| ▲ | ymolodtsov 4 hours ago | |
YouTube empowers millions of creators around the world. It's more about the fact that at a sufficiently large scale any platform faces the same issues. Some creators are terrible without breaking the rules, people argue, etc. | ||
| ▲ | ajrouvoet 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I think that just highlights how “empowerment” through tech is biased towards producers, which makes sense because that aligns with the usual business propositions. For consumers, YT is not empowering. It fulfills a need, well enough to tie them to the platform. But it is obviously not set up to hand them any more power than to serve that goal. You want to shield yourself from wasting time here? Sorry, not sorry, our goal is to steal your attention and entertain you just enough that you keep scrolling. | ||
| ▲ | GJim 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> creators I'd argue the very expression "creating content" is a euphemism for producing shit, of which algorithm driven platforms like Youtube excel at promoting. | ||
| ▲ | SecretDreams 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> YouTube empowers millions of creators around the world. Agree. But it empowers them to vie for attention in mostly the worst ways possible and, overwhelmingly, has led to a lot of bad content. There's some gems too. But, by and large, YouTube is less desirable for me to use than it was 10 years ago and I think it's because of the transformation into an industry, rather than an indie platform that also paid out. It feels like it went from a farmer's market with a lot of local farmers selling their goods to shopping at Walmart. | ||