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Comment by cactusplant7374 | Hacker News Reader

> take full advantage of the wealth of knowledge provided by the internet

Seems like a bit of a stretch in modern times. Do you have any idea what percentage of traffic is TikTok/YouTube/Facebook?

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YouTube has excellent creators for almost any topic you can think of and for almost any video style you can think of

The average person isn't interested in that. They watch funny videos. We are talking about the average person here -- not HN commenters.

Hi, I'm a Youtuber.

I talk about computer history. Is my knowledge not valid just because I'm "on youtube" ?

Where did I target you specifically?

When you derided people using it for youtube :)

That's not specific enough. Sorry.

All places laden with useful information.

That the average person doesn't consume. Yes, that is true.

I mean yeah, it’s a ton and totally a topic worth discussing on its own. Those aren’t the only options though. There is still plenty of available data out there for people to access and do practical and educational things with outside of purely entertainment. That’s a choice anyone accessing the internet has to make, and I was able to help give them that choice. Better to have a choice to learn and grow vs scroll than have no choice at all I’d say.

Ahh yes, the ole throw the baby out with the bathwater retort.

Ah yes, a snarky comment of no substance. Thank you.

You're welcome!

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