diff --git a/src/Platfom as place.srt b/src/Platfom as place.srt index 9dfc14f..9ca6fcc 100644 --- a/src/Platfom as place.srt +++ b/src/Platfom as place.srt @@ -7,957 +7,2097 @@ Why do you hate people on TikTok so much? 3 -00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:05,083 +00:00:03,083 --> 00:00:05,083 Is it just portrait orientation? 4 -00:00:05,750 --> 00:00:07,483 +00:00:05,750 --> 00:00:07,450 Inhale when you're- Ha! 5 -00:00:07,883 --> 00:00:08,783 +00:00:07,816 --> 00:00:08,750 I get it! 6 -00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:10,500 -He's mentally ripped off! +00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,466 +He's mentally retarded! 7 -00:00:10,583 --> 00:00:11,183 -Whoa, whoa! - -8 -00:00:11,550 --> 00:00:13,466 +00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,466 I could pick out plenty of low quality -9 -00:00:13,466 --> 00:00:15,700 +8 +00:00:13,466 --> 00:00:15,683 garbage on TikTok, say, this is what's on -10 -00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:17,983 +9 +00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:17,983 TikTok and that's why TikTok is bad, just -11 +10 00:00:17,983 --> 00:00:19,683 as easily as I could cherry pick high -12 +11 00:00:19,683 --> 00:00:21,850 quality stuff and say, this is what's on -13 -00:00:21,850 --> 00:00:23,583 +12 +00:00:21,850 --> 00:00:23,566 TikTok and that's why TikTok is great. -14 -00:00:25,050 --> 00:00:27,666 +13 +00:00:24,550 --> 00:00:27,166 I know saying anything negative about TikTok gets -15 -00:00:27,666 --> 00:00:29,450 +14 +00:00:27,166 --> 00:00:28,950 me branded as old, so let me pull -16 -00:00:29,450 --> 00:00:31,083 +15 +00:00:28,950 --> 00:00:30,566 out a reference that's even older than me. -17 -00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:34,566 +16 +00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,066 Sturgeon's Law, 90% of everything is crap. -18 -00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:36,966 +17 +00:00:35,666 --> 00:00:36,466 That's not the problem. -19 -00:00:37,350 --> 00:00:39,683 +18 +00:00:36,866 --> 00:00:39,200 I don't hate people or content on TikTok. -20 -00:00:40,416 --> 00:00:42,166 +19 +00:00:39,966 --> 00:00:41,666 Well, I do, but not any more than -21 -00:00:42,166 --> 00:00:43,100 +20 +00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:42,600 the same for any other platform. -22 -00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:44,716 +21 +00:00:43,016 --> 00:00:44,216 I hate TikTok. -23 -00:00:46,283 --> 00:00:48,166 +22 +00:00:45,816 --> 00:00:47,666 We should all make that sort of distinction. -24 -00:00:48,783 --> 00:00:51,166 +23 +00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:50,666 We should treat technology platforms as tools people -25 -00:00:51,166 --> 00:00:53,700 +24 +00:00:50,666 --> 00:00:53,183 use rather than gatherings of people. -26 -00:00:55,316 --> 00:00:57,350 +25 +00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,850 When you let a platform become a place, -27 -00:00:57,550 --> 00:00:59,566 +26 +00:00:56,850 --> 00:00:59,066 and then your place, it feels like your -28 -00:00:59,566 --> 00:01:01,250 +27 +00:00:59,066 --> 00:01:00,750 home, and now it has a hook in -29 -00:01:01,250 --> 00:01:01,383 +28 +00:01:00,750 --> 00:01:00,900 you. -30 -00:01:02,383 --> 00:01:03,783 +29 +00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:03,283 I don't know if people still have a -31 -00:01:03,783 --> 00:01:05,016 +30 +00:01:03,283 --> 00:01:04,516 feeling of a home forum. -32 -00:01:05,550 --> 00:01:06,916 +31 +00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:06,416 I won't bore you with mine, but I'll -33 -00:01:06,916 --> 00:01:09,166 +32 +00:01:06,416 --> 00:01:08,666 say that even now, NWS feels right and -34 -00:01:09,166 --> 00:01:10,583 +33 +00:01:08,666 --> 00:01:10,083 NSFW feels weird. +34 +00:01:11,066 --> 00:01:13,716 +So what, you may say, cultures emerge, something, + 35 -00:01:11,550 --> 00:01:12,083 -So what? +00:01:13,916 --> 00:01:15,183 +something, diversity, etc. 36 -00:01:12,283 --> 00:01:12,766 -You may say. - -37 -00:01:13,050 --> 00:01:15,666 -Cultures emerge, something, something, diversity, etc. - -38 -00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,800 +00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:18,300 Microcosms of culture are all well and good, -39 -00:01:19,183 --> 00:01:21,200 +37 +00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:20,716 but that's not what's happening on modern social -40 -00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:21,466 +38 +00:01:20,716 --> 00:01:20,983 media. -41 -00:01:21,466 --> 00:01:24,783 +39 +00:01:21,566 --> 00:01:24,283 Every interaction with other people is mediated through -42 -00:01:24,783 --> 00:01:27,516 +40 +00:01:24,283 --> 00:01:27,066 an algorithm, often labeled AI for marketing reasons, -43 -00:01:27,683 --> 00:01:29,616 +41 +00:01:27,583 --> 00:01:29,116 that sorts you into a group of like -44 -00:01:29,616 --> 00:01:32,316 --minded people, and shields you from dissent. +42 +00:01:29,116 --> 00:01:31,816 +-minded people and shields you from dissent. -45 -00:01:33,283 --> 00:01:35,750 +43 +00:01:32,816 --> 00:01:35,250 An account on a website is not membership -46 -00:01:35,750 --> 00:01:38,716 +44 +00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:38,250 in a community, it's placement within a market -47 -00:01:38,716 --> 00:01:39,166 +45 +00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:38,650 segment. -48 -00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:43,000 +46 +00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:42,500 I'd argue that the acronym NWS counts as -49 -00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:43,316 +47 +00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:42,816 slang. +48 +00:01:43,283 --> 00:01:45,716 +We might know some TikTok slang, how about + +49 +00:01:45,716 --> 00:01:47,116 +the euphemism on Alive? + 50 -00:01:43,716 --> 00:01:45,466 -We might know some TikTok slang. +00:01:47,950 --> 00:01:50,666 +It's a subcategory of slang called algo-speak, 51 -00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:47,616 -How about the euphemism on Alive? +00:01:51,050 --> 00:01:53,866 +saying the word murder worries platform owners that 52 -00:01:48,550 --> 00:01:51,166 -It's a subcategory of slang called algo-speak. +00:01:53,866 --> 00:01:57,183 +you'll offend the delicate sensibilities of shareholders so 53 -00:01:51,666 --> 00:01:54,366 -Saying the word murder worries platform owners that - -54 -00:01:54,366 --> 00:01:57,683 -you'll offend the delicate sensibilities of shareholders, so - -55 -00:01:57,683 --> 00:01:59,900 +00:01:57,183 --> 00:01:59,400 TikTok censors the concepts they don't want you -56 -00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:00,550 +54 +00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:00,050 to discuss. -57 -00:02:01,350 --> 00:02:03,716 +55 +00:02:00,850 --> 00:02:03,250 At the risk of starting an internet argument, -58 -00:02:04,350 --> 00:02:07,483 +56 +00:02:03,850 --> 00:02:06,983 censorship is bad, and stopping you from saying -59 -00:02:07,483 --> 00:02:09,100 +57 +00:02:06,983 --> 00:02:08,616 something is censorship. -60 -00:02:09,883 --> 00:02:12,950 +58 +00:02:09,316 --> 00:02:12,450 We are witnessing censorship and pitiful attempts to -61 -00:02:12,950 --> 00:02:14,600 +59 +00:02:12,450 --> 00:02:14,100 circumvent it right now. -62 -00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,516 +60 +00:02:14,950 --> 00:02:17,016 If you have something to say about some -63 -00:02:17,516 --> 00:02:21,200 +61 +00:02:17,016 --> 00:02:20,700 unfavorable topic, perhaps the Tiananmen Square Massacre, yet -64 -00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,983 +62 +00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:22,483 you feel attached to TikTok like it was -65 -00:02:22,983 --> 00:02:25,516 +63 +00:02:22,483 --> 00:02:25,016 your home, you dance around the topic to -66 -00:02:25,516 --> 00:02:27,416 +64 +00:02:25,016 --> 00:02:26,916 fly under the radar of the censors. -67 -00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:30,050 +65 +00:02:27,383 --> 00:02:29,550 In doing so, you're self-censoring. -68 -00:02:31,366 --> 00:02:33,766 +66 +00:02:30,783 --> 00:02:33,266 Imagine if TikTok had some way to ask -69 -00:02:33,766 --> 00:02:35,766 +67 +00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:35,266 you if you're interested in the current trending -70 -00:02:35,766 --> 00:02:38,316 +68 +00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:37,866 thing, like Twitter's trending topics. -71 -00:02:39,650 --> 00:02:42,316 +69 +00:02:39,066 --> 00:02:41,816 Now imagine that there's an approaching protest for -72 -00:02:42,316 --> 00:02:45,400 +70 +00:02:41,816 --> 00:02:44,900 an extradition bill, but ByteDance doesn't want you -73 -00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:46,016 +71 +00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:45,516 mentioning it. -74 -00:02:47,283 --> 00:02:49,750 +72 +00:02:46,766 --> 00:02:49,250 The meme would be to instead say something -75 -00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:52,316 +73 +00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:51,866 boring like tax return extension. -76 -00:02:53,116 --> 00:02:55,900 +74 +00:02:52,616 --> 00:02:55,416 Spreading awareness is not going to happen, but -77 -00:02:55,900 --> 00:02:58,216 +75 +00:02:55,416 --> 00:02:57,716 people perform the meme because what they care -78 -00:02:58,216 --> 00:03:00,650 +76 +00:02:57,716 --> 00:03:00,166 about is their fame on TikTok. -79 -00:03:02,016 --> 00:03:04,500 -A place is made for you, and all +77 +00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,000 +A place is made for you and all -80 -00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,316 +78 +00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,800 it asks is that you let them have -81 -00:03:06,316 --> 00:03:07,000 +79 +00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:06,500 your speech. -82 -00:03:07,850 --> 00:03:10,300 +80 +00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:09,800 In the technology sector, the way to make -83 -00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:12,616 +81 +00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,116 money is to blatantly do something evil and -84 -00:03:12,616 --> 00:03:13,650 +82 +00:03:12,116 --> 00:03:13,116 call it innovation. +83 +00:03:13,816 --> 00:03:16,200 +Have you heard the most irritating phrasal template + +84 +00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,416 +as a service? + 85 -00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,700 -Have you heard the most irritating phrasal template, - -86 -00:03:17,150 --> 00:03:17,800 -as-a-service? - -87 -00:03:18,766 --> 00:03:21,083 +00:03:18,250 --> 00:03:20,616 Minimal version for any grass-touching griddle critters? -88 -00:03:22,216 --> 00:03:23,550 +86 +00:03:21,783 --> 00:03:23,050 When you make some software thing for people, +87 +00:03:23,116 --> 00:03:25,650 +there's inevitably a technology stack like this one. + +88 +00:03:25,966 --> 00:03:28,066 +You would buy these things and then have + 89 -00:03:23,616 --> 00:03:26,150 -there's inevitably a technology stack, like this one. - -90 -00:03:26,716 --> 00:03:28,566 -You would buy these things, and then have - -91 -00:03:28,566 --> 00:03:28,766 +00:03:28,066 --> 00:03:28,300 them. +90 +00:03:28,850 --> 00:03:29,883 +What a concept! + +91 +00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:33,000 +What if you gave money to the vendor + 92 -00:03:29,366 --> 00:03:30,366 -What a concept. +00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,266 +repeatedly forever and then they didn't give you 93 -00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,516 -What if you gave money to the vendor, - -94 -00:03:33,816 --> 00:03:36,783 -repeatedly, forever, and then they didn't give you - -95 -00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:39,400 +00:03:36,266 --> 00:03:38,866 the networking, storage, servers, or virtualization? -96 -00:03:39,816 --> 00:03:41,166 +94 +00:03:39,266 --> 00:03:40,616 Let them handle all that for you. -97 -00:03:41,466 --> 00:03:43,583 -That is infrastructure-as-a-service. +95 +00:03:40,916 --> 00:03:43,116 +That is infrastructure as a service. -98 -00:03:45,083 --> 00:03:47,200 +96 +00:03:44,550 --> 00:03:46,700 What if you're on a higher tier of -99 -00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,900 -this infinite payment model, and also the vendor +97 +00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:49,416 +this infinite payment model and also the vendor -100 -00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:52,066 +98 +00:03:49,416 --> 00:03:51,566 didn't let you touch the operating system, any -101 -00:03:52,066 --> 00:03:53,316 +99 +00:03:51,566 --> 00:03:52,816 middleware, or the runtime? -102 -00:03:53,616 --> 00:03:54,950 +100 +00:03:53,183 --> 00:03:54,466 Let them handle all that for you. -103 -00:03:55,350 --> 00:03:57,200 -That's platform-as-a-service. +101 +00:03:54,850 --> 00:03:56,783 +That's platform as a service. -104 -00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,800 +102 +00:03:57,483 --> 00:03:59,300 What if your subscription was a bit more -105 -00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,800 -expensive, and they owned your data and applications +103 +00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:01,300 +expensive and they owned your data and applications -106 -00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:02,116 +104 +00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:01,616 too? -107 -00:04:02,350 --> 00:04:03,600 +105 +00:04:01,866 --> 00:04:03,100 Let them handle all that for you. -108 -00:04:03,816 --> 00:04:05,150 -That's software-as-a-service. +106 +00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:04,683 +That's software as a service. -109 -00:04:08,783 --> 00:04:10,466 +107 +00:04:08,216 --> 00:04:09,966 Generally, the allure is that it's a lower -110 -00:04:10,466 --> 00:04:12,650 +108 +00:04:09,966 --> 00:04:12,100 startup cost and outsource complexity. -111 -00:04:13,316 --> 00:04:15,483 +109 +00:04:12,783 --> 00:04:14,983 Sure, you can't take your stuff elsewhere, but -112 -00:04:15,483 --> 00:04:16,850 +110 +00:04:14,983 --> 00:04:16,350 as long as they never alter the deal, -113 -00:04:17,066 --> 00:04:17,783 +111 +00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:17,316 the math works out. -114 -00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,300 +112 +00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:20,800 The problem is, as ever, conflicting incentives. -115 -00:04:21,850 --> 00:04:23,050 +113 +00:04:21,366 --> 00:04:22,550 You want to build a thing that makes -116 -00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:24,966 +114 +00:04:22,550 --> 00:04:24,466 money elsewhere, but the platform wants to make -117 -00:04:24,966 --> 00:04:25,616 +115 +00:04:24,466 --> 00:04:25,150 money from you. -118 -00:04:26,750 --> 00:04:29,250 +116 +00:04:26,183 --> 00:04:28,750 So if you want to connect technologies, build -119 -00:04:29,250 --> 00:04:31,550 +117 +00:04:28,750 --> 00:04:31,050 off each other, of course the platform wants -120 -00:04:31,550 --> 00:04:32,750 +118 +00:04:31,050 --> 00:04:32,250 to jump in the way and charge you -121 -00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:33,100 +119 +00:04:32,250 --> 00:04:32,600 for it. -122 -00:04:34,116 --> 00:04:35,683 +120 +00:04:33,650 --> 00:04:35,183 That's what it does. -123 -00:04:37,116 --> 00:04:39,566 +121 +00:04:36,516 --> 00:04:39,066 Notice, once a platform owner has its hooks -124 -00:04:39,566 --> 00:04:42,066 +122 +00:04:39,066 --> 00:04:41,550 in you, you own less and less. -125 -00:04:43,183 --> 00:04:45,466 +123 +00:04:42,566 --> 00:04:44,966 In the past, there have been game mods -126 -00:04:45,466 --> 00:04:47,383 +124 +00:04:44,966 --> 00:04:46,866 that spawned genres of video games. -127 -00:04:47,983 --> 00:04:49,500 +125 +00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:49,000 You'd better believe that if you try that -128 -00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,900 +126 +00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,400 again, the game's publisher will be taking ownership -129 -00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:53,783 +127 +00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,300 of that idea from you, thank you very -130 -00:04:53,783 --> 00:04:54,200 +128 +00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:53,700 much. -131 -00:04:55,066 --> 00:04:58,566 +129 +00:04:54,716 --> 00:04:58,066 Twitter users, or twits, or ex-people, have -132 -00:04:58,566 --> 00:05:00,666 +130 +00:04:58,066 --> 00:05:00,183 been complaining about how it's dead, for real -133 -00:05:00,666 --> 00:05:02,716 +131 +00:05:00,183 --> 00:05:02,216 this time, for the majority of its existence. -134 -00:05:03,316 --> 00:05:05,966 +132 +00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:05,466 A constant cycle of the platform finding new -135 -00:05:05,966 --> 00:05:08,850 +133 +00:05:05,466 --> 00:05:08,350 ways to suck, people threatening to leave, and -136 -00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:09,683 +134 +00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:09,183 then not leaving. -137 -00:05:10,350 --> 00:05:12,950 +135 +00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:12,500 Now, realistically, Twitter is no stranger to jokes -138 -00:05:12,950 --> 00:05:15,500 -and hyperbole about leaving the hell site forever. +136 +00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:15,050 +and hyperbole about leaving the hellsite forever. -139 -00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:19,316 +137 +00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:18,816 If you're a Twitter executive, the message is -140 -00:05:19,316 --> 00:05:19,666 +138 +00:05:18,816 --> 00:05:19,183 clear. -141 -00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,200 -People will accept whatever you do to them, +139 +00:05:19,716 --> 00:05:21,700 +People will accept whatever you do to them -142 -00:05:22,466 --> 00:05:23,650 +140 +00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:23,166 as long as you're slow enough. -143 -00:05:25,866 --> 00:05:27,350 +141 +00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:25,783 YouTube has the same pattern. -144 -00:05:27,350 --> 00:05:30,533 +142 +00:05:26,266 --> 00:05:28,966 Its history is a litany of shifting creators' -145 -00:05:30,716 --> 00:05:33,766 -Adsense money over to copyright squatters, while encouraging +143 +00:05:29,116 --> 00:05:32,216 +AdSense money over to copyright squatters while encouraging -146 -00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:35,266 +144 +00:05:32,216 --> 00:05:33,583 worse and worse content. -147 -00:05:36,416 --> 00:05:39,166 +145 +00:05:34,850 --> 00:05:37,600 Twitch, the company built on South Korean StarCraft -148 -00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:41,600 +146 +00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,016 streamers, which pulled out of Korea because it's -149 -00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,216 +147 +00:05:40,016 --> 00:05:42,650 too expensive, might as well send everyone a -150 -00:05:44,216 --> 00:05:46,050 +148 +00:05:42,650 --> 00:05:44,416 handwritten note to say, leave our platform. -151 -00:05:47,350 --> 00:05:47,850 +149 +00:05:45,466 --> 00:05:46,283 No one will. -152 -00:05:48,916 --> 00:05:50,400 +150 +00:05:47,666 --> 00:05:48,816 It's a classic problem. -153 -00:05:50,866 --> 00:05:53,333 +151 +00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:51,766 On YouTube, people view Rumble as a place -154 -00:05:53,333 --> 00:05:55,050 +152 +00:05:51,766 --> 00:05:53,466 filled with undesirable exiles. -155 -00:05:55,366 --> 00:05:57,116 +153 +00:05:54,266 --> 00:05:55,516 To be fair, there's plenty. -156 -00:05:58,116 --> 00:06:00,633 +154 +00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:59,050 Twitchists and ex-people make up reasons for -157 -00:06:00,633 --> 00:06:03,500 +155 +00:05:59,050 --> 00:06:01,900 themselves to view the users of their platform's -158 -00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:05,350 +156 +00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:03,766 rivals as their own enemies. -159 -00:06:06,433 --> 00:06:08,800 +157 +00:06:04,816 --> 00:06:07,200 When you think of yourself not as a -160 -00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,116 +158 +00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,516 creator of static video content, but rather as -161 -00:06:12,116 --> 00:06:15,816 +159 +00:06:10,516 --> 00:06:14,250 a YouTuber, YouTube rests on that loyalty. -162 -00:06:16,333 --> 00:06:18,650 +160 +00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,083 That's way easier than doing anything to implement -163 -00:06:18,650 --> 00:06:20,516 +161 +00:06:17,083 --> 00:06:18,950 moderation features like what Twitch has. -164 -00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:22,450 +162 +00:06:19,550 --> 00:06:20,883 All they have to do is let you -165 -00:06:22,450 --> 00:06:24,816 -tell yourself there's barbarians at the gates. +163 +00:06:20,883 --> 00:06:23,083 +tell yourself there's barbarians at gates. -166 -00:06:26,350 --> 00:06:29,016 +164 +00:06:24,416 --> 00:06:27,450 If you have the inexplicable addiction to Twitter -167 -00:06:29,016 --> 00:06:31,133 +165 +00:06:27,450 --> 00:06:29,550 that the world seems to have, you won't -168 -00:06:31,133 --> 00:06:33,966 +166 +00:06:29,550 --> 00:06:32,400 dream of being able to post 1024 characters -169 -00:06:33,966 --> 00:06:35,416 -at a time, like we've been doing on +167 +00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,816 +at a time like we've been doing on -170 -00:06:35,416 --> 00:06:36,733 +168 +00:06:33,816 --> 00:06:35,116 Mastodon this whole time. -171 -00:06:37,366 --> 00:06:39,316 +169 +00:06:35,850 --> 00:06:37,966 Or you might say something dumb like this. -172 -00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,616 +170 +00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,066 Good luck finding a site that isn't owned -173 -00:06:41,616 --> 00:06:43,516 +171 +00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,966 by an ethically compromised billionaire. -174 -00:06:44,516 --> 00:06:47,950 +172 +00:06:42,683 --> 00:06:46,400 Without realizing that a communication network doesn't have -175 -00:06:47,950 --> 00:06:50,133 -to be centralized under one man's portfolio. +173 +00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,916 +to be centralized under one man's stock portfolio. -176 -00:06:51,466 --> 00:06:53,566 +174 +00:06:49,666 --> 00:06:52,016 So you don't have to weigh the choice -177 -00:06:53,566 --> 00:06:56,350 +175 +00:06:52,016 --> 00:06:54,766 of ditching your entire social circle against contributing -178 -00:06:56,350 --> 00:06:58,266 +176 +00:06:54,766 --> 00:06:56,700 to the property of someone leaning hard into -179 -00:06:58,266 --> 00:06:58,816 +177 +00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:57,216 fascism. -180 -00:07:00,616 --> 00:07:03,133 +178 +00:06:58,816 --> 00:07:01,566 What if, rather than platform barons trying to -181 -00:07:03,133 --> 00:07:05,366 +179 +00:07:01,566 --> 00:07:03,800 take everything they can from you, they spent -182 -00:07:05,366 --> 00:07:07,300 +180 +00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,716 that effort trying to take from each other? -183 -00:07:07,766 --> 00:07:09,000 +181 +00:07:06,183 --> 00:07:07,416 We could federate them together. -184 -00:07:09,733 --> 00:07:11,333 +182 +00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:09,766 But I'll spare you a second episode of -185 -00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:12,150 +183 +00:07:09,766 --> 00:07:10,600 Fediverse Evangelism. -186 -00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,566 +184 +00:07:11,266 --> 00:07:14,016 You know what was federated well before the -187 -00:07:15,566 --> 00:07:16,433 +185 +00:07:14,016 --> 00:07:14,866 Fediverse was built? -188 -00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:17,416 +186 +00:07:15,566 --> 00:07:15,900 Email. -189 -00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:20,016 +187 +00:07:16,550 --> 00:07:18,450 Servers talk to each other, and your email -190 -00:07:20,016 --> 00:07:21,916 +188 +00:07:18,450 --> 00:07:20,366 address is you at server. +189 +00:07:21,666 --> 00:07:23,483 +You could run your own email server. + +190 +00:07:24,016 --> 00:07:24,750 +Yes, you. + 191 -00:07:23,250 --> 00:07:23,933 -Amazing. +00:07:25,250 --> 00:07:27,283 +Get an old laptop, leave it plugged in. 192 -00:07:25,066 --> 00:07:26,450 -There's a reason that happened. +00:07:27,416 --> 00:07:28,650 +I bet it's got the specs for it. 193 -00:07:26,933 --> 00:07:29,133 -Socially well-adjusted normal people were forced to +00:07:29,316 --> 00:07:29,666 +Amazing. 194 -00:07:29,133 --> 00:07:29,900 -use email. +00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,916 +But lots of major email providers have formed 195 -00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:32,666 -To help them understand, they were told it's +00:07:32,916 --> 00:07:35,700 +a cabal to blacklist quote unquote spammers. 196 -00:07:32,666 --> 00:07:33,366 -like writing a letter. +00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:37,583 +So you can set up a functional mail 197 -00:07:34,666 --> 00:07:37,316 -So manager types the world over decided that +00:07:37,583 --> 00:07:40,200 +server, which is already overly complicated. 198 -00:07:37,316 --> 00:07:39,333 -the custom in email land is to add +00:07:40,483 --> 00:07:42,316 +But you'll have to set up some more 199 -00:07:39,333 --> 00:07:43,100 -pointless bullshit before and after every single message. +00:07:42,316 --> 00:07:44,066 +pieces to be allowed to play with the 200 -00:07:52,366 --> 00:07:56,700 -Jonathan Doe, MD Esquire, Chief Assistant to the +00:07:44,066 --> 00:07:44,616 +other kids. 201 -00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,516 -Executive Administrative Assistant of Regional Internal Officers. +00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:46,516 +There's a reason that happened. 202 -00:08:01,283 --> 00:08:02,016 -Hello, H. +00:07:47,016 --> 00:07:49,200 +Socially well-adjusted normal people were forced to 203 -00:08:02,183 --> 00:08:02,466 -Berger. +00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:49,950 +use email. 204 -00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:04,916 -I hope this missive finds you well. +00:07:50,666 --> 00:07:52,750 +To help them understand, they were told it's 205 -00:08:06,083 --> 00:08:09,566 -Tech Solutions Technology Solution, Bumfuck, Iowa. +00:07:52,750 --> 00:07:53,450 +like writing a letter. 206 -00:08:10,150 --> 00:08:12,366 -Visit us at clownpenis.org. +00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,383 +So manager types the world over decided that 207 -00:08:13,083 --> 00:08:19,466 -Call us at 555-777-7777, extension 1497 +00:07:57,383 --> 00:07:59,400 +the custom in email land is to add 208 -00:08:19,466 --> 00:08:20,750 --A1. +00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,200 +pointless bullshit before and after every single message. 209 -00:08:21,466 --> 00:08:24,350 -Connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, +00:08:05,633 --> 00:08:08,233 +Jonathan Doe, MD, Esquire. 210 -00:08:24,666 --> 00:08:28,783 -Snapchat, OnlyFans, Tinder, Grindr during June, WeChat, Whatsapp, +00:08:08,516 --> 00:08:11,833 +Chief Assistant to the Executive Administrative Assistant of 211 -00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:29,683 -send us an email. +00:08:11,833 --> 00:08:13,516 +Regional Internal Officers. 212 -00:08:30,916 --> 00:08:31,366 -Disclaimer. +00:08:14,233 --> 00:08:15,033 +Hello, H. 213 -00:08:31,716 --> 00:08:33,716 -The content of this message is protected by - -214 -00:08:33,716 --> 00:08:38,850 -Magic Legal Incantation 21497 subsection 12408. - -215 -00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:41,300 -By having an email address that receives this - -216 -00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:43,200 -email, you agree to waive your right to - -217 -00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,516 -a trial by your peers, now and in - -218 -00:08:45,516 --> 00:08:46,150 -perpetuity. - -219 -00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:50,450 -Begone, and a pox upon thy house, hyper - -220 -00:08:50,450 --> 00:08:50,866 --litigator! - -221 -00:08:53,550 --> 00:08:54,500 -Hello again, H. - -222 -00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:54,883 +00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:15,466 Berger. +214 +00:08:15,833 --> 00:08:17,916 +I hope this missive finds you well. + +215 +00:08:18,850 --> 00:08:21,066 +Tech Solutions Technology Solution. + +216 +00:08:21,633 --> 00:08:22,550 +Bumfuck, Iowa. + +217 +00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:26,700 +Visit us at clownpenis.fuck. Call us at + +218 +00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:33,750 +555-777-7777 extension 1497-A1. + +219 +00:08:34,616 --> 00:08:37,333 +Connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, + +220 +00:08:37,650 --> 00:08:41,766 +Snapchat, OnlyFans, Tinder, Grindr during June, WeChat, Whatsapp, + +221 +00:08:41,966 --> 00:08:42,650 +send us an email. + +222 +00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:44,366 +Disclaimer. + 223 -00:08:55,266 --> 00:08:57,600 -Thank you for sending me an electronic mail. +00:08:44,750 --> 00:08:46,733 +The content of this message is protected by 224 -00:08:58,583 --> 00:09:00,166 -It has come to my attention that you +00:08:46,733 --> 00:08:51,850 +Magic Legal Incantation 21497 subsection 12408. 225 -00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:02,116 -aren't using official company letterhead. +00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:54,316 +By having an email address that receives this 226 -00:09:02,383 --> 00:09:05,366 -This is unprofessional and reflects poorly on our +00:08:54,316 --> 00:08:56,216 +email, you agree to waive your right to 227 -00:09:05,366 --> 00:09:06,100 -corporate image. +00:08:56,216 --> 00:08:58,533 +a trial by your peers now and in 228 -00:09:06,666 --> 00:09:08,883 -Please rectify this immediately. +00:08:58,533 --> 00:08:59,166 +perpetuity. 229 -00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:12,916 -That's based on a true story. +00:09:00,366 --> 00:09:03,433 +Begone, and a pox upon thy house, hyper 230 -00:09:13,450 --> 00:09:14,433 -A common one, surely. +00:09:03,433 --> 00:09:03,833 +-litigator! 231 -00:09:15,016 --> 00:09:17,533 -Unfortunately, people think of that as a story +00:09:06,350 --> 00:09:07,500 +Hello again, H. 232 -00:09:17,533 --> 00:09:20,833 -typical of email, and treat email accordingly. +00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:07,900 +Berger. 233 -00:09:21,450 --> 00:09:22,700 -But the technology is irrelevant. +00:09:08,216 --> 00:09:10,616 +Thank you for sending me an electronic mail. 234 -00:09:23,133 --> 00:09:25,750 -That's a story typical of communication with soulless +00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:13,150 +It has come to my attention that you 235 -00:09:25,750 --> 00:09:26,550 -business husks. +00:09:13,150 --> 00:09:15,133 +aren't using official company letterhead. 236 -00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,850 -Nevertheless, rest in peace, email. +00:09:15,416 --> 00:09:18,333 +This is unprofessional and reflects poorly on our 237 -00:09:30,433 --> 00:09:31,466 -Greatness squandered. +00:09:18,333 --> 00:09:19,100 +corporate image. 238 -00:09:33,566 --> 00:09:35,833 -You and I could send one-word emails. +00:09:19,666 --> 00:09:21,866 +Please rectify this immediately. 239 -00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:37,366 -We could email memes. +00:09:22,966 --> 00:09:24,633 +That's based on a true story. 240 -00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,066 -But its association with a workplace chains it +00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:26,166 +A common one, surely. 241 -00:09:41,066 --> 00:09:42,300 +00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,266 +Unfortunately, people think of that as a story + +242 +00:09:29,266 --> 00:09:32,550 +typical of email, and treat email accordingly. + +243 +00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,433 +But the technology is irrelevant. + +244 +00:09:34,850 --> 00:09:37,466 +That's a story typical of communication with soulless + +245 +00:09:37,466 --> 00:09:38,250 +business husks. + +246 +00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,600 +Nevertheless, rest in peace, email. + +247 +00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:43,216 +Greatness squandered. + +248 +00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:46,433 +You and I could send one-word emails. + +249 +00:09:46,950 --> 00:09:48,000 +We could email memes. + +250 +00:09:48,616 --> 00:09:51,700 +But its association with a workplace chains it + +251 +00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:53,050 to miserable connotations. + +252 +00:09:54,266 --> 00:09:58,050 +Speaking of technologies associated with cufflink-wearing motherfuckers, + +253 +00:09:58,666 --> 00:09:59,700 +Bluetooth headsets. + +254 +00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:02,850 +If you're constantly talking on a phone, it's + +255 +00:10:02,850 --> 00:10:03,316 +more efficient. + +256 +00:10:03,950 --> 00:10:06,750 +However, they were indelibly marked with the reputation + +257 +00:10:06,750 --> 00:10:08,900 +of making you look like a douche. + +258 +00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:11,966 +And that's a very honest statement. + +259 +00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,733 +It makes you look like you're one of + +260 +00:10:13,733 --> 00:10:16,200 +those people spending 8 megs per message trying + +261 +00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,300 +to get your email to cosplay as custom + +262 +00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:18,900 +stationery. + +263 +00:10:19,833 --> 00:10:22,400 +And, to be fair, getting people to tolerate + +264 +00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,350 +wearable technology is an uphill battle. + +265 +00:10:24,816 --> 00:10:26,650 +How many generations was it before we decided + +266 +00:10:26,650 --> 00:10:28,166 +to stop making fun of people for wearing + +267 +00:10:28,166 --> 00:10:28,500 +glasses? + +268 +00:10:29,233 --> 00:10:32,133 +Even then, not because they're miraculous vision-improving + +269 +00:10:32,133 --> 00:10:35,333 +technology, only because someone who wears glasses doesn't + +270 +00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:36,166 +do so by choice. + +271 +00:10:37,533 --> 00:10:40,450 +I've described myself as an information-era relic. + +272 +00:10:40,916 --> 00:10:43,716 +The advent of the internet promised sharing information. + +273 +00:10:44,350 --> 00:10:45,333 +Arguably, it did. + +274 +00:10:45,950 --> 00:10:47,933 +But what nerds don't realize is that normal + +275 +00:10:47,933 --> 00:10:50,433 +people don't spend their time giving or receiving + +276 +00:10:50,433 --> 00:10:51,066 +information. + +277 +00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:53,350 +Case in point, Stack Overflow. + +278 +00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,650 +Stack Overflow is, or perhaps was, the last + +279 +00:10:57,650 --> 00:10:59,716 +bastion of practice on the internet. + +280 +00:11:00,433 --> 00:11:04,100 +Forever, idiots would say, to any question. + +281 +00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,316 +Having never thought or had questions themselves, they + +282 +00:11:08,316 --> 00:11:10,700 +assume Google knows everything and will tell you. + +283 +00:11:11,533 --> 00:11:14,433 +What they forget is that what Google does + +284 +00:11:14,433 --> 00:11:15,266 +is search. + +285 +00:11:15,833 --> 00:11:18,116 +So most of the time, what you're searching + +286 +00:11:18,116 --> 00:11:20,100 +for doesn't exist. + +287 +00:11:21,216 --> 00:11:24,000 +99% of the time, someone says, the + +288 +00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,350 +results are old forum posts or Reddit posts + +289 +00:11:27,350 --> 00:11:29,466 +where someone says, just Google it. + +290 +00:11:30,066 --> 00:11:32,333 +Stack Overflow was building the reference. + +291 +00:11:33,050 --> 00:11:35,050 +You know, the point of the internet, the + +292 +00:11:35,050 --> 00:11:37,766 +information we're all now connected to, the Google + +293 +00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:38,633 +results. + +294 +00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:43,800 +But every single time someone brings up Stack + +295 +00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,866 +Overflow, people come out of the woodwork to + +296 +00:11:46,866 --> 00:11:47,650 +tell them themselves. + +297 +00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:51,900 +It has a reputation for gatekeeping because it's + +298 +00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:52,466 +meritocratic. + +299 +00:11:53,516 --> 00:11:56,500 +People complain about needing points to act, but + +300 +00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:58,516 +the fact that they don't understand why you + +301 +00:11:58,516 --> 00:12:00,800 +need points on Stack Overflow does not inspire + +302 +00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,133 +confidence that they understand whatever they intend to + +303 +00:12:03,133 --> 00:12:03,950 +contribute to it. + +304 +00:12:04,966 --> 00:12:07,616 +People who refuse to assimilate but insist the + +305 +00:12:07,616 --> 00:12:10,466 +world should bend to them cannot understand this. + +306 +00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,350 +It has a reputation for being toxic, with + +307 +00:12:14,350 --> 00:12:16,866 +people who expect their authority to be axiomatic. + +308 +00:12:18,166 --> 00:12:21,166 +To these, it's not about writing the record. + +309 +00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:24,666 +It's about building their self-image, relegating any + +310 +00:12:24,666 --> 00:12:27,100 +external effects to at most an afterthought. + +311 +00:12:28,250 --> 00:12:32,033 +Stack Overflow is building something, something to be + +312 +00:12:32,033 --> 00:12:32,600 +referenced. + +313 +00:12:33,316 --> 00:12:35,733 +That concept is lost on people whose only + +314 +00:12:35,733 --> 00:12:38,316 +metric is number of eyeballs watching ads. + +315 +00:12:39,033 --> 00:12:40,900 +Observe this dogshit take. + +316 +00:12:42,316 --> 00:12:45,433 +A smarter person would understand less new questions + +317 +00:12:45,433 --> 00:12:48,016 +means the project is finishing its goal. + +318 +00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,733 +However, again, the AI faithful have no concept + +319 +00:12:52,733 --> 00:12:53,550 +of concepts. + +320 +00:12:54,316 --> 00:12:58,866 +Stack Overflow is correct because users understand concepts. + +321 +00:12:59,566 --> 00:13:02,766 +But for this so-called engineer, that's inconceivable. + +322 +00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:06,416 +If ChatGPT writes more words on the subject, + +323 +00:13:06,916 --> 00:13:07,933 +looks good enough to me. + +324 +00:13:08,516 --> 00:13:09,950 +Notice two more points. + +325 +00:13:10,250 --> 00:13:12,400 +One, he does not understand the concept of + +326 +00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,450 +sharing information. + +327 +00:13:14,300 --> 00:13:17,116 +He only measures the act of asking and + +328 +00:13:17,116 --> 00:13:17,616 +answering. + +329 +00:13:18,433 --> 00:13:21,833 +Stack Overflow questions get marked as duplicate frequently + +330 +00:13:21,833 --> 00:13:26,150 +because the question has already been asked and + +331 +00:13:26,150 --> 00:13:26,550 +answered. + +332 +00:13:27,233 --> 00:13:29,916 +Two, he imagines moderators as a cabal of + +333 +00:13:29,916 --> 00:13:32,550 +gatekeepers stifling him when it's the community at + +334 +00:13:32,550 --> 00:13:34,066 +large disobeying him. + +335 +00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,166 +I don't know why he says sadly. + +336 +00:13:36,466 --> 00:13:38,366 +He doesn't want a reference to learn from. + +337 +00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:40,450 +He wants a sycophant to save him from + +338 +00:13:40,450 --> 00:13:40,800 +learning. + +339 +00:13:41,833 --> 00:13:43,650 +The way he thinks of Stack Overflow is + +340 +00:13:43,650 --> 00:13:45,966 +like if he went to Wikipedia, but only + +341 +00:13:45,966 --> 00:13:48,633 +talk pages where he asked about the information + +342 +00:13:48,633 --> 00:13:49,766 +in the regular article. + +343 +00:13:53,050 --> 00:13:53,833 +Here's an idea. + +344 +00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:57,250 +Educational theorist Etienne Wenger wrote about communities of + +345 +00:13:57,250 --> 00:14:01,433 +practice, which describe roughly, very roughly, people who + +346 +00:14:01,433 --> 00:14:02,800 +do things together. + +347 +00:14:02,933 --> 00:14:05,716 +The concept of practice, he wrote, connotes doing, + +348 +00:14:05,816 --> 00:14:08,116 +but not just doing in and of itself. + +349 +00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:10,966 +It is doing in a historical and social + +350 +00:14:10,966 --> 00:14:14,100 +context that gives structure and meaning to what + +351 +00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:14,650 +we do. + +352 +00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:18,766 +In this sense, practice is always social practice. + +353 +00:14:19,033 --> 00:14:22,166 +Communities forming around said practice share all kinds + +354 +00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:22,633 +of stuff. + +355 +00:14:22,933 --> 00:14:26,850 +Wenger, via Rugnetta, presents a fascinating, albeit generous, + +356 +00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:27,300 +idea. + +357 +00:14:28,250 --> 00:14:29,766 +The way people work is to have a + +358 +00:14:29,766 --> 00:14:32,066 +practice, then form a social tribe related to + +359 +00:14:32,066 --> 00:14:32,700 +that practice. + +360 +00:14:33,450 --> 00:14:35,950 +But what happens when there is no practicing? + +361 +00:14:36,866 --> 00:14:39,150 +Stack Overflow is about the development of software. + +362 +00:14:39,616 --> 00:14:42,450 +But for imbeciles, development isn't real, so it's + +363 +00:14:42,450 --> 00:14:44,433 +a space where developers hang out. + +364 +00:14:45,333 --> 00:14:47,766 +Bluetooth headsets aren't viewed as a better solution + +365 +00:14:47,766 --> 00:14:50,716 +to voice communication, they're a fashion accessory that + +366 +00:14:50,716 --> 00:14:51,933 +signifies lifestyle. + +367 +00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:54,733 +Email isn't thought of as a way to + +368 +00:14:54,733 --> 00:14:57,116 +send data between machines, it's treated as an + +369 +00:14:57,116 --> 00:14:59,916 +official communication channel where your boss talks at + +370 +00:14:59,916 --> 00:15:00,216 +you. + +371 +00:15:01,416 --> 00:15:03,350 +The Fediverse allows you to free yourself and + +372 +00:15:03,350 --> 00:15:05,116 +your social circle from the platform they happen + +373 +00:15:05,116 --> 00:15:07,450 +to use, so it's incomprehensible to people who + +374 +00:15:07,450 --> 00:15:09,350 +seek to build fame on a platform. + +375 +00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,466 +Now, those who own the technology you use + +376 +00:15:13,466 --> 00:15:17,000 +find themselves with leverage over you, or free. + +377 +00:15:17,966 --> 00:15:20,266 +TikTok has the reputation of being the place + +378 +00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:21,000 +where memes happen. + +379 +00:15:21,466 --> 00:15:23,566 +That was derived from its previous reputation as + +380 +00:15:23,566 --> 00:15:25,533 +being a place where everyone can go viral. + +381 +00:15:26,150 --> 00:15:29,450 +But the comparative ease of going viral was + +382 +00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:31,766 +because of manual intervention by Bytedance. + +383 +00:15:32,166 --> 00:15:35,100 +They crafted exactly the community they wanted. + +384 +00:15:35,950 --> 00:15:36,716 +And it was easy. + +385 +00:15:37,016 --> 00:15:39,100 +They manually add heat to videos. + +386 +00:15:40,133 --> 00:15:41,750 +So of course people took to TikTok. + +387 +00:15:42,550 --> 00:15:44,950 +Rather than YouTube promoting some decrepit talk show + +388 +00:15:44,950 --> 00:15:47,933 +skeletons disguising their financial investment in the abysmal + +389 +00:15:47,933 --> 00:15:51,233 +status quo as frosty cold political takes, TikTok + +390 +00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,066 +entices you by putting good-looking women up + +391 +00:15:53,066 --> 00:15:53,250 +front. + +392 +00:15:53,716 --> 00:15:54,900 +All you have to do is mute whatever + +393 +00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:56,316 +terrible music they're dancing to. + +394 +00:15:57,316 --> 00:16:00,116 +Its technology is actively trash. + +395 +00:16:00,433 --> 00:16:03,700 +It's built on unapologetically actively manipulating what you + +396 +00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:04,150 +know about. + +397 +00:16:04,666 --> 00:16:06,050 +And it's owned by a company with a + +398 +00:16:06,050 --> 00:16:07,150 +history of doing so. + +399 +00:16:08,316 --> 00:16:10,816 +Whenever someone self-censors with algo speak, they + +400 +00:16:10,816 --> 00:16:12,766 +have given away their voice to their corporate + +401 +00:16:12,766 --> 00:16:13,233 +overlord. + +402 +00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,516 +If you indulge that sort of person, you + +403 +00:16:16,516 --> 00:16:19,516 +give your attention to their corporate overlord, who + +404 +00:16:19,516 --> 00:16:21,866 +in turn decides what they will allow you + +405 +00:16:21,866 --> 00:16:22,366 +to see. + +406 +00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:25,616 +I know, arguing censorship is bad actually is + +407 +00:16:25,616 --> 00:16:27,666 +an uphill battle for some reason, so let + +408 +00:16:27,666 --> 00:16:29,033 +me leave you with some quick examples. + +409 +00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,416 +I know lots of people just add Reddit + +410 +00:16:31,416 --> 00:16:33,366 +to every Google search they run to hopefully + +411 +00:16:33,366 --> 00:16:35,900 +get actual people talking to each other, but + +412 +00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,333 +I think people forget Reddit has a proud + +413 +00:16:38,333 --> 00:16:40,550 +history of fun and or useful bots. + +414 +00:16:41,216 --> 00:16:43,266 +The value of getting conversation from Reddit is + +415 +00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:45,800 +that when someone says something stupid, someone else + +416 +00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:46,950 +can tell them they're stupid. + +417 +00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:49,216 +Is Atomic Wallet open source? + +418 +00:16:49,633 --> 00:16:51,316 +Some braindead marketron says. + +419 +00:16:52,266 --> 00:16:53,816 +And then a person can have a comment + +420 +00:16:53,816 --> 00:16:56,333 +right under them saying, that's not what words + +421 +00:16:56,333 --> 00:16:56,650 +mean. + +422 +00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:00,150 +Because while Reddit loves brands shifting from follow + +423 +00:17:00,150 --> 00:17:02,850 +us on Facebook to join our subreddit, Redditors + +424 +00:17:02,850 --> 00:17:05,416 +might have some unprofitable things to say. + +425 +00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:09,300 +Contrast this with YouTube trying to algorithmically add + +426 +00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:09,950 +context. + +427 +00:17:11,016 --> 00:17:12,966 +I can think of a case where this + +428 +00:17:12,966 --> 00:17:15,500 +is tantalizingly close to being useful. + +429 +00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:18,766 +People are constantly asking Kyle Hill about his + +430 +00:17:18,766 --> 00:17:20,766 +hair, and he generally has two useful points. + +431 +00:17:21,316 --> 00:17:23,233 +One is go to the place where hair + +432 +00:17:23,233 --> 00:17:23,766 +experts are. + +433 +00:17:24,450 --> 00:17:26,633 +And the second one is use argan oil. + +434 +00:17:27,566 --> 00:17:28,716 +What is argan oil? + +435 +00:17:30,116 --> 00:17:32,050 +Here's someone who calls herself Dr. Dre. + +436 +00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:34,350 +No relation to the warrior poet, I assume. + +437 +00:17:35,116 --> 00:17:36,250 +YouTube adds context. + +438 +00:17:36,616 --> 00:17:38,733 +Yes, Dr. Dre is a doctor. + +439 +00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:40,116 +Licensed in the US. + +440 +00:17:40,950 --> 00:17:41,533 +But that's it. + +441 +00:17:43,633 --> 00:17:46,900 +How much nutritional quackery is perpetrated by Dr. + +442 +00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,600 +Phil, who is a doctor of psychology? + +443 +00:17:51,133 --> 00:17:52,533 +Not to mention chiropractors. + +444 +00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:55,200 +If that little information bar showed me what + +445 +00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,833 +Dr. Dre is a doctor of, that would + +446 +00:17:57,833 --> 00:17:58,616 +be very useful. + +447 +00:17:59,533 --> 00:18:00,350 +Check it out. + +448 +00:18:00,433 --> 00:18:02,616 +A nice link to the Texas Medical Board + +449 +00:18:02,616 --> 00:18:04,016 +affirming her credentials. + +450 +00:18:05,733 --> 00:18:06,650 +Went to her website. + +451 +00:18:06,816 --> 00:18:07,933 +She practices in Texas. + +452 +00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:09,800 +Googled the Texas Medical Board. + +453 +00:18:10,216 --> 00:18:10,933 +Punched in her name. + +454 +00:18:11,416 --> 00:18:11,716 +Easy. + +455 +00:18:13,150 --> 00:18:16,066 +For a platform like YouTube, that rigor is + +456 +00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:16,500 +hard. + +457 +00:18:16,850 --> 00:18:17,350 +And why bother? + +458 +00:18:17,850 --> 00:18:19,566 +Viewers aren't supposed to click the link. + +459 +00:18:19,716 --> 00:18:21,666 +You're just supposed to see that YouTube put + +460 +00:18:21,666 --> 00:18:24,233 +it there, so you can feel reassured that + +461 +00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:26,300 +you can trust that YouTube is both telling + +462 +00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:28,766 +people the truth and tolerating unfavorable speech. + +463 +00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:31,933 +Their system isn't great at this. + +464 +00:18:33,150 --> 00:18:35,650 +Here's Eric doing a whole video mocking harp + +465 +00:18:35,650 --> 00:18:36,233 +conspiracies. + +466 +00:18:36,933 --> 00:18:40,250 +The context Google adds is for climate change. + +467 +00:18:41,100 --> 00:18:43,716 +Close, but they have a card for harp, + +468 +00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:46,033 +leading to an amusing screenshot of a harp + +469 +00:18:46,033 --> 00:18:49,333 +video mocking another harp video that has the + +470 +00:18:49,333 --> 00:18:51,966 +harp card, but given a different card. + +471 +00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:55,250 +Keep the cards in mind. + +472 +00:18:55,550 --> 00:18:58,150 +YouTube also prevents videos from being posted. + +473 +00:18:58,950 --> 00:19:01,566 +There's a great metal remix of Kenneth Copeland + +474 +00:19:01,566 --> 00:19:03,150 +blowing a divine wind. + +475 +00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:06,350 +I reposted that, and my account will carry + +476 +00:19:06,350 --> 00:19:08,766 +a mark with it forever for medical misinformation, + +477 +00:19:09,683 --> 00:19:12,883 +despite no information, wrong or otherwise, medical or + +478 +00:19:12,883 --> 00:19:14,283 +otherwise, being in the video. + +479 +00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,483 +And that is why YouTubers Voldemorted the pandemic. + +480 +00:19:19,016 --> 00:19:20,066 +It would be suppressed. + +481 +00:19:20,716 --> 00:19:24,000 +Meanwhile, the context cards are a way for + +482 +00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,250 +YouTube to demonstrate condemnation of a message, give + +483 +00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:30,216 +themselves credit for not censoring, and let viewers + +484 +00:19:30,216 --> 00:19:33,283 +believe it's easy to circumvent any censorship efforts + +485 +00:19:33,283 --> 00:19:35,300 +while actually censoring. + +486 +00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,750 +YouTubers, of course, obey the rules. + +487 +00:19:40,116 --> 00:19:43,050 +Success is not communicating a communication to their + +488 +00:19:43,050 --> 00:19:43,466 +community. + +489 +00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:47,883 +What matters is their profitability on the platform. + +490 +00:19:49,250 --> 00:19:51,383 +They pass the buck to the algorithm. + +491 +00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,550 +We'd love to mention forbidden topics, but the + +492 +00:19:54,550 --> 00:19:55,766 +algorithm won't let us. + +493 +00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,566 +The platform owners are people who would easily + +494 +00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:02,316 +understand the situation, but they don't plan on + +495 +00:20:02,316 --> 00:20:03,300 +that level of intervention. + +496 +00:20:03,850 --> 00:20:05,716 +They build the platform to run itself. + +497 +00:20:07,266 --> 00:20:09,866 +We'd love to handpick what gets suppressed and + +498 +00:20:09,866 --> 00:20:12,216 +what gets proliferated, but there's too much. + +499 +00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:14,066 +The algorithm handles it. + +500 +00:20:15,816 --> 00:20:18,183 +To post any review on Amazon, it has + +501 +00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:18,950 +to be approved. + +502 +00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:20,350 +By Amazon. + +503 +00:20:21,116 --> 00:20:22,666 +Whenever you post a review on the Google + +504 +00:20:22,666 --> 00:20:24,850 +Play Store, it reserves the last word for + +505 +00:20:24,850 --> 00:20:26,900 +the app's owner, which is usually a form + +506 +00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:28,166 +letter and a link to their FAQ. + +507 +00:20:29,316 --> 00:20:31,900 +Remember when Bethesda advertised a canvas bag and + +508 +00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:35,316 +delivered a They sent an email that effectively + +509 +00:20:35,316 --> 00:20:37,666 +said, caveat entour, bitch. + +510 +00:20:38,716 --> 00:20:41,166 +Second move, they blame material supply. + +511 +00:20:42,516 --> 00:20:43,766 +How many times have we seen a company + +512 +00:20:43,766 --> 00:20:45,450 +get called out by an influencer for some + +513 +00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:47,416 +reason or other, then they immediately move to + +514 +00:20:47,416 --> 00:20:50,100 +fix it as a one-off for that + +515 +00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:50,566 +influencer? + +516 +00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:53,800 +Mere mortals like you and I, we get + +517 +00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,083 +an algorithm built into the platform serving only + +518 +00:20:58,083 --> 00:20:59,183 +economic incentives. + +519 +00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,250 +The algorithm will decide. + +520 +00:21:03,350 --> 00:21:06,116 +In 1939, The Grapes of Wrath talked about + +521 +00:21:06,116 --> 00:21:06,566 +the bank. + +522 +00:21:07,216 --> 00:21:08,883 +Our monster is the algorithm. + +523 +00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,600 +Like a capricious dark god, its wrath is + +524 +00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,883 +unpredictable and its favor is unreliable. + +525 +00:21:16,183 --> 00:21:17,083 +It's only directed. + +526 +00:21:18,316 --> 00:21:19,666 +Sacrifice for the shareholders.