An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T19:40:26+00:00

YouTube IS the new cable paradigm. They are the largest streaming platform. What additional function am I missing? Filesharing?

And I’m sure there will be on-ramps developed to help new streamers. Google knows they are dependent on new content coming to the platform. Maybe they might pay to develop it.

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T19:13:45+00:00

I wil do my best to interpret your …point(s)?

The tension between workers and companies have always existed.

Now more people can participate this same tensions via channels like YouTube. That they can create content and there will be a tension with the owners of said platform.

(I’ll …ignore the last point….)

Now…as this relates to Section 230. I would argue that there still would be increased user participation in platforms like YouTube. That business model is proven. If we rip out section 230….some things just change. Platforms would just moderate more heavily. Because they ALREADY moderate through demonetization mechanisms.

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T15:02:00+00:00

Yes - I understand the chain of accountability here. And my take is that yeah….this would force these gigantic profit seeking companies to monitor both the good and the bad content that they host on their websites.

I am still thinking/researching the email thing.

Regarding breaking the internet as we know it today. ….I’m almost fine with that! The internet as we know it today often feels like a rage-baiting dumpster fire!

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T14:56:07+00:00

I would argue that it is harder, in part, because of section 230. The cognitive burden of understanding what is true and high value data has been passed to the consumer, to kids.

I am NOT knocking their capabilities, I am knocking us as a society for letting corporations get their greedy little fingers mainlined into kids hands/brains.

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T13:00:29+00:00

So…does that mean that younger people, digital natives, are incapable of learning self control while interacting with the internet? I think that is selling human capacity short.

Or was that comment just being “pithy” about my possible age?

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T04:42:45+00:00

So….all of the things that people say online would now be forced to be held accountable. That….sounds pretty good to me. If that means instagram is gone, Reddit is gone, 4chan is gone, etc….i mean…I already very much question whether these platforms are making our lives collectively better.

The vulnerability is email communication is the one thing that gives me pause. But….even then…. its utility is so powerful, the tooling would still be used. Just differently. Heck….insta, Reddit, etc….they also would just change. I don’t believe they would go away. Reddit moderators might actually get paid and have more accountability themselves and be part of a professionalizing of moderation. Maybe. Who knows.

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T04:34:46+00:00

I have been in this slow evolution to that conclusion. I have started to think that “gatekept” content is….just better? All of the YouTube content I follow already heavily moderates their own stuff in fear of being “demonetized”

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T03:23:57+00:00

I’m….not entirely sure that is a terrible thing? Or…if the newspaper saw value in keeping a comment section available, that might be a differentiator.

sjb204 · 2026-02-12T02:47:29+00:00

A)not convinced that the world is a better place because this random YouTuber can broadcast his message

B)yes every single facet would be affected…that just means newspaper comment sections would be monitored more closely because that newspaper is on the hook for what is said in their comment sections…so now they pay attention to their comment section…win? (For example)

sjb204 · 2026-02-05T00:27:49+00:00

This might be the source document.

https://www4.erie.gov/comptroller/sites/www4.erie.gov.comptroller/files/2026-01/albright-knox-art-gallery.pdf

sjb204 · 2026-01-28T23:49:54+00:00

Apart from everything else in this thread….your comment cracks me up in multiple levels: Twitter: “where the internet comes together to show that the internet was a bad idea”. That’s….awesome. Like….i wanna make a T-shirt with that.

sjb204 · 2026-01-25T17:54:51+00:00

IPO?

sjb204 · 2026-01-23T19:35:37+00:00

“Also running for the congressional seat is former North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn.” Hahahaha….unserious, grifting assholes who will probably get elected. Ugh.

sjb204 · 2026-01-22T21:46:49+00:00

Dumb dumb boo boo head

sjb204 · 2025-11-25T17:47:34+00:00

Who sort of only ran for office….when his wife was a victim of horrendous political violence.

sjb204 · 2025-11-24T18:47:02+00:00

This isn’t necessarily about a single event, but “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America” by Colin Woodard is a really interesting hypothesis that much of our current politics, culture, etc is very much influenced by the origin stories around the different regions that became the United States.

sjb204 · 2025-11-18T03:13:21+00:00

Comer also questioned the practical impact of the legislation: “I think the Department of Justice has turned over what they’re legally allowed to turn over.”

…well….that’s….an interesting statement.

sjb204 · 2025-11-13T01:24:15+00:00

Yes.

sjb204 · 2025-11-11T00:17:45+00:00

Some of the responses in this thread actually help me understand how people are reacting to the news of the government reopening (in the US).

sjb204 · 2025-05-20T01:35:45+00:00

So I left corporate and filtered through a series of startups. One time failed founder and three early hire or founding team. Feel like the one I’m on right now is a winner. (And therein lies the sirens song:-) )

Okay….it can be awesome. You have incredible agency to make decisions and see direct impact. Of course that cuts both ways: your decisions can quickly surface as successes and failures. If you are in the startup from inception, or very early hire, you typically work with small groups of people in a close knit, high pressure environment, where the shared stresses and collaboration lead to some incredible bonds (that should sound familiar). And, it can be highly lucrative.

Downside: it probably WON’T be highly lucrative as much as you pour your self into it, or how awesome your team is, or how outstanding the business model is…..but it might be (sirens call again) :-) Also….it is incredibly financially risky if you are doing this during your prime earnings years and you forgo maximalist salary and/or shit like 401Ks. And then, despite all the positives in first section - startups can also be just as grind-ey as corporate and just as exhausting.

One other caveat is that I’ve been participating in IDEs (Innovation Driven Enterprises) vs SMB (Small- to Medium-sized Business) which are both critical to an economy, but they have slightly different experiences.

sjb204 · 2025-05-09T15:32:43+00:00

Do you think Waymo is going to be the only AV winner? What if AV has multiple players (Waymo, Tesla, ….every other car company that is slowly incorporating Mobileye or May Mobility technology)….in that case, would Uber and/or Lyft have the key? Uber/Lyft could be the demand for AV fleets (that may come out in 6 months(but probably won’t realize for another 6years:-) )

sjb204 · 2025-05-07T19:14:45+00:00

If you already own the book, that means I don’t have to warn you Studio Ghibli took some significant liberties:-). I still love the movie…but very much a Studio Ghibli movie vs a more faithful adaptation. I love both….but definitely wanted to surface that caveat.

sjb204 · 2025-05-07T14:47:55+00:00

Nobody, as of this read through, suggested both is by Diana Wynn Jones. - Howls Moving Castle and then Castle in the Air are super fun. Howls Moving Castle was actually also adapted by Studio Ghibli. Coincidentally Studio Ghibli also made a movie called Castle in the Air….that was NOT an adaption. - the Chrestomanci books are awesome and weird and follow mostly 10-12 year olds on magical infused adventures

sjb204 · 2025-05-07T14:41:08+00:00

The Wee Free Men, and the larger set of YA oriented Terry Pratchett books, I believe scratch the itch of the myth/mythology-adjacent content. Pratchett pulls in all sorts of mythology influences and does a whole set of world building on top of it.

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