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Using "we" was a bad choice by me. I was trying to say that this is not the natural end of a "slippery slope" of removing hateful/violent videos from YouTube.
by britch 7y ago
Using "we" was a bad choice by me.
I was trying to say that this is not the natural end of a "slippery slope" of removing hateful/violent videos from YouTube.
I don't think this was an inevitability of moderation. It is possible to have a "YouTube" that left educational material up. It was a choice by a powerful corporation acting in the interest of other powerful forces. If they had a real competitor they might be under pressure to leave useful videos like this up.
YouTube is definitely in the wrong, distributed alternatives are a good way of providing access to this important information.
- im3w1l 7y agoPeople have a natural tendency to project their opinions on their own side. I think part of it is rose-tinted glasses and part of it is people with divergent goals keeping quiet until the time is ripe.