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[shosta]

Is there even a reputable source for this claim that Youtube is dominated by alt right personalities?

[benjipwns]

Is there even a reputable source for this claim that Youtube is dominated by alt right personalities?

Name one popular political and/or gaming YouTuber who isn't alt-right, supports them or hasn't denounced them repeatedly.

[Momo]

altrightlettermedia needs to be stopped,    was right

[benjipwns]

Gamergate was really emboldened when their hero the Angry Video Game Nerd and his cinematically ignorant lackeys at RedLetterMedia managed to make people hate that film against the evidence just because it had women on the cast.

[Momo]

Speaking of that gamergate shitlord AVGN, has anyone on ReleaseEra posted this http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/paul-feig-regrets-that-ghostbusters-remake-became-a-cause.html ? I hope not, it would obviously draw those shitlords.

[benjipwns]

Is there even a reputable source for this claim that Youtube is dominated by alt right personalities?

How about the paper of record, authoritative scientific research and further confirmation by VICE's reporting:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/for-the-new-far-right-youtube-has-become-the-new-talk-radio.html
https://shorensteincenter.org/anatomy-of-alt-right-youtuber
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dy7vb/why-the-right-is-dominating-youtube

That enough for you or do you care to reveal more of your anti-science denier agenda?

[VomKriege]

Is there even a reputable source for this claim that Youtube is dominated by alt right personalities?

ResetEra sources it to credible site with impeccable credentials ResetEra.

[Momo]

ResearchEra

[benjipwns]

Literally every article I could find on the first three pages of Google results all cite that NYT article as their source for the claim which means it's been peer-reviewed.

Example: http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/10/contrapoints-profile.html

This YouTuber Is Figuring Out How to Counter the Alt-Right’s Dominance of the Site

...

If you’re an average adult user, YouTube is the place where you can see Colbert clips and movie trailers. But for the young people who make up YouTube’s most devoted audience, the site is as important a source of political content as it is a source of entertainment. Over the last few years, a rich ecosystem of commentators has established itself on the video-sharing site, recording video monologues purporting to explain the world. That network leans right. Hard. As John Herrman explained in a recent article in The New York Times Magazine, “YouTube is host to just one dominant native political community: the YouTube right.”
...
“[N]o [political] bloc is anywhere near as organized or as assertive as the YouTube right and its dozens of obdurate vloggers,” pointed out Herrman. “Nor is there a coherent group on the platform articulating any sort of direct answer to this budding form of reaction — which both validates this material in the eyes of its creators and gives it room to breathe, grow and assert itself beyond its immediate vicinity.”

That a video platform so beloved by adolescents is also so thoroughly dominated by a racist, extremist, reactionary right wing is a troubling thought, and one that hasn’t been directly confronted — partly, no doubt, because YouTube flies so far beneath the radar of most adults who follow politics. But how can we check the rise of the extreme right online — not just on YouTube, but on any of the many social platforms where it appears to flourish? Contra may not have all the answers, but she has one: Meet them on their turf and outdo them.

[ThePhantomBlot]

The wrestling thread was GAF's lamest shit.

which is why it was one of the few i lurked lol

Lol, yeah I used to lurk a lot of lame gaf threads too. Like, just look at how pathetic these guys are, yet I can't look away: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444655

eatchildren’s avatar looks so bizarre without the later added beard and chicken drumstick.

[etiolate]

Is there even a reputable source for this claim that Youtube is dominated by alt right personalities?

Depends on what you mean by dominated. Anyone can start up an independent channel. Can't really say if there's more non-left leaning commentary channels to progressive leftist leaning commentary channels. You also have the major network channels which swing progressive on YT, like MTV News and PBS digital.

The difference is that the independent "alt rightgamergatorermerghedyerallnazis" group dominates in views. I wen through the suggested leftist channels of that thread, and the biggest sub number there is hbomberguy with 176k. I thought maybe that douche moviebob was bigger, but he's 126k.

Here's the subs of the other side: Sargon 728.9k subs, Needledrop (Fantano's music channel) 1.2 million subs, Armoured Skeptic 416k subs, and sh0eonhead is like 500k subs.

The best I have on the left is Laci Greene with 1.5 million subs, but now that she says you have to make your arguments with facts and shouldn't deny science she is off the approved leftist shelf. Plus, she's dating a Gamergater. (420k subs)

The major networks don't get the traffic of the anti-Social Studies Warriors either. MTV News is 100k subs. The actual alt-righters are even worse, with YTers like Millenial Woes at 30k and alt-right.com's YT channel at 29k.

Basically, all the ratings are in shitting on gaffers and dumb college kids.

[benjipwns]

Nice try but the VICE article demolished your attempt at gaslighting us:

PewDiePie
57,953,108 subscribers

The most famous instance of far-right views being disseminated on YouTube is PewDiePie – the site's biggest star, commanding an audience of literally millions of impressionable teenage boys, who for some reason want to watch him play computer games. He was dropped by Disney after it emerged that his videos included antisemitic jokes and Nazi imagery.

What PewDiePie does is very different from the likes of PJW, but this ironic racism can offer us a good example of what happens when these views, prominent in YouTube's ecosystem as they are, become normalised. Such videos are – at least anecdotally – having a measurable effect on how these kids talk about Jews, or the Nazis.

Here's my hypothesis: Twitter is the natural home of the left because Twitter – participatory; open; capable of presenting multiple viewpoints to the reader simultaneously – is well-suited to the expression of left-wing views, which are (to draw however loose a family resemblance between often disparate warring factions) typically somehow egalitarian.

Contemporary right-wing politics, by contrast, is driven largely by the unexamined prejudices and anxieties of (primarily) white men. Any white man who wants to hold on to their prejudices and anxieties is going to have a tough time of it on Twitter – but they're going to have a grand old time standing in front of their wall, alone, ranting.

So the left have the tweet, and the right have the solo rant to camera. This would, in a way, be fine – except that it turns out the solo rant to camera is a vastly better way of converting people than the tweet is.

[Momo]

Centrists/The Right etc tend towards youtube because traditional media is overwhelmingly hard left, news at 11

[etiolate]

I thought the alt right ran twitter, too. What with their evil hashtag campaigns and unnatural affinity to meme. Weaponized Autism? More like weaponized lack of awareness of your white privilege.

[etiolate]

I am kind of curious if any of the networks are trying to create their anti-sjw platform. Dave Rubin has said he's had various offers for a TV show, but has turned it down.

Right now, they're pulling a Napster and trying to kill it rather than adapt to it. Youtube is rapidly demonetizing independent channels, regardless of politics, and making up the rules as they go. They leave the major network channels to put up whatever they want without getting a strike for content. Currently, two standards exist depending on whether you have a NY/LA office or a dot-it-at-home setup. They can't starve them of hits without censorship cries, so they they starve them of revenue.

[benjipwns]

Contrapoints is amazing.

Her videos on decrypting fascism should be essential viewing for everyone aged 12 - 40.

It's funny that this is her constantly reposted video by GAF/ERA, and then their subsequent defense of her credentials against alt-right troll mac, when starts out by getting the definition of fascism completely wrong.

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And then the tips on recognizing a fascist starts out with anyone who denies they're a fascist when called one.

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She'd probably say my insistence on identifying fascism by how fascists (and everyone else) defined it is proof of my own fascism.

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[shosta]

How about the paper of record, authoritative scientific research and further confirmation by VICE's reporting:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/for-the-new-far-right-youtube-has-become-the-new-talk-radio.html
https://shorensteincenter.org/anatomy-of-alt-right-youtuber
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dy7vb/why-the-right-is-dominating-youtube

That enough for you or do you care to reveal more of your anti-science denier agenda?

I'm willing to bet TYT + The Resistance probably have more unique listeners than the whole alt right YouTube combined. Also kids are not browsing YouTube to watch Nick Fuentes talk about Trump, they're laughing at OnlyUseMeBlade.

[Momo]

Dont even like PewDiePie, but anyone saying this:

The most famous instance of far-right views being disseminated on YouTube is PewDiePie

is pretty safe to ignore as a click bait seeking shill.

[benjipwns]

I'm willing to bet TYT + The Resistance probably have more unique listeners than the whole alt right YouTube combined.

They don't count because they promote the same alt-right Russian talking points, are basically owned by Putin through Russia Today and worked constantly all year to elect Trump. Have they even posted any videos denouncing JonTron? Palmer Luckey? Colin Moriarty?

Plus their constant "BOTH SIDES" propaganda:

[etiolate]

TYT is big with 3.4 mil subs. They have an advantage as a YT based network of sorts. Pakman left them and gets 400k subs. Rubin at 550k. Jimmy Dore stuck with TYT, but has his own channel at 276k subs.

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1214049/

Middle age crisis : the thread

[Let's Cyber]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1214049/

Middle age crisis : the thread

This is all anecdotal and I don't have any real studies on hand to reinforce this notion

this would be a good tagline for the site tbh

ResetERA: This is all anecdotal and I don't have any real studies on hand to reinforce this notion.

[shosta]

Here's the subs of the other side: Sargon 728.9k subs, Needledrop (Fantano's music channel) 1.2 million subs, Armoured Skeptic 416k subs, and sh0eonhead is like 500k subs.

I want to address the rest of your post but none of those are right leaning. Also TheNeedleDrop isn't even political at all. The rest of them are just left leaning egalitarians who rejected 90s progressivism like most of the left did and still does. And Sargon is just a misogynist. That's hardly a political position at all and more like a virginity induced disposition.

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1223377

Not everyone has the time to learn about under-the-hood-stuff about everything.

That's fine, but those people better not come to me when it breaks down. And nor am I going to spend my time educating them either.

[etiolate]

Looking at views, the anti-Social Studies Warrior crowd still outperforms. Olbermann's The Resistance tops out at 837k views for his most popular video. Sargon's most popular stuff is 1.5 mill plus in views. Jordan Petersons 2 hour lecture on the bible has 2 million views.

TYT has some insane hit counts on videos, but its all their clickbait stuff like "Woman orgasms 300 times" or "Man with largest penis."

So obviously the left needs to make a big lecture on celebrity dick size.

[benjipwns]

Also TheNeedleDrop isn't even political at all.

It was uncovered as an alt-right front operation months ago.

[etiolate]

Here's the subs of the other side: Sargon 728.9k subs, Needledrop (Fantano's music channel) 1.2 million subs, Armoured Skeptic 416k subs, and sh0eonhead is like 500k subs.

I want to address the rest of your post but none of those are right leaning. Also TheNeedleDrop isn't even political at all. The rest of them are just left leaning egalitarians who rejected 90s progressivism like most of the left did and still does. And Sargon is just a misogynist. That's hardly a political position at all and more like a virginity induced disposition.

Sargon isn't a misogynist. That's a label by idiots, the same as he's labeled alt-right by idiots. That's the current game. Everything to the sane of TYT is alt-right.

[benjipwns]

The Moderate Darlings™ (aka right-wing, sometimes center-right) are strong:

LastWeekTonight
5,655,860 subscribers

Vox
3,168,423 subscribers

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
2,626,109 subscribers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3,327,411 subscribers

Real Time with Bill Maher
1,235,071 subscribers

[benjipwns]

But I mean fascist revolutionaries get tons more subscribers than that:

TaylorSwiftVEVO
26,300,279 subscribers

[shosta]

Looking at views, the anti-Social Studies Warrior crowd still outperforms. Olbermann's The Resistance tops out at 837k views for his most popular video. Sargon's most popular stuff is 1.5 mill plus in views. Jordan Petersons 2 hour lecture on the bible has 2 million views.

TYT has some insane hit counts on videos, but its all their clickbait stuff like "Woman orgasms 300 times" or "Man with largest penis."

So obviously the left needs to make a big lecture on celebrity dick size.

You're just projecting your pet cause I think. I was asking about alt-right, not your typical rationalist or anti-authoritarian-left reactionaries, who have common cause with but are definitely not alt right. Although I think you're right that everything which questions the Narrative seems to be lumped into alt right these days.

But if we used the definition of alt right that I think you and I would probably agree on then I seriously doubt the viewership is anywhere near as high as the left's platform on YouTube.

[shosta]

The Moderate Darlings™ (aka right-wing, sometimes center-right) are strong:

Do people really fucking subscribe to the YouTube channels of TV shows? Why would you do that? All these years I've just been watching the shows like a moron.

[etiolate]

The Moderate Darlings™ (aka right-wing, sometimes center-right) are strong:

LastWeekTonight
5,655,860 subscribers

Vox
3,168,423 subscribers

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
2,626,109 subscribers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3,327,411 subscribers

Real Time with Bill Maher
1,235,071 subscribers

TeanCoco

5.2 mill subs

WHERE DOES HE FALL, SIR???

Known wimmin hater and clinton basher NORM  rightly sits low at 161k subs.

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He still gets 900k views. His Sandler interview is 1.1 million. But coming in second? You guessed it... Frank Stallone.

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[benjipwns]

TeanCoco

5.2 mill subs

WHERE DOES HE FALL, SIR???

Well, he was elected President of Finland as a member of the Social Democratic Party.

[etiolate]

Looking at views, the anti-Social Studies Warrior crowd still outperforms. Olbermann's The Resistance tops out at 837k views for his most popular video. Sargon's most popular stuff is 1.5 mill plus in views. Jordan Petersons 2 hour lecture on the bible has 2 million views.

TYT has some insane hit counts on videos, but its all their clickbait stuff like "Woman orgasms 300 times" or "Man with largest penis."

So obviously the left needs to make a big lecture on celebrity dick size.

You're just projecting your pet cause I think. I was asking about alt-right, not your typical rationalist or anti-authoritarian-left reactionaries, who have common cause with but are definitely not alt right. Although I think you're right that everything which questions the Narrative seems to be lumped into alt right these days.

But if we used the definition of alt right that I think you and I would probably agree on then I seriously doubt the viewership is anywhere near as high as the left's platform on YouTube.

Well, like I said, actual alt-righters are in the 30k region. I used Millenial Woe because Sargon talked to him/debated him as a rep of the real Alt Right, but even that didn't boost his channel. Real alt-righters have a small audience.

The truth is that Vox/Vice/NYT will freely associate centrist, anti-sjw stuff as alt-right. It was the fucking WSJ that painted PDP as a nazi alt-right sympathizer.

You can call it my pet case, but those larger mainstream sites put a lot of effort into painting what I would guess is normal, average American or Canadian rejection of far left lunacy as extremism. We know these people aren't alt-right, but that doesn't get these sites hits. So they sell their legitimacy out for hits, and that feeds these independent outlets more viewers. There's no money in educating GAF types, only money in shitting on them or appeasing their crazy and getting shat on in the blast zone mockery.

[Assimilate]

If I was a senator falsely accused of groping one of my constituents, I wouldn't be taking that shit sitting down. 

You realize he wasn't even a senator during all that? He was just a comedian. He didn't even start to run yet.

I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if there's a ton of Russian shills on sites like Reset. It would explain a whole hell of a lot

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1214223/

Will be good.
We already have :
"What's with the clickbait title ?"
"Is it so hard to not be a terrible person ? It's easy, don't !"

[shosta]

No, I don't recall the WSJ saying he was alt-right or a Nazi sympathizer. It just wrote an article about him using a lot of anti-Semitic and Nazi jokes, and then it included everything he said in response. That sounds exceedingly fair to me.

You realize he wasn't even a senator during all that? He was just a comedian. He didn't even start to run yet.

No, ass-to-mouth, he was a senator at the time. He's talking about the 2010 ass grab.

[Momo]

No, I don't recall the WSJ saying he was alt-right or a Nazi sympathizer. It just wrote an article about him using a lot of anti-Semitic and Nazi jokes, and then it included everything he said in response. That sounds exceedingly fair to me.

What is this post even.

[shosta]

What is this post even.

A response to Etiolate. Did I say something wrong?

[Novid]

Looking at views, the anti-Social Studies Warrior crowd still outperforms. Olbermann's The Resistance tops out at 837k views for his most popular video. Sargon's most popular stuff is 1.5 mill plus in views. Jordan Petersons 2 hour lecture on the bible has 2 million views.

TYT has some insane hit counts on videos, but its all their clickbait stuff like "Woman orgasms 300 times" or "Man with largest penis."

So obviously the left needs to make a big lecture on celebrity dick size.

You're just projecting your pet cause I think. I was asking about alt-right, not your typical rationalist or anti-authoritarian-left reactionaries, who have common cause with but are definitely not alt right. Although I think you're right that everything which questions the Narrative seems to be lumped into alt right these days.

But if we used the definition of alt right that I think you and I would probably agree on then I seriously doubt the viewership is anywhere near as high as the left's platform on YouTube.

Well, like I said, actual alt-righters are in the 30k region. I used Millenial Woe because Sargon talked to him/debated him as a rep of the real Alt Right, but even that didn't boost his channel. Real alt-righters have a small audience.

The truth is that Vox/Vice/NYT will freely associate centrist, anti-Social Studies Warrior stuff as alt-right. It was the fucking WSJ that painted PDP as a nazi alt-right sympathizer.

You can call it my pet case, but those larger mainstream sites put a lot of effort into painting what I would guess is normal, average American or Canadian rejection of far left lunacy as extremism. We know these people aren't alt-right, but that doesn't get these sites hits. So they sell their legitimacy out for hits, and that feeds these independent outlets more viewers. There's no money in educating GAF types, only money in shitting on them or appeasing their crazy and getting shat on in the blast zone mockery.

Why you think that someone that disagrees with of lot of the bullshit that Matty "Slowass" Yeglasass peddles is consider alt-right? Come on dude. These fucks are all funded by right wing leaders because all the rich liberals are about to be taken out for all there sex pesting etc and they were too busy chasing pussy all fucking day.

This culture will never truly get rid of fundamentalism in either side because nobody truly knows how deeply repressed American culture truly is outside of maybe the Japanese dojin folks. Its bottomless. it should scare the world shitless.

Thats why im worried when these repressive campaign ends and there is no traditional way to obey the new rules to prevent all the past transgressions happening again, the first dudes  that go like we dont give a fuck about your punishments will become the new leaders of newer movements to overturn every FUCKING thing dealing with sexuality. The alt-right at least gives consideration to the nuclear family. The next movement will not.

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1204584/

I’ve interviewed for 3 jobs now that all seemed like slam dunks, but after a few days I’ve gotten back almost the exact same response verbatim from them:

“they found someone else who had experience that was more relevant to the role and decided to hire them, instead.”

I’m beginning to be paranoid and suspect my ex-employer could be bad mouthing me when they call. I’ve heard that this isn’t legally possible, but my previously employer was incredibly petty and I wouldn’t put it past him.

It probably never happens then !


Also maybe you're not that good.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1214223/

Will be good.
We already have :
"What's with the clickbait title ?"
"Is it so hard to not be a terrible person ? It's easy, don't !"

It's terrible that what started as a powerful movement for women is now being co-opted by political rat fuckers.

[Assimilate]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rurouni-kenshin-mangaka-nobuhiro-watsuki-charged-with-child-pornography-possession.7308/
Reset finding out one of their favorite manga authors is a pedo. Ya think dipshits? What would happen to these idiots if they found out most of Reset is prob into loli porn

 

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1216445/
https://www.resetera.com/posts/1216611/

[Novid]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rurouni-kenshin-mangaka-nobuhiro-watsuki-charged-with-child-pornography-possession.7308/
Reset finding out one of their favorite manga authors is a pedo. Ya think dipshits? What would happen to these idiots if they found out most of Reset is prob into loli porn

 

Sad, and Kenshin was a great series at the time. *sigh*

[Momo]

So long as it's not Togashi or Ito 

[shosta]

I just wanna say it's crazy seeing "last edited by" on Novid posts. Like someone taking a shit on the kitchen floor and then remembering to shut the fridge door.

[Momo]

Doesnt Dalek post here? I'm sure I've seen that avatar around

[HardcoreRetro]

"naked video of a girl in his early teens"

What the fuck does this mean?

[VomKriege]

Doesnt Dalek post here? I'm sure I've seen that avatar around

I dunno. He's great in this thread tho.

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1217926/

Thanks for the advice everyone. It’s definitely a “high-end” job as you say and these interviews are very stressful, lasting around 4 1/2 hours and meeting with various stakeholders. It’s frustrating to have to go through this over and over again and lose out to someone internally, for example. (I’ve since heard from someone who works there that they planned on hiring somebody internally the entire time-so not sure why they put me through this.)

I would expect people working "high end" jobs (for big bucks I would presume) to have thicker skin and be cognizant of things like the arcane management dance of following due diligence on open bids / applications even if the contractor / hire / promotion is already all but decided on already.

[Momo]

I see you, troll 

[Assimilate]

Doesnt Dalek post here? I'm sure I've seen that avatar around

I dunno. He's great in this thread tho.

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1217926/

Thanks for the advice everyone. It’s definitely a “high-end” job as you say and these interviews are very stressful, lasting around 4 1/2 hours and meeting with various stakeholders. It’s frustrating to have to go through this over and over again and lose out to someone internally, for example. (I’ve since heard from someone who works there that they planned on hiring somebody internally the entire time-so not sure why they put me through this.)

I would expect people working "high end" jobs (for big bucks I would presume) to have thicker skin and be cognizant of things like the arcane management dance of following due diligence on open bids / applications even if the contractor / hire / promotion is already all but decided on already.

Speaking of jobs... i reckon 99% of Restgaf works low level jobs. There's no way to be this offended by everything and be in upper management, and definitely not executive level. And for sure none of them are in the police force/fire rescue/ maritime/ etc.

[shosta]

Last I checked Y2Kev is a banker.

[Let's Cyber]

Speaking of jobs... i reckon 99% of Restgaf works low level jobs. There's no way to be this offended by everything and be in upper management, and definitely not executive level. And for sure none of them are in the police force/fire rescue/ maritime/ etc.

"This is all anecdotal and I don't have any real studies on hand to reinforce this notion".

[Assimilate]

Last I checked Y2Kev is a banker.

That can be used in a broader sense. What type of banker? I had friends that said they were bankers but they were just retail bank managers. 

[Spieler1]

When you're so paranoid about dog whistling gumber gates, Jim Sterling becomes one of your last heroes 

[Novid]

When you're so paranoid about dog whistling gumber gates, Jim Sterling becomes one of your last heroes 

Jim Sterling is a opportunistic little shit. Boogie is too.
If youre not with Blackbond when it comes to gaming yall worthless like the npc's he talks about.

[counterhit]

"naked video of a girl in his early teens"

What the fuck does this mean?

It means "too old for amir0x".

[Dennis]

Doesnt Dalek post here? I'm sure I've seen that avatar around

I dunno. He's great in this thread tho.

https://www.resetera.com/posts/1217926/

Thanks for the advice everyone. It’s definitely a “high-end” job as you say and these interviews are very stressful, lasting around 4 1/2 hours and meeting with various stakeholders. It’s frustrating to have to go through this over and over again and lose out to someone internally, for example. (I’ve since heard from someone who works there that they planned on hiring somebody internally the entire time-so not sure why they put me through this.)

I would expect people working "high end" jobs (for big bucks I would presume) to have thicker skin and be cognizant of things like the arcane management dance of following due diligence on open bids / applications even if the contractor / hire / promotion is already all but decided on already.

Speaking of jobs... i reckon 99% of Restgaf works low level jobs. There's no way to be this offended by everything and be in upper management, and definitely not executive level. And for sure none of them are in the police force/fire rescue/ maritime/ etc.

I will have you know Aquamarine is a high-powered executive.

[counterhit]

Nice try but the VICE article demolished your attempt at gaslighting us:

PewDiePie
57,953,108 subscribers

The most famous instance of far-right views being disseminated on YouTube is PewDiePie – the site's biggest star, commanding an audience of literally millions of impressionable teenage boys, who for some reason want to watch him play computer games. He was dropped by Disney after it emerged that his videos included antisemitic jokes and Nazi imagery.

What PewDiePie does is very different from the likes of PJW, but this ironic racism can offer us a good example of what happens when these views, prominent in YouTube's ecosystem as they are, become normalised. Such videos are – at least anecdotally – having a measurable effect on how these kids talk about Jews, or the Nazis.

Here's my hypothesis: Twitter is the natural home of the left because Twitter – participatory; open; capable of presenting multiple viewpoints to the reader simultaneously – is well-suited to the expression of left-wing views, which are (to draw however loose a family resemblance between often disparate warring factions) typically somehow egalitarian.

Contemporary right-wing politics, by contrast, is driven largely by the unexamined prejudices and anxieties of (primarily) white men. Any white man who wants to hold on to their prejudices and anxieties is going to have a tough time of it on Twitter – but they're going to have a grand old time standing in front of their wall, alone, ranting.

So the left have the tweet, and the right have the solo rant to camera. This would, in a way, be fine – except that it turns out the solo rant to camera is a vastly better way of converting people than the tweet is.

It bears repeating how bad this article is. It's pretty reflective of the type of journalism that is too busy trying to prove it's claims by any means possible. The whole bit about twitter is just completely divorced from reality, with the explanation being a masturbatory fantasy.