"YouTube" can mean at least two things: 1. A theoretical space for someone with good ideas and good intentions to share those with the world. 2. The actual ex

"YouTube" can mean at least two things: 1. A theoretical space for someone with good ideas and good intentions to share those with the world. 2. The actual experience that viewers will have on YouTube if they were to open it today. 1. and 2. would be almost diametrically opposed these days. If YouTube provided ways for viewers to honestly and fairly discover, rate, filter, and share videos and channels, then the people in case 2 would be able to reliably find the people in case 1. And if YouTube didn't force video makers to pervert their personality and format into algorithm-pleasing parodies, then people in case 1. could continue to produce the content they actually want to produce as long as they were able to. But it's not possible today.