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Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by christophilus »

corobo wrote: post #48
fragileone wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a peer-to-peer video client, with part of it's data being directly shared (similarly to torrents) and part via a blockchain. This makes it highly resistant to censorship and thus is where many people are moving their channels to.

> This makes it highly resistant to censorship We should probably stop using this phrase as a feature Instant thought was "ok so other than this channel it's all racism"

> ok so other than this channel it's all racism

It's sad that that was your instant thought. My experience so far with Odysee has been pretty good. It's no YouTube, but for the channels I follow, it's good enough. I hope it continues to to build momentum.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by devwastaken »

WhyNotHugo wrote: post #18

YouTube has been changing in weird ways in the last year or so. The amount of propaganda on the platform is ridiculous, though very frequently disguised as "news" or "educational". As someone who's been around quite a bit, I can also imagine that it doesn't look like propaganda to average Americans (I'd be glad to be wrong on this). A great deal of content is just plain sophistry too. Inspecting comments, it seems th…

Watch one "conservative news" video and it will do a complete 180. Ads for "rations", "preparing for the end of the world", "how to be self sustainable", tons of PragerU propaganda, and some of the most low quality l BS you'll ever see from political ads.

YouTube delivers content based on what you've watched.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

cbradford wrote: post #11
AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is apparently a large contingent of people on this site holding the belief that if your private platform is large then the government should step in to force you to host things you don't want to host. It's kinda funny, because it's effectively saying that they want to nationalize tech companies for being successful.

For over 100 years we have had laws and rules that prescribe that when a firm or industry reaches monopoly statue they must act as a common carrier and not discriminate. Been that way since telephones and railroads. People should understand history, this is not a new challenge and the solutions are already on the books. https://blog.scorchedweb.com/technology/supreme-court-on-con...

Personally I think anything that's a natural monopoly should probably be the purview of the government anyway, since that's as close to an entity acting solely in the public good as we can get.

However, I also don't count any current social media entity as a monopoly.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by izacus »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #58

As it often happens, again I discover a cool resource from the news about its termination. Is there by any chance a mirror of its content anywhere to download? If I were a YouTuber I would maintain an archive of my old videos available on ThePirateBay.

The problem is that ThePirateBay will not pay you per view. YouTubers stay on YT because it pays out a slice of ad revenue and not because it's just a convenient distribution site. Making those videos costs an insane amount of time and money - which means that most YTers can't afford to do it for free.

Any kind of YT competition needs to figure out on how to keep the revenue streams intact.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by heh9001 »

omgitsabird wrote: post #31
WhyNotHugo wrote: post #18

YouTube has been changing in weird ways in the last year or so. The amount of propaganda on the platform is ridiculous, though very frequently disguised as "news" or "educational". As someone who's been around quite a bit, I can also imagine that it doesn't look like propaganda to average Americans (I'd be glad to be wrong on this). A great deal of content is just plain sophistry too. Inspecting comments, it seems th…

This seems rather vague. Can you give examples of propaganda?

Anything you see on the front page of youtube, i.e. you didn't specifically search for it, is most likely being promoted by some ad agency or think tank somewhere down the line. Meaning it's propaganda to some extent. The exceptions to this rule are, of course, independent creators that the algorithm latches onto, but the algorithm only promotes videos that people are gonna click on and generate revenue for Youtube. That is, in a way, controlled propaganda too.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by devwastaken »

sprafa wrote: post #41
omgitsabird wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems rather vague. Can you give examples of propaganda?

The current “ivermectin is a dangerous horse dewormer” debacle has been the biggest example of a moment where I’m not sure whether everyone is lying at this point. YouTube censored a few videos with actual experts and doctors who were discussing ivm. Yes we had issues with HCQ in the beginning, but ivm is being actually studied right now by Oxford Uni/NHS in their big covid trials in the UK… it’s amazing what a hit j…

Being studied, not accepted in use in humans for COVID. Blame the idiots injecting themselves with the actual horse versions, and the doctors/vets illigally prescribing it. IVM is as useful as eating dirt in relation to COVID, until proven otherwise with studies that aren't fabricated data or otherwise p-hacked to death - it's disinformation, and rightfully removed.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by onei »

sprafa wrote: post #41
omgitsabird wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems rather vague. Can you give examples of propaganda?

The current “ivermectin is a dangerous horse dewormer” debacle has been the biggest example of a moment where I’m not sure whether everyone is lying at this point. YouTube censored a few videos with actual experts and doctors who were discussing ivm. Yes we had issues with HCQ in the beginning, but ivm is being actually studied right now by Oxford Uni/NHS in their big covid trials in the UK… it’s amazing what a hit j…

There's a difference between trials and it being suitable for public use though, right? It is undeniably a horse dewormer, and has had some use on humans, but not as a covid treatment.

For me, it's about preventing people that aren't medical professionals from self-medicating with a potentially harmful substance. Plus there's been some less than stellar suggestions of covid treatments in the past ranging from dubious to lethal. If it turns out to be safe, then doctors will no doubt prescribe it as necessary.

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by blitzar »

sprafa wrote: post #41
omgitsabird wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems rather vague. Can you give examples of propaganda?

The current “ivermectin is a dangerous horse dewormer” debacle has been the biggest example of a moment where I’m not sure whether everyone is lying at this point. YouTube censored a few videos with actual experts and doctors who were discussing ivm. Yes we had issues with HCQ in the beginning, but ivm is being actually studied right now by Oxford Uni/NHS in their big covid trials in the UK… it’s amazing what a hit j…

> ivm is being actually studied right now by Oxford Uni/NHS in their big covid trials in the UK

So you are saying because something is being investigated it must have strong positive properties?

Well - have I got something for you ... You know when you take a poo and flush it down the toilet? Did you know all this time you could be eating it, and it would have tremendous health benefits?

Dont believe me? They did a study on eating shit once, so it must be true, and I must be only just touching on the health benefits of Coprophagia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168083/

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by gruez »

kaibee wrote: post #61
gruez wrote: post #50

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>For over 100 years we have had laws and rules that prescribe that when a firm or industry reaches monopoly statue they must act as a common carrier and not discriminate. Was that because they got big, or was it because they were granted a government monopoly?

> Was that because they got big, or was it because they were granted a government monopoly? The first one. Natural monopolies exist. This libertarian talking point of "there wouldn't be monopolies without government intervention" is lunacy.

>The first one.

Can you provide the legislative history that supports this? According to wikipedia airlines, cell phone companies, cruise ships, and shipping companies operate as common carriers, even though none of them are controlled by monopolies.

> Natural monopolies exist. This libertarian talking point of "there wouldn't be monopolies without government intervention" is lunacy.

I'm not a libertarian, but I can still see the difference between "it would be really expensive to lay another set of phone lines" and "the state forbids you from laying another set of phone lines".

Re: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

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Post by uj8efdkjfdshf »

sprafa wrote: post #41
omgitsabird wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems rather vague. Can you give examples of propaganda?

The current “ivermectin is a dangerous horse dewormer” debacle has been the biggest example of a moment where I’m not sure whether everyone is lying at this point. YouTube censored a few videos with actual experts and doctors who were discussing ivm. Yes we had issues with HCQ in the beginning, but ivm is being actually studied right now by Oxford Uni/NHS in their big covid trials in the UK… it’s amazing what a hit j…

I mean, it's quite likely the ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine has some effect against the virus in the early stages of infection, but their use needs to be balanced against their side effects, of which there are many. It's like how bleach kills cancer cells, but you really shouldn't be treating cancer with it...
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