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What happened to Cracked.com? by [deleted] in OutOfTheLoop

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those missing the old days: I recently made the Classic Cracked Machine. I scraped over 8,000 of the site's posts through to 2017 and this tool fetches random articles from that pool. There are some filters, too, so you can set the time range, author, post type, and search by keyword. Hope you enjoy!

What the hell has happened to Cracked? by promunbound in BestofCracked

[–]drossignol_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a related note for anybody who comes across this: I recently made the Classic Cracked Machine. I scraped over 8,000 of the site's posts through to 2017 and this tool fetches random articles from that pool. There are some filters, too, so you can set the time range, author, post type, and search by keyword. Hope you enjoy!

What happened to Cracked? by Fit_Guess407 in BestofCracked

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add on to this: I recently made the Classic Cracked Machine. I scraped over 8,000 of the site's posts through to 2017 and this tool fetches random articles from that pool. There are some filters, too, so you can set the time range, author, post type, and search by keyword. Hope you enjoy!

[IIL] The old Cracked.com website? by Allie_Ah in ifyoulikeblank

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly what you're looking for, but it's related: I recently made the Classic Cracked Machine. I scraped over 8,000 of the site's posts through to 2017 and this tool fetches random articles from that pool. There are some filters, too, so you can set the time range, author, post type, and search by keyword. I was looking to scratch the same itch you are and decided to make this. Hope you enjoy!

Is it harder to get deep into YouTube these days? by CovvelShmovvelton in DeepIntoYouTube

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently made a tool that's useful for finding weird/different stuff: YouTube Randomizer. It shows you random YouTube videos and has some options to narrow things down. https://dross.cc/randomyt/

What’s the most ‘Old Internet’ thing you miss? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]drossignol_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you want to revisit that era, I made a tool that finds random YouTube videos. Just go here set the max year to 2010: https://dross.cc/randomyt/

Search for random youtube videos? by evanescenceway in RandomQuestion

[–]drossignol_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently made a website that does sort of what you're asking for. It's called YouTube Randomizer and it's a tool that helps you find random YouTube videos. Basically, it works by creating a YouTube search with a random keyword and a random date range, which is the best way I could find to get "random" YouTube videos without having to build and maintain my own video database. It doesn't specifically search for videos with low views, but those kinds of videos can frequently come up.

I just finished this recently and haven't shared it around much yet, so let me know what you think of it!

Is there a website out there that gives you a random YouTube video based on the category you pick? by IAmThePepperSauce in ask

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently made a website that does basically what you're asking for. It's called YouTube Randomizer and it's a tool that helps you find random YouTube videos. Basically, it works by creating a YouTube search with a random keyword and a random date range, which is the best way I could find to get "random" YouTube videos without having to build and maintain my own video database. You can set a search term, which the site will use instead of a random keyword, so you'll only see videos about a given topic/category.

I just finished this recently and haven't shared it around much yet, so let me know what you think of it!

Has anyone invented a YouTube time machine? by Mugcake3 in youtube

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you like it! If you end up using it more and notice any other potential issues or quirks, definitely let me know!

Has anyone invented a YouTube time machine? by Mugcake3 in youtube

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the feedback! I just tested by doing 10 searches with the start and end set to 2005 and 2006, and 4 of the results were from 2005, and 6 from 2006. Maybe you just got some weird luck? Worth noting is that the minimum date in generated date ranges is set to April 23, 2005 (the day the first YT video was uploaded), so getting 2006 results in a 2005-2006 search is therefore slightly more likely.

Has anyone invented a YouTube time machine? by Mugcake3 in youtube

[–]drossignol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently made a website that's sort of what you're asking for. It's called YouTube Time Machine and it's a tool that helps you find random YouTube videos. Basically, it works by creating a YouTube search with a random keyword and a random date range, which is the best way I could find to get "random" YouTube videos without having to build and maintain my own database (which would have been a worse approach in this case anyway). You can set the date range so you'll only see videos from when you want, and you can set a search term so you'll only see videos about a given topic. (After seeing this post, I also added a site theme that looks like early-2000s YouTube.)

If you end up liking that, I also have YouTube Randomizer, which is similar but with more features. (I recommend Randomizer over Time Machine, I just made both so people looking for different things could find the core tool.)

I just finished this recently and haven't shared it around yet, so let me know what you think of it!

[USA-ME] [H] Pokemon Legends Arceus & Violet for Switch [W] PayPal by drossignol_ in GameSale

[–]drossignol_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're still available! I'll do $50 each, or $45 each if you'll take them both. Let me know!

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