• @chatroom@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    users that are not producing value

    Americans always looking to turn a profit. Go back to Reddit.

  • dohpaz42
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    53 days ago

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the m really fuckijg stupid. ELI5?

    • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆OP
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      93 days ago

      Placing privacy focused content into a user’s suggested feed is likely intentional. Why would any platform actively promote content that is opposed to the company’s business model. It seems rather nonsense for a place like YouTube to promote this type of content, yet they do. Perhaps that is intentional and purposeful. This kind of abstract and indirect problem solving is the kind of thing I am good at in a job if I am given objectives and time to mull over solutions.

      Most humans display some kinds of paranoia. It is easy to spin privacy as a disproportionate evil because of the uncertainty of scope and motives involved. The act of suggesting a potential threat in the periphery a few times is enough to get most people to eventually engage with that content. It would be easy and effective to use this suggestive mechanism to push people off of a platform. This pattern loosely fits my experience. I bet it fits with others too. These platforms and ad companies have been hiring the best and brightest psych majors for a decade. All of that talent is used for something profitable.

      • haui
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        123 days ago

        Great in principle, lacking on delivery imo.

        First thing you could mention is that youre talking about platforms not people. Especially the headline reads very different for people here I guess.

        That said, youtube doesnt promote what keeps you on the platform, they have other systems for that and for value as well.

        They promote what makes them money. Welcome to late stage capitalism. There already are a lot of alternative platforms like means, peertuve and so on. If you view them and talk about them they will grow.

        • @biofaust@lemmy.world
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          32 days ago

          This is correct and there is a Black Mirror episode that explains it well, the second one of the first season, Fifteen Million Merits.

          The final condition of the protagonist in that episode is the one of the Privacy-informing Youtubers and other creators, if they cannot make enough money with Patreon or other independent revenue streams.

          And even in that case, the original platform is making the most value out of it.

          • haui
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            122 days ago

            Have you tried talking to a professional about this? It sounds like you’re trying to shield yourself from self hatred by discounting the worth of those you deem lesser in an arbitrary category. Its very common amongst bright but mistreated and or traumatized youth. I wish you good luck.

          • Richard
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            72 days ago

            Sure champ, you are the smartest person in the world. So now you can shut up and go to bed.

      • @toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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        33 days ago

        i’m pretty sure i agree with you, but it took me far too long to understand what you’re saying. you’ve got a great vocabulary. your intended audience probably doesn’t.