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I just scrolled through my home feed for miles and they have disappeared. Indeed literally only seeing videos related to gaming, golf and gaming pcs. Nothing el

I just scrolled through my home feed for miles and they have disappeared. Indeed literally only seeing videos related to gaming, golf and gaming pcs. Nothing else AT ALL. But old videos like the below were in it a few days ago https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V14W8A73XW0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V14W8A73XW0 Oh and this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1vpLxGktPoA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1vpLxGktPoA

baddox 6y ago
That looks nearly identical in content to a vast number of extremely common human-interest segments in American media.
- easytiger 6y ago
  They (5 month old uploads) don't show up randomly in my almost entirely monotonous YouTube feed though.
  - asutekku 6y ago
    Your youtube feed is not as curated as you would think it is. Google adds trending videos there, whether they are old or new, depending on your viewing history. There’s absolutely no way to be 100% in control of the feed.
chvid 6y ago
SCMP is the largest English language newspaper in Asia and has been around for a long time. It is not Chinese propaganda in any meaningful sense. But I will give you the two videos look a bit cheesy but hey ... taste varies across the world.
- woutr_be 6y ago
  > It is not Chinese propaganda in any meaningful sense. Even throughout the protests, I've always found SCMP to be fairly neutral. But do keep in mind SCMP is owned by Alibaba.
DonaldFisk 6y ago
Those are from the South China Morning Post, which was founded in 1903 and is based in Hong Kong. It's worth reading to learn what's happening there. It is not Chinese state propaganda.
- MagnumOpus 6y ago
  South China Morning Post was taken over by Jack Ma, billionaire card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, five years ago. Since then it toes the line of the Beijing regime.
  - FooBarWidget 6y ago
    So toe the party line so much, that they're still publishing Beijing-critical articles, like this one: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-national-security-law-strikes-heart-hong-kongs-judicial https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-nat... Sounds to me like they're not doing a very good job at toeing the party line.
    - easytiger 6y ago
      Do you genuinely not understand how someone might buy an unsympathetic publication to leverage its user trust to your own advantage? It is not new, nor China specific. You have 5 other comments here asserting the same thing.
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  - propertymagnate 6y ago
    The parent seems to be correct, the wikipedia page mentions a jornalist being fired for "incorrectly" quoting Jack Ma in relation to the pro-democracy protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Editorial_stance_and_staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Edito...
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FooBarWidget 6y ago
Ridiculous. These videos are not even political in nature, they just show events that happen in normal Chinese society. So showing positive societal events is now "propaganda"? It's not okay to have a good opinion of everyday Chinese people? What happened to "we are against the CCP, not the Chinese people"?
- easytiger 6y ago
  As per my other comment to which you replied, it's perfectly possible to embrace allowing criticism to inspire trust in a source so as to best leverage it when you need it. Normal Chinese utopia here. Nothing to see. The point is they showed up on my tightly curated YouTube feed as 5 month old videos. And, again, you repeatedly post actual propaganda on your twitter feed, so I'm not sure you are as reasonable a commentator as you assert
  - FooBarWidget 6y ago
    Looks like you are convinced that anybody who doesn't agree with you on China-related topics, is automatically a CCP shill. Let's completely ignore my long online history too. This is not a reasonable stance. It would be as reasonable as me calling you a CIA agent because of your non-stop "anti-China propaganda" (which is actually just your opinion, misguided as I believe it is).

baddox 6y ago

That looks nearly identical in content to a vast number of extremely common human-interest segments in American media.

easytiger 6y ago
They (5 month old uploads) don't show up randomly in my almost entirely monotonous YouTube feed though.
- asutekku 6y ago
  Your youtube feed is not as curated as you would think it is. Google adds trending videos there, whether they are old or new, depending on your viewing history. There’s absolutely no way to be 100% in control of the feed.

chvid 6y ago

SCMP is the largest English language newspaper in Asia and has been around for a long time. It is not Chinese propaganda in any meaningful sense. But I will give you the two videos look a bit cheesy but hey ... taste varies across the world.

woutr_be 6y ago
> It is not Chinese propaganda in any meaningful sense. Even throughout the protests, I've always found SCMP to be fairly neutral. But do keep in mind SCMP is owned by Alibaba.

DonaldFisk 6y ago

Those are from the South China Morning Post, which was founded in 1903 and is based in Hong Kong. It's worth reading to learn what's happening there. It is not Chinese state propaganda.

MagnumOpus 6y ago
South China Morning Post was taken over by Jack Ma, billionaire card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, five years ago. Since then it toes the line of the Beijing regime.
- FooBarWidget 6y ago
  So toe the party line so much, that they're still publishing Beijing-critical articles, like this one: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-national-security-law-strikes-heart-hong-kongs-judicial https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-nat... Sounds to me like they're not doing a very good job at toeing the party line.
  - easytiger 6y ago
    Do you genuinely not understand how someone might buy an unsympathetic publication to leverage its user trust to your own advantage? It is not new, nor China specific. You have 5 other comments here asserting the same thing.
    - deleted 6y ago
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- propertymagnate 6y ago
  The parent seems to be correct, the wikipedia page mentions a jornalist being fired for "incorrectly" quoting Jack Ma in relation to the pro-democracy protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Editorial_stance_and_staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Edito...
- 6y ago

FooBarWidget 6y ago

Ridiculous. These videos are not even political in nature, they just show events that happen in normal Chinese society. So showing positive societal events is now "propaganda"? It's not okay to have a good opinion of everyday Chinese people? What happened to "we are against the CCP, not the Chinese people"?

easytiger 6y ago
As per my other comment to which you replied, it's perfectly possible to embrace allowing criticism to inspire trust in a source so as to best leverage it when you need it. Normal Chinese utopia here. Nothing to see. The point is they showed up on my tightly curated YouTube feed as 5 month old videos. And, again, you repeatedly post actual propaganda on your twitter feed, so I'm not sure you are as reasonable a commentator as you assert
- FooBarWidget 6y ago
  Looks like you are convinced that anybody who doesn't agree with you on China-related topics, is automatically a CCP shill. Let's completely ignore my long online history too. This is not a reasonable stance. It would be as reasonable as me calling you a CIA agent because of your non-stop "anti-China propaganda" (which is actually just your opinion, misguided as I believe it is).