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All social media has controversial content. In the advertising world "user generated content" is close to the bottom of the barrel anyway... yet, it's the main
by j0hnyl 4y ago
All social media has controversial content. In the advertising world "user generated content" is close to the bottom of the barrel anyway... yet, it's the main revenue driver for companies like Facebook.
- jjulius 4y agoNot saying it's right, but that's how it can work.
- tjs8rj 4y agoPeople pearl clutching over user generated content is just an observational reality. The “ad-pocalypse” on YouTube and it’s subsequent iterations saw tons of youtubers demonetized and “problematic content” throttled all because discussions of the “alt right pipeline” of YouTube. People started calling sponsors like Coke telling that that they must support this content if they advertise on YouTube etc, so YouTube crushed it. Likewise on all other social media. It’s another outgrowth of outrage/cancel culture