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by swatcoder 1193 days ago
> And for what it's worth, it's not really YouTube's "fault" either. Remember, they're victims here too. They didn't invite this, they didn't ask for this

“Let’s see if we can host all the world’s video content and all its commentary only using automated tools!”

That was the idea behind the social media boom and it was a foolhardy one. The moderation problems that social media platforms are having now are 100% of their own invitation. They just managed to hold them off for a while.