ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’ - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkYouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’ - The Vergewww.theverge.comijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWhat is even the point of YouTube then? Because it sure as hell isn’t about hosting user content anymore.
minus-squarePxtl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI mean for makeup tutorials by all means but for news? We’ve seen what happens when people get their news entirely from tiny bespoke sources and it’s Qanon.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoYouTube shouldn’t host any news or political content at all then.
What is even the point of YouTube then?
Because it sure as hell isn’t about hosting user content anymore.
I mean for makeup tutorials by all means but for news? We’ve seen what happens when people get their news entirely from tiny bespoke sources and it’s Qanon.
YouTube shouldn’t host any news or political content at all then.