Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂Nov 2

Dear Fedi friends,

If you can set aside 11 minutes today, I highly encourage to watch @vkc's latest video: "I stream nothing, and I am happy."

🔗​: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni

It is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and should be shown in media literacy and digital literacy classes everywhere. Actually, everyone should watch it (I'm about to send it to my family and friends).

My favorite part comes up towards the end. Veronica eloquently explains (9 min 27 sec in):

"I feel like we owe it to ourselves and to those who follow us to try and break free of algorithms, which tell us what we should like, who we should believe, and how we should feel about it.

It may sound melodramatic and maybe it is, but I see the increased dependence on algorithmically-driven entertainment as a symptom of that larger problem: uber-convenience that separates us from our critical thinking.

We're learning to abandon reason for small decisions, and wouldn't you know it, now it's easier to ignore reasons for the larger ones.

I'm not here to tell you what to think. I was raised in a "mind-your-own-damn-business" household and that's where my head is at. But I do want to implore all of us to think critically about how streaming media, autoplay, and the algorithm are impacting us."

I'm super proud to be a backer of her Patreon and I cannot thank her enough for this incredible video... which comes at the perfect time, as I was already planning to set up #Jellyfin next week.

If you can, join me in supporting Veronica's work here: https://www.patreon.com/VeronicaExplains

#DigitalLiteracy #BigTech #SelfHosting #independence #resist #MediaLiteracy

I stream nothing, and I am happy.

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Show threadGraeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@elena @vkc Odd.... A video you are supposed to stream to tell you not to stream, by stating the obvious, which will only be seen by people who already agree?
Nov 2 at 10:46amWeb
Show threadElena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂Nov 2
@pa27 @vkc if you watch the video, she's suggesting to set up a personal streaming service (self-hosted) to escape the algorithm... and she also published the video on YouTube, to thus reach a wider audience
Show threadBodhipaksaNov 2
@pa27 @elena @vkc It’s funny. I watched it and didn’t think anything she said was obvious. In fact I don’t understand a lot of the details, but that’s okay because she’s given me things to think about. Also, you’re misunderstanding what she’s talking about when she says “streaming.” She’s talking about streaming services such as Netflix.