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I'm not sure what people are expecting. YouTube is a site that has a wide, general audience that includes adults and children, of all backgrounds and nationali
by aryastark 13y ago
I'm not sure what people are expecting. YouTube is a site that has a wide, general audience that includes adults and children, of all backgrounds and nationalities. The popular videos are almost exclusively lowest common denominator pop crap or viral trends. I wouldn't expect anything resembling actual discussion on the latest Miley Cyrus video. You can't even get that from HN or reddit. People seem to forget the Usenet days, where a conversation could last weeks or even months. YouTube, HN, and reddit are all hit-and-run sites.
- TheCraiggers 13y agoDamn, you just made me incredibly nostalgic. Not only for Usenet, but for things like Fidonet. Not that Usenet didn't (and still does) have its problems, but I feel you're right about the quality of the discourse in some of my old favorites. However, I've personally always attributed that to the higher barrier of entry than the medium itself. See: "the September that never ended".