Suspect in YouTube Shooting Posted Rants About the Company Online

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:10 AM UTC

taneq wrote: post #9

adventured wrote: post #3

This looks like it's going to be an increasingly big problem for the platform giants, as it pertains to their increasingly aggressive speech restrictions. As they ramp those restrictions up, I'd expect the need for security to increase accordingly. A mentally unwell person is likely to feel targeted, oppressed, threatened, harmed, etc. by being silenced. They'll feel isolated and it'll very likely feel like a persona…

> A mentally unwell person is likely to feel targeted, oppressed, threatened, harmed, etc. by being silenced. Even a perfectly healthy 'normal' person will feel this way after being (what they see as) unfairly and arbitrarily silenced / disenfranchised.

Post by coldtea » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:12 AM UTC

solarkraft wrote: post #191

duncan_bayne wrote: post #80

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It's funny how often that's a bad solution to a problem. Not always mind you ... but mostly.

She did get some wider attention to a problem that has been discussed inside the YouTube community before. While that's not something I'd want to die for, she may have reached her goal.

Post by evgen » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:18 AM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #243

orf wrote: post #225

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Isn't it possible that her content just wasn't that good? I mean her website is a pretty typical looking 'illuminati controls everything' crazy conspiracy site, if her content is similarly poorly produced getting down ranked seems natural.

> Isn't it possible that her content just wasn't that good? Even so, she still had 366,591 views, which should all that matters re revenue.

Post by creaghpatr » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

prawn wrote: post #207

pavs wrote: post #156

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You don't have to be "frothing at the mouth" to be mentally unstable. I saw her videos on Dailymotion and I had the impression that something is not right with her, can't really pinpoint or explain what it is. but definitely very awkward in front of the camera. Just my personal take on it.

I watched one video. It's possible that something was "not right with her" but then I think that's true in some small way with almost all of us (personality foibles, etc). But it's also possible she was on-edge because she was angry and frustrated by a situation that was important to her (earnings, passions, etc). Lots of people act like that when they feel upset, then you add in the pressure of a camera...

Post by droidist2 » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:45 AM UTC

token_throwaway wrote: post #217

hux_ wrote: post #205

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You are talking about people with mental illness. I think the platforms produce mental illness. If you influence and produce a certain kind of behaviour through appropriate reward mechanisms and then after a few years of conditioning reduce/remove the reward what do you think happens? Mental illness. YouTube has conditioned a generation of people to chant "subscribe like and share" like a robots. The day the "subscri…

The platforms might be the difference between crazy and crazier, but nobody is going from normal to psychotic because of YT.