Ek-Hou-Van-Braai6d ago
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Show threadtio_bira6d ago

Wasn’t his n*zi prank and all his racist shit who began the youtube downhill ?

I genuine asking, i’m not from u.s. and never watched a single video from him in all my life, i only knew him from have the youtube channel with most suscribers and the clip on PUBG bridge.

Show threadNOT_RICK
You can say Nazi. Self censorship doesn’t help anyone other than advertisers
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Show threadporcoesphino6d ago
How does self censorship help advertisers?
Show threadzalgotext6d ago
Self censorship makes a platform more attractive to an advertiser
Show threadporcoesphino6d ago
I don’t understand the mechanism. I could see a benefit for an advertiser if there was self censorship for criticising that advertiser, but what is the connection between that and self censorship for the word nazi? Or is it another mechanism?
Show threadMaggiWuerze6d ago
The general atmosphere is “better” meaning the advertiser sees his “content” amongst more friendly surroundings
Show threadporcoesphino5d ago
So there is less advertising in Australia and the UK than the US because they say the word cunt more?
Show threadHereIAm6d ago

Advertisers don’t want to be viewed next to or adjacent to “problematic” content. Hence no swearing in the first 5 or so minutes in a YouTube video (right after add have played), self censoring words like cunt and suicide so algorithms don’t deprioritise you (again, because platforms make money from ads, so they won’t promote videos that aren’t as friendly).

It’s all in the service to appease advertisers, and they require platforms to roll out the red carpet wherever they tread.