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3. This - "... sourcing their information from across social media and the internet ..." - is exactly why ...

Reply to Dem4life1970 (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:17 PM

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... I make a point NOT to click on these links.

Furthermore ... and I know I'm sounding like an old fogy here ... in the early days of DU, there was a community of respected users, such as Will Pitt, Khephra, and many others, who actually created intelligent, insightful, long form content, which I always looked forward to reading, rather than posting youtube, x/itter, etc, etc links, often without any context other than BOMBSHELL!!11!!!!1!!111

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More Americans Get Their News From YouTube -- and There's No Going Back [View all] Dem4life1970 Monday OP

I get ALL of my news from YouTube. And the bonus is that YOU pick the news YOU want to see, not them. SWBTATTReg Monday #1

watch for a rightwing billionaire to swoop in and buy youtube Fullduplexxx Monday #2

This - "... sourcing their information from across social media and the internet ..." - is exactly why ... rog Monday #3

One has to be discerning to watch YouTube, but there is robust information on there, and bucolic_frolic Monday #4