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i made it a rule to mark "not interested" any video "the dodo" puts out there. among many others. something just doesn't seem right with them as a whole. and y

i made it a rule to mark "not interested" any video "the dodo" puts out there. among many others. something just doesn't seem right with them as a whole. and yet youtube keeps recommending and encouraging these kind of channels.

colanderman 5y ago
The Dodo is one of the few that feels legitimate to me. Most of their videos are just of animals that live with rehabilitators. I don't think I've seen any videos from them of animals in dangerous situations being "rescued". (If anyone knows anything to the contrary please share though.)
- h4l0 5y ago
  I agree with you. Most of their stories usually span a year or two, meaning that they cannot be fabricated. The Dodo is way more legitimate than anything discussed in the article.
- blondin 5y ago
  legitimacy is not the issue. being legit doesn't make their videos right. "the dodo" has a video of an abused dog out there (that i am not going to link to) that has made countless of views since it came out and is still making views. replace dog with child and that video would have gotten taken down.
  - rewq4321 5y ago
    You're arguing that abuse should be hidden? For many people (including myself), they first found out about terrible happenings in the world via YouTube videos, and besides this education being important for better understanding the world, it actually motivates them to do something about it. That said, if there is a possibility that the footage has been produced by intentionally harming an animal then it should obviously be taken down - and that's what the linked article is about.
    - ceejayoz 5y ago
      I’d argue that the success of The Dodo helps drive the success of the nastier copycats as people seek out or are recommended their content too.
- somedude895 5y ago
  Not animals being attacked by other animals as described in the article, but there are loads of the sort of voyeuristic rescue videos on The Dodo: https://youtu.be/LhBqq8kfjVc https://youtu.be/LhBqq8kfjVc https://youtu.be/2KqrLDj9K_Q https://youtu.be/2KqrLDj9K_Q https://youtu.be/7ioXKtON5Ws https://youtu.be/7ioXKtON5Ws https://youtu.be/NzOIafUhatU https://youtu.be/NzOIafUhatU https://youtu.be/SRm3bpYO-fk https://youtu.be/SRm3bpYO-fk https://youtu.be/NVe6fC4Af-w https://youtu.be/NVe6fC4Af-w https://youtu.be/rr1x_XgA354 https://youtu.be/rr1x_XgA354
65 5y ago
Seems to me like YouTube doesn't really care if you press "not interested" next to a video. I keep explicitly telling Youtube that no, I am not interested in watching Shark Tank videos. And yet... they keep recommending them to me. The videos probably have very high engagement so it basically doesn't matter if I want to watch them or not, Youtube is going to keep pestering me until I click. I never click, but it's still annoying.

colanderman 5y ago

The Dodo is one of the few that feels legitimate to me. Most of their videos are just of animals that live with rehabilitators. I don't think I've seen any videos from them of animals in dangerous situations being "rescued". (If anyone knows anything to the contrary please share though.)

h4l0 5y ago
I agree with you. Most of their stories usually span a year or two, meaning that they cannot be fabricated. The Dodo is way more legitimate than anything discussed in the article.
blondin 5y ago
legitimacy is not the issue. being legit doesn't make their videos right. "the dodo" has a video of an abused dog out there (that i am not going to link to) that has made countless of views since it came out and is still making views. replace dog with child and that video would have gotten taken down.
- rewq4321 5y ago
  You're arguing that abuse should be hidden? For many people (including myself), they first found out about terrible happenings in the world via YouTube videos, and besides this education being important for better understanding the world, it actually motivates them to do something about it. That said, if there is a possibility that the footage has been produced by intentionally harming an animal then it should obviously be taken down - and that's what the linked article is about.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    I’d argue that the success of The Dodo helps drive the success of the nastier copycats as people seek out or are recommended their content too.
somedude895 5y ago
Not animals being attacked by other animals as described in the article, but there are loads of the sort of voyeuristic rescue videos on The Dodo: https://youtu.be/LhBqq8kfjVc https://youtu.be/LhBqq8kfjVc https://youtu.be/2KqrLDj9K_Q https://youtu.be/2KqrLDj9K_Q https://youtu.be/7ioXKtON5Ws https://youtu.be/7ioXKtON5Ws https://youtu.be/NzOIafUhatU https://youtu.be/NzOIafUhatU https://youtu.be/SRm3bpYO-fk https://youtu.be/SRm3bpYO-fk https://youtu.be/NVe6fC4Af-w https://youtu.be/NVe6fC4Af-w https://youtu.be/rr1x_XgA354 https://youtu.be/rr1x_XgA354

65 5y ago

Seems to me like YouTube doesn't really care if you press "not interested" next to a video. I keep explicitly telling Youtube that no, I am not interested in watching Shark Tank videos. And yet... they keep recommending them to me. The videos probably have very high engagement so it basically doesn't matter if I want to watch them or not, Youtube is going to keep pestering me until I click. I never click, but it's still annoying.