I don't frequent video hosting sites anymore,
though I can't deny their potential usefulness
when it comes to very specific information
that seemingly doesn't exist elsewhere. Which
is very rarely the case, as I dare say
everything that exists in a video format has a
written and more elaborate form somewhere on
the internet. One could argue for the few
obscure music pieces and old movies that no
one cared to get removed yet, but even those
are usually just mirrored or blatantly copied
from archiving sites that aggregate such
content.
One is quickly able to realise that most of
the `useful' information, often condensed into
3 minute chunks for the benefit of the ever
diminishing attention span of the common
digital person, only exists to profit of the
inability to designate more time to learning
that became so normalized. Some could say it
has to do with the decline of literacy, but I
daren't poke that bloated cow today.
Not a long time ago, perhaps it's still
ongoing, tech channels began propagating the
`free' alternatives to mainstream video
hosting sites with attractive names like
bytechew, lyebarry, or homer's epic. Sites
promising the raw, unfiltered experience of
unbiased information and powered by
experimental money laundering practices.
I was naturally tempted to explore these
heavenly places, but I was soon diverted from
the tech folk that sent me there, onto a
curious journey into the realm of alternative
media that promised to flee the proverbial
hell and finally shed light on all the
realities behind the wrong realities I thought
real, with faces cherishing the newfound
paradise, ready to speak their mind without
the muzzle imposed on them by their former
overlords.
To my surprise, most of those calling for the
massive exodus have only been mirroring their
content, so one would end up watching the same
`I can't say that here', albeit on a platform
claiming to advocate for freedom.
It was an interesting experiment. Alas, I
don't frequent video hosting sites anymore.
