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In my limited experience with friends and family, YT is more likely to lead them into extreme and unfounded conspiracies and then lock them into that engagement
by paulryanrogers 2y ago
In my limited experience with friends and family, YT is more likely to lead them into extreme and unfounded conspiracies and then lock them into that engagement bubble. They become lazy and magical thinkers, and worse people.
Exceptions like Khan Academy are still out there. But I think they're being drown out.
Meanwhile I settled into text based communities which challenged my beliefs. And that lead me out of religion and all the fallacies I was indoctrinated into. YMMV
- justinclift 2y agoYeah, that's a good point. YT/TikTok/etc algorithm's often don't seem to lead people towards a path of success and happiness in life. :(
- Capricorn2481 2y agoIt's a broad generalization. Text based communities are not immune to this, or even less susceptible to it. There are very popular Youtubes that make very well made and information dense videos.