| How actively do you use YouTube, Tik Tok, instagram and other content resources with elements of social networks (Is twitter still relevant after the purchase by Musk?)? What do you mainly watch videos or photos about? Have you ever spent a lot of time just watching entertaining videos? Was it an attempt to pass the time at little cost, or did you just allow yourself to be distracted? |
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| Twitter is obviously still relevant, but I would not call youtube a social network for comments there are mostly made of mind-numbing, overused jokes (hold my beer, etc). |
RobertBobert said: How actively do you use YouTube, Tik Tok, instagram and other content resources with elements of social networks (Is twitter still relevant after the purchase by Musk?)? Youtube - On daily basis to watch some anime reactions, Flame of Rebirths vids on Bleach, some research on anime osts [alot of them are not in Spotify ex. Project Nimbus ost - game ost as there is no anime about that universe and probably won't be] and very often I do listen and re-listen Polish stand ups. Tik Tok - from time to time ocasionally when I need to kill some time. Other sites [Meme/News/Video Footage from Ukraine] - daily basis. Twitter - Ocasionally, to watch what is trending or read some stuff on Ukraine. Facebook - to be more specific a Messenger app more likely to simply communicate with my buddies or with my mother, - daily. |
| I use none because I am very smart and unlike all the other stupid people who are on the internet. I am very smart so I do actual useful stuff with my life like chopping wood and hunting animals. |
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Meusnier said: Maybe I'm too old for this, but I'm embarrassed to think that people think more about getting as many likes as possible for an ironic or subtle comment on YouTube than just expressing their opinion. I heard a bunch of times that people avoided expressing their opinion on social media just because there were too many comments and they were unlikely to get likes.Twitter is obviously still relevant, but I would not call youtube a social network for comments there are mostly made of mind-numbing, overused jokes (hold my beer, etc). |
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| Youtube: every day Twitter: every day leddit: quite often Instagram and facebook: very very rarely TikTok: never myanimelist forums: please free me from my addiction |
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| I only use yt for gaming, music, anime, vtuber clips and other random things. I stay away from tiktok and stuff like that. To pass the time I just normally watch anime/read manga but I also use yt a decent amount. Well the forums here are the only place I actually socialise on the internet other than a few friends on discord. |
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| YouTube is the site I use the most, and I use it to watch lengthy videos on any topic that interests me and to listen to music. I use Tiktok pretty much the same as YouTube, but I only use it to kill time. I've barely used Instagram. I would say that my account only exists to follow my friends. |
| I use YouTube every day for gaming videos, tech videos, music, general toilet entertainment, and other stuff. But I don't use any other social media platform. I want to ditch YouTube too, but there is content there that I want and can't get anywhere else. |
| Youtube every second of every minute of every day. The rest practically never. |
| Are you such a strong YouTube enthusiast? |
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RobertBobert said: Are you such a strong YouTube enthusiast? Oh absolutely, it's practically the only platform i watch aside from few other anime streaming sites. |
| YouTube: All the time Insta: All the time Twitter: Good amount of time TikTok: Rarely |
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tchitchouan said: And what video content do you spend so much time on?RobertBobert said: Are you such a strong YouTube enthusiast? Oh absolutely, it's practically the only platform i watch aside from few other anime streaming sites. |
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| Youtube: every day Reddit: every day Instagram: every few days Facebook: at least every week or so MAL: sporadically Tiktok: don’t use it or have an account but check creators i know if something comes up |
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RobertBobert said: tchitchouan said: And what video content do you spend so much time on?Oh absolutely, it's practically the only platform i watch aside from few other anime streaming sites. Text to speech meme videos like this one. |
RobertBobert said: Meusnier said: Maybe I'm too old for this, but I'm embarrassed to think that people think more about getting as many likes as possible for an ironic or subtle comment on YouTube than just expressing their opinion. I heard a bunch of times that people avoided expressing their opinion on social media just because there were too many comments and they were unlikely to get likes.Twitter is obviously still relevant, but I would not call youtube a social network for comments there are mostly made of mind-numbing, overused jokes (hold my beer, etc). It is a pity that people try to go for the likes instead of trying to say something meaningful. And when they do, they often have to face very harsh replies. But there are some exceptions, especially on music-related videos, where people sometimes share very interesting stories like Ron Carter did on Thelonious Monk in the video below. OT: I daily use youtube to listen to music, and sometimes even watch movies on this website—which can be a true gold mine. You can find old movies and very interesting documentaries, like the inspiring interview of Solzhenitsyn, and quality TV shows of the past: |
tchitchouan said: Such videos were once popular in Russia and Ukraine, but now we mostly watch ordinary bloggers there.RobertBobert said: And what video content do you spend so much time on? Text to speech meme videos like this one. Meusnier said: Are you interested in Solzhenitsyn? It seemed to me that you were too leftist or liberal for his system of views. In Russia, he is mostly considered something of a right-wing moralist (not in the sense of a moral guard, but in the sense of trying to make people conscience about that time), some were disappointed that while criticizing the repression of the USSR, he also criticized pro-Western people.RobertBobert said: Maybe I'm too old for this, but I'm embarrassed to think that people think more about getting as many likes as possible for an ironic or subtle comment on YouTube than just expressing their opinion. I heard a bunch of times that people avoided expressing their opinion on social media just because there were too many comments and they were unlikely to get likes. It is a pity that people try to go for the likes instead of trying to say something meaningful. And when they do, they often have to face very harsh replies. But there are some exceptions, especially on music-related videos, where people sometimes share very interesting stories like Ron Carter did on Thelonious Monk in the video below. OT: I daily use youtube to listen to music, and sometimes even watch movies on this website—which can be a true gold mine. You can find old movies and very interesting documentaries, like the inspiring interview of Solzhenitsyn, and quality TV shows of the past: |
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RobertBobert said: Such videos were once popular in Russia and Ukraine, but now we mostly watch ordinary bloggers there. I also watch anime and figurine videos like this one. |
tchitchouan said: And did you buy any of this in the end?RobertBobert said: Such videos were once popular in Russia and Ukraine, but now we mostly watch ordinary bloggers there. I also watch anime and figurine videos like this one. |
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RobertBobert said: Meusnier said: Are you interested in Solzhenitsyn? It seemed to me that you were too leftist or liberal for his system of views. In Russia, he is mostly considered something of a right-wing moralist (not in the sense of a moral guard, but in the sense of trying to make people conscience about that time), some were disappointed that while criticizing the repression of the USSR, he also criticized pro-Western people.It is a pity that people try to go for the likes instead of trying to say something meaningful. And when they do, they often have to face very harsh replies. But there are some exceptions, especially on music-related videos, where people sometimes share very interesting stories like Ron Carter did on Thelonious Monk in the video below. OT: I daily use youtube to listen to music, and sometimes even watch movies on this website—which can be a true gold mine. You can find old movies and very interesting documentaries, like the inspiring interview of Solzhenitsyn, and quality TV shows of the past: Of course, I have not only read the Archipelago, but I have also started reading The Red Wheel. He is certainly one of the last great Russian writers. To me, politics are ultimately irrelevant (I also like Dostoevsky a lot since high school, and he would be classified as right-wing today), and I care little if a writer is left or right-leaning as long as they write well—if I appear as more left-leaning here, it is only because it is easier to score "left" points; be it by fighting against conspiracy theorists or criticising Western hypocrisy (in other words, if I agree with liberals, it is purely coincidental). Such things (criticising "both" sides) are typical of good writers, who are not—with a few exceptions—mindless propagandists—his small book from 1980 perhaps named The Mistake of the West in English was quite interesting to show how ignorant Westerners were of Russia and communism. |
Meusnier said: I don't know what Solzhenitsyn looks like outside of Russia, here he is known as the "conscience of the nation", the source of memes thanks to the fictional "fighter for all good against all bad" Lev Sharansky, and the source of constant butthurt and libel accusations from pro-Soviet bloggers. He recently received an adaptation of one of his books again, and the reviews for the film were like scientific papers. If you are a political person, then your attitude towards him is a good marker for the attitude towards yourself in Russia.RobertBobert said: Are you interested in Solzhenitsyn? It seemed to me that you were too leftist or liberal for his system of views. In Russia, he is mostly considered something of a right-wing moralist (not in the sense of a moral guard, but in the sense of trying to make people conscience about that time), some were disappointed that while criticizing the repression of the USSR, he also criticized pro-Western people. Of course, I have not only read the Archipelago, but I have also started reading The Red Wheel. He is certainly one of the last great Russian writers. To me, politics are ultimately irrelevant (I also like Dostoevsky a lot since high school, and he would be classified as right-wing today), and I care little if a writer is left or right-leaning as long as they write well—if I appear as more left-leaning here, it is only because it is easier to score "left" points; be it by fighting against conspiracy theorists or criticising Western hypocrisy (in other words, if I agree with liberals, it is purely coincidental). Such things (criticising "both" sides) are typical of good writers, who are not—with a few exceptions—mindless propagandists—his small book from 1980 perhaps named The Mistake of the West in English was quite interesting to show how ignorant Westerners were of Russia and communism. |
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| MAL is the only forum that I'm on. I've never used Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok or Instagram in my entire life. I read some subreddits, but I don't post on them. |
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RobertBobert said: Meusnier said: I don't know what Solzhenitsyn looks like outside of Russia, here he is known as the "conscience of the nation", the source of memes thanks to the fictional "fighter for all good against all bad" Lev Sharansky, and the source of constant butthurt and libel accusations from pro-Soviet bloggers. He recently received an adaptation of one of his books again, and the reviews for the film were like scientific papers. If you are a political person, then your attitude towards him is a good marker for the attitude towards yourself in Russia.Of course, I have not only read the Archipelago, but I have also started reading The Red Wheel. He is certainly one of the last great Russian writers. To me, politics are ultimately irrelevant (I also like Dostoevsky a lot since high school, and he would be classified as right-wing today), and I care little if a writer is left or right-leaning as long as they write well—if I appear as more left-leaning here, it is only because it is easier to score "left" points; be it by fighting against conspiracy theorists or criticising Western hypocrisy (in other words, if I agree with liberals, it is purely coincidental). Such things (criticising "both" sides) are typical of good writers, who are not—with a few exceptions—mindless propagandists—his small book from 1980 perhaps named The Mistake of the West in English was quite interesting to show how ignorant Westerners were of Russia and communism. I think that he has become a very uncontroversial, slightly out of fashion figure in the West. Even Western communists leaders have acknowledged in the past (the late 1960s and early 1970s) the existence of the Stalinian crimes, only (online) wumao born after 2000 are still in denial. Therefore, he is not as politically relevant as he used to be, but that subtracts very little to his literature—the value of Notes from the House of the Dead is unchanged. Would you recommend any movie adaptation from his books? |
| Youtube is the only mainstream social media that I use. I usually have videos on in the background while I'm drawing or doing other tasks. |
Zettaiken said: i also watch flame of rebirth, pretty much the only bleach youtuber i actually go back to check up on. it's the enthusiasmRobertBobert said: How actively do you use YouTube, Tik Tok, instagram and other content resources with elements of social networks (Is twitter still relevant after the purchase by Musk?)? Flame of Rebirths vids on Bleach, |
Meusnier said: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15225256/ I'm talking about this movie. I didn't watch it as I come from a family of communist activists and it's not exactly my cup of tea to say the least. But if you are interested, then your choice. RobertBobert said: I don't know what Solzhenitsyn looks like outside of Russia, here he is known as the "conscience of the nation", the source of memes thanks to the fictional "fighter for all good against all bad" Lev Sharansky, and the source of constant butthurt and libel accusations from pro-Soviet bloggers. He recently received an adaptation of one of his books again, and the reviews for the film were like scientific papers. If you are a political person, then your attitude towards him is a good marker for the attitude towards yourself in Russia. I think that he has become a very uncontroversial, slightly out of fashion figure in the West. Even Western communists leaders have acknowledged in the past (the late 1960s and early 1970s) the existence of the Stalinian crimes, only (online) wumao born after 2000 are still in denial. Therefore, he is not as politically relevant as he used to be, but that subtracts very little to his literature—the value of Notes from the House of the Dead is unchanged. Would you recommend any movie adaptation from his books? I don't know if he is Putin's idol or just convenient for modern state propaganda, but the Russian authorities are very fond of remembering him every time they need to be reminded that there were bad things in the USSR and that the Kremlin is still aware of this and is not trying to restore THE USSR. We even have a Solzhenitsyn Center in Moscow, which, of course, has an extremely negative reputation among pro-Soviet people and communists. Most Russians are aware of and condemn the repressions in the USSR, but also many are (post) ironic about it due to the abuse of the topic in anti-Soviet propaganda and regular criticism from popular bloggers. For example, recently Yuri Dud made a rather superficial documentary about Kolyma and this caused a mini-war on Russian YouTube for a couple of months. |
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| RobertBobert said: And did you buy any of this in the end? No i didn't, i just like watching them. |
| I use both youtube and twitter on daily basis. I spend more time watching yt videos more than watching anime. I mostly watch gaming videos, listening to soundtracks or songs, watching clips, pretty much any videos as long as it's entertaining or educational. As for Twitter, I used ot only to see fanarts and following news related to unique events or anime related. I open IG every once in awhile also to check for fanarts or news. I never use Tiktok because I found it to be very cancerous and just overall terrible app. |
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RobertBobert said: Meusnier said: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15225256/ I'm talking about this movie. I didn't watch it as I come from a family of communist activists and it's not exactly my cup of tea to say the least. But if you are interested, then your choice. I think that he has become a very uncontroversial, slightly out of fashion figure in the West. Even Western communists leaders have acknowledged in the past (the late 1960s and early 1970s) the existence of the Stalinian crimes, only (online) wumao born after 2000 are still in denial. Therefore, he is not as politically relevant as he used to be, but that subtracts very little to his literature—the value of Notes from the House of the Dead is unchanged. Would you recommend any movie adaptation from his books? I don't know if he is Putin's idol or just convenient for modern state propaganda, but the Russian authorities are very fond of remembering him every time they need to be reminded that there were bad things in the USSR and that the Kremlin is still aware of this and is not trying to restore THE USSR. We even have a Solzhenitsyn Center in Moscow, which, of course, has an extremely negative reputation among pro-Soviet people and communists. Most Russians are aware of and condemn the repressions in the USSR, but also many are (post) ironic about it due to the abuse of the topic in anti-Soviet propaganda and regular criticism from popular bloggers. For example, recently Yuri Dud made a rather superficial documentary about Kolyma and this caused a mini-war on Russian YouTube for a couple of months. Thank you for the link! But you do not seem like a communist activity yourself, so what do you dislike about the movie? Well, this is not much different from Lu Xun who was used for propaganda and framed as an admirer of Mao Zedong, whilst his closest friends and collaborators were persecuted or killed. Or Chateaubriand and Victor Hugo who are quoted by politicians of all parties in France as ultimate moral references. In the end, I think that one should to look further the instrumentalisation of famous artistic figures in order to appreciate their work. What was this documentary about exactly? |
| I use YouTube and Instagram pretty much every day. |
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| @Meusnier I just don't like this topic, both for personal reasons and for taste. Mainly because it was very much devalued by the approach that people ironically call "one half of the country was sitting, the other half was guarding." Well, that's the whole point of Russian and Soviet propaganda. Real examples of the spirit and loyalty of the motherland next to the memetic "Winter has passed, summer has come, thanks to the party for this!". For example, Beria was both revered as the father of the Soviet atomic program and denounced as a "bloody Stalinist ghoul." It is difficult for adequate people to live in Russia without a certain irony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolyma#History Kolyma is a northern region rich in ores in the Magadan region, where, for the above reason, there was hard labor and many camps under the tsar and the soviets. Just imagine the combination of the Gold Rush and the Gulag. If you read somewhere or hear about gloomy winter labor camps, then this is most likely a branch of the Gulag in Kolyma. All this continued until the end of the 50s, when Stalin died and Khrushchev ordered the region to be turned into a truly industrial northern center, due to which the work of prisoners was replaced by the work of professional workers. The film basically retells these things from the position of a pro-Western liberal. |
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| Youtube and Twitter - Daily Facebook - Rarely Instagram, Tik Tok and Reddit - Never used |
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| i use twitter and that is it. ill go on youtube or reddit for very specific purposes. finding info about a thing from google etc |
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| I use YouTube consistently, if only for background noise and background noise alone. From Vinesauce to Trixie Mattel and Katya, I don't really care who or what I'm listening to on there. TikTok I use on the daily, but usually for fandom interaction and watching Tokyo Revenger edits, cosplayers, etc. I stay on Facebook for family means and for Groups on there, because the Groups are damn funny and pretty useful for fandom information if you've got a reliable admin or moderator in there that's willing to put down anime updates and the like. Some of the pages are damn useful, too-- there's one page that's filled with IDOLiSH information, and it's pretty good and always up to date. I don't use Insta, I don't use Snapchat, and I don't use Twitter. I stay away from anything political because I use these as a means of escaping, so as soon as I see anything political, I skip past it. Eugh. |
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-Leiman- said: Personally, I love listening to YouTube podcasts or educational videos. You just put it on a computer or tablet-phone if you are not at his place or not at home at all and go about your things. I don't know how to explain it, but normal activities seem incredibly calming when someone is talking or discussing something in the background.@RobertBobert, I only use YouTube for video entertainment if you don't count movies or tv shows. I was never going to like TikTok, as I've always found short-form video media to be cheap and unappealing going as far back when Vine was still a thing. And this is coming from me, someone who is technically gen-z. Yep, that's right, despite what a lot of millenials think, we (zoomers) don't all use that app. I just like listening to commentary videos, and just generally like having one thing I can listen to for ten minutes at the very least. Used to watch Mister Metokur back when YouTube hadn't driven him off. |
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| I don't really use many but the main one that I still use is Youtube. Apart from MAL of course, Youtube is one that I use on the daily just to pass time and entertain myself usually just after I get home from work. It's nice to switch my brain off and just watch some random stuff on Youtube after a gruelling day at work. |
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-Leiman- said: Crime stories? I see that True Crime YouTubers have become quite popular lately. I subscribed to several channels along with urban legends.@RobertBobert, podcasts are super chill to put on in the background, especially when gaming. Used to listen to The Drunken Peasants all the time in high school. These days I'm listening to Mr. Ballen's podcast, and he's kind of like a true crime story teller. |
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-Leiman- said: Surprise? In the style of "And all this time he was a WOMAN"?@RobertBobert, yup, true crime, but usually the stories are pretty weird and spooky. Stuff like disappearances, cults, people going insane, things like that. He always picks out stories that have some sort of surprise at the end. |
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-Leiman- said: Sounds like a favorite story told by an airfield watchman.@RobertBobert, naw. Usually the surprises can actually be pretty tragic. Like how in one story, a dude went nuts, tore off all his clothes, infiltrated an airfield completely naked, ran up to an airplane that was going to take off, and killed himself by diving into the plane engine. That one was more funny than tragic though. lmao |
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| I post my artwork on instagram and twitter. I use youtube daily to listen to music/watch vtuber shit. I will scroll instagram a little bit to see my favorite artists’ work and what my friends are up to. Send them memes and shit there sometimes. For twitter, I rarely scroll it outside of certain artists and accounts (and aforementioned vtubers) I put notifications on for because good lord that place is a mess if you stay in it too long, but there’s still some good. Proud to say I have never used tiktok. |
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