Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Tube Sites:
1. Typically have a TON of content.
2. Are what people are ACTIVELY searching for.
3. Are often, if not hourly, UPDATED which also factors into the algo.

Whether you love them, or hate them, it really comes down to the SE doing it's job. It is rewarding those sites that surfers want, and seek out that are content rich. Which sadly (for those who do not own them) is tube sites and social networks.

Adapt, or don the paper hat.