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- Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and TH-cam exploit our tribalism to keep us watching ads. That makes them a perfect target for trolls, conspiracy theorists, and con artists.
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Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, TH-cam, and Instagram are built to cater to the base preferences and desires of their users -- figuring out what information people enjoy with and then showing them more of it. That’s a great way to keep people online, but it also makes these platforms prime target for con artists. People are naturally drawn to inflammatory and sensational news stories, regardless of whether or not they're true. So bad actors -- conspiracy theorists, trolls, and fake news writers -- have been tremendously successful in using these platforms to spread false and divisive content that exploit people’s tribal instincts.
In 2016, it was Macedonian teens making thousands of dollars publishing inflammatory fake stories about Hillary Clinton. After the Parkland shooting, it was random TH-camrs going viral by accusing students of being crisis actors. Even the Russian trolls who meddled in the presidential election did so by posting low-quality, highly emotional content to social media -- content they knew would go viral.
The problem with these social media sites isn’t that a few bad apples are ruining the fun. It’s that they’re designed to reward bad apples. And as long as con artists can use these platforms to prey on people’s most base desires, social media sites will continue reflecting the worst of human nature back at us.
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Remember when our parents used to tell us not to believe everything we read online, now we have to tell them that
So true
It's hell when your parents start believing in conspiracy theories
@@mauqaparast yeah, I'm pretty sure my dad would believe me if I told him that 9/11 was a conspiracy made by Obama and Hillary
Lol good one.
That's facts
I laughed too hard at that
At least Tumblr hasn't changed, because it's always been a dumpster fire
Fair.
Amen
It's all shitposts, that's why it's so good.
Tumblr was beautiful until they banned all sorts of pornographic content :(
but it OUR dumpster fire
2009: kids, don't believe everything you read online
2019:mom, don't believe everything you read online
So true...
I'm the 1000th like!
@@rkshwetha27 I'm sorry to say but nobody cares if this is your first time on the Internet.
@@AmericanIdiot7659 your name suits you
@@AmericanIdiot7659 Can it. Let them have their moment.
When I was young, my parents always taught me "Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. Verify everything." Now that I'm in my 50's and their advice is "Watch Fox News. They tell the truth!"
*Facepalm*
Lol when I first read this I thought u like Fox News
@@user-sx5yp8cf1d I don't. In fact, I call it "Foxaganda" HATE that channel.
Reality is often disappointing.
Always double check the source. It may uncovered truth you may have never known.
I was going to say CNN. Both are true
The problem is the people that needs to see this, won’t.
*But VOX is left leaning media channel* /s
Sagar Singh Right leaning isn’t any better.
Bobby7496 Exactly.
You lean in any direction, you fall, but apparently American politics doesn’t care about physics
@@bookwormneverforgetbricks605 And then if you try to sensibly balance in the middle the ground just seems to disappear.
Dilemma
I wish social media had a “I don’t necessarily agree 100% with this, but it made me think” button.
Not profitable.
What don't you agree with 100%?
First thing human much get rid of the problem,.. we all need to vote Trump out. 🙄
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poke: Have a "yawning" emoji. Lunatics can't stand being yawned at.
That why you should use social media for its TRUE intended purpose. Sharing memes.
Lowgain political memes are the worst tho
Yes chines memes from chines web pages
We could make Trump jokes into a meme.
Even the memes can be toxic
Most memes are just stereotypes in joke form,
This is also why Facebook never gave us a dislike button, even though we all said we wanted it.
the amount of cyber bullying would be so bad if they did :(
TH-cam banned it.
Exactly, exactly. Why does TH-cam still have it though? Something to ponder over..
Shubham Tripathi: They probably feel ownership over the concept, I don't think they care much about the moral implications.
@@starberrysweetee1495 Yes, that's possible.. It still might not stay in the future though..
It’s impossible to have civil discussions on social media. As soon as you post a civilized comment that someone don’t like, you’re immediately attacked with personal insults. It’s disgusting.
Yup and this is common on both the left and the right. Sometimes its trolling, sometimes it's genuine. Either way, it feels like trying to talk to a bunch of 14 year olds in juvie.
Just press the off button lol
B B that's why we rarely use real name in Our social media, our reputation could be ruined by someone whose hate us
I agree with you although I am inclined to insult you for ironies sake.
Utilize that behavior to expose them
This is MySpace's time to shine and return to prominence.
Muuro so much time choosing the top 8 friends
I wonder how Tom's getting on?
What are you talking about? This is Venmo's time to shine hahaha
Where's Tom when you need him?
Technology is cyclical, right?
Thr best way to inform yourself is to read suff outside the news cycle. Read about economic history science etc. You can detect a lot of bullshit (from both sides) that way.
@Scrotus Maximus Ironically, there is no reputable source backing that quote. It seems to be a meme on alt-right sites.
Having a working knowledge of common logical fallacies helps a LOT
Scrotus Maximus idk if that’s a real quote but I do know that SOME powerful group (not Jews necessarily) is controlling the media. It’s sad 98% don’t see that though.
Seriously true
I remember when TH-cam didn’t have such a sophisticated algorithm and I was able to discover a large variety of content and ideas without being limited by the apparatus or medium. I think the internet was supposed to be like this.
Also, I love your videos and the way they are produced and edited, even if in the future your editorial view stop matching with my ideology.
yeah same i miss the days before cuntsan
Maybe there was also much less content so there was less to choose from
The only place that isn’t a dumpster fire is *PornHub*
Napoleon I Bonaparte you’re not wrong
The only place where all kind of people gather to discuss peacefully
It is also a dumpster fire but not for the same reason. It's because they have shitty monitoring and is super easy to upload unconsenting videos of your ex out of spite for millions to watch. Also, a lot of low-key sex trade videos
There’s like people asking the answers to math problems on pornhub
It's less suprising than at first blush - you get a lot of people who are mostly young adults or middle age and are almost certainly already in a good mood.
Almost every person on the internet would never say half the horrible stuff they say online to someone's face
Niki Bronson That’s good. It allows for freedom of expression. Would you rather the Internet be like TV news where people like Ed Schultz can be fired simply because it might offend that TV platform’s advertisers? Facebook, Twitter, and TH-cam should be free online platforms of discussion where anyone can post their views, no matter how extreme, provocative, or hateful. That is what makes the Internet such a beautiful place, and it is corporatist news media outlets like MSNBC, CNN, and Fox, (the Old TV Media) that try to paint this situation as a “dumpster fire”, and claim that anyone with extreme views is “Russian”. No, freedom of speech on the Internet is not what makes social media sites a dumpster fire. Rather, it is these social media sites’ attempts to censor their content and bend over backwards to Old Media corporations and the corporate advertisers behind them that is making the Internet a dumpster fire. Whether you are on the side of the New Media or the Old Media says a lot about whether you value free speech or instead value being “PG” just so you don’t offend corporate advertisers. If corporations had their way, I would only be allowed to write “We all scream for ice cream”, “I love mommy”, and “Unicorns are pretty” in this comment.
thats why i cant be on social media for long periods of time because it makes my head hurt
Oh god, I thought I'd never have to use this. *opens myspace*
open Orkut
Hmmm....what is my friendster name again?
o p e n s r e d d i t c u z i l i k e m e m e s a n d i t 's n o t d e a d
oof
I like how TH-cam shows me a Facebook ad before I watch a video about how they are a dumpster fire.
I can't even remember what I pay not to see TH-cam ads, but it's worth every cent.
you know there's free ad blockers, right?
@@alexandravenera707 I honestly wouldn't expect them to work for TH-cam ads. Maybe I'm wrong there, but I'm not interested in ultimately ripping off TH-cam creators-they can have my five bucks or whatever.
@@nomadMik They work for youtube ads, in act for all sorts of ds.
“Everything popular is wrong.”
― Oscar Wilde
ironic that this is an extreme claim itself
Quite true
Oscar Wilde was a Communist
if this quote becomes popular then is it wrong or is it right
No, nutella is not wrong.
They took Tumblr too.
there is no 'they' is this. all of these SNSes' business model is based on evoking more and more reaction/emotion. Kind of a stuck in quicksand situation.
Tumblr hasn't changed. It's always been a dumpster fire.
@@victoriaflanders8739 tumblr cannot be corrupted with politics, it is already an astonishing hellscape
These platforms are exposing all sorts of facts about human race. This side too is a part of it, whether we like it or not. In offline cultures, we act in accordance, however a lot of conflict and so called 'oddness' emerges out of a lack of coherence between who we are and how we act. We can use the insights from the above video to learn more about ourselves if we can keep the judgements aside on both, the platform and the audience.
@Scrotus Maximus Vox is a fairly moderate source. They have biases, overall, but they are factual in their reporting and content.
Never had I expected that the things which were initially designed to bring people together is actually pushing them farther.
I miss those good old NOKIA and it's "Connecting People" days.
Siddharth Panigrahi u remember the snake game jaja😅👍
Space shuttle is the best nolia game. XD
Social media do bring people together. People with similar preferences get to know each other via these platforms (in an "ugly and incendiary" manner according to this video). We are born to differ, thus bringing everybody together is inherently a false premise. Wake up already.
It's much worse. The medium that was supposed to make people more educated by giving them instant access to mankind's collective knowledge actually makes them dumber, because stupidity seems to propagate much faster through it.
Siddharth Panigrahi It's not "it's." It's "its."
Back to MySpace it is! !
Just kidding, I forgot my password.
I think it shut down
To AIM we go!
"Aol Instant Messenger was discontinued as a service on December 15, 2017."
Well f***.
Its not a social networking site anymore though, everything you'be ever posted or uploaded is gone. Now it's just some kind of music thing.
I've got my jiggling star background all picked out! Let's go. The problem is the human users not the sites.
Lol you got mail😅
Also as humans we love drama. Anything with a shock factor will get more attention
I blame reality tv for reshaping our generations minds to shift more towards drama than intelligent, and dignified debates.
really??
Who watches reality tv anymore?
4one14 I miss the days when the History Channel was _actually_ about history. Now all we have is Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars, etc.
Reality TV is not going back far enough, TV in general, Radio, (I've heard but can't confirm that even the guy who invented the megaphone killed himself because he thought he gave power to Hitler.) The other thing is that we had a really huge increase in population, and people were not properly prepared to handle how the world changed, also those mass of people were given a immense amount of political power. You have see the history of political power in the US going from White land owners, to White males in general, to Black males, to women and everybody else.
It's more like, 4chan, something awful, livejournal, & other OG social media sites that established how people would fight on the internet.
I absolutely loved this piece. I quit Twitter and Facebook back in 2016 and I'm so much happier as a result. We've lost our ability to talk, reason, and apologize. We're on a hunt for us and them, hopefully our civilization won't destroy ourselves in the process.
I quit Facebook and Instagram 6 months ago. Using both platforms increased my anxiety and lowered my self-esteem. It's hard to quit when you're a teenager, but I'm glad I did. People my age can be so narcissistic and fake on social media.
I left Facebook a few months before Cambridge Analytica blew up. Best decision to date.
I am glad you did.. very smart move.. however, it's gonna take a while to withdraw completely.. I quit FB in the year 2012..
you is woke. +500000 respecks
Good for you!
Why is the background music so loud?
Because they turned the music volume up in editing
@@LameCorvette how do you know🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
This is exactly what I was coming to say in the comments
.. because it was *good?*
Because EMOTION AND TRIBAL NATURE
This is an excellent video.
citronm1 are yiou a bot
citronm1 VOX IS THE BEST TH-cam CHANNEL EVER IF U DISAGGREE U AN IDOT !!1
People should use Facebook and other platforms just for stay in contact with friends/family.
There is hardly any original content anymore and the little there is is often ignored because it's not magazine-pretty and tailored. It's gone from a social media platform to a parasocial phenomenon media plus magazine outlet.
I guess the tactic of using strong, opinionated statements worked on me. I saw 'dumpster fire' and quickly clicked on the video. Oh well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Same
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Isnt Vox doing the same thing they said is happening to social media sites in this video? Just seems a bit hypocritical to me.....
@@thechannel5319 ...no. They used that title to prove their point. They clearly did it on purpose to align it with what the video is about.
I tend to click on all the videos Vox does critiquing media/social media, as they are always amusingly hypocritical in their ability to label the faults in others while somehow missing the same faults in themselves.
Danika Fernandez I couldn't even see the dumpster fire part of the title. I clicked because it was about social media
My friends and family always wonder why I don’t use Facebook..when it first came out, I didn’t see the appeal of posting or looking at pics or other people’s social status. Everyone kept complaining how they couldn’t tag me when they posted pics and blah blah blah..and now I feel like I’m the only one that can see how immersed everyone is on their social media profiles. They can’t go 10 minutes without checking their phone. We went scuba diving and they focused more on taking PICTURES than the actual scuba dive!!! It felt like a photo shoot rather than a scuba dive 🙄
I agree. The only social media I have is Instagram (I don't post a thing though), just to keep up with close friends. I could care less about looking at people's pictures. Like "Oh cool you ate pancakes today so exciting!"
knight3935 yup
Only thing I remember from Niagara Falls was the photos we took.
I was the same way. Something finally made me start a profile, but hardly post. Now that I've moved away from friends and family, I have found it as a way to see what is new, but never get more then the headlines. Not a poster, just a reader.
knight3935 all I have is discord just to chat with friends
Did I just see Alex Jones wearing a foil-helmet at 6:45!? That explains a lot...
WeißTeufel, it's true. Alex Jones and the tinfoil, ruining the world since when he started his media adventures.
"Tribal nature?" I'm basically at the left edge of American politics and I keep getting Ben Shapiro recommendations on TH-cam. Please tell TH-cam to be a little more tribal for me.
I subcribed cause you seem cool
Only vine can save us now
we can only hope.
*Tik Tok
RIP vine, 1997 - 2013
Buddy, I have some bad news for you
Hey @@saraiherrera5443!
Shut up!
This was actually quite thought-provoking. Thanks, Vox!
You made a calm statement of preference, which got you few likes and no engagement. Awesome. You've personally demonstrated the sad thesis of the video.
@@RobertJRoman dopamine hits
Bob Roman well if you use Twitter the audience isn’t as critical as those that seek out informative videos
The digital version of Lord of the Flies.
Emotionally immature people running a muck with no check on their id.
I love how reddit never has any controversy it’s just there
I think everyone actually hate Reddit nowadays....
I like how he uses examples of red and blue and his shirt is both red and blue
Paradoxically, the red stripe is larger than the blue one, despite his obvious political beliefs. Oh, but then again the blue stripe is on top, so maybe that's a statement too.
I really liked the personality he showed in this video
Saw this shirt in H&M
His shirt is red, white and blue. I am guessing that is not random.
ZM Dumpbox To be fair, the US is the only country in the world that uses our color scheme. Everywhere else, Red is liberal, and blue is conservative.
Jokes on you; I don't like anything.
Remember when people used to think for themselves and try to be good, honorable humans?
they say every social media site is a dumpster fire as they post it on youtube which is a social media site
have u seen that meme thats like “you hate society, yet you participate in it? curious! i am very intelligent.”
@@crstph got his number 😂
Just take anything you read with a pinch of salt. No single media outlet is exempt from bias.
That's true, but I can't see how this video is so bias that everyone in the comments talks about it. Are there still so many Facebook-Fans around that don't want to listen to any critisism of the side?
Including Vox .lol
We all have blind spots. Only by finding those who differ in opinion can they be illuminated.
@Greg Davison even robot/AI/ML algorithms are biased coz it's based on data generated by biased human views
Exactly. And bigger the outlet, more people involved in editing - the bigger this pinch has to be
Background music is a bit too loud
@@sanath8483 damn
T
I was thinking the same thing!! It's just a littttle too much.
@@sanath8483 clearly ignorant
The algorithm is too clever to not recommend this to the people who actually need to know.
“ *SPEAK UP! I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE BACKGROUND!* ”
What's the worst is when you subscribe to a bunch of skeptic channels and then the internet decides you are an angry anti-feminist. I'm not anywhere near angry enough to anti anything. Being constantly bombarded with extreme hate videos just made me depressed. How was I supposed to know that the guy who debunks Kickstarter pseudo-science also likes to take the piss on prominent feminist speakers, or the guy who talks about music I like is also a guy who goes guns blazing psycho if you get him on the topic of politics? I didn't know and I didn't care until I was trapped in the wrong echo chamber thinking about how much I wanted to kill myself. Sorry, I got a little emotional, it was a really intense time for me.
idubbbz makes a lot of anti-SJW jokes but doesn't really go after people like that in any serious capacity as far as I know. I was actually referring to Thunderf00t there.
Devin Cory Thunderf00t isn't anti-feminist, he's anti bullshit. His videos on Anita Sarkeesian show how she manipulates and scams the otherwise good intentions of the left and the gaming community.
@@gonzalogarreton3539 I know that, but whatever algorithm or AI that google, facebook, and whoever else is using doesn't seem to be able to make that distinction. A lot of people who watched Thunderf00t also watched TheAmazingAthiest, and because of that the system can't really tell them apart.
I don't disagree the algorithms are there to keep you watching and interested without any care for your mental health. But I don't think these "bad actors" are a significant contribution to that, it might just be an easy finger to point. Like the video mentioned, I think we're the actual problem. Social media just as a concept is becoming too much for a lot of people. Just look at how depression has really spiked in internet-comnected countries. Even without these extreme fringe cases, the fact that sites like Facebook are sites where you go to share positive aspects of your life, it is a constant stream of positivity from everyone else around you, making you feel as though you're not nearly as adequate as a human when things might be just average in your life. I think the only real solution nowadays and for the foreseeable future to all this social noise is to turn off all your tracking, use VPNs, and just disconnect yourself frequently. Honestly, I used to feel super jaded in a similar, clouded headspace. But I just quit using Facebook and TH-cam as often and I immediately started feeling better.
TLDR, the problem is self-imposed. We really don't need to be on the internet, but goddamn is it a potent drug.
the comments section of Vox's last video must have been hella toxic for it to disable comments!
jeeveso as an early commenter, I can vouch that they disabled it within the first minute
John Gault oh no... not the SJWs 🙄
jeeveso it was disabled from the first second it was uploaded so they wouldnt get any critisism or answer against their propaganda video (which was only 28% true at best)
@John Gault No, pretty sure it's the people's own failure for lack of anything civil in the comment section but I wish they didn't disable it though.
You know, not every YT commenter respect civil commentary, unlike Reddit who punish anyone who does rude with Karma system and auto bot mod
"What we really need to crack down on"
Terrorism < Playing videogames on the internet.
This video is the BREAKTHROUGH to "HOW TO CREATE TH-cam VIDEOS THAT WILL REACH 1MN VIEWS"
2:16 "are you playing with your imaginary hair" 😂😂
Looks like Kojima was right about “ideological gated community” that would act as an echo chamber for self validation in the Internet age.
The lalilulelo...
2016 convinced me to delete my Facebook. Haven't looked back.
This is so important, thank you for making a video about this.
Summary: everything is spam
opinions are facts because current year
@@Sannidor also we talk in memes now.
More like the more extreme something is, the more spammy and popular it gets
@@ronanstephens1597 one does not simply look for politically opposing views
Which is why we should be actively structuring our societies to encourage people to confront ideas that make them uncomfortable. In other words, we need to create the exact opposite of a safe space.
There is no real opposite of safe space
@@pseudoschnitzel3505 yeah there is he just showed that there is
I wish there was a "Love this button" for this comment...
I understand people don't like to challenge their views, but the more often one does it, the better they can see how other people think, empathize with them and understand where they stand.
Overall, there would be less divide and more common ground.
I think for the most part, people aren't choosing to put themselves in an echo chamber. They go on these social media sites which create echo chambers for them because it is profitable for the social media site to do so. So in my opinion this isn't about encouraging individuals to confront different ideas, it's about demanding social media sites allow people to view content that doesn't align with their views
@@TurboHawkV6 uhuh, that's also the concept for Google's "selfish ledger"
Bad apples - also social media changed how we consume media (no longer reading newspapers but reading through instagram etc) how we create content etc. It's no longer about rewarding a content for it's quality, and users now use click baits, etc, and primarily focuses on likes, followers, views etc to get to the top of the game. Very very sad.
Reddit never lies. Reddit is true. Reddit is love. Reddit is life.
Have you seen the_Donald? There are some other subs too, but that's the only example I can name from memory.
@@theflyingspaget They shut it down a while ago.
Shrek is love shrek is life
Shrek • Yes.
Uploaded 1 minutes ago, 9 view, 8 like 4 dislike
Sigh, at least watch the video first even just little bit geez
1 *minutes* ago
I'm guessing it's the internet equivalent to the stink eye?
“SIGH” You can’t get much more cheesy than this
Do people follow Vox just to dislike it?
Calvin Chan
yes
Time to go for a dumpster dive then
But it's on fire...
exactly
I'm going to say that everytime I go on any social media now.
Good job Vox. The documentary "The Social Dilemma" explains this in-depth too. Informative Video.
The scary thing is, I’m in my echo chamber right now as I watch this. All the video clips that are shown to be dangerous are anti far right, but none are anti far left. That alienates people on the right from this video and reenforces me as a lefty because it’s what I want to see. Therefor, I enjoy this Voc video, but I doubt it will make it out of my bubble
This is so real, I'm brazilian and this is exactly what's happening now in the brazilian elections.
*ironically uploads on youtube*
Where else would they upload it then
*uploads to myspace*
Which is fine, as long as you understand how the systems work. I don’t think the position of the video is to drop all social media, just to be aware of what’s happening.
Where do you want it uploaded
The breakdown of civilization in progress as I predicted 20 years ago.
Beautifully explained... I had been struggling to explain this concept to my parents and elders... Great work... Thank you so much for articulating it. ☺️
So in an indirect sense, the greed of these social media sites are the cause for the manifestation of trolls
in a way, but the second they become altruistic they will be shut down and usurped by someone else who is just as bad. this is capitalism after all
I don't think it's necessarily 'greedy' to break even. Twitter, for the 12 years of its existence, has never turned a profit until early this year. They've been paying their ~3,000 employees despite not being able to afford it. Greedy, isn't it?
People is the problem. They want to share, like, discuss when they could easily just ignore.
"dissonance free environment" = "safe space"
stay dangerous
That intro was hilarious. Another great video, thanks.
4chan might be the only site where being a dumpster fire is inherent within the site conduct
It's beautiful
it's not that bad though as long as you avoid pol.
Definitely crazy times. No escape... as of right now.
Yeah there is. Pick one or a few
- Don't talk to random internet strangers.
- Don't use social media
- ONLY treat the internet like the scientific tool it was meant to be treated as
Never use FB..
its all about making money from gullible fans. like alex jones fan buying his hormone powders.
Actually, i feel that humanity relies on social media.... thats sad, we miss the old school world
It's what is making us feel so lonely even though we have the world at our fingers
Ignorance is the new best friend playing in my brain
A really very good illustration of one of the most toxic trends today... I will term it individuality amplification
my future brother in law is arnav Dasgupta, i really wonder how common the name is. its quite original
@@PHlophe Arnav translates to ocean or sea in Sanskrit...😅😅.... this name is quite common in Bengal and Odisha parts of India
*MSN Messenger for the win!*
@Sol "AOL Instant Messenger was discontinued as a service on December 15, 2017."
😭
YM was shut down like 2-3 years ago, I am pretty sure ! I use it from 2001-2007, it was considered trendy and kinda "high tech" social interaction.
I miss MSN Messenger... :(
Insightful, as always. It usually does boil down to a system issue of incentives rewarding the damaging behavior. Great to see it brought to the fore so clearly in this pressing current issue.
I really liked the way this video explains a very complex subject. Thank you for your hard work.
A central reason that banning "bad actors" that wasn't mentioned in the video is basic economics. I'll explain:
Right now, were living in a world where people crave content that confirms their beliefs, this is a fact. This means that there is a demand for such content, and where there is demand there is always supply, you can ban all the "bad actors" you want, someone else is just going to take their place the next day. Banning things without addressing the reason those things are in demand will never work, just look at prohibition, the war on drugs and prostitution. What is the solution? Beats me.
Yeah, summarizing the point they made at 8:39 and re-branding it as your own was a clever move. 5 stars. Would read again.
m0L3ify
- Damn you for getting here first. (thumbs up)
This also makes the following (last) statement of the video completely contradictory. These networks can't just decide to change things in order to solve the problem; users addicted to the tribal affiliation they had will just move to a competing social network that does not change. It's as futile as a tobacco company just deciding to lower the nicotine in their products. Only way I can see to fix it is government regulation.
Ben, and that solution itself might ironically make the problem worse. If these trolls and con artists claim they are martyrs being censored for their beliefs, then government regulations on social media ostensibly confirms their claims, especially in the eyes of their followers. It reminds me of the early days of radio when Father Coughlin (anti-Semitic Catholic radio personality who hated Roosevelt and the New Deal, kind of like a precursor to televangelists) and others were spreading a lot of nonsensical propaganda on the airwaves and accusing the government of corruption when it tried regulating radio.
Basically humanity on the internet in the nutshell
I just look at memes to distract me from this impending doom
you where right about impending doom-
6:44 Pretty much sums up Alex Jones in a couple frames
Liked this video.
So what you are saying is that, people watching social network sites, like this one (youtube), will choose controversial, "hate" filled, information videos. That they will in turn, pass on these extremist views to others. Finally, they will avoid looking for a variety of balanced, moderate, information that gives views contrary to their own. What percentage of youtube viewers behaving this way?
More than you'd think; less than it seems.
I mean, my mom keeps harping on about some "conservative" crime of the week. It's easy to see something insulting and start sharing it and denouncing it, or debunking it. It's easy to come to the defense of something you feel is being given a poor representation.
It's hard to ignore it. Sites like these tell you everything is important and the only way "it" (whatever it is) will endis if "you all come together" or some such. To me, it's just the next evolution of the televangelists. "Give me your attention, your devotion, your time, and your sweat. And we will create a miracle for you."
The thing is, we can see this happening. Liberals and Conservatives are talking less in the last 5 years than they have in our entire U.S. history. And the moderates are dying out in today's political landscape. Vox's whole video is basically saying that social media is designed to perpetuate a person's radical views.
It's not any one person consciously choosing to become more radical, but the longer they spend searching their own beliefs, the less radical those beliefs seem. That's why (for example) watchers of the Humanist Report and other radical liberal groups are going "Of course we want socialism, only an idiot wouldn't want balanced taxes, better healthcare, and a decline of corporate influence!" While people on Fox and other radical conservative groups are going "Of course we fight socialism, only an idiot would want higher taxes, zero choice in healthcare providers, and a decline of paying jobs!"
I debate for and against both sides of the extremes. But what's scary is that social media give the option to block people you don't want to talk to. It means we're creating a space (several actually) where no one WANTS to hear the "other side's" perspective on what goes on in the country. Dems and Reps alike all come to believe that they don't have to listen when someone else talks. And that is dangerous.
The internet, a tool that has allowed unrivaled potential for education and personal growth, is now being used to allow the ignorant to avoid education and stunt their own personal growth.
This is objectively true, and I agree and enjoy it.
Whats wrong with a smear if everybody wants to? The good folks liken to Gorbachev and a smear. This is what is making pee pole happy.
Why is Pinterest even being targeted? It’s literally for middle aged married couple to get ideas for what to buy when they go to ikea
Because it’s internet it’s easy to say things here and nothing is wrong with it. Because most people’s lives are depressing and they need to take their steam out
So they can make everyone depressed aswell?
**Looks at the video title and watches the video for a little bit**
The comment section's gon be good
I’m a full-on Libertarian watching Vox. My bubble is “mises.org”.
Yeah, there is truth to this.
But like, as soon as you leave the cave for a second, you know that it's not just your little group.
The echo chambers may be real, but the outside world is loud.
*OH*
*MY*
*GOD*
*_WHAT HAPPENED TO PINTEREST_*
reddit, steam...ftw
Adit Seth that's why I would rather go to deepweb for my 1st amendment (the only applicable bill of right worldwide I know)
Adit Seth anyway, I visited Reddit to find an Indonesian Redditor, and there are hundred of them still active somehow, guess Rudiamtara is generous enough.
Edit: i think I mistaken some word
Techon not if you love memes and posting memes
Mukul I also love using a changeable gamername using a laughable name to make my enemy distracted and I easily win em
Reddit is straight cancer the people on there are so stupid, you post somthing someone dislikes then you're instantly insulted
Calls All Social Medias Dumpster Fires, Plugs their Twitter and Facebook in the description
#laughtheatrically
Vox are so far up their asses they know not what they do
They're just pointing out the issues with certain social media websites, that doesn't mean they can't use them. Plenty of TH-camrs criticize TH-cam, yet they're still posting content. It's healthy to criticize things that you work with/use on the daily.
Camila Lucia only critical to a certain degree. Not enough to to take it down. Cause it pays there bills... Vox does the same.
Liberals want to restrict the content cause of a conspiracy that lost them the election. And now they want to find a blame for it. It’s like the Chicago Cubs blaming Bartman (foul ball) for costing them the World Series in 2003.
It's not contradictory
How shameful. I hate that this is happening and I blame *insert human name here*.
Music to loud...
My family visited this Saturday weekend and the subject of social media came up over the table. I asked my 12 year old niece (who is basically a social media iPhone addict) what she thought of Logan Paul and she looked as if she wanted to vomit and insulted at the suggestion she'd ever be a fan. She is quite capable of discerning bullshit and lies from the truth. There is hope for the world's youth yet.
So basically social media has made politics into the Homestuck fandom.
lit.
Enlightened centrism
Yeaa buddy
Go back and rewatch. Did you notice that all their examples of bias were from a republican viewpoint? Like Fox, block CNN. Didn't see much or any the other way around. Hmm, some might say that that is ... biased.
@@jackbarbey Sad isn't it. They try to position as arguing for rational thought and less extreme viewpoints but they actually only want critical thought on ideas that don't agree with theirs.
Europe, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and all of the Western Civilization (except US) considers the Republican partie's ideas to be far-right, populist and nationalist and the Democrat's ideas to be quite moderate, and in a lot of countries actually center-right, not even center-left. So, in my opinion, it's hard to be biased, especially when in our times the right-wing is doing the most demage.
This dude is awesome. His videos are both informative and fun. It's great.
I love that when they did the "Stink Eye" shot they did not focused on the asian person. 3:40
Twitter is defined the worst one tbh
Super interesting, would be cool to find a way out of this.
PS: I did find it difficult to watch because the video was so over-edited, all these cuts and zooms, gosh, you're making me dizzy.