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Sweeping opinions you don't like under the rug doesn't make them go away I think we need to look at that carefully - especially, how much of youtube hate is we
by joe_the_user 6y ago
Sweeping opinions you don't like under the rug doesn't make them go away
I think we need to look at that carefully - especially, how much of youtube hate is well-considered, articulated positions and how much is people just "swept into the propaganda." That's a complicated question but think the medium of video tends to be worst form for well-considered opinions and the form most likely to just be a carrier of irrational-emotional/progandistic messages. It's real time stream of imagines/words quality makes it hard to consider the logic of an argument and easier to get swept up in the emotions of a claim as well as easier to think that, say, an image of a scientist gives legitimacy to a claim,etc. I think this quality was demonstrated back in the days of TV as mass medium.
- seppin 6y agoNo but feeding one opinion, slightly more radical than the last over and over very much does cause an increase in radical and extremist views. This isn't about removing hate, this is about making sure it's not promoted at scale.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoDid you read the policy? It has nothing to do with hate or extremism at all. What are you referring to?