite.

Just like Devsman, I appreciate the educational stuff. I can find a documentary on any topic I might be interested in at any time. Do I want just a quick 10-minute doc? It's there. Maybe I'm feeling a little more invested and want an hour or two doc - it's there. It's literally become my very first choice when I feel like watching something.

I was travelling a lot last year for work and began purchasing movies there as well, to watch while on the road. Some might think it's completely dumb to purchase a movie through there, but I have high faith it's still going to be around long enough that those purchases were well worth it. I love YouTube now haha.

EDIT: I might've taken this out of context. You mean just watching YouTube for the game that you're playing, or in general? Either way, YouTube is great.

I feel like I could teach a class on some topics I've learned about almost exclusively from YouTube.

Music theory is probably my most researched topic on yt. Which is a perfect illustration of what makes it such a great educational platform. You're not limited to the "get me through grade school" topics (though there's plenty of that too). If you just wake up one day, look up at the ceiling and see the popcorn texturing, bam, look what I found in less than a minute:

https://youtu.be/-cityl3krLI?si=7gdo0ZBvMmALwXe9

[N3tRunn3r]

I dont even watch youtube once a month .. maybe once in 6 months ..

[Knee]

My video binging habits will be your guess, mr dataminer

[JustWowMan]

Publicado originalmente por Devsman:

I feel like I could teach a class on some topics I've learned about almost exclusively from YouTube.

Music theory is probably my most researched topic on yt. Which is a perfect illustration of what makes it such a great educational platform. You're not limited to the "get me through grade school" topics (though there's plenty of that too).

Absolutely. I learned piano about 10-11 years ago through YouTube videos. I use "learned" lightly, as I haven't touched it now in probably 9 years and do not remember any chords really, lol. The concept remains though, anyone can learn virtually anything with YouTube, it's unreal.

Your popcorn texture is a perfect example of my use of YouTube as well. Some random thought will pop in my head throughout the day I feel is worth learning about; next moment of free time I have I'm on YouTube looking for info on it. I can't even begin to estimate the amount of hours I've spent there.

One of my favourite channels, Active Self Protection. All about body-cams, CCTV footage, etc, and proper self defence techniques and what to look out for in a self defence situation. I'm glad I've never had to use any of their advice, but the information is next level and seriously addicting lol.

[Fajita Jim]

I do watch a lot of Youtube, hardly about video games, tho.

I want to be like Anton. I'd get all the clicks.
https://youtu.be/UBftXMVqodg?si=lfIJfcQbm0czmMr7

[Triple G]

No. I play more games. But when i use Youtube, i usually also do it for educational purposes, as You can never know enough...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2iV8Kl0W6c

[Phirestar]

Yes, and it’s a problem. By that I mean that YouTube itself is an issue, for me. The whole matter of “doom-scrolling” is certainly present in my mind.

I’ve found that a way to help reduce YouTube addiction is to be deliberate with your usage of it. The biggest “trap”, in my opinion, is the recommended feed. It provides a never-ending stream of content that you can refresh forever. That kind of functionality is perfect for completely frying your dopamine receptors, which is responsible for people getting hooked for hours and hours every day.

I resolve that problem - at least partially - by doing my best to avoid using the recommended feed in favor of other methods for finding content, specifically the search bar and my subscriptions tab. I’ll look up the exact content that I want to watch, and if it’s in the form of a playlist (such a Let’s Play), you can save the playlist to your own library and continue where you left off from there. It does not solely fix the problem of spending so much time on the website, but what it does do is put you into a more mindful state where you’re consciously aware of the content you’re consuming on a daily basis. It can be hard to break the cycle of scrolling the recommended feed when you aren’t tuned into the fact that you’re doing it out of habit instead of a intentional choice.

In the future, this won’t be nearly as big of an issue for me to tackle. Once I get my new computer, later next year, I’m going to be spending a lot more time playing games than I’ve done in recent times, because I’ll finally be able to play all the stuff that I’ve missed out on over the years, due to hardware limitations.

(I’ll replace my YouTube addiction with an Elden Ring addiction. /s)

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I only watch music videos on steam.