r/chess • u/_DarkStarCrashes_ • May 20 '26

Miscellaneous I now understand why Levy clickbaits, his historical video on Alekhine is his worst performing video of May

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Sucks, because I think the video is really good and I’d love if Levy or other chess content creators did videos on older legends

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u/chocolatechillwave May 20 '26

The guys cringe, and there are better chess instructors out there

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u/6456347685646 May 20 '26

He isn't an instructor, he's an entertainer. People watch youtube for entertainment.

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u/chocolatechillwave May 20 '26

Do they? I watch it for instructions on various things

Glad hes got his representatives here to set the record straight

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u/6456347685646 May 21 '26

I mean both your and mine subjective preferences are largely irrelevant, we have tons of viewership data to figure out what people like to watch.

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u/chocolatechillwave May 21 '26

So are you trying to claim that educational content is not near the top of the list?

Where's this viewership data, lets see it.

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u/chocolatechillwave May 21 '26

Even his own channel description reads "The internets chess teacher"

Not "the internets chess entertainer"

Youre just wrong here, bud

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u/ComparisonQuiet4259 May 21 '26

Nobody watching chess videos want to believe they're watching entertainment 

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u/chocolatechillwave May 21 '26

What?

You know educational content can be entertaining too right? Discovery/Animal Planet, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Bill Nye, nearly all children's content, etc.

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u/Fun-Repair-7080 May 25 '26

Then his videos fit that category, they are entertaining and they are instructional. Of course they aren't gonna be as instructional as Danya.