Donald I, emperor of the world.

[Pblakeney]

It’s fine as I was hoping someone would point me in the right direction.
I found it odd that YouTube wasn’t coming up with many suitable suggestions for me. Rest assured that I will be checking them out.

YT is based on algorithms. If you don't watch anti-Donnie stuff then it won't be pushed but once you've watched a few you will get more.

 

[Pinno718]

That finishing sentence is terrifying.

Well he thinks that 'cos he's a tw@t who expects no pushback. Just like he thought invading Iceland was going to be easy.

 

[Pblakeney]

YT are filtering more and more and trying to steer people towards shorts and high viewer videos. I don't think they are necessarily supressing left opinion, it's more appeasing the sponsors and generating revenue that way.
They have stopped showing videos of Russian soldiers getting turned into manure as it was 'not sponsor friendly'.
What annoys me is the imbalance - a guy builds a rough stone shelter somewhere in the mountains of Ukraine and he gets 2m views in no time whereas some political commentator does a good piece of journalism gets barely 40k views.
[You must have an account] If you subscribe to the one's you like, the feeds will hit your home page and it will change the appearance of it and the list of 'recommended videos'. I always hit the like button on videos that sing from my hymn sheet as it does affect the algorithm, even if I do not always 100% agree.
I also do comment and I do get a lot of feedback.
You can always subscribe to my YT channel 'cos it's f*cking ace: Pinno

Please excuse the tangent but a current trend on YT is really annoying me.
Apparently nobody can use the word "suicide" any more, it has to be "un-alived". It is utterly preposterous.

 

[Pblakeney]

Well he thinks that 'cos he's a tw@t who expects no pushback. Just like he thought invading Iceland was going to be easy.

My issue with it is that he is a bully assembling a gang. While rolling back on NATO.

 

[Pinno718]

Missing in my list: The Bulwark

 

[Pinno718]

Please excuse the tangent but a current trend on YT is really annoying me.
Apparently nobody can use the word "suicide" any more, it has to be "un-alived". It is utterly preposterous.

Or 'rape' or 'paedophile' or 'sexual abuser'...
But it may have a little to do with the new UK online safety laws (Australia included).

 

[Pblakeney]

Or 'rape' or 'paedophile' or 'sexual abuser'...
But it may have a little to do with the new UK online safety laws (Australia included).

Hmmm. Mostly from the US.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Missing in my list: The Bulwark

Funnily enough I spotted The Bulwark’s take and added it to my watchlist.

 

[spen666]

Please excuse the tangent but a current trend on YT is really annoying me.
Apparently nobody can use the word "suicide" any more, it has to be "un-alived". It is utterly preposterous.

Who is stopping you using the word suicide to describe a suicide?

 

[Pinno718]

Who is stopping you using the word suicide to describe a suicide?

Youtube stops vloggers from using it.

 

[Pinno718]

Also missing from my list:

Luke Beasley.

Bus full of fascists go clubbing

 

[spen666]

Youtube stops vloggers from using it.

One for the free speech thread?
Its crazy we can't use the word suicide to talk about suicide. Its just playing semantics. Its not you can't refer to suicide, just you can't call suicide suicide you have to call it something different

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Just saw this, but the meme wouldn't copy, so...:

If the USA saw what the USA is doing to the USA, the USA would invade the USA to liberate the USA from the tyranny of the USA.

 

[Pinno718]

One for the free speech thread?
Its crazy we can't use the word suicide to talk about suicide. Its just playing semantics. Its not you can't refer to suicide, just you can't call suicide suicide you have to call it something different

Youtube is simply a commercial outlet.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Please excuse the tangent but a current trend on YT is really annoying me.
Apparently nobody can use the word "suicide" any more, it has to be "un-alived". It is utterly preposterous.

Strangely enough l heard a programme the other day on BBC R5 (maybe Dotun Adebayo) where he corrected a listener when they said ‘suicide’ and asked for ‘took own life‘ instead.

Edit - Committing suicide sounds accusatory.