Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube
by cmoscoe on Monday July 08, 2019 @04:40PM
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The author seems to, at several points, conflate political bias with truth.
While there may be some correlation there, to me it would seem more valuable to point people towards factual, reputable, meaningful content regardless of whether it's left or right wing (if the user seems to be looking for educational or editorial content). Letting videos cite sources could go a long way there.
If, on the other hand, a user seems to be looking for trolling videos of one political persuasion or another, why not let them go down that rabbit hole? That can also be fun.
While there may be some correlation there, to me it would seem more valuable to point people towards factual, reputable, meaningful content regardless of whether it's left or right wing (if the user seems to be looking for educational or editorial content). Letting videos cite sources could go a long way there.
If, on the other hand, a user seems to be looking for trolling videos of one political persuasion or another, why not let them go down that rabbit hole? That can also be fun.