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Cake day: December 17th, 2021

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  • You’re right in a way, but I think you’re applying a narrow definition of “opinion” when I think most people ITT are thinking about “behaviours”.

    Sure, it’s not great to exclude dissenting political opinions, the intolerance paradox being a notable exception. That said, I’m not here to discuss politics.

    Say for example that some users will do anything for fake internet points - post anything, say anything, there behaviour is guided by the pursuit of karma and building some kind of following. Other users will do anything for engagement, whatever it takes to get others to engage with them including trolling. I’m happy enough for these types of users to find more rewarding platforms elsewhere. Note that’s different to excluding them, it’s just being a part of a place that isn’t fertile ground for their fixations.









  • Too bad that YT, regarding content offer, lacks valid competitors and this position can lead to abuse in front of the user.

    It’s the same as any other platform - the network effect. People are more likely to produce content for youtube because thats where the users are.

    That said, it’s easier for content creators to support alternatives because unlike social media where everyone is a creator video content producers have a creator > follower relationship, so there’s almost no cost to them to upload the same content on other sites.

    I subscribed to nebula a while back. There’s not heaps of content, and all (ok almost all) of it is available for free on youtube. However, I’m happy to pay provided that most of the revenue is going to creators, and I’m happy to support a non-advertising-revenue model.