Here[1] is the video. At the time of me writing this comment, the ratio is 53 likes to 15,486 dislikes. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcvPf78g1k
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Gets 'Freedom Expression' Award Sponsored by YouTube
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#32Reminds me of when the president of a warring nation once won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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#33This reads like an headline from "The Onion".
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#34Re: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Gets 'Freedom Expression' Award Sponsored by YouTube
#35Let this be a lesson to all: intelligence does not in any way correlate with self awareness. It's likely that 'smart' people are just as likely to be unaware of their own follies or inabilities, I would argue, maybe more so as a lot of smart people tend to be 'inwardly focused' and less concerned about their direct environment. This kind of thing happens all the time among Exec. level, but normally we'd expect it fro…
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#36it almost reads like an oil company sponsoring an environmental ngo working on wildlife preservation.
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#37Seems incredible naive and maybe oblivious to the actions that are being taken by YouTube (correctly or not)..
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#38Here[1] is the video. At the time of me writing this comment, the ratio is 53 likes to 15,486 dislikes. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcvPf78g1k
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#39Here[1] is the video. At the time of me writing this comment, the ratio is 53 likes to 15,486 dislikes. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcvPf78g1k
I think this reflects the fact that no one is particularly happy with Youtube. Between the bans, increasingly aggressive (and abusable) copyright strikes, and constantly shifting rules around content and monetization most Youtubers I watch express unhappiness about some aspect of Youtube on a regular basis. Many have started seeking alternative revenue streams to mitigate platform risk.
When people ask, "Why hasn't someone disrupted YouTube?" I think the more boring answer that keeps getting overlooked is that it still meets the expectations of enough users, and the dissatisfied constitute a small percentage.
> Many have started seeking alternative revenue streams to mitigate platform risk.
What's wild about this is that the content creators doing this still use YouTube! Even after fully acknowledging the problems, and actively mitigating those negative consequences, they still return to the platform.
I just don't see how that'd happen if it were actually a "bad" service.
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#40Bigger discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26880262 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26875971
I'm not sure how the HN ranking algorithm works, but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26880262 seems to have been removed from the front page despite receiving 350+ upvotes within an hour of posting.