At this point, the platform has started to morph into a shitty TikTok copy and I hate it so much…ruined a good thing they had.
No knowledge would be lost. Books exist, other video platforms exist too. Fuck YT, fuck Google
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 week ago
hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 week ago
While I think I agree with your geneal stance, I also believe ‘no knowledge is lost’ is pure hyperbole.
Aside from many different quasi-documentaries, video essayists and slice-of-life bloggers (whose content is surely backed up on other platforms or by data hoarders) the sheer amount of tacit knowledge of small computer/electronics/hardware repairs and similar, especially in smaller channels, is in no way either ‘not knowledge’ or not ‘lost’ should the platform go up in flames tomorrow.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Before YouTube, people used to share knowledge of how to do shit with computers/electronics/everything on forums. I still go and find info on those forums more often than on YouTube. Nothing would be lost is perhaps a slight over exaggeration, but not a hyperbole.