MataVatnik

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MataVatnik,

Is this loss?

MataVatnik,

Thank you for your service

MataVatnik,

I hate being stigmatized for my political views

MataVatnik,

Reminds me of the Suton Hoo hammer-axe. Archeologists immediately called it a weapon or a ritualistic sacrificial object:

…blogspot.com/…/sutton-hoo-axe-hammer.html?m=1

I Tried Reddit Again and it Sucks Now

I installed the official Reddit app and went on it to see what the old place was looking like now. My inbox was filled with spam. The “home feed” shows subs I never subscribed to. There are so many ads. Between the ads and the the extra subs in the feed, it’s hard to just scroll. I also noted a lot of spam in some of the...

MataVatnik,

Since the whole fiasco started reddit took a turn, I was a scab for longer than I should have. I check in periodically specifically to keep track of Ukraine stuff, it’s still a hive of activity compared to Lemmy but I don’t care for it. If I was savvy I would have a script running to scraping content from Reddit and mirror it here on Lemmy to keep in tune with certain feeds.

MataVatnik,

Yeah, this dude was a whole thing for a minute

MataVatnik,

One of the few abstract artists I actually enjoy

MataVatnik,

Legal Eagle videos are a rush job that he cranks out last minute to stay relevant to the news cycle and algorithm and doesn’t necessarily curate information carefully. Same exact problem as Linus.

MataVatnik,

There are no articles or detractors that I can point to, it’s what I noticed. A specific example I remember was the GME thing, I was deep in the weeds at the time and when I watched Legal Eagle video on it I noticed there were a couple of inaccuracies in that video that essentially meant he missed the point of the entire problem with institutional traders and misrepresented what the GME movement was about. It was also painfully clear that he cranked out that video last minute to bandwagon on the topic to attract views and subscribers.

You don’t need need to be an expert on anything to see this. Just pay attention to his channel, sensational topic comes out and in a matter of a day or two he will crank out a video on it and it will likely be on a legal topic that hes not an expert on. The problem is that most of us aren’t experts either so it’s hard to tell how accurate he is. But when you are producing at that rate, and you are desperate to play the algorithm, you’re going to get a lot of errors or misrepresentations. It’s a theme that’s common across youtubers who depend on current events to stay relevant.

I followed legal eagle when he was a small channel and i dont remember him being that bad, once I noticed what he was doing I stopped paying attention to him. Like I said, you don’t need to be a genius to notice that he’s trying really hard to play the YouTube algorithm at the cost of his content a la Linus.

MataVatnik,

Damn, sorry for pissing on your cereal kid

MataVatnik,

Yeah, he has more expertise than I do that’s for sure. I’m not trying to detract from his expertise, he’s clearly smart and knowledgeable and it’s hard to find alternatives for a niche like this. If it works for you then it works for you. I know that he’s not the only lawyer youtuber, there is a lawyer twitch streamer out there who does commentary on popular cases, I haven’t been in that corner of the internet in a while.

I think sometimes I’m too critical of people like them when I should realize that it’s for popular consumption and its not an academic exercise. But I personally have an issue with someone who is clearly trying to play the algorithm in a way which directly conflicts with him trying to be an authority on these issues. You cannot be a pop culture commentator, and figure, while maintaining an academic level of integrity. I’ve seen this problem in some scientific channels, (where i actually know my stuff) and the more popular channels tend to dilute the content and sometimes just give a wrong impression of a scientific topic.

has your YouTube consumption decreased after implementing the "no history, no recommendations" feature?

I noticed my consumption has decased quite a bit. I would visit regularly to watch content from few channels. I would probably still visit every so often to watch the new videos. But the experience has become more deliberate and conscious. I go to YouTube because I want to go and watch something specific. Mindlessly browsing and...

MataVatnik,

No, the recommendations became shit ever since I put on ad blocker so I wasn’t really using them. If anything, now with history off I actually pay closer attention to the people I’m subscribed to since there is a subscription tag that I didn’t realize I was ignoring.

MataVatnik,

I was rock climbing yesterday on a rockface getting pounded by the sun on a 90° day the entire day I felt sick, tired, and drank a shitton of water and it was not enough. People should value the shade.

MataVatnik,

This makes the most sense to me. It’s a pretty vitriolic attack, therefore I don’t think it’s simply a troll while at the same time I don’t believe it’s any corporate social media.

MataVatnik,

Shooting someone for knocking on your door is pretty fucking irrational to me, it has nothing to do with blue or red, neither party forced them to push the trigger.

MataVatnik,

If you’re close enough to shoot, you’re close enough to talk to the person you’re shooting. It’s pretty easy to gage what a person’s intentions are that way.

MataVatnik,

I have the same question about flying squid

MataVatnik,

This is strange, considering China already has a policy of embedding and recruiting scientist for siphoning away scientific research.

MataVatnik,

Fuck Russia

MataVatnik,

Rescue I assume?

MataVatnik,

I worked with a few rescue owls. I should start posting some of the videos I have.

MataVatnik,

One of my favorite artists

MataVatnik,

Marry me, I’ll take u to Arby’s whenever u want bb

MataVatnik,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d6ce8eaa-e2bc-4dc3-9807-2eb7f7794ba0.webp

MataVatnik,

Two? A balloon can comfortably fit four. And if you buy those giant balloons? 20 charges. Surrounded be amateurs here.

MataVatnik,

As a spanish speaker the name Instalanza is already noncredible enough for me.

MataVatnik,

It’s explained in the title: Instant Spear

The joke is that it sounds like a cheap marketing line, like instant noodles or instant coffee. Except it’s a weapon of fucking war.

MataVatnik,

Shieee, way to dash my dreams

MataVatnik,

I was in camping in Florida three days ago and I swear I heard one of this birds. I heard a loud monkey noise relatively close to me. I know they aren’t native to the area but what else sounds like a monkey like that.

MataVatnik,

I looked it up and it was likely a barred owl. I definitely heard a barred owl that night, did not know they also make monkey calls.

MataVatnik,

Dragon 👏 fire 👏 cannot 👏 melt 👏 spire 👏 beams 👏

MataVatnik,

This image tickles my pickle

MataVatnik,

Walking back home during a day of intense suicidal ideation came across an orange cat. I sat down on the lawn and this was me for a solid five minutes. I took a picture:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a38fbb38-f86e-433d-ba21-87b15feb0883.jpeg

MataVatnik,

I tend to go on trips for long periods at a time, I’m tight on cash, and I have issues that make it difficult on me to keep up with daily responsibilities. But I occasionally do volunteer at the shelter and the Zoo.

MataVatnik,

He was <3

MataVatnik,

Can you tell me more about Kik? I used to use it for a bit

MataVatnik,

Except for that one woman in the NSA, she loves your dick pics.

MataVatnik,

Glass houses

MataVatnik,

I just joined Lemmy, is there somewhere I can read how it all works? Seems exciting, I’ve been saying we need a decentralized social media for more than a decade now.

MataVatnik,

They’re fine, they were just startled. The flash was just dramatic. I can’t find the original video from when first made this meme. Here is a news article on the incident though:

lemonde.fr/…/drone-hits-residential-building-in-r…

MataVatnik,

Comparing Putin to Stalin would be like comparing your stove to the heat of the sun.

MataVatnik,

It could be in reference to Nord Stream 2 and theories that it was the US that blew up the pipeline. Germany has also been a difficult partner with the US pre 2022 invasion due to them constantly doing economic partnership deals with Russia well after the fact they were known to have assassinated people in European soil, including an assasination in broad daylight in Germany. So you could read this as American foreign policy frustrations towards Germany.

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