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The YouTube Effect

But that's not whatsocial media is anymore, and it hasn't beenfor a really long time

But that's not what
social media is anymore, and it hasn't been
for a really long time

Full Transcript

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But that's not what social media is anymore,
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and it hasn't been for a really long time.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:26
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
They are not a neutral arbiter - The YouTube Effect 00:08
They are not a neutral arbiter
They pick and choose the winners and the losers - The YouTube Effect 00:06
They pick and choose the winners and the losers
Yeah, it raises a lot of questions like - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Yeah, it raises a lot of questions like
Are we okay with that? Like, I think that, you know, - The YouTube Effect 00:23
Are we okay with that? Like, I think that, you know,
I think we need to be tremendously skeptical - The YouTube Effect 00:11
I think we need to be tremendously skeptical
That said, I do think that we can look at amending it - The YouTube Effect 00:09
That said, I do think that we can look at amending it
[Carrie] They don't see us as important, we're not their actual customers. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[Carrie] They don't see us as important, we're not...
If there's content that we want down - The YouTube Effect 00:09
If there's content that we want down
This week, I got myself a death threat. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
This week, I got myself a death threat.
This is messed up stuff that people are saying, - The YouTube Effect 00:27
This is messed up stuff that people are saying,
When I told him to leave me alone and asked if he had a knife, - The YouTube Effect 00:05
When I told him to leave me alone and asked if he had a knif...
[Carrie] But the rare occasion when somebody is, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[Carrie] But the rare occasion when somebody is,
You are an ugly, untalented, fat [bleep] [laughs] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
You are an ugly, untalented, fat [bleep] [laughs]
The algorithm, it really fostered this community of videos that - The YouTube Effect 00:13
The algorithm, it really fostered this community of videos t...
They'd be like, "Yeah, that person fucking sucks." - The YouTube Effect 00:07
They'd be like, "Yeah, that person fucking sucks.&...
I am so used to reading mean things about myself online. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
I am so used to reading mean things about myself online.
Most of you probably can't even begin to imagine how used to it I am. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Most of you probably can't even begin to imagine how us...
[gong clangs] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[gong clangs]
[music building] - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[music building]
[music continues] - The YouTube Effect 00:12
[music continues]