Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that::The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that.

  • nyoooom
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    251 year ago

    Loneliness, lack of purpose, which then gets fulfilled by a relatively small community driven by defending and idea, ideology and/or an individual.

    • @[email protected]
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      191 year ago

      Yup, it’s the same old song of fascists and cultists.

      “Are you lonely, sad, angry, or just generally dissatisfied with your life? Have you tried blaming your problems on a minority with less power in society than yourself? Act now, and I’ll throw in a second minority, free!*”

      *Just pay shipping and handling.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Interestingly, those are also very common among people showing signs of conspiratorial thinking.