Also, "How could the algorithm hide this from me for a whole [however old the video was when they clicked on it]" when the video was uploaded minutes ago
Many mobile apps have a "pull to refresh" feature where you swipe up to the top of whatever list you're looking at and then swipe up even further to refresh the whole feed. A "crazy refresh pull" is when said content appears on the newly refreshed feed and the user finds it enjoyable in a way they find to be extraordinary, or at the very least, better than average.
'Pull' also refers to a 'win' in a gamified gambling sense.
In the context of opening a loot box or a prize card deck in a gatcha game, the 'pull' is what you draw out, and so a "crazy pull" would be a very desirable, rare or extremely lucky item.
On smartphones, when you are on a webpage or in this case YouTube you can refresh the page/view by tap and hold the top of the page/view and then pull down a bit and then release. That's the so called refresh pull.
Apparently it comes in various rarity level like a mythic refresh pull.
The mythic refresh pull is when you accidentally refresh, when there was actually something you’re super interested in, and now you can’t find it anymore.
Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything. 😅
that may be true, but pull doesn't originate from gacha games either, but from TCG Booster Packs, where you literally pull cards of various rarity from the pack.
I think, it comes from a general frustration, because the YouTube comment section is practically unusable for actually discussing a video.
Every so often, I watch something and want to see what people are saying about a particular section in the video. Like, maybe I was hoping for some info in the video and expect someone to have posted it in a comment instead.
But then I have to scroll through tons of comments like:
"First!" (Followed by people telling them they're not actually first.)
Various comments about how they're watching the video shortly after its publication. Or long after its publication.
"What an inspiring video! Blah blah blah..." (with a profile picture of a half-dressed lady, because it's actually just a bot)
A verbatim quote of a funny sentence in the video with nothing added.
"Just commenting for the algorithm!"
Like, I don't want to hate on people commenting what they like, but it's just frustrating in that situation, because you do have to read every comment, to make sure you're not missing something. You just become acutely aware of every repeated joke and every single comment you had to read, which did not actually say something.
Ah, had not heard that before, but I'm willing to believe it right away.
That just sounds like a very Google thing to do, like how they tweaked the video algorithm, so that longer videos would get more visibility, not long before TikTok took off and they had to introduce a separate category for short-form videos.
This post would have been relevant 3 years ago. We're also mostly past "babe wake up, * posted a new video". It's mainly "crazy refresh pull" now, a mix of "this is AI" when it's clearly not and bot comments who get thousands of likes and hundreds of replies.
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WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 61 pts · 16d
Who is reading this in 2026?
VonReposti@feddit.dk · 14 pts · 16d
Not me
nyctre@piefed.social · 12 pts · 16d
I'm reading this in 2027!
!remindme 5 months
lyrial@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 16d
If you want it to actually work, tag @remindme@mstdn.social
I'm not sure how to set the time from here though.
nyctre@piefed.social · 4 pts · 16d
Nah, was just a joke. But thanks :D
boobookittyfrick@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 11d
🤓🥱🤔🤡🤩😭🥵
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 57 pts · 16d
deranger@sh.itjust.works · 54 pts · 16d
“crazy refresh pull” is the latest annoying slop comment the kids are posting
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 31 pts · 16d
Also, "How could the algorithm hide this from me for a whole [however old the video was when they clicked on it]" when the video was uploaded minutes ago
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 16d
What does it mean?
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 16d
Many mobile apps have a "pull to refresh" feature where you swipe up to the top of whatever list you're looking at and then swipe up even further to refresh the whole feed. A "crazy refresh pull" is when said content appears on the newly refreshed feed and the user finds it enjoyable in a way they find to be extraordinary, or at the very least, better than average.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 16d
That's how gambling mechanics get hardwired into our brains.
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 16d
It's more exploiting the existing dopamine addiction tendancies that humans already have rather than gambling specifically.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 16d
I bet.
(sorry)
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 16d
'Pull' also refers to a 'win' in a gamified gambling sense.
In the context of opening a loot box or a prize card deck in a gatcha game, the 'pull' is what you draw out, and so a "crazy pull" would be a very desirable, rare or extremely lucky item.
deranger@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 15d
This was always my interpretation, rather than the swipe down to refresh action.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 16d
On smartphones, when you are on a webpage or in this case YouTube you can refresh the page/view by tap and hold the top of the page/view and then pull down a bit and then release. That's the so called refresh pull.
Apparently it comes in various rarity level like a mythic refresh pull.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 16d
The mythic refresh pull is when you accidentally refresh, when there was actually something you’re super interested in, and now you can’t find it anymore.
Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything. 😅jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 16d
Isn’t that the angry refresh pull?
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 2 pts · 16d
Or when the app does it automatically after you switched to another app
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 6 pts · 16d
This is actually incorrect.
The word "pull" comes from gacha games and it means getting a rare reward by rolling the dice.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 16d
that may be true, but pull doesn't originate from gacha games either, but from TCG Booster Packs, where you literally pull cards of various rarity from the pack.
RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org · 1 pts · 15d
Lol TCGs are just gacha without a computer I guess
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 15d
no, that would be Gachapon.
RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org · 1 pts · 15d
Lol TCGs are just gachapon without asian I guess
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 15d
Slot machines would like a word
bluecario@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 16d
It's my mission in life to downvote (YouTube Revanced) every one of those comments.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 16d
Physically unscrollable comment
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 16d
bump
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 16d
What a wild use of free will
lol_idk@piefed.social · 20 pts · 16d
My favorite thing to comment on years old unfixed bug reports
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 16d
Who reads in 2026?
albbi@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 16d
Just the swarms of AI agents.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 16d
My eyesight isn't nearly that good
PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social · 2 pts · 16d
🙅🤣
paorzz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 16d
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 16d
Reading YouTube comments is like sticking a turd in a bandsaw. You just don’t do it!
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 6 pts · 16d
Yeah, circular saw is the way to go
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 15d
Anyone else still just using a poop knife in 2026?
FRYD@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 16d
I guess it’s dumb to comment like that. Not gonna lie though, it’s wild to make a whole meme and comments dogging on it.
trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 16d
I think, it comes from a general frustration, because the YouTube comment section is practically unusable for actually discussing a video.
Every so often, I watch something and want to see what people are saying about a particular section in the video. Like, maybe I was hoping for some info in the video and expect someone to have posted it in a comment instead.
But then I have to scroll through tons of comments like:
Like, I don't want to hate on people commenting what they like, but it's just frustrating in that situation, because you do have to read every comment, to make sure you're not missing something. You just become acutely aware of every repeated joke and every single comment you had to read, which did not actually say something.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 16d
Thats because YouTube changed their algorithm to fix the toxic cesspool it was before.
So now it only shows the most vapid, hollow, flowery drivel anyone says.
I'm not sure the fault really lies with the 12 year old saying "first". I get why its irksome though.
trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 15d
Ah, had not heard that before, but I'm willing to believe it right away.
That just sounds like a very Google thing to do, like how they tweaked the video algorithm, so that longer videos would get more visibility, not long before TikTok took off and they had to introduce a separate category for short-form videos.
nullspace@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 16d
Gentlemen we meet again.
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 16d
"No one asked for this"
"Whoʻs this for?"
Dad racks shotgun
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 16d
This
M137@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 15d
This post would have been relevant 3 years ago. We're also mostly past "babe wake up, * posted a new video". It's mainly "crazy refresh pull" now, a mix of "this is AI" when it's clearly not and bot comments who get thousands of likes and hundreds of replies.
Flower@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 16d
That reminds me to put on Bagger 288 one more time
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 16d
Damn, I still comment on the '2022' comments
Pat@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 12d
https://xkcd.com/3188/
Madrigal@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 16d
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 16d
Or it's just brainrotted sheep copying behaviour
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 16d
Its an overused joke
Comment bots are smarter than that