• BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    What happened to Adam Conover? I used to actually like his content. I probably agree with his message, but IDK because I only managed to get 2m45 into the video by skipping and playing double speed, and I’m not watching the rest.

    I don’t remember him being so loud and aggressive. What the fuck’s up with the poop jokes?

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      5 months ago

      Seems many on YouTube now has this over-boisterous very fake broadcaster voice. I did watch the whole thing, but my wife and I had the same reaction. Good message mostly, but tough to listen to.

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        5 months ago

        Can’t forget the thumbnails… YouTube tells it drives engagement … From who?

        Middle schoolers?

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      5 months ago

      He does longer format (i.e. 1+ hour) where there’s much less animated energy but still lots of cursing. Some of them are interesting (because of the guests), but he’s too full of himself and comes off as unlikable

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    5 months ago

    I hate that the internet is reliant on tech giant infrastructure. I think part of the problem is that data centers and energy grids are not decentralized or capable of being sustained in an open source manner (unless a benevolent entity funds such a thing)

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      5 months ago

      I love angry comedians… but you weren’t kidding: That was a brutal watch. He makes some decent points but he presents it like Jim Cramer crossed with a 10 year old making fart jokes.

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      5 months ago

      I remember watching him as a teenager and thought it was the coolest show ever. Now I don’t think I can watch him. So I guess his target audience is different.

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      5 months ago

      YouTube recommended this video, and based on the thumbnail alone it looked like sensationalist garbage. I didn’t watch it. I think it’s because i watched a single video about “de-googling” and now the algorithm dives straight into the rage-bait deep-end of that topic.

  • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I think people overlook how much of the internet Google helped create too, I kinda feel for them fighting against endless scammers, manipulators, gifters, etc. They’ve made a lot of peoples lives easier without charging them for it, this disproportionately helps poorer people more especially tools like maps, translate, and search.

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    5 months ago

    It’s always a little amusing when grandiose anti-Google claims are made on a platform owned by Google.