It appears that dem party (and its mouthpiece NyTimes) has become a complete opposite of itself. Their obviously want to limit free speech to their liking.
YouTube Unleashed a Conspiracy Theory Boom. Can It Be Contained?
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https://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/01/continuing-our-work-t... YouTube and Google have put out tons of comms lately indicating that it's at least something top of mind
The problem is that it's a direct result of their business model & environment. I would think they could fix it (or at least put a big dent in it) immediately if they ditched the recommendation engines, autoplay and other tricks to keep people watching. But they can't to do that, because of the choices they made 2-5 years ago.
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#13Is this really YouTube's fault? The President of the USA thinks China invented climate change as a hoax to reduce the economic output of the USA. Who can expect youth or anyone really to be okay in an age where the ruling parties are themselves the ones creating and pushing the wildest conspiracies?
and Youtube is a breeding and feeding ground for those conspiracies. More and more extreme content creates emotional reactions, clicks and binds attention therefore it is recommended frequently to optimise the only metric that matters for youtube: the time you spent on their platform - no matter what.
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#14Conspiracy theories are fiction which is protected speech, it's interesting how newspapers are thumbing their noses at the first amendment and smearing competitors who also enjoy it's protection as perhaps they sense an opportunity at regaining gatekeeper status. It also can be said that "conspiracy theories" are part of internet culture as no one really believes the earth is flat, it's just attention seeking behavio…
It is impossible to say what people do or don't believe, but I worked with a guy who would argue the earth was flat. His massive knowledge into the conspiracies and complete lack of knowledge about physics was a constant issue.
Oh, we worked on a project computing link budgets for geo stationary communication satellites. So the company made all of their money off of satellites, and he could completely disconnect from that.
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#15Our society is premised on the idea of free exchange of ideas. Some will freely choose to think/do/believe things we find insane (some cults/religions/jobs).
The premise of this article is that these videos are going to brainwash/hypnotize poor fools into believing crazy things.
Newspapers need to win not be being the only voice in the room, but by being the most relevant, clear, researched, reliable, unbiased voice in the room.
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#16Conspiracy theories are fiction which is protected speech, it's interesting how newspapers are thumbing their noses at the first amendment and smearing competitors who also enjoy it's protection as perhaps they sense an opportunity at regaining gatekeeper status. It also can be said that "conspiracy theories" are part of internet culture as no one really believes the earth is flat, it's just attention seeking behavio…
as no one really believes the earth is flat, it's just attention seeking behavior and trolling.
You're underestimating the stupidity of a vast portion of the population. There are plenty of people who believe not only that the earth is flat but many other conspiracy theories as well. Dismissing it as trolling is naive.
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#17>Mr. Dawson unspooled a series of far-fetched hypotheses. Among them: that iPhones secretly record their owners’ every utterance Yeah, but that's true.
Even if not true, very far from "far fetched".
Totally plausible, and in some cases (certain malicious apps etc, on Android or jailbroken iPhone) totally true.
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#18Is this really YouTube's fault? The President of the USA thinks China invented climate change as a hoax to reduce the economic output of the USA. Who can expect youth or anyone really to be okay in an age where the ruling parties are themselves the ones creating and pushing the wildest conspiracies?
>Is this really YouTube's fault? At some point aren't they responsible for hosting it? If I were hosting it, I'd feel somewhat responsible.
All the TV news networks then as well, right? Everyone who plays video of the Republicans spouting lies about the world, without directly commenting how wrong it is, would be equally guilty? More guilty?
This stuff starts with Authority. on Live TV. Not some rando youtube channels.
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#19Conspiracy theories are fiction which is protected speech, it's interesting how newspapers are thumbing their noses at the first amendment and smearing competitors who also enjoy it's protection as perhaps they sense an opportunity at regaining gatekeeper status. It also can be said that "conspiracy theories" are part of internet culture as no one really believes the earth is flat, it's just attention seeking behavio…
> it's interesting how newspapers are thumbing their noses at the first amendment and smearing competitors who also enjoy it's protection as they perhaps sense an opportunity at regaining gatekeeper status.
Isn't that the same stuff conspiracy theorists always say when someone points out their theory is BS?
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Because Jordan Peterson is the same as conspiracy theory?
Or it's the usual default of labelling as such anything one doesn't agree with?