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Mainstream media is dying fast and YouTube is replacing it #ftw You can watch what you want, when you want, search and recommendations are powerful. Individua

Mainstream media is dying fast and YouTube is replacing it #ftw You can watch what you want, when you want, search and recommendations are powerful. Individual content creators are on fire, unfiltered and quality content. Can't remember when we watched MSM in the last 10 years, like other said it's garbage and just propaganda.

kiba 3y ago
Search are rapidly trash, while recommendation required some effort on my part to cultivate or otherwise trash might sneak in. It's certainly the golden age of youtube, with high quality creators, I learned a lot of interesting stuff that I probably otherwise wouldn't, though it's hard to know because I would have read about these things in magazines. But there are some issues in the space. For example, my attempt to report low quality autogenerated nonsense from a bot has so far been unsuccessful because of a combination of being too small to notice and successful evasion tactics. Creators need sponsors, some of which are questionable, to pay the bills and youtube continues to be an unstable income stream. Moderation is absolutely necessary to maintain information quality, but youtube moderation is not very transparent and they are unaccountable if creators are wrongfully banned. It's also why my attempt to report a bot go nowhere.
- namegulf 3y ago
  Agreed, it's easy to report copyright (even if it is fake to take someone channel down) and its taken down immediately and they don't have a way to even appeal and get back. While it's tough to report genuine cases like you mentioned.
phantomathkg 3y ago
> Mainstream media is dying fast and YouTube is replacing it #ftw Traditional linear media is surely being push out, but YouTube is also being "replaced" by short form media. > You can watch what you want, when you want, search and recommendations are powerful. On demand part is surely powerful, but are you sure on the recommendation? Did you remember a few years ago people are talking about horrible youtube recommendation? > Individual content creators are on fire, unfiltered and quality content. Can't remember when we watched MSM in the last 10 years, like other said it's garbage and just propaganda. I don't know how what channel or geo region you are in. There are quality content, but at the same time there are thousands, if not million of rubbish on YouTube, propaganda[0][1], spammy content farm[1]. [0]: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-ai-propaganda-12212023142908.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-ai-propaganda-1... [1]: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Guerrilla-influencers-are-pushing-Chinese-propaganda-on-YouTube https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Guerrilla-influencers-are-pu... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate
- namegulf 3y ago
  True, however the point is you are in control and have a choice of what to watch and what not!

kiba 3y ago

Search are rapidly trash, while recommendation required some effort on my part to cultivate or otherwise trash might sneak in. It's certainly the golden age of youtube, with high quality creators, I learned a lot of interesting stuff that I probably otherwise wouldn't, though it's hard to know because I would have read about these things in magazines. But there are some issues in the space. For example, my attempt to report low quality autogenerated nonsense from a bot has so far been unsuccessful because of a combination of being too small to notice and successful evasion tactics. Creators need sponsors, some of which are questionable, to pay the bills and youtube continues to be an unstable income stream. Moderation is absolutely necessary to maintain information quality, but youtube moderation is not very transparent and they are unaccountable if creators are wrongfully banned. It's also why my attempt to report a bot go nowhere.

namegulf 3y ago
Agreed, it's easy to report copyright (even if it is fake to take someone channel down) and its taken down immediately and they don't have a way to even appeal and get back. While it's tough to report genuine cases like you mentioned.

phantomathkg 3y ago

> Mainstream media is dying fast and YouTube is replacing it #ftw Traditional linear media is surely being push out, but YouTube is also being "replaced" by short form media. > You can watch what you want, when you want, search and recommendations are powerful. On demand part is surely powerful, but are you sure on the recommendation? Did you remember a few years ago people are talking about horrible youtube recommendation? > Individual content creators are on fire, unfiltered and quality content. Can't remember when we watched MSM in the last 10 years, like other said it's garbage and just propaganda. I don't know how what channel or geo region you are in. There are quality content, but at the same time there are thousands, if not million of rubbish on YouTube, propaganda[0][1], spammy content farm[1]. [0]: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-ai-propaganda-12212023142908.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-ai-propaganda-1... [1]: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Guerrilla-influencers-are-pushing-Chinese-propaganda-on-YouTube https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Guerrilla-influencers-are-pu... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate

namegulf 3y ago
True, however the point is you are in control and have a choice of what to watch and what not!