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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I want to try and create discussion about videos that may be less main stream. Video (specifically medium- to long-form) is my preferred type of content to consume, however I don’t have the ability to create my own content. !Videos@lemmy.world is great but as @kersploosh@sh.itjust.works mentioned below:

    Posts that invite comments tend to get comments.

    !Videos@lemmy.world doesn’t directly ask for discussion on the videos posted. I created a community, !whatareyouwatching@lemmy.onlylans.io, to try to bridge this gap. The idea is that you find an interesting video, you watch it, and then you post it with your main take-away or a question you had to try and foster a discussion.

    Not sure if it is working, but that’s my own methodology to trying to increase engagement with content that I don’t personally produce.

    Also, I am running a small self-hosted instance for friends, so my name may not be as “out there” as the larger instances, but I’m pretty sure that anyone can post to this community.








  • No, no you’re totally fine. I agree that “slum tourism” feels bad, and I agree that this video initially strikes as “slum tourism”, however watching additional videos of his I feel like this is less the case. I think that Indigo Traveller seeks to highlight the inequity present in the modern day, and while this is not something that is comfortable, it is something that should be addressed in a forum such as this one.

    You brought up “slum tourism”, which I agree is not pleasant, and makes me feel gross to promote (as is the case in this video), however bringing attention to videos such as these can help people be aware of the struggles of others.

    This awareness is not a panacea, but rather is the seed of an idea than can attempt to equalize the inequity present in other’s thinking.