• Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      It’s probably better in the long run. Extremism is linked with violence (more from the right than the left, but) and YouTube is a global platform. It’s likely they will be trying to push more moderate content that gets the facts right over sensational opinion.

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          Ultimately, the timidity of the advertisers is going to drive youtube towards less controversial and less polarizing content.

          Witness the previous “adpocalypses” and the content policy responses.

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        They’d probably filter out any too harsh content too, so that we can live in our little cotton insulated world’s…

        I mean they’ll decide what is “bad”, and that’s probably bad in itself.

        • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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          If you’re relying solely on a platform like YouTube for your information, you’re not getting the full picture anyway.