• RagingRobot@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    They said “a part of” not the sole providers of. Also there is tons of education content on YouTube. I have learned so much from YouTube. It’s actually a really great place to go if you are looking to learn a new skill.

    Maybe that hasn’t been your experience with it but that’s what I use it for the majority of the time.

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      10 days ago

      My entire subscription feed is hundreds of edutainment channels pretty much. It’s my alternative to the discovery/history/science channel for the modern age (and tbh it’s higher quality too in many cases)

      It’s also really really good for learning practical skills like home repairs and automotive maintenance.

      Some favorite channels:

      Nilered

      Styropyro

      Practical engineering

      Technology Connections

      Breaking taps

      The thought emporium

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      9 days ago

      I have learned a lot from YT, it’s a really good plataform for that. Languages, programming electronics, and the list goes on… that was my YT experience during the 2010s. But there is also a lot of bs out there, maybe fuled by monetization, extreme groups or just because mankind is stupid at its core, that is purely aimed to diffuse nonsense, catch peoples attention or plainly influence people views.

      Where I live, revisionism is teach at schools as if it is the real thing. “A part” sometimes is enough.

      My comment was originally thought more as a joke than as a real complaint, but in all seriousness, YT has become an extremely good tool both to learn and to influence people. I understand that “regulating it” would be also another double edged sword, but something has to be done.