YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels

Post by thenergo » Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 11:43 PM UTC

walshemj wrote: post #121

Barrin92 wrote: post #120

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>while science isn't saying you should use magnesium for sleep per se, it isn't necessarily a crazy idea taking nutritional supplements without any evidence that they accomplish anything useful and without a physician's advice is generally a bad idea (the default mode is not 'take until suggested otherwise' but 'only take if necessary'), and trying to make money off it by marketing them on youtube is even more misera…

Exactly last Autumn I was in a renal clinic recovering from surgery. One of the patents on my ward was an OAP who had been taking a lot of Zinc which reacted with the meds he was on and it Totally shut down his Kidneys FFS.

Post by rrdharan » Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 11:45 PM UTC

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1. Hosting videos costs Youtube money. It's probably a tiny amount per video. But that doesn't mean they can host every video forever. 2. They have a commercial reason to cancel these videos. Maybe they think the use of these drugs is risky, and gives their website an unsavory reputation. That hurts their brand (and potentially their bottom line). This is not unlike a TV show canceling a successful show when it's sta…

Number 1 is pretty much yes, they can. It's a diminishing cost, and the price of storage is very likely diminishing faster than the rate of video production is rising. Number 2, agreed, we in fact know it can only be censorship (and not competing viewership) that drives the decision. That's my whole point.

Post by Caprinicus » Tue, May 01, 2018, 12:01 AM UTC

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So should it be illegal to run a curated platform?

It certainly presents problems when all the most popular channels for communication are controlled by a handful of companies.

Post by Barrin92 » Tue, May 01, 2018, 12:15 AM UTC

jimrandomh wrote: post #128

Barrin92 wrote: post #120

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>while science isn't saying you should use magnesium for sleep per se, it isn't necessarily a crazy idea taking nutritional supplements without any evidence that they accomplish anything useful and without a physician's advice is generally a bad idea (the default mode is not 'take until suggested otherwise' but 'only take if necessary'), and trying to make money off it by marketing them on youtube is even more misera…

Check the Wikipedia page on magnesium deficiency, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_deficiency_(medicine... . It has solid citations and says: "Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include ... insomnia" and "57% of the US population does not meet the US RDA for dietary intake of magnesium." I don't know what was in the video beyond its title, but the title is solidly inside the bounds of established science.

Post by jeremyt » Tue, May 01, 2018, 12:22 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #120

jerf wrote: post #9

"Cronin’s YouTube channel was up to about 22,000 subscribers when he received a notice from YouTube about one of his videos, “Relax and Improve Your Sleep with Natural Calm Magnesium.” The notice said the video had been removed for violating YouTube’s community guidelines, but didn’t specify further." Magnesium isn't even a nootropic. That is, while it may have some ability to boost cognition, it isn't a substance pr…

>while science isn't saying you should use magnesium for sleep per se, it isn't necessarily a crazy idea taking nutritional supplements without any evidence that they accomplish anything useful and without a physician's advice is generally a bad idea (the default mode is not 'take until suggested otherwise' but 'only take if necessary'), and trying to make money off it by marketing them on youtube is even more misera…