The thing that most people, including this article get wrong is that this isn‘t really about social media. I mean yes they organized the protest over social media and yes they are upset about a proposal (that has since been withdrawn by the way). It‘s an aspect of it but they are upset about a range things including high unemployment rates among young adults which is why they continue to burn buildings. At this rate they‘re provoking a military coup.

I‘m not sure if I would call the turmoil in Nepal pro freedom or against corruption per se. From my understanding the government simply wanted to restrict access to social media for minors which quickly prompted the fake news machine on said social media platforms to kick into full gear. Anyone above 25 years is banned to participate in the uproar and the most powerful supporter of it is a Youtuber gone politician who advocates for greater Nepal politics, which would mean breaking international law and invade neighboring countries to settle there. You know, the shit Russia and Israel do.

Like trying to argue with a real nazi. Seriously why are seemingly normal people even on that garbage platform?

That‘s an interesting hypothesis. I‘ve also mentioned a shift in the algorithm that favors smaller channels a little more in another comment.

If we take into account that a lot more people also browse Youtube shorts now and older channels have been struggling with it then we have a good mix of things that drive potential viewers away from many channels.

It horrifies me as a German. They also get titles, descriptions and comments wrong all the time. It legitimately doesn’t work.

The overwhelming majority of Youtube visitors use the official app and even those who use a browser don’t have an adblock 88% of the time if my memory serves me right. So no, it’s not adblock.

I haven‘t watched this video either but Rossmann is an extremely pedantic guy who can be extremely biased when talking about things that rub him the wrong way personally. His take about sponsorblock was almost as baffling as Piratesoftware‘s take about SKG and that says something.

I‘ve noticed the algorithm drizzles a good portion of smaller creators on my front page in recent months and that part is growing. I am talking about videos with just a few thousand or few hundred views that make up roughly 10-15 percent of my recommendations or so.

I think Youtube is diversifying exposure so you don‘t see the same faces you‘ve seen the past 15 years as often and new channels get a chance to grow. I am guessing Youtube doesn‘t want to be too dependent on the same huge channels anymore either.

Of course that means huge creators are calling to the pitch forks and torches because they lose revenue but why should I care? Most of them are rich anyway and don‘t necessarily produce better videos than someone with their phone in their garage workshop or a bunch of college students in their dorms. If anything it feels more like the old Youtube again.

There is a lot wrong with Youtube but I couldn‘t care less about huge channels being forced to slim down or try harder.

Eventually they‘ll go full circle (literally) and come back to scrolls.

It‘s a known fact for some years that the Chinese government steals organs from minorities in camps and criminals. I think a lot of people simply chose to not believe it because it‘s hard to stomach such cruelty on this scale.

He was severely bullied and changed schools several times. People back then just didn‘t get he was playing a role in those videos. He was way ahead of his time.

The best US propaganda has always been the arts. Music, movies, literature and games. Replace it with AI and you get the type of slopaganda that doesn‘t really work. Especially since everyone can do it. The USA is just paving it‘s way further into irrelevancy.

Good read. Mass surveillance is a sure way into fascism. Not only because it’s critical infrastructure for a fascist dystopia but it conveniently destroys trust. Trust in the current government, trust in democracy and trust in each other. It divides and doesn’t bring any benefit.

It‘s terrible and sad. Even more so because AI still gets things wrong all the time.

Tinkering in this way with someone‘s work should be regarded as copyright infringement regardless of what their TOS say. It shouldn‘t be allowed and Youtube should pay up big time for this theft. But of course this is probably not how it‘s going to be handled because Google is mega rich and the law does not apply to AI somehow.

I hope the whole platform shuts down. Roblox is a shit stain on the online gaming industry and that‘s saying something. Everyone will be better off without it.

It’s right out of the autocracy handbook. The orange is intimidating and soon getting rid of his opposition one raid at a time. And every raid sends a clear message to his enemies and allies: “Do not oppose the Czar.”

When your mom briefly mentions hers and you realize your conversations have been recorded for god knows how long.

We’re far more than that. We are having a conversation, transmitting our thoughts through space and time. It’s like telepathy, really. Word salad machines could never pull that off.

For example, in China the film industry censors LGBT-related films. Filmmakers must resort to finding funds from international investors such as the “Ford Foundations” and or produce through an independent film company.

Good read. Fuck censorship. Fuck the CCP.