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stoy , (edited ) to nostupidquestions in What does it look like for a YouTube creator when the audience uses something like NewPipe or Freetube?

EDIT!

I have compled the data from today! It is in a comment ot this comment!

EDIT!

I may be able to help…

While I am definately not a youtuber, I do have a few random videos on my channel, here is a test video from when I bought my Sigma 100-400mm telezoom lens for my Lumix S5.

Give it a few views with different frontends and I’ll check the stats later this evening…

Note however that no videos I have on my channel is monetized, which might skew the data, but it us the best I can offer:

youtu.be/cKHi_K_AQVs?si=5tkVIyng7yjECSm4

EDIT:

I will shortly head to work, but so far the most interesting stat I have seen today is this:

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/6348f854-abcf-4a3a-a72a-5c28e5a0c127.webp

Even with this limited stats you can clearly see that some of the external frontends are listed as “Other Youtube Features”

I’ll get back with more stats after work, or when I see that they have compiled, I will try and get all data I can, I may not be able to enterpret it, but I will do my best to post when I have.

diegantobass ,
@diegantobass@lemmy.world avatar

Invidious from France

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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orvorn ,

LibreTube from New York

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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cybersandwich ,

+1 regular YouTube app mobile

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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gaael ,

+1 Newpipe frome France

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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loaExMachina ,

+1 NewPipe from France

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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Zagorath ,
@Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

+1 Regular YouTube desktop from Australia, with the tracking part of the URL removed.

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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can ,

Vanced Canada

stoy ,

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antonim ,

one view with NewPipe

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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majortomm ,

+1 YouTube Premium view from the US

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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codapine ,

+1 Libretube, android 14, UK (VPN) originating in California

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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otter ,

How are views calculated? I think I remember that you need to watch X% of a video for it to register as a view, so some of the comments here may be off

stoy ,

I have unfortunately no idea, it would make sense to classify a view as watching a minimum of 50% of the video, but tjat is probably too easy…

Mothra OP ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Okay! +1 NewPipe, might add that I started the vid about an hour ago, got interrupted by a phone call and only now I finished it. The views jumped from 9 to 24 by the time I returned to watch.

I’m going to give it another view without interruption now, same NewPipe

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

lemmy.zip/comment/5078586

Mothra OP ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

And adding to my previous comment, +1 on NewPipe uninterrupted and +1 from Freetube. All Australia if that’s of any use

Edit: my first watch was feom clicking your link, the second was from NewPipe history, and the third was searching directly on Freetube, no link

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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illi , (edited )

Interesting… another user tested the views when I asked in Piped community about the same thing a while back and no views were added to his video.

Anyway, +1 view from LibreTube (Piped). Thanks for doing this!

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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em2 ,
@em2@lemmy.ml avatar

+1 YouTube Revanced, Android 13, USA

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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deafboy ,
@deafboy@lemmy.world avatar

+1 NewPipe

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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Chee_Koala ,

+1 yewtu.be

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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maiskanzler ,

+1 NewPipe Germany

stoy ,

I have posted a follow up!

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stoy ,

Right, I am back you numbercrunching crumbnunchers!

This is what I see when I go into Youtube Studio and look at the analytics tab:

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/d63b90e7-80b1-4c74-809f-61015df585d5.webp

Weirdly, the viewcount is completely different in the three highlighted areas, I don’t really know what that means, but perhaps someone else can explain it?

Anyway, on to the video specific analytics:

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/573bb66a-8884-407d-9954-79ce5287146e.webp

Again, differing viewcounts, so it is probably just something I am missing… Here we see that a majority of watches comes from “Other YouTube features” and “External”.

Let’s see if we can see something more on the next pages:

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/d68b39b7-67ce-4ffd-88f8-f97c5bc4e38b.webp

Here it only shows 19 views, I wonder if that is completed views… I clearly know way too little about YouTube to get a proper conslusion so far…

But let’s keep going!

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/405f761e-4ffe-49b4-9ddc-d0a2a8b65929.webp

Ok, more “Other YouTube features” stats, but clicking on that give no further data, “External” however…

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/8f7b9d11-160d-4720-a909-4fc60a18a926.webp

There we are my Lemmys! (Lemmings?)

From the links it looks like we can make a qualified guess about some of the mobile apps in use in this thread, interesting, but not that useful in this case…

The Geography tab either has not processed completely, or there is too little data to make a determination, it just shows a “Total” value, with no added data.

Same goes to the Cities tab, which makes sense…

There is not enough demographic data to graph the ages or genders of the viewers, makes sense…

The Date tab hold no interesting data.

None of all 19 viewers are subscribed to me, good, I only upload occasionally, some train videos, some minecraft/ut2004 videos, and other random crap…

On to device type!

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/1d2b6469-be6f-4794-98dc-b1347b1c5a43.webp

Most of the 19 viewers, watched on a mobile phone, but I have no data about what kind, I thought the frontends might pretend to be a mobile app for the yt API, but there is not enought data to determine that.

Youtube Product tab, does not hold the key, it hold no usefull unformation in this case.

The Playback location tells me that all 19 views was done on the Youtube watch page, probably meaning directly on Youtube.

Operating Systems!

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/2062d45e-1c8b-454b-9902-5414ea1ffc35.webp

The majority of viewers watched on Android, then iOS, then one on Windows, nothing more to see here.

Noone used subtitles, and I would have been quite confused is someone had, since the video doesn’t have them…

Video info language, shows no relevant data, neither does “Translation use”, Endscreen Element type, Card Type, Card, Sharing Service, Player Type, Remixes of this Video or “New and Returning viewers”

So from what I can see, the stats that I can access doesn’t include views from other frontends, though I probably don’t have access to all stats since I don’t monetize.

Rentlar ,

Very interesting to see! Thanks for compiling these.

stoy ,

You are very wellcome, it was an interesting question, and I am happy to help, even if I was unable to answer the big question.

thegiddystitcher ,
@thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee avatar

Weirdly, the viewcount is completely different in the three highlighted areas, I don’t really know what that means, but perhaps someone else can explain it?

I know it’s not really important but just in case anyone’s curious. The bottom right is showing the video’s all-time views (43). The top left is showing the video’s views over the last 48 hours (34). And the main graph in the middle of the screen is usually on a delay, so is probably not counting today’s views yet hence the (19).

Mothra OP ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Thanks for this follow up and for sharing! That was interesting

rockSlayer , to asklemmy in What is the skill/talent you have that you get praised for but you fiercely keep as an hobby/interest with no plans to expand on it?

I’ve been told that I’m a good leader. I refuse to get into corporate leadership and instead use those skills to organize unions

livus ,
@livus@kbin.social avatar

This = using your powers for good instead of evil.

Holyhandgrenade ,
@Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world avatar

That is what a true leader would do!

shrugal , to linux in What happens when Linus dies/retires?

His firstborn son will take over as Linus II, as is tradition.

duncesplayed ,

Hm, he and his wife are getting on in years. If they want a son, they should probably get on that right away.

fluxion ,

He has decided it shall pass on to his eldest daughter, and he has already fulfilled his kingly duties. Long may she reign.

Wes_Dev ,

The far future: A man sits at a table, staring at a floating hologram display. He watches as an indecipherable block of alphanumeric characters wiggles and splits into two segments. He nods slowly.

He takes a breath and closes his eyes, broadcasting a message to everyone on duty that day.

“Merge the request. Tell Linus#3418 that Wayland is now the default display manager.”

shrugal ,

For King and Kernel!

epicsninja , to showerthoughts in I used to go into the store to find a game. Now I go into the game to find a store.

I initially did not get this, because most of the games I play aren’t microtransaction riddled hell.

TeaHands ,
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

Ohhhh, now I get it!

Aceticon ,

Yeah, same here.

I’m playing Skyrim at the moment and my first thought was that that “thought” was about vendor stores in RPGs like that one.

twelvefloatinghands , to nostupidquestions in I Can't Drink Now Like I Used to a Few Years Ago (26M), is that Normal?
@twelvefloatinghands@lemmy.world avatar

Welcome to old.

elscallr ,
@elscallr@lemmy.world avatar

It happens quickly.

Kit , to asklemmy in Can your feet get ... smaller??

Your feet get smaller when you lose weight.

RedWizard ,
@RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Fat, in my feet? Ridiculous.

cheese_greater ,

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  • Kit ,

    Yeah, I dropped a shoe size when I lost 100 lbs. Fat is all over your body, even your feet and head. People drop hat sizes too.

    cheese_greater ,

    Isn’t like the last place to really fill in in that way or is it impossible to generalize?

    random_character_a ,
    @random_character_a@lemmy.world avatar

    If I remember correctly there are fat ratio measuring devices that use bottoms of your feet. Fat in your feet is supposed to be very predictable.

    cheese_greater ,

    Makes a hell of a wedding excuse

    hperrin ,

    What surprised me was my wrists. My watch was a lot looser when I dropped 40 pounds.

    PinkyCoyote OP ,
    @PinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Yeah I’ve assumed that was it but wanted to make sure.

    Kit ,

    No worries, great job on your weight loss!

    PinkyCoyote OP ,
    @PinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Thanks!

    boraca ,

    Also lost a ton of weight, went from 43 to 41 (EU size). (About 10 to 8 US).

    orca , to asklemmy in Is Lemmy also censored by the government? Or can I just openly discuss anything against the government here?
    @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

    Lemmy is a massive collection of separate servers and communities run by people. Therefore no government has a hold on it. I’m a guy that pays money out of his own pocket monthly to run a Lemmy server. If the government is controlling it, that’s news to me, and my comment history is pretty damn anti-government.

    The whole point of decentralization is to remove control from the corporations and governments, and put it back into the hands of the people.

    Vode_An ,

    That’s an awesome instance name btw

    orca ,
    @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

    Thanks! I think it’s among my favorite things I’ve done this year lol. I tried to get “destroying.yachts” but it was taken. Felt a little too obvious too; I like the added humor of “enjoying” instead.

    FollyDolly ,
    @FollyDolly@lemmy.world avatar
    orca ,
    @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

    I LOVE IT.

    MutilationWave ,
    orca ,
    @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

    This is my avatar on a couple sites ❤️

    CeruleanRuin ,

    Very nice, but the color scheme could use a rethink.

    blackn1ght ,

    I cannazi what the problem is?

    Vode_An ,

    Broke: Yacht destroyer

    Bespoke: Yacht “enjoyer”

    Valmond ,

    Has it anything to do with orcas overturning boats in the Mediterranean and teaching other orcas to do the same thing or am I old (I’m old) and out of touch?

    orca ,
    @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

    Yep! I’m old too. I thought of those stories, learned the “.yachts” TLD exists, and the rest is history. It was nice to see nature fighting back and winning.

    chrisn ,

    If the government also runs a server, does your seever send them a copy of every (public) post you make?

    orca ,
    @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

    Potentially, yeah, but they can also just go to the website themselves and read it since it’s public.

    _haha_oh_wow_ , to linux in Richard Stallman has cancer
    @_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Fuck cancer!

    MonkeRider ,

    Literally or metaphorically?

    pazukaza ,

    No humor in Lemmy, please.

    huginn , (edited ) to asklemmy in whats 'wrong' with seed oils???

    It’s mostly bullshit.

    Eat a balanced diet and stop stressing about specifics. Eat meat sparingly. Don’t drink at all and it’ll make a bigger difference in your life than seed oils. Drink in moderation if you can’t handle that. Have fruits and veggies daily, as fresh as you can get them. Walk a few miles a day.

    All the basic easy stuff is the most effective. There are no tricks, shortcuts or gotchas.

    sxan ,
    @sxan@midwest.social avatar

    Drinking is a big thing, in a lot of ways. If you need to not be sober, try edibles instead.

    Zippy ,

    Getting high to avoid sobriety daily is quite bad as well. Close to that of alcohol. Certainly worse if you are eating edibles fault compared to a beer once or twice a week.

    smooth_tea ,

    How is any of that based on something besides your personal preference? What does quite bad mean? And what is “close to alcohol?” How much alcohol? How high?

    I’ve also never met a person that drinks A beer. I’ve met lots that drink beers and call it a beer to minimize their habits though.

    No offense but your opinion sounds like an anti drug ad from the 90’s made by someone who’s yet to admit their drug of choice is even a drug.

    Zippy ,

    I smoke weed few times a month. Will have a beer about once, sometimes twice a week. I do pot to get a buzz typically where as a single beer is just nice on a hot day and won’t give me any feeling unless I drink a few in a row. I suspect you never met a person that drinks ‘a’ beer because the same reason you wouldn’t know if a person has a glass of wine at supper. Lots of people do it just for the taste and relaxation and refreshment. Not to get a buzz. There is evidence that is even good for you but I think it is a wash. The occasional one that is. You are likely right though if you know someone that needs ‘a’ single beer a day, they are likely drinking more than that. And I would agree, a full on alcohol addiction is harder on the body then a full on weed addiction.

    What I do see is alcoholics will not claim being so is somehow improving their life in an meaningful way. At least they are being truthful. I do know a fair amount of daily pot users, some basically wake and bake, and they are better at suggesting it is necessary to make their life better. I don’t buy that.

    Jax ,

    Yeah anecdotes are great but this is nothing but your opinion, ultimately.

    You can question frequent use of edibles all you want as far as addiction is concerned, but when you try to suggest that it’s as bad for you health-wise as alcohol? You are just wrong.

    Zippy ,

    From the guy that first provide an anecdote.

    Anyhow I can assure you that taking edibles daily is certainly worse than have a beer a week. For some they may need it for pain possibly and that is valid but the majority of daily users are using for the high. Or better put, can’t operate well without a daily hit.

    Jax ,

    You can’t even figure out who you’re talking to. It is quite literally right there in the username.

    Something tells me your opinion on the matter is worthless.

    Cyreld ,

    Your usage of majority here is pretty disingenuous, well frankly your entire point.

    To do exactly what you’re doing: The majority of drinkers who have a beer a week are alcoholics who can’t operate well without a daily drink.

    Not to mention to liken having a beer a week to daily edibles is insane. A more apt comparison would be a drink or two a day vs an edible a day. Or at the other end, an edible a week vs a beer a week.

    smooth_tea ,

    Anyhow I can assure you that taking edibles daily is certainly worse than have a beer a week.

    This is a crucial point, how can you? Overlooking the major discrepancy in frequency of use.

    The active ingredient in edibles is an analogue to something endogenous to the human body, alcohol is just a toxic substance.

    ShadowCatEXE ,
    @ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.world avatar

    Is there any difference between drinking 1-2 beers weekly, vs nothing at all?

    CCatMan ,

    Yes, nothing will be better, but you should enjoy what you like. Just don’t go crazy

    sxan ,
    @sxan@midwest.social avatar

    Moderation in all things is sage advice.

    otter , to asklemmy in Where are all of the reddit refugees these days?

    This is probably where most of them ended up, a few communities here are the official replacements too.

    The problem is that Reddit is MASSIVE compared to any of the alternatives. More people are moving over slowly, it just takes time. As for why you aren’t seeing much, maybe your feed is set to ‘local’?

    You can also subscribe to communities you like. Try looking for topics here: lemmyverse.net/communities

    kodafrmdaOC , to nostupidquestions in Do Multivitamins actually do anything?

    I have created a handy chart to follow

    Did your doctor recommend you take supplements?

    If yes

    Take those specific supplements

    If no

    You do not need to take supplements

    jeffw ,
    @jeffw@lemmy.world avatar

    To add to this, you really need a blood test to show what you need. Some docs will talk out their ass about dieting (this is rare, but it happens). Always get bloodwork to confirm.

    Also, some vitamins are water soluble, others need to be taken with food. Your doc should know though

    I’m a vegetarian and people assume I need B12, but my bloodwork shows I’m fine. I did need some D though, since apparently hiding inside for 3 years during a pandemic can impact your body… who would’ve guessed??

    pastermil ,

    I did need some D though, since apparently hiding inside for 3 years during a pandemic can impact your body… who would’ve guessed??

    jeffw ,
    @jeffw@lemmy.world avatar

    D3 you smartass

    I set myself up for that one though, huh?

    pastermil ,

    Yes you did 😏

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    which more than can be said about Giant Floppy there… he can’t get up.

    Very_Bad_Janet ,

    ¿Por qué no los dos?

    SkyeStarfall ,

    Heavily relatable ngl

    giantfloppycock ,

    I’m always happy to share some D with those in need.

    Son_of_dad ,

    I’m a vegetarian, have gained weight but not to the point that it would explain why I feel like ass all the time recently. I should get blood work, I was thinking I had low testosterone or something but it could be anything really

    ChairmanMeow ,
    @ChairmanMeow@programming.dev avatar

    Low iron is a common one iirc.

    kill_dash_nine ,

    This is why I take a multivitamin. I deal with low iron and it helps a bit. Gotta be careful thought if you do have an iron deficiency since many multivitamins don’t have iron. I could just take iron supplements but my doctor agreed that it was a good idea to just go with a multivitamin.

    GBU_28 ,

    Weight gain and low testosterone display similar symptoms but may not be related. (Fatigue and such) Check with a doc for sure.

    Hyperreality ,

    Vitamin D deficiency is incredibly common. I think it's something like 1/3 or 1/4 depending on the season or where you live.

    Of course, if you're a member of the red haired master race, your body produces it for you so it's less likely.

    Naja_Kaouthia ,
    @Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world avatar

    If you can’t make your own, store bought is fine.

    jballs ,
    @jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Vitamin D deficiency was also shown to be a co-morbidity with COVID. So to answer the question “do multivitamins do anything?” I’d say they could potentially have saved your life and you might not have noticed.

    Before COVID, my wife nagged me into establishing a primary care physician since I hadn’t gone in a while. So I did, they did a blood test, and showed that I was vitamin D deficient. I took some prescription vitamin D for like a week then my doctor told me to start taking a multivitamin. When they later announced it being a co-morbidity, I felt like I dodged a bullet.

    SocialMediaRefugee ,

    A woman at work gave us all big bottles of vit D during the pandemic. I think it should last me until 2045.

    oldGregg ,

    And if I don’t own a doctor?

    RobMyBot ,

    Best guide I’ve seen. saved!

    ExLisper , (edited ) to asklemmy in What are some small, pocketable/keychainable items that are worth carrying everywhere you go?
    • keys: very handy for when you need to unlock the door to your apartment. If you add car keys you can also drive somewhere which is very helpful. I use mine pretty much every day
    • cellphone: it’s like a multitool with a camera, flashlight and a phone. If it’s a smartphone you can all use it to access internet. Saved my life many times when I was bored and had to look at some videos online or check the news
    • wallet: great for carrying cash, ID and credit cards. It’s good to have your ID with you when people ask for your name but you live in a foreign country where no one speaks Polish. You can use cash or credit cards to buy other stuff you need like a bottle opener
    LucasWaffyWaf OP ,

    Not quite the spirit of what I was asking for, but upvoting anyway cause it reads like item descriptions you would have seen on r/outside lol.

    eezeebee ,
    @eezeebee@lemmy.ca avatar
    zeekaran ,

    Multi tool wallet or include a multi tool credit card in the wallet. I have a wallet that is two pieces of metal with a rubber strap holding it together, with 2-3 cards in between. The wallet has a frequently used bottle opener and a pointy bit meant for screws that I use to cut tape.

    PopcornPrincess ,

    Keys for opening doors, driving etc. Also for defense…My brother got jumped by a group of teens in college. They came up behind, shoved him down. To defend himself, he pulled out his keys and slashed one in the face. They didn’t expect him to do that and took off running. They only got a cheap phone from the ordeal and not his backpack which had expensive books and a laptop in it. I always have my keys on me now.

    Atramentous , to asklemmy in How many of you are using ChatGpt to help you with your work, and not telling your boss/co-workers?

    High school history teacher here. It’s changed how I do assessments. I’ve used it to rewrite all of the multiple choice/short answer assessments that I do. Being able to quickly create different versions of an assessment has helped me limit instances of cheating, but also to quickly create modified versions for students who require that (due to IEPs or whatever).

    The cool thing that I’ve been using it for is to create different types of assessments that I simply didn’t have the time or resources to create myself. For instance, I’ll have it generate a writing passage making a historical argument, but I’ll have AI make the argument inaccurate or incorrectly use evidence, etc. The students have to refute, support, or modify the passage.

    Due to the risk of inaccuracies and hallucination I always 100% verify any AI generated piece that I use in class. But it’s been a game changer for me in education.

    Atramentous ,

    I should also add that I fully inform students and administrators that I’m using AI. Whenever I use an assessment that is created with AI I indicate with a little “Created with ChatGPT” tag. As a history teacher I’m a big believer in citing sources :)

    limeaide ,

    How has this been received?

    I imagine that pretty soon using ChatGPT is going to be looked down upon like using Wikipedia as a source

    vagrantprodigy ,

    Is it not already? I’ve found it to be far less reliable than Wikipedia.

    Atramentous ,

    This is why I read through everything I use to make sure it’s accurate.

    limeaide ,

    Well the people that use it know that, but for the average person, chatgpt still has a high reputation

    Atramentous ,

    I would never accept a student’s use of Wikipedia as a source. However, it’s a great place to go initially to get to grips with a topic quickly. Then you can start to dig into different primary and secondary sources.

    Chat GPT is the same. I would never use the content it makes without verifying that content first.

    phillaholic ,

    Is it fair to give different students different wordings of the same questions? If one wording is more confusing than another could it impact their grade?

    GhostlyPixel ,
    @GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world avatar

    I had professors do different wordings for questions throughout college, I never encountered a professor or TA that wouldn’t clarify if asked, and, generally, the amount of confusing questions evened out across all of the versions, especially over a semester. They usually aren’t doing it to trick students, they just want to make it harder for one student to look at someone else’s test.

    There is a risk of it negatively impacting students, but encouraging students to ask for clarification helps a ton.

    phillaholic ,

    My professors would randomize the order of the questions instead.

    Corkyskog ,

    I have had professors that essentially create chiral A & B versions and also randomize the order. Never underestimate the amount of effort a lazy student will go through to cheat.

    Atramentous ,

    I use ChatGPT to create banks of questions that are aligned to the essential topics that I need students to learn. Then I randomly assign the same number of questions to each student from each essential topic. I give the students the list of topics to focus their studying on.

    I also have other “categories” that form their final grade, things like participation and homework assignments. So any marginal unfairness that might result from randomized test questions is more that made up for over the course of everything I grade them on.

    Taiatari ,

    Sure it could but the same issue is present with one question. Some students will get the wording or find it easy others may not. Having a test in groups to limit cheating is very common and never led to any problems as far as my anecdotal evidence goes.

    phillaholic ,

    You’re increasingly the odds by changing the wording. I don’t see why it’s necessary. Just randomize the order of the questions would suffice.

    pinkdrunkenelephants ,

    You skeevy fuck, I love it

    UlyssesT ,

    I wish I had that much opportunity to write (or fabricate) my own teaching material. I’m in a standardized testing hellscape where almost every month there’s yet another standardized test or preparation for one. debord-tired

    Atramentous ,

    It’s one of the fascinating paradoxes of education that the more you teach to standardized tests, the worse test results tend to be. Improved test scores are a byproduct of strong teaching - they shouldn’t be the only focus.

    Teaching is every bit as much an art as it is a science and straight-jacketing teachers with canned curricula only results in worse test scores and a deteriorated school experience for students. I don’t understand how there are admins out there that still operate like this. The failures of No Child Left Behind mean we’ve known this for at least a decade.

    UlyssesT ,

    yea

    jossbo ,
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    I’m a special education teacher and today I was tasked with writing a baseline assessment for the use of an iPad. Was expecting it to take all day. I tried starting with ChatGPT and it spat out a pretty good one. I added to it and edited it to make it more appropriate for our students, and put it in our standard format, and now I’m done, about an hour after I started.

    I did lose 10 minutes to walking round the deserted college (most teachers are gone for the holidays) trying to find someone to share my joy with.

    C_Spinoff , to nostupidquestions in Can flies recognize that I'm holding a flyswatter?

    To me it seems absolutely like it, yes. For whatever reason, Flies are sophisticated nuisance animals, they got all the perks to be effective in that endeavour. If you signal them it's their life or death, it's even more interesting, prime directive is to dance on your nose by then.

    Fortunately, they got a few "bugs in their code" which makes them a bit more controllable, I know of a few very interesting ones:

    • Fear of moving fabric:
      Be it a sock or a T-Shirt, once it starts to whirl through the air somewhere near them, they panic. Try and compare, take a solid object (even a fly swatter) or your hand and just whoosh it close by. Often they are back within the blink of an eye, even more annoying now. Try the same with something out of fabric, they will keep 10 times the distance afterwards.
      Possible explanation: Their fly brain interpretes it similar to bird wings, a threat even they take serious.
    • Sleep mode in dim light:
      While flies seek out a place to sleep in the light of a single tea candle, you can still see them. Incredibly useful to get rid of flies in small spaces like a caravan or a tent. Possible explanation: They just lack vision, so their only option is to chill at the closest surface.
    • Fear of crawling into openings:
      If a fly wakes you up way before your time, build a little cave in front of your face (Think of the entrance to an Igloo). They won't crawl in for the life of them.
      Possible explanation: The ones crawling into the mouth of something often didn't live to pass on their genes.
    • Water bottle reflection:
      How to: Fill a clear bottle with water, close the lid and put it up where they have to see it. I have to admit, I long thought of this as being silly and esoteric Mumbo Jumbo, yet after several attempts at it when Flies became unbearably annoying outside, there are clear differences in their behaviour once you put these up. They will still annoy you from angles where they have no line of view to the bottle, so prepare to set up a few.
      Possible explanation: Reflections messing with their vision, esoteric Mumbo Jumbo.

    I'd be happy to read some more if you came across something that messes with them, I hate to simply kill or poison them (Don't want fly innards in my living space or poison my surroundings) but to be annoying in revenge is fair game, especially when you get rid of them that way. Btw: how do the salt gun folks deal with the salt being literally everywhere after a shooting spree?

    yesdogishere ,

    the buggers didn't survive 300 million years of evolution for no reason. They even plagued the T Rexes.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Which makes me want to know whose houses the houseflies lived in back then.

    Vodik_VDK ,

    You can use your flashlight to find and blind them so they’re easier to hit.

    wazoobonkerbrain ,

    You have given a lot of thought to the behavior of flies.

    Kikkertje ,

    It made for fascinating reading

    justlookingfordragon ,
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    Sleep mode in dim light: While flies seek out a place to sleep in the light of a single tea candle, you can still see them. Incredibly useful to get rid of flies in small spaces like a caravan or a tent. Possible explanation: They just lack vision, so their only option is to chill at the closest surface.

    Seems to work on mosquitos as well BTW. Whenever one of those bastards made its way indoors, I turn off the lights, point a flashlight at the brightest wall in the room and wait. In most cases the mosquito will land somewhere on the bright part of the wall eventually (might take a few minutes tho) and can be swatted.

    I totally need to try out that water bottle trick tho. That sounds like a neat, poison-free alternative to hunting the buggers down yourself.

    Techranger ,

    I kill them with a spray bottle filled with 70% isopropyl alcohol. The mist is difficult to avoid, and once they’re knocked down, I drown them with a few more blasts. I think the surface tension of the alcohol is able to permeate the tiny holes (spiracles) that would normally keep water out of their respiratory system. No guts, just wipe away the fly’s body and any excess alcohol. Anything you miss will simply evaporate. Bonus: 70% isopropyl alcohol is a disinfectant, so you’ve already helped clean any disease the fly may have been carrying.

    creed10 ,

    I spray them with windex, so I can just pick them up with a paper towel or something

    I_Fart_Glitter ,

    I keep a big ass butterfly net around the house for flies. Sometimes they are tricky and good at avoiding the net, but I get them eventually and let them go outside. The trick is getting back inside without them following me. The best way is to gently make a fist around them at the tip of the net and push your fist out the cat door and then pull the net backwards until they are released. This only works if you have a cat door.

    tchotchony ,

    They also seem to lack vision straight above them if they’re sitting on a light surface. So if they land on your computerscreen or window when it gets darker, you can flick them and they won’t see you coming. This will only stun the things for a second, so be quick to actually kill them/pick them up and dispose of them.

    Darkard , to showerthoughts in 100 upvotes on Reddit is 1 upvote on Lemmy
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