Quieting the Global Growl

Re:Quieting the Global Growl by bee_rider on Friday June 07, 2024 @12:58PM (#40610534)

I mean, nobody would say the academic publishing ecosystem is super healthy (every academic hates it, for one). But the existence of something like “retraction watch” points to the fact that these aren’t really comparable ecosystems. Nobody need bothers to catalogue the lies on YouTube because that’s an impossible and pointless task.

The academic process has always been messy and political, and yet universities do keep churning out research and students.

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Re:Quieting the Global Growl by teitoklien on Friday June 07, 2024 @01:05PM (#40610604)

> The academic process has always been messy and political, and yet universities do keep churning out research and students.

The youtube process has always been messy and political, and yet new creators do keep churning out great content that people love watching and spreading awareness about various issues.

The youtube show : “Undecided by Matt Ferrell” is my favourite

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Re:Quieting the Global Growl by ben_w on Friday June 07, 2024 @04:07PM (#40612440)

Lotta clickbait, too. They need it to keep earning, even if they don't like it.

I recall Tom Scott saying there was one video he basically couldn't make, because the climax was switching on a big light, which was actually silent, but it felt wrong unless he dubbed a sound over that and such dubbing was against his editorial standard.

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Re:Quieting the Global Growl by bee_rider on Friday June 07, 2024 @04:46PM (#40612786)

That’s interesting. Without knowing what the switch was, I guess it is hard to say, but a switch that kicked off some big process silently seems like it could be really dramatic and cool.

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