#and acknowledges the gaps in her knowledge and doesn't position her opinion as expertise or present opinion as fact | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

teenagefeeling · 1 year ago

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im not sure how i feel about the amateur video essay format taking the place of journalism and for some people, i think just actual nonfiction books. like i like video essays, but you guys are reading about those topics too, right?

#ive always felt this way a little but especially after that hbomb video im like should we trust anything on this website ever?#ironically i trust hbomb himself less after that video just because it made me kinda lose faith in the whole platform #just kinda reminded me that none of these people have any credentials at all #and the only reason they are youtubers is because they are performers #not because they have any expertise—they just like being in front of cameras #i actually was also thinking abt this because of what hannah witton has been doing recently #and hannah witton has a history degree but she talked a lot about all the sexology books she had to read #and the fact that she kinda started her channel before really gaining that expertise. she learned along the way #which is of course how all jobs work and i think hannah has always been good at hers #but my point is that hannah wasn't a sexologist who started a youtube channel #she was a youtuber who decided to study sexology #and thinking about it in that way really makes me wanna scrutinize everything people post on youtube #i like that hannah is extremely open about what degree she has and what other qualifications she actually has #and acknowledges the gaps in her knowledge and doesn't position her opinion as expertise or present opinion as fact #which all sounds like basic shit but you can't expect it from youtubers which is just frustrating #i only have like 2 faves who even make shit this would apply to but my recommended feed is a travesty these days #bri babbles

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