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mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very strange indeed. I wonder if Kurzgesagt has done something to upset the crowds? I haven’t watched any of their stuff in a year or two, but the ones I did watch were excellent and I thought they were well liked and popular. And accurate. And willing to correct their mistakes.

  Maybe I’ve missed something.

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  • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    IIRC it was a lack of transparency regarding funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, some videos with very dubious science behind them presented as fact, and I believe one case of essentially plagiarism from another creator (there was at least some dispute).

    They did since come out and apologized for some of it but the whole drama did sour the channel for some people.

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    • Dultas@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      IIRC there was one about drug addiction a while back that was backed by some dubious science as well.

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      • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah that’s one of the ones I remember as well.

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  • deathmetal27@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    IIRC there was an expose a long time back that they were on Bill and Melinda Gates foundation’s payroll to push their agenda in their videos.

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    • BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What agenda is that?

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      • deathmetal27@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This video explains it www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI

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  • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have no idea! They seemed like they were great to me.

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    • HiroK@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think it’s just people being weary of these “i fixed cancer guys” stories

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      • Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Too many people have family that fell for faith healing and/or cancer curing supplements.

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    • BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Welp, the good new is that its at +7 now lol

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      • rimu@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        +8!

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• OpenStars@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Every Kurzgesagt video I’ve ever posted has gotten this reaction. Some people seem to feel that they have sold out, and yes adamantly hate the click-baity titles.

  It’s a common issue on the internet where people refuse to deal with nuance and subtlety, preferring instead to simply “like” or “dislike” - I would even go so far as to guess, with many such votes having been offered without first having watched the video.

  It is still an option to simply continue scrolling down without voting on something… but no, they feel like their opinions must be heard, regardless of how unqualified (not having watched it) or unthinkingly offered. In short, this place is still social media, after all.

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