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I'm sorry, but YouTube is a much less harmful platform than Twitter. YouTube can facilitate multi-hour long discussions and deep dives into issues with nuance.
by ralusek 5y ago
I'm sorry, but YouTube is a much less harmful platform than Twitter. YouTube can facilitate multi-hour long discussions and deep dives into issues with nuance. That doesn't mean that all content on there is nuanced, but the ability for it to exist automatically elevates the platform above Twitter...for which the whole problem is clearly a lack of nuance and depth.
- thenberlin 5y agoBut the issue isn’t “lack of nuance” at all. Do I like that “lack of nuance” myself? No, I look at Twitter maybe once a week, if that. But do cults start simply because there’s a “lack of nuance” in the communication channels they use? Also no. I think it’s important to note that nothing in your comment leads me to believe you’re not a diehard, Qanon-believing, Trump-loving, lizard-people-are-actually-a-thing kinda person…which is kinda my point. YouTube’s strengths are also a significant part of its weakness (and that’s why it has such a massive responsibility).
- ralusek 5y ago> nothing in your comment leads me to believe you’re not a diehard, Qanon-believing, Trump-loving, lizard-people-are-actually-a-thing kinda person…which is kinda my point. And my point is that you're upset that you can't assume everything you'd like to about me from a paragraph that I wrote. Twitter is tribal warfare.