Sponsorblock: For Wadsworth, for what it’s worth.
Porn is the same, the first third is learning her name and getting her clothes off.
I never noticed before, but almost all the channels I follow break the Wadsworth constant. They jump straight into content and leave any ad/patreon reads to the end. I wonder if I subconsciously did that or if its a happy coincidence.
No way… I remember seeing this comment ~10 years ago. I’ve been trying to search for it occasionally through past 5 years. I didn’t remember the guy’s nickname, only the concept and that it’s Youtube’s ‘constant/rule’. Couldn’t find even a mention anywhere. I legit thought I made it up or it’s the Mandela effect.
Thank you! I can now live in piece.
Glad I wasn’t the only one in this boat
You can also apply it when watching a YouTube video by appending “&wadsworth=1” to the url.
You can also apply it when watching a YouTube video by appending “&wadsworth=1” to the url.
I just confirmed that this no longer works :(
I remember when it did. Here is the 2011 reddit post from the youtube employee who implemented it
Yeah, it was before YouTube got really Googled up.
Damn. The Internet was so much cooler 12 years ago.
Reddit was such a different website back then, it’s crazy to look back on compared to what it is now.
I don’t know if this is common knowledge, but if you hit 3 on your keyboard after starting a youtube video, it takes you straight to one third of the video played. So the Wadsworth Constant is already integrated into Youtube and has been for years.
I keep running into this by accident, especially when I’m trying to change tabs with Ctrl + number and jump off the Ctrl too fast.
lol. I’m the one who coined the term after Wadsworth came up with the concept!
And then you applied the concept to your username before registering here? Thats dedication.
Maybe thankfully, most of the stuff I actually care to watch doesn’t suffer too much from that. Other than sponsors somewhere around the 2-5 minute mark, it’s mostly tuning in and watching without interruption.
When I do have to look into stuff I don’t actually follow, like DIY stuff, yeah, it can be the first 30 seconds, sometimes the first 3 fucking minutes, that are completely disposable filler
