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Title: Can You Believe YouTube Caused the Rise in Flat-Earthers? (*MSM and PTB Institutions Panicking That Truth Is Leaking Like A Sieve On YT*)
Source: New York Mag (Intelligencer)
URL Source: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019 ... the-rise-in-flat-earthers.html
Published: Feb 19, 2019
Author: Madison Kircher
Post Date: 2019-04-13 13:20:14 by Liberator
Keywords: NWO, FEARS, TRUTH
Views: 5049
Comments: 53

When YouTube said earlier this year that it would “begin reducing recommendations of borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways,” people praised the decision.

A certain ex-engineer called it a “historic victory” on Twitter and applauded the company for making such a move, possibly at a great expense to its business model. Which … ha. Among the types of videos YouTube said it would cut back on recommending was flat-Earth content. As in, videos peddling the idea that the Earth is not, as science has repeatedly proven, round. And while I’m all for quashing the spread of truly wrongheaded and potentially dangerous ideas, in the case of flat-Earth indoctrination, the damage has long since been done.

Researchers from Texas Tech University believe they’ve isolated YouTube videos as ground zero for the spread of flat-earth theories, The Guardian reports. Speaking with attendees at the biggest annual gathering of flat-Earthers both in 2017 and 2018, the research team found that people who fell into the world of the flat Earth were often those who were already spending time on YouTube watching other conspiracy videos (about 9/11, for example).

This feedback loop — where watching conspiracy videos leads to being shown more conspiracy videos, which in turn motivates creators to make more conspiracy content — was also cited by the above-mentioned ex-YouTube engineer. It’s that circle that has enabled flat-Earth content to thrive. Researchers said one of the most popular videos is a nearly two-hour-long piece that details myriad reasons why, if you’re smart enough to think beyond what has been crammed into your brain by society for your whole life, the Earth is so obviously flat.

Flat-Earthers might seem like a joke, but the jumps from “the Earth isn’t round” to “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams” to “science isn’t real” to “vaccines are harmful” are easy ones to make. (As noted by the TTU team and the ex-YouTube engineer, conspiracy theorists online tend not to buy into just one conspiracy.) Normalizing such ideas is dangerous.

In 2018, Logan Paul — the one who filmed the dead body, not the other one — was the keynote speaker at the second annual Flat Earth Conference in Denver, Colorado. Though he told a reporter at the event he does not actually believe the Earth is flat, Paul stood up in front of the audience and said he was “coming out of the flat-Earth closet” during a speech he was ostensibly paid to give.

Endorsing bogus theories in bad faith — but which are taken very seriously by others, and all the more so with the lending (or buying) of Paul’s name — makes Paul complicit in the spread of potentially dangerous flat-Earth nonsense and, more harrowingly, its co-ideologies. YouTube, with its years of doing the bare minimum to, well, do nothing to curb the spread of such ideas, is even more complicit. No amount of back-changes will right that.


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HUH?? Which "people" "Praised the decision" -- and WHY?? ALL BS.

First of all, the "Logan Paul" mentioned in the article was exposed as an asset of the OPPOSITION. He was a mercenary, paid to pretend he was an advocate of FE, actually intending all along to make a mockery of Flat Earth theory. This is how feared Flat Earth theory now is, and how desperate these people are.

That said...

I wanted to post this "analysis" and lame attempt at damage-control and panic from a "respected" MSM source (aren't they all? HAH!.)

This reverse psychology, spin and messaging of this article and monopoly of the message is all they've got -- which is notably alarming, and patently false, presenting THE actual danger on several levels.

The argument is silly, hysterical panicky and intellectually dishonest. And still...it will actually be taken seriously. At face value.

Initially, we have the acknowledgement that YouTube/G00gle is "REDUCING," CENSORING, BANNING, AND OTHERWISE ELIMINATING what it terms as "borderline harmful" that "could mis-inform in many ways." (Meanwhile, ALL kinds of sick, twisted sexual/violence porno remains available online for FREE, and NOT considered "harmful" or "dangerous." But that's another story.)

"Misinformation" they say? Sorta like..."RUSSIA-GATE"?? "White-Privilege"?? "Toxic-Masculinity"? "Nothing-To-See-At-The-Las Vegas-Slaughter?")

Then there's the notion and hilarious attempt at portraying the false premise that Flat Earth theory is "dangerous." (How so? Really. Especially IF as claimed, it's so "kooky"?)

We also have NY Mag trying to conflate and convince its readers that Flat Earth as well as ANY and ALL "conspiracy Theories" like Vaccines (or Evolution, the 911 Operation, various gun-related mass shootings/proven theater like Sandy Hook, Chemtrails, Moon-Landings, or data that proves 0bama's lack of a Birth Cert) are "dangerous" and "harmful misinformation."

"Flat Earth -- REALLY?? Naah. No Sale. So what's really going on here?

How much integrity, credibility and commitment to the truth of ANY given subject is logically and honestly warranted when discussing the Mainstream Media? WHY should this article and analysis be trust TO ANY DEGREE??

And again -- IF you can explain YOUR own CT theory -- please advise the forum here as to ANY reason Flat Earth Theory OR ANY other aforementioned theories should be considered "dangerous" and "harmful". (OR...is the real "danger" that the MSM and GOVT Lies will no longer be believed??)

Like NY Magazine, are you and others REALLY saying: "I am a "victim" of "CTs!! They are traumatizing me. No other other opinions and theories about science, history, and...life itself should be aired!

By agreeing with YouTube and the same Mainstream Media that lies about EVERYTHING, aren't YOU "complicit"?

The Powers That Be are trying hard to restrict ALL investigations into any and ALL truth beyond the established "scientific and historical" narratives,

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#32. To: Liberator (#0)

I'd still like to know where to point my telescope to observe another flat planet - for some reason, all the other ones seem to be roughly spherical.
Why are we so damn special?

Hank Rearden  posted on  2019-04-15   0:20:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: Hank Rearden (#32)

I'd still like to know where to point my telescope to observe another flat planet

C'mon, using a telescope is downright Satanic.

I think you'll find that the vast majority of Flat Earthers think that the Flat Earth is the entire universe. The sun and the moon are special cases, the other planets and the stars are kind of an illusion set in the sky of Flat Earth.

Flat Earth = Flat Universe. And Flat Universe isn't just geocentric; it's all there is. And you're in league with the Devil if you believe anything else.

Tooconservative  posted on  2019-04-15   1:23:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Tooconservative, Hank Rearden, Liberator, Pinguinite (#33)

The sun and the moon are special cases, the other planets and the stars are kind of an illusion set in the sky of Flat Earth

Orwell said pretty much the same thing in "1984".

Winston: "But the whole universe is outside us. Look at the stars! Some of them are a million light-years away. They are out of our reach forever."

"What are the stars?" said O'Brien indifferently. "They are bits of fire a few kilometers away. We could reach them if we wanted to. Or we could blot them out. The earth is the center of the universe. The sun and the stars go round it."

Deckard  posted on  2019-04-15   8:20:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Deckard (#38) (Edited)

Think of how useful it is to certain elements in power to have a citizenry so ignorant.

As George Carlin pointed out, think of how stupid the average person is then realize that half the population is dumber than that.

It is encouraging that the Youboob debunkers of Flat Earth get a lot more views (and ad money) than the hard-pressed Flat Earthers themselves. Some of these people resort to begging for gas money, or car parts, or to get their Flatearthmobile (the Truth Bus) running, or to buy another crapmobile and pay off some tickets and pay for registration/insurance on a new crapmobile, then money to go to the Denver Flat Earth convention, and then going anyway without any money and, eventually, a call from jail in Denver. Watch this fine specimen's videos. He actually published this stuff:

The Flat Earth tribe is a sad sad little bunch. That guy and his wife are like something from the old American Gothic painting.

Tooconservative  posted on  2019-04-15   8:35:18 ET  (1 image) Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: Tooconservative (#39)

As George Carlin pointed out...

LOL -- now you're quoting Atheist and famous scientist, GEORGE CARLIN?

You what absolutely amuses me? The absolute agony and heartburn "CTs!!!" and the truth spilling out have ALWAYS caused you. Your reaction to Flat Earth has been...THE best.

The biggest truth: You've been a shill for uber-Statist policy, opposing any and every theory that exposes and indicts your Masonic system. Come on -- we know what you are, who you are. You didn't really believe your diversions fooled many, did you?

"YouBoob" = Bane-of-TooConservative...

Bwaahaa!! Be sure and slip on a double-condom as YouTube bans all those evil, kooky CTers (btw, have you any left after Assange's arrest?)

Liberator  posted on  2019-04-15   12:21:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: Liberator (#42)

LOL -- now you're quoting Atheist and famous scientist, GEORGE CARLIN? ...

Carlin was a comedian. I thought everyone over 40 knew who he was but apparently not.

Tooconservative  posted on  2019-04-15   19:31:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: Tooconservative, Liberator (#51) (Edited)

LOL -- now you're quoting Atheist and famous scientist, GEORGE CARLIN? ...

Carlin was a comedian. I thought everyone over 40 knew who he was but apparently not.

Carlin was more than a comedian - he was a wise man whose take on politics was spot on. For example:

"The limits of debate in this country are established before the debate even begins, and everyone else is marginalised and made to seem as either a communist, a kook, some sort of disloyal person or a conspiracy theorist - Something that shouldn't even be entertained for a minute that powerful people might get together and have a plan. DOESN'T HAPPEN. You're a kook and a conspiracy buff"

Bill Hicks was another politically aware comedian.

Both these guys were full-blown conspiracy theorists, or in other words - always questioning the official narrative.

Deckard  posted on  2019-04-16   7:35:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: Deckard (#52)

Carlin was so great he rejected christ and will wind up in hell. Unless he had a last minute conversion which I doubt. He was pretty much an asshole who got it right once in a blue moon.

A K A Stone  posted on  2019-04-17   7:50:40 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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