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> We spoke to eight YouTubers who said they were quitting, each with relatively small followings of less than 2,000 YouTube subscribers apiece. One of the peop
by Anon1096 6y ago
> We spoke to eight YouTubers who said they were quitting, each with relatively small followings of less than 2,000 YouTube subscribers apiece.
One of the people interviewed had "a few dozen" followers on YouTube. I get that the original reporting on advertising blacklists may have been newsworthy, but this article in particular seems to have only been written to push an agenda. Less than 10 people with a combined reach probably in the 4 digits leaving YouTube is not noteworthy.
- spoonjim 6y agoOne of the ways in which the “Fake News” term is earned is by taking inconsequential individuals like Youtubers with 30 followers or random Tweets and forming a “people are saying” narrative out of them.
- yarcob 6y agoThe first paragraph of the story explicitly mentions that this is about "small" youtubers. You could argue that the headline is clickbait, but if you actually read the article they don't try to hide the fact that these are not major youtubers. The article is more than just the headline. They did a lot of reporting, and it's an interesting article. Apparently Google changed their search tool to hide the fact that some terms are blocked. (I actually think that would be a better hook for the article, rather than report on small youtubers leaving the platform). Characterizing it as "fake news" because the headline is more general than it should be is really doing a disservice to public discourse. That would make almost all news "fake news", and I think we should reserve the term for articles that actually spreads lies, and not apply it to articles where the text doesn't quite live up to the headline. The term for that is clickbait.
- username90 6y agoHeadlines are news as well as most people don't read articles. Lies or misleading information in headlines is therefore also fake news. It doesn't matter that it is "technically correct", what matters is that they are intentionally spreading misinformation. I think it is ok to be harsh against everyone who intentionally spreads misinformation.
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- adamcstephens 6y agoIf you consider misleading headlines to be misinformation, then you must have very few sources you trust. By this definition the NY Times, the Washington Post and pretty much every “trusted” source of news provides misinformation.
- spoonjim 6y agoThe “accurate” version of this article is the absence of an article. Of course, that does not generate revenue, hence, this article.
- username90 6y agoThis is basically an onion article. Along similar veins: Headline: Scandal makes long term Dreamer give up Dream Sally who has dreamed of becoming a movie star for 10 years now stopped chasing the dream after the latest hollywood scandals. Sally: There is no way I would have stopped dreaming if not for theses scandals, the situation is really bad!
- archduck 5y agoIn addition, in printed news at least, the article writer rarely gets to write the headline.
- erhk 6y agoFor comparison, I posted a short tutorial for animation software asna class assignment on YouTube and I now have 15 subscribers and only a single video of note. It's probably very easy to get dozens of followers as a drag queen if you enlist your social circle
- erhk 6y agoFor comparison, I posted a short tutorial for animation software asna class assignment on YouTube and I now have 15 subscribers and only a single video of note. It's probably very easy to get dozens of followers as a drag queen if you enlist your social circle. Effectively "four people we found on the street had this to say"