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The YouTube Effect

You step away from YouTubefor a little while asa content creator and you feel a little

You step away from YouTube
for a little while as
a content creator and you feel a little

Full Transcript

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You step away from YouTube for a little while as a content creator
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and you feel a little...
Duration
6 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:41
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.
What, are people gonna forget about me - The YouTube Effect 00:06
What, are people gonna forget about me
Is the algorithm not going to show my content to anyone again? - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Is the algorithm not going to show my content to anyone agai...
It makes you feel obligated to continue your momentum. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
It makes you feel obligated to continue your momentum.
[eerie music] - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[eerie music]
And the way they make money is by keeping you on the platform - The YouTube Effect 00:10
And the way they make money is by keeping you on the platfor...
Your newsfeed is 100% curated for you - The YouTube Effect 00:11
Your newsfeed is 100% curated for you
YouTube, it's a little bit less obvious, - The YouTube Effect 00:24
YouTube, it's a little bit less obvious,
So of course, part of that algorithm is, - The YouTube Effect 00:14
So of course, part of that algorithm is,
So for example, if you go on to YouTube today - The YouTube Effect 00:12
So for example, if you go on to YouTube today
A full 10% of recommendations were conspiratorial. - The YouTube Effect 00:07
A full 10% of recommendations were conspiratorial.
Well, I just got kicked out of Starbucks for asking - The YouTube Effect 00:08
Well, I just got kicked out of Starbucks for asking
[Hany] So it's not just that these platforms are neutral. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
[Hany] So it's not just that these platforms are neutra...
You know, it'd be one thing to say, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
You know, it'd be one thing to say,
And what we know is that the more conspiratorial, the more hateful, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
And what we know is that the more conspiratorial, the more h...
[calm music] - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[calm music]
Because it's not just that, I had video games for escapism. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Because it's not just that, I had video games for escap...
I had, you know, going out with my friends for escapism. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
I had, you know, going out with my friends for escapism.
But what the Internet had was, - The YouTube Effect 00:11
But what the Internet had was,
And the reason that's so important is because you can't see - The YouTube Effect 00:08
And the reason that's so important is because you can&#...
[calm music] - The YouTube Effect 00:12
[calm music]