I’ve asking because no one online seems to have noticed but I’ve noticed on youtube return that music channels appear to be:
- stealing content and posting it on YouTube shorts but putting their music over it
- commenting on random YouTube videos
I’ve noticed mainly the music channels with the music channel icon besides their name on YouTube that have been doing this
It’s obviously new spam techniques once you notice it
Blocked Shorts in first weeks because it quickly was full of this.
And if anyone wants to discover music, get a scrobbler for a good music network. By design, algorithms pigeonhole. That’s just how math works. You need the tried and true method of community sharing and (most) scrobblers are, essentially, a modern take on “word of mouth”. Music has only ever been best discovered and broadened to listeners when recommended from other explorers.
Do you have any that you find useful? I haven’t used one in decades.
I’ve enjoyed bandcamp’s writeups. They seem to be written by real people.
I also sometimes peruse the “who else bought my favorite album this month?” listing. Find some gems and wild cards there.