Comment on Decentralised YouTube alternative Odysee no longer serving ads

SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, it’s the latter.

  Executive Julian Chandra wrote to Odysee site moderators that “a Nazi that makes videos about the superiority of the white race” was not grounds for removal from Odysee.

  They have actively defended far-right content, even videos that have openly called for genocide.

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do they also suppress left/socialist content?

    If they did, then yeah it’s a shit service.

    I am by no means defending Nazi content. But if they are allowing any speech, I’d say this is closer to being “free speech” than Twitter currently is.

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    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Speech doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and all ideas aren’t equal. The libertarian idea of absolute free speech is a half-baked notion that holds that Nazi philosophies are equal to Humanist philosophies, and they each deserve the same megaphone and chance to thrive.

      Fuck. That. And fuck anyone who thinks that or platforms Nazis. Libertarian free speech is a myth that only benefits Nazis and other bad actors.

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    • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, it goes both ways. And they aren’t using the platform to push any of their personal believes either.

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why does that always end up being the case?

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    • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because good people aren’t free speech absolutists, because we understand the danger of leaving violent or dishonest ideas unchallenged.

      Anyone who thinks Nazism is an idea worthy of consido is just a Nazi. That argument was concluded in 1945, and the only people revisiting it are people who want a different conclusion.

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• DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you seriously telling me that you think videos on YouTube and other mainstream platforms aren’t being censored? People need to stop calling it a “right” platform. People of all political ideologies are on the platform, you are just picking out the stuff you don’t like; the platform isn’t even political or meant for that purpose; it’s meant for all forms of content creation.

  Why do you think they have the categories in their sidebar, "Pop Culture; Artists; Education; Lifestyle; Spooky; Gaming; Tech; Comedy; Music; Sports; Universe; Finance 2.0; Spirituality; News & Politics; Wild West – in that order… Notice Politics is second last?

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  • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I didn’t call it anything, I’m asking. I never said YouTube was a free speech platform.

    Please read what I wrote again.

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    • DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sorry… I apologise for the misunderstanding and mini-rant.

      You appeared to me to be asking a rhetorical question in a sarcastic manner and implying that they aren’t really committed to free speech, and the reason I was frustrated was because I’m quite sick of this platform being labelled as right/far-right when it isn’t. YouTube was just an example one mainstream platform that censors content.

      If you’d like to see an example of how committed they are to free speech, I can’t really easily provide a direct source, but I do recommend taking a look at some of LBRY’s earliest posts on Odysee

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      • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ll be mindful of my wording in the future. I want to reiterate that this was a genuine question.

        I do think if a lot of people are telling you the site is right wing then maybe you should take a broader look around. You don’t have to be participating in that garbage for it to be occurring.

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  • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are you seriously telling me that you think videos on YouTube and other mainstream platforms aren’t being censored?

    No, they never said anything like that. Read the comment you’re responding to again.

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  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can you recommend me more than a few hardcore leftist content creators exclusively releasing content on Odyssee?

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