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I imagine copyright plays a role.
Maybe, but why would a content farm care about copyright? Does Facebook have a photo-equivalent of YouTube's Content ID?
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...and then our social relationships are judged on a default presumption of distrust?
Or our social relationships cease to be predicated by social media platforms altogether
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YouTube offers an ad-free service. (yes, I know content providers can still embed their own promotions into their videos).
If the "ad-free" service features videos with inline ads, it's not really ad-free.
When I dropped cable I started subscribing to dozens of channels and now have a pretty solid subscription list.
Many creators I follow have dabbled in different forms of monetization, and I've preferred to stick with the ones that offer patterns or other methods of supporting them.
I don't think it's fair to criticize googles product offering for the content creators choices
And 100% of my YouTube ads are scams the last few weeks, many with deepfake fuckery going on. This whole side of the Web needs to be put down. The algo-feed ad-clearinghouse side. It’s a cesspit.
Twitter/X has a productive approach with Community Notes. Scam ads get noted.
And 100% of my YouTube ads are scams the last few weeks, many with deepfake fuckery going on. This whole side of the Web needs to be put down. The algo-feed ad-clearinghouse side. It’s a cesspit.
Tried reading a local newspaper website recently? It’s a mess of ads, pop ups, scams leaving a small 2-3 line window of text to read and scroll!
- Newspapers end. Any news site, or social media peddling news in disguise, will never stop showing you content. Even if that content is something you won't like, and they know you won't like it, but they must retain you at all costs. They simply let you scroll forever. When I'm done with the paper I move on with my day.
- Newspapers are never written 'for you'. The paper clearly writes for an audience but not me as an individual. Not everything I see will be because an Algorithm or someone in product believes this will drive N% more clicks or revenue from me. I can better understand my own biases.
- Ads are obvious, clearly labeled, distinctly different from content, and often includes who paid for them. Ads are also not animated or obtrusive (if sometimes large), which if you turn off ad-block and go to any site these days is a jarring experience. Even sometimes with ad-block on.
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...and then our social relationships are judged on a default presumption of distrust?
Aren't they already, given that the practice of "crafted" social media feed has been in the public awareness for over a decade now?
Believe it or not, there is a high brow Facebook where this is not a problem. I spend a lot of time on FB with my older friends where literature, film, poetry and science are topics and never see fake stuff. It's called out. That said, I can believe it's a problem on low brow Facebook, I just haven't seen it.
Call it out, and employ an n-strikes-process - after you’ve given a particular user a chance to get their act together, simply block them. Now they will no longer waste your time, and in time all you will have left are the users worth remaining connected to. The problem is, people don’t look at Facebook as an experience they themselves ought to actively curate - it’s mostly out of obligation at this point. They feel…
It kind of pisses me off, because every photo ends up looking the same. They all have the same "smooth" look. It gives that uncanny valley effect
Example of Meryl Streep I found after just browsing for 10 seconds: https://i.imgur.com/b4J2iPq.jpg
And 100% of my YouTube ads are scams the last few weeks, many with deepfake fuckery going on. This whole side of the Web needs to be put down. The algo-feed ad-clearinghouse side. It’s a cesspit.
Dude, I dream of my YouTube ads are being scams. I get greeted every time by a game ad. Some kind of dwarf dies on an apple being offered or something, and dying sounds like someone is throwing up. Please give me your scam ads.
