I consistently hear people on YouTube complain that the subscribe button doesn’t do anything for viewers, now that channel notifications are controlled by the bell. But it does do something: it puts the videos from that channel in your subscription feed, which is readily accessible on all versions of YouTube. So why do people act like it doesn’t exist? I think it’s super convenient, especially if you’re subscribed to a ton of channels and don’t want your notifications feed flooded with new videos.
I don’t think I’ve genuinely used the subscription feed in years. The algorithm for the most part feeds me the creators I routinely watch and content in typically interesting in. Being subscribed to 500+ creators, the subscription feed doesn’t give me stuff that I am currently into.
Inb4 someone asks why I’m subbed to 500+ creators: my tastes in content change regularly, especially since I binge new creators that I find and enjoy, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to watch some of my older subs, I just don’t want to /right now/ so I don’t unsub.
I use the suscription feed, when I’m no longer interested in a channel I unsub and move it to my bookmarks so that I can keep track of it if I want to check it or even sub again for some reason. This way I have 2 feeds: a slow one (subscription feed) which I check daily and the home feed where the algorithm might recommend me something interesting if I want something else to watch. I might check that one many times a day or sometimes not check it for weeks or even months at a time.
I sometimes also unsub from channels I would like to keep being subbed too but they are just too spammy (e.g. Northernlion would just clutter my sub feed so I moved him to bookmarks and I still check him a couple of times a week).
As for the bell I don’t use it because I don’t like notifications for most things.
Same here. I feel like the algorithm does a pretty good jos at recommending what I’m interested in. Including videos from the channels I’m subscribed to
Same here, except my account is from 2006, so yeah, I’m subscribed to people that I haven’t watched in like a decade or more and I’m too lazy to just go and unsubscribe.