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[Caleb] It seems that the algorithm would always pull you towards
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The YouTube Effect

It seems thatthe algorithm would alwayspull you towards the more hyperbolic content,...

[Caleb] It seems that
the algorithm would always
pull you towards the more hyperbolic content, towards the content that
was a bit more extreme

Full Transcript

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[Caleb] It seems that the algorithm would always pull you towards
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the more hyperbolic content,
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towards the content that was a bit more extreme.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:57
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.
Muslims by the million have been pouring into Europe. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Muslims by the million have been pouring into Europe.
And you can see the terrible problems - The YouTube Effect 00:06
And you can see the terrible problems
[Caleb] And there was an uncomfortability when you went a bit deeper - The YouTube Effect 00:21
[Caleb] And there was an uncomfortability when you went a bi...
But it was killing my empathy. It was turning me into a sociopath. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
But it was killing my empathy. It was turning me into a soci...
YouTube is now like a Walmart in a town where there's a Walmart - The YouTube Effect 00:09
YouTube is now like a Walmart in a town where there's a...
Like it's one of the sole organizing destinations. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Like it's one of the sole organizing destinations.
And in the case of the far right, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
And in the case of the far right,
[Natalie] Well, I think a lot of people - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[Natalie] Well, I think a lot of people
Words like racist, misogynistic, - The YouTube Effect 00:11
Words like racist, misogynistic,
Rather, they are facts about the way we are socialized - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Rather, they are facts about the way we are socialized
I'll be honest with you, if I hate anything about Black culture, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
I'll be honest with you, if I hate anything about Black...
[Natalie] I do think in general that people who feel marginalized - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[Natalie] I do think in general that people who feel margina...
[Caleb] Then come along the alt right, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
[Caleb] Then come along the alt right,
And then they took many of those Internet nihilists - The YouTube Effect 00:15
And then they took many of those Internet nihilists
You forced me to suffer all my life, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
You forced me to suffer all my life,
[female TV host] An angry and psychologically twisted young man whose public rantings - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[female TV host] An angry and psychologically twisted young ...
[gunshots] - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[gunshots]
A virgin vowing revenge - The YouTube Effect 00:11
A virgin vowing revenge
You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one,
[woman] Aggression, violence and unbridled ambition can't be eliminated - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[woman] Aggression, violence and unbridled ambition can'...