Social Media: Anything for Upcummies! ⬆🍆💦💦

[@RudyHill]

Luke: "Why isn't anyone liking my videos anymore?"

[@gery49]

I'd say social media manipulation is mostly for profit. You can join the echo chambers of your choice and turn fb into your little comfort zone where you spend hours looking at their ads.

[@RobinCawthorne]

@@dfsgjlgsdklgjnmsidrg disgusted! htf could you not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pidgincorpora3368]

@@gery49 Mostly for profit? The entire point of modern social media is to exploit certain emotions for profit.

[@gabrielramonbecerragonzale9684]

Because they leave this social media

[@4.0.4]

6:30 >wants to give an example >first thing that comes to mind is a lawnmower Truly a boomer.

[@Pariatech]

When will you start to make ambient music and raise 8 children in the countryside?

[@baronzemo420]

Is that you, VV; is this me?

[@MaidLucy]

has almost happended. xD

[@WafflesOinc]

I volunteer

[@ReviewBlogVlog]

@@WafflesOinc I don't think he is into pigs

[@ordinarryalien]

@@ReviewBlogVlog But maybe he's into his sister?

[@MagnusVictor2015]

Now I have an interesting problem: I want to show this video to my boomer parents as I know they'd find Luke's points interesting, but I utterly dread the fact that I would then have to explain what "upcummies" means to my own family.

[@swirlingabyss]

He explains it at the beginning of the video. If you can get them to hit play, then there's no problem.

[@MrPolluxxxx]

so you really ran to the forest after having to use adobe reader. I guess those ThinkPad batteries really last a long time.

[@channel11121]

lmao

[@Lumbago04]

Instead of soaking in the nice air and tranquility, Luke optimizes his i3 setup in the woods, truly the 21st century.

[@o0julek0o]

@@nyxkrage Yeah, it's definitely an e8400

[@shashanktripathi4309]

🍬🍭

[@not_herobrine3752]

@Abongus Drip pfp also checks out

[@visagemsc]

nice pfp

[@ThePrimeagen]

@@nyxkrage I knew I would find you specifically in this comment in a luke smith video

[@DOYLECLEVERLOBE1]

Social media is to being social as reality television is to reality.

[@evmanbutts]

Its just an illusion of what it claims to be, while realistically it is the physical opposite.

[@tsunamio7750]

1. He is on Linux 2. He plays Lincity 3. He lives in the woods Why wouldn't you want to be like him?

[@monstergelo1072]

bald tho

[@tsunamio7750]

@@monstergelo1072 Ah, right...

[@manosteele]

“Social media is bad” Uploaded to KZbin Makes ya think 🤔

[@PabloAndresDealbera]

If you can't fight them, join them.

[@stumbling]

I don't feel KZbin really counts because it is very asymmetric. No one gives a fuck about KZbin comments.

[@MikeSpiderson]

This is where everyone is

[@mikopiko]

@@abdulwahabjag Liked your comment for the sake of it.

[@chueewowee]

Upoalding a video fir viewing is not attedning to upcummies which is the point of htis video, or didn't you listen?

[@Dusta_Rhymes]

Make RSS Great Again

[@askassk]

kzbin.infovideos.xml?channel_id=UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA

[@rothbardfreedom]

Make USSR hungry again

[@_tsu_]

Narendra Modi liked that

[@Hammid]

I use Reeder on macOS for my RSS needs, and I love it!

[@LordOfWizardurl]

@@_tsu_ lol

[@ddmozz]

Thanks god 4chan exists. The only place left where conversation is unrestricted and anonymous. That and obscure/underground forums.

[@ddmozz]

@@rubysamurai306 I'm sure you're right but I haven't seen much of that lately. I'll move to frenschan eventually but I'm cool with 4chan for the time being.

[@CMSonYT]

not unrestricted, it's just that we've all been huddled into a few big sites with similar biases, overlords, and whatnot, whereas before the internet was mostly divided amongst many forums (early 2000s) or personal sites (90s). 4chan is definitely controlled but the control is low and loose versus large sites.

[@ddmozz]

@@CMSonYT agreed.

[@heinoustentacles5719]

You can browse people's personal websites too. There's no censorship when you self-host.

[@ryankoss3798]

4chan is shit nowadays

[@Smooth_Manifold]

>“Let’s find out!” Varg is proud.

[@MrGFYne1337357]

The swipe down to refresh on sites, particularly on phones was created by using the same psychology as slot machines. Dopamine and addiction.

[@jamuson4359]

o shiiiiiit. I fucking hate my smartphone.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

I fucking hate when I accidentally swipe too hard back to the top and the page starts refreshing on something like the youtube home page.

[@____-gy5mq]

I JUST REALIZED YOU CAN SWIPE TO REFRESH. THANKS FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO PLAY SLOT.

[@sirllamaiii9708]

This feels so AI generated

[@WtfBananaShi]

Came for vim but stayed for the rants ;)

[@Mankepanke]

Vim made me come too, especially in my teenage years

[@victorprokop6868]

Can you manipulate a helicopter w/ vim shortcuts?

[@darthmusturd9526]

based pfp

[@anatolystepanovichdyatlov1747]

Lets find out! >stopwatchingporn intensifies

[@MrSuCCEzz]

This channel is golden, if only others would realize the infinite freedom to expand one’s mind and freedom of self outside this artificial experiment that is Social media. It’s life changing once you quit.

[@michajurczuk6265]

Thats a funny thing to say on youtube. Here, have a like xD

[@AidanHellrigel]

@@michajurczuk6265 KZbin is the one I cant delete.

[@thingyee1118]

The hacker fourchan

[@jakeduggan3854]

I use Facebook for the marketplace. I sell/swap my homemade chillie sauce on there. I find that it is the most effective service to quickly distribute my sauce here in Australia. I have a regular job and the sauce making is just a hobby. I enjoy meeting new people who enjoy good flavour and good heat face to face. I am a member several chillie groups on Facebook where we share photos, hardships, successes and failures. I can understand your point that social media can sway peoples political and social opinions but there are some good aspects to it as well. I think it really boils down to peoples awareness and how suggestible they are as an individual.

[@Amos_Huclkeberry]

I created a facebook account months ago just for using marketplace and it's still not available to me. There's no way to even know the eligibility requirements even after clicking "learn more". Maybe it's suspicious if I have no friends added or don't have any other activity.

[@jakeduggan3854]

@@Amos_Huclkeberry yeah, you have to have friends and post occasionally. After about 3 days of being consistent you'll get the marketplace. I went overboard and joined photography groups. I think half of India is my friend now.

[@Aiden-vj2tg]

That aged well didn't it

[@gatoloco3949]

I rarely even use Facebook, I just mainly post my drawings.

[@justabarrelbomb4472]

So you do it for the Upchillies!!!

[@binkuschungo3563]

Luke's channel brainwashed me into not being brainwashed anymore

[@rexevan6714]

Luke should make a "Ranting in the woods" series.

[@iamnorwegian]

>4chan isn't upcummie-based Here's your (You).

[@swsw6250]

Nailed it ;)

[@dontpokethebear3893]

(you)s killed 4chan. The native extension needs to be obliterated.

[@williamnelson792]

Take my upvote you magnificent bastard

[@migkillerphantom]

Let's not pretend baiting, virtue signalling and modulating your opinions to fish for particular audience reaction in general weren't a thing before (You)s or redditors.

[@Brutal_Warlord]

@@williamnelson792 fucken lmao

[@tomasdowd8953]

“the site culture of 4chan is based...”

[@thescrawl6594]

Luke? You mean GNU/Varg

[@swapanmalakar4586]

His channel got deleted.

[@FaithEdits]

@@GhostSamaritan Unbased.

[@dubbeltumme]

Great preach. I think a many people needs to hear and understand "priming", everyone , (at least think), they can spot the propaganda and the obvious advertisement. But few knows that it affect them anyways. I hate that reddit has become the official forum for many software projects (i3wm), it's especially terrible for technical support. Both the cummies system and the social pressure, makes it impossible to use as a discussion/support forum (before i left i got banned for telling a guy to RTFM). A place where i think the cummies system works is stackoverflow, where you collect points by giving correct solutions..

[@DoesThisMatter]

Socal media is replaced the need for a personal website: For the masses. The side effects of it were too great unfortunately.

[@WafflesOinc]

Bosstiat I was thinking about it. Sometimes all I want is to have an online space to put updates and things I like so that my friends can see, but without the social, upvoting and toxicity of social media

[@fifa00700]

"I'm just having fun out here in the forest with my Thinkpad on my back" LMAO

[@shipiboconibo]

"I'm outside in the forest with a thinkpad on my back making a video to post to the internet that get's liked and subscribed to... and here's how to break away from social media... it's easy"! I love your videos Luke, but you haven't broken away from social media at all. You've just found the place that gives you your "up & comies". But hey, it's not Facebook and that's something (although it is Google...). What about the Fediverse? It's similar, usually has likes and all that bs, but we (the users) control our own narrative, no corporate entities. You can even run your own node if you don't trust anyone else.

[@Glace1221]

Eh, he gotta make a living somehow.

[@cjwhite2631]

Facebook just seems so much dirtier as it has pictures of people you know pretending to be real life

[@heinoustentacles5719]

He's got videos on his own site now, doesn't he?

[@vintagegamer7027]

Using this video as a source for a research paper, wish me luck boys

[@grenin1010]

good luck!

[@xtdycxtfuv9353]

If you're gonna use 4chan as an example of non upcummies, don't. everyone craves (You)s.

[@shashanktripathi4309]

How did it go?

[@vintagegamer7027]

@@shashanktripathi4309 was a couple years ago but from what I rember it went pretty well

[@shashanktripathi4309]

@@vintagegamer7027 nicee

[@memeomeme8351]

Just to preface this- 4chan is absolutely so much better than many other sites. The lack of updoots, the lack of post history/accounts. It makes for more objective discussion platform and free market of ideas. However, it certainly is addictive just as any other site. Getting (You)s is addictive. Keeping tabs of discussion open and the free, cost free "socialisation" is addictive. There's a reason people say "remember, you are here forever". I think anything on the internet that isn't being used for work and self progression is ultimately a dangerous thing.

[@redgt827]

i dont use social media but if i get bored for like 2 seconds ill open /g/ or /pol/ and start scrolling, shits addicting

[@sayo1133]

that sounds great as a theory - but the culture on 4chan is horrible. everyone is predatory and hateful. and they encourage each other to kts or stay depressed forever. it's a rly sad and gross place.

[@miller42]

4:30 On imageboards you're anonymous sure but at the end of the day you want those (you)s.

[@theredtechengineer1480]

Dangerous Extremist trips or nothing

[@deidara_8598]

Love that "Let's find out" pointing at the camera, reminds me of a certain "guitarist" turned survivalist, very popular here on youtube before he got noped by the google overlords for his hot takes... I'm sure you know who I'm talking about

[@VH-ew7oq]

Who?

[@deidara_8598]

@@VH-ew7oq Let's find out! Seriously, I gave plenty of clues, do a little gooling and you'll know exactly who it is.

[@VH-ew7oq]

@@deidara_8598 google doest work for shit. "Guitarist kicked off youtube" brings fucking roblox videos.

[@deidara_8598]

@@VH-ew7oq you suck at googling.

[@VH-ew7oq]

@@deidara_8598 carry on king.

[@MrVecheater]

On Soviet Facebook, Computer programs you

[@daksh6752]

"A man made a lawnmower out of crocodile skin" xDDDD

[@Filaxsan]

Instant like on the instant answer to own question on a video against likes

[@estebansteverincon7117]

But every time I got out in the real world. there's nobody there. They're all at home or somewhere else, staring at their phones!

[@Cobalt985]

This isn't even a meme, I'm a pretty hard leftist but coming back to your channel is making me rethink the way I use and interact with social media. Not changing my political beliefs per se, but I didn't realize how important and non-partisan these types of ideas are. I'm genuinely considering getting rid of my internet. Thanks Luke

[@jonathanhipkey2425]

same and same

[@Matt-qi5ff]

same here. i'm considering getting rid of my smartphone and my family is going nuts over it

[@phil42]

Luckily, I don't care what ppl think. I only care about what is supported by evidence.

[@baileyharrison1030]

To delete your snapchat account they make it so you have to find their account deletion page on google. Once you ‘delete’ your account, you can log back in in 30 days to ‘reactivate’ it.

[@Glace1221]

Luke's the Anti-Zuck

[@Goodmanperson55]

For a moment there, I thought you were walking in the forest holding a thinkpad in front of you with one hand.

[@johnmal5975]

Great video! I never understood the appeal of it and now I do. I used Facebook for a week and thought it was the biggest waste of time ever so I deleted my account. I enjoy KZbin because of people like you in the Linux community so I guess it has its pluses. I have always wondered what the hell people are doing on these phones. Man I would rather go fishing with no phone. In fact no phones allowed when you go fishing with me. Lol

[@Babbler49]

On this episode of "Uncle Luke's Rants in the Woods"...

[@TheAnimateor]

Everytime you want to scroll through a facebook feed, just read a book

[@LeSenatorJirb]

Bet. Ending social media use right now.

[@BadJ63]

When you said "You are an individual" my internal prisoner quote player started running. "I am not a number, I am a free man!"

[@wayneferguson14]

Social media is a waste of time and it needs to go away

[@virz4432]

I don't think so. I just think it's bad NOW. But it could've been better and should be better. To avoid its current evils. Other than that social media has great potential but it was wasted.

[@wayneferguson14]

@@virz4432 you are right it should have been handled differently

[@shankaranarayana6568]

...slowly upcommies luke's video whilst sucking in luke's programming

[@o0julek0o]

Lawnmower of out crocodile skin - I'd definitely watch a video about that

[@canonpi]

i won't disturb you anymore by liking your videos

[@sarundayo]

Social Media is everything but social. It really divides people into groups and interests and excludes those around you whom don't share your particular views/opinions. Not saying that it's all bad, but it definitely makes you question your news intake. Personally I try to avoid it (with a few exceptions like Reddit), but no doubt that we are being told what to think/say/feel by others without even noticing ourselves. Scary stuff man.

[@virz4432]

Reddit is one of the worst, if not the worst.

[@MpSniperM1911]

i don't post videos on youtube but now everytime someone responds a comment even without mentioning me i get a notification and then you see how many likes you got and you go to a perpetual circle of those same social media

[@Link-channel]

Do you realize how smart you are? Most of people don't have friends like you around them; and some (like me) spend their entire life trying to find an interesting and always stimulating person to talk to and share thoughts / do stuff together without settling for talking with brain on autopilot/handbrake. If the difference in quality of life could be quantified, it would be clear that what I am talking about is literally the most important resource after health. TLDR: You are awesome.

[@AhmadFadhlibinMahjuddin]

Im already quit social media since 2015 and yes the water is completly fine out here

[@edgarssva6359]

you are almost as smart as i am, i dont feel lonely watching you.

[@Bonnbon8]

You are programing your audience for the better.

[@trancetuberevived1131]

"but muh 4chan is not upcommie based!" well done, here is your (you)

[@trancetuberevived1131]

@Saint Michael thanks brah, Im sending you an UPBOAT in return! 👍

[@ajsmith4344]

This makes no sense, the 4chan community is hardly divided, they all have basically the same beliefs, and are arguably more npc-ish than Facebook users.

[@LukeSmithxyz]

Did you seriously just upcummie yourself?

[@ajsmith4344]

@@LukeSmithxyz no?

[@theycallme_nightmaster]

@ 4:06 "This is the site culture on 4chan, and it's based" correct.

[@leonhrad]

The solution to social networks is not having any social contacts.

[@jetmirberisha8201]

florida man talks about lawm mowers and crocodile skin

[@matheusfaria0]

(You)

[@dxrbkn5145]

My real problem is the lack of communication with family via WhatsApp and University posts via Facebook. It's the only reason why I used and even got a new number and a new fb account where everything is focused on that. Which is a charm but still I wish that instead of spending 10 mins on fb checking uni updates, it could be 0

[@user-or4ut2qi3q]

hey, can you send me a link to that lawnmower made of crocodile skin? It sounds interesting.

[@marcussVRLinux]

Anyone who submits into the idea of being "programmed" by someone having more likes/subscribers/followers than you do yourself, there really is something wrong with you and you shouldn't be on social media at all. The only allowed exception to this is, of course, if you have a business/product/video idea that may be really cool and to the benefit for all of us, and I mean that in the true meaning of something being awesome and cool, then I do support the idea of that guy, those people, should have their word and idea spread and garner many likes, subs and followers.

[@syneyes5160]

>4chan is based on- BASED

[@oliverallen5324]

Luke, do you consume any post-modern philosophy?

[@arturwelp1877]

This video was 2 years ahead in time.

[@roberto4898]

Everybody knows that NPCs comes from Dungeons and Dragons

[@alkeryn1700]

Shared on facebook ! no but honestly social media are kind of just a meme source like any other annyway most of the time i go to it is when i'm on the pot and i think as long as you don't accord any value to likes or whatever it is ok found nice memes on it and that's about it though if i hadn't an account today, i wouldn't create one. but i generally agree with your argument though i wouldn't say social media turns people into npcs but rather reveal the npcs they always were.

[@damir9878]

I believe social media does not make people bad or boring, that is opinion of people because if you post pictures does not mean you don't have thing going on for yourself and is nice to like good pictures and see them but social media is a lot of manipulation, best if you never scroll if on it, just post one thing and leave it be

[@richardstallman3567]

Watching this video put me in a catatonic state

[@bbseal6174]

Thanks papa smith for the advice.

[@cun_0092]

I use social media for specific reasons. Mainly for getting updated in news in AI and Machine learning part. I'm very restricted in it's use Insta is a bit distractive but Reddit is good for Linux related things also. If I have problem ask in a /r group related to it. I work like that.

[@sumofalln00bs10]

Imagine an IRC but with an upvote mechanism. OH iT hURtS TO THInK AboUT IT

[@michalski9141]

this video makes me feel like im learning something

[@FH-ux4rf]

I was about to like this video, but that wouldn't be right, would it? So I'll just say this: Very nice video Luke! I'm not sure I completely agree with your argument that people will imitate each other to get these upcummies. However I do believe upcummies are manipulating users of social media, to me it just seems to be more so in regards to popularity (which you mention), self-absorbency (and with this: Idolization, poor self-esteem (for those not getting many upcummies), etc.) Another thing; I've quit almost all social media and planning to hopefully soon leave the arguably worst one, facebook. What I've noticed as being the most difficult part of leaving social media is how integrated it is and here I will talk about facebook, which I think is probably the social media most integrated in most people's lives. For example, a lot of the events I attend, I only see those on fb. Also, communicating with friends without fb is tough, because I have to convince them to use some other software of sorts, which they are most likely not used to. It is still possible to get out of social media and I hope to leave all of it sooner rather than later, but these are for sure what I believe are some of the reasons why people keep using social media and in turn becomes "addicted" to it. Dependent seems more on point, I would say. Oh, and no worries, I still liked this video because of the youtube algorithm. I want people to see your stuff, you're awesome!

[@heinoustentacles5719]

"I don't believe people will imitate each other just to get upcummies" Have you ever read the comments on a music video? Or a meme compilation?

[@PersonaNonGrata2362]

Varg is that you?

[@oddbob6230]

What's wrong with IRC?

[@rexevan6714]

Outside of freenode, no one use it.

[@jakec904]

@@rexevan6714 Just go to Rizon

[@danielbeaston]

@@rexevan6714 I use it for music

[@gender_nihilism]

we live in a society

[@porcupine7945]

That's a beautiful place Luke. I wish I could camp there

[@idan4989]

skinner boxes.......... a brave new world,boring dystopia !

notice how dislikes are actually disabled across social platforms these days? (youtube comments, videos still have them, twitter, tik tok, insta, etc. The funny thing is, Facebook does allow negative reactions, but facebook is mostly positive boomer stuff. Twitter does not allow for dislikes but is a toxic dumpster fire.) I think this is partially good, because otherwise people would be killing themselves over their dislikes. However, I think it's truly repugnant that the only you thing you can do these days on a lot of platforms is like. Actually I find the waste of time that is non-essential social platforming repugnant anyway, except for useful platforms. (for example linked-in is positive and has an actual function in your life that can better it in a meaningful way by providing it's users opportunities of employment)

[@ProfessorProstate]

this comment aged like a fine wine

[@galileo542]

This IS social media. We are trapped. follow the rabbit bruh

[@ScaryHutmanPictures]

Sooo, but that means you are also part of the problem bc you (and I) use KZbin?

[@LukeSmithxyz]

KZbin is sort of different since it's a one-way platform: I have 30K subs and don't know any of them. Still can be bad though.

[@rajufelix3070]

Love from India.

[@AnindyaSDhar]

brofist

[@IanSwart]

Unsub T-Series

[@iMadPow]

based poo

[@bruderdasisteinschwerermangel]

Disliking this video to fight big tech silicon valley manipulation

[@rakvian]

I'm addicted to yt even that i don't watch shitty content and i dont upload videos and don't care about commenting stuff that much. Its very much a double edge sword to me i guess.

[@captainalan]

the discussion of Google News reminded me of Firefox Home >:(

[@mickantra]

good luke i'll give you a thumbs up for this one!

[@anxietyebriety6553]

Incredible. I knew reddit was left but I didn't realize I was being slowly manipulated to post post just for upvotes

[@AIC_onyt]

reddit is a hivemind. I followed politically center/pro free speach subreddits, and got auto banned from the liberal ones. i have also seen peaple getting downvoted into the abyss, because they dont support the current thing.

[@tomtemple69]

4chan is based for that

[@almasabdrazak5089]

look at this guy, talking about social media, now I know something new wooooow

[@jonathanwarner1844]

"You are literally a Pavlovian dog." I like it! Woof!

[@Meleeman011]

i want chicken tendies

[@suburban2893]

freelancing python programmer right here

[@Aiden-vj2tg]

Anyway guys, dont forget to like, comment, and subscribe

[@leroyonlinux283]

3 years later it got even worse...

[@DJDamaj1]

I know youre semi serious, but upcummie is hilarious

[@nik4520]

Honestly It's all about how you use platforms. And sites like reddit have a genuine reason for the upvote function, but I never took it seriously and honestly just care about the information. One can actually learn, especially about the psychology of specific people when analyzing such threads. Otherwise there are a simply a lot of platforms that aren't just global and "upcummy"-based at all. And honestly more often than not even on those sites, I really aren't of the same opinion as everyone else, nor do I try to enforce mine on others and that's just right tbh. I can argue and talk with very competent people from all over the world for however long I want, even on topics that might be specific to very niche groups of interest. It's not like 4Chan but I don't think it's wrong either. Rather the opposite, I tend to gain a lot from it.

[@dachd]

I think people won't quit fb is the convince of a integrated chat. Here in Czech rep. half the people don't event watch the feeds, just chatting. :P