Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ...
by 411111111111111 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @04:19PM
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> Sure, there are individual creators that are probably fine, but I’d have to already recognize them to trust them.
There is also an unfortunatly inverse correlation with subscribers/views/production quality and trustworthiness.
A channel can't succeed unless it optimizes for entertainment value and click bait after all.
So the videos with very high informational value generally have no discernable differences to completely insane conspiracy theory rants... Well, aside from the words they're saying. Okay, that's an exaggeration. The conspiracy theorists will likely have lots of videos, while the person with the good educational content will likely have uploaded <10 videos over several years
I’ve pretty much stopped trusting YouTube as a source for scientific evidence.
The motivation for YouTube content creators is views — much like news media, which I trust about as much.
Sure, there are individual creators that are probably fine, but I’d have to already recognize them to trust them. Otherwise it will be hard for me to not have some skepticism for random videos shared by others.
Otherwise, I view YouTube consumption as mostly entertainment, or DIY.