It's no secret that politicians are mostly paid for, and there's people that believe that owners of some of the biggest businesses in the world are simply being handled by the people with the real wealth in the world.
But, a lot of people watch YouTube these days for a source of alternative news
I won't name the YouTuber, but recently I heard someone with a pretty big audience admit on one of their recent videos that they have had 'business partnership' offers to 'temper their message' in a particular way. This YouTuber said it's common for certain types of creators to get hit up when their audience reaches a certain size.
It got me thinking about how critical you have to be with any news or content you're consuming these days.
Paying off YouTubers and other seemingly independent content creators (which could really be anyone these days with the way the internet works) is a sneaky alternative strategy to censoring, shadow banning or sabotaging someone to not show up in an algorithm
Be very careful what, and who you're listening to is the lesson I learnt
But, a lot of people watch YouTube these days for a source of alternative news
I won't name the YouTuber, but recently I heard someone with a pretty big audience admit on one of their recent videos that they have had 'business partnership' offers to 'temper their message' in a particular way. This YouTuber said it's common for certain types of creators to get hit up when their audience reaches a certain size.
It got me thinking about how critical you have to be with any news or content you're consuming these days.
Paying off YouTubers and other seemingly independent content creators (which could really be anyone these days with the way the internet works) is a sneaky alternative strategy to censoring, shadow banning or sabotaging someone to not show up in an algorithm
Be very careful what, and who you're listening to is the lesson I learnt