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For what it’s worth, I think YouTube is generally much more net positive than Facebook (especially if you stay out of the comments).
by zilchers 9y ago
For what it’s worth, I think YouTube is generally much more net positive than Facebook (especially if you stay out of the comments).
- mhneu 9y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-politics-radical.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-po... >YouTube, the Great Radicalizer https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/james-damore-google-memo-youtube-white-men-radicalization https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/james-dam... >James Damore, Google, and the YouTube radicalization of angry white men >James Damore, Google, and the YouTube radicalization of angry white men https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/prager-university https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/prager-university >PragerU doesn’t disguise the fact that it is waging a war for young minds. Though the site’s videos are clinical, their cumulative function is to proselytize, and the language PragerU uses to describe its mission is religious.
- throwawayyx96 9y agoBuzzfeed accusing others of using methods akin to religious indoctrination, that's quite a howler.
- rm_-rf_slash 9y agoI agree. I can’t imagine a better platform for educational content. Crash Course and Khan Academy have been a godsend.