• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Only a small blow in a big battle, but one suggestion: Put active effort into your searches for positive content on something rather than negative.

    Don’t watch 8 videos about how Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 sucks, and it’s over for Activision. Do a search for videos highlighting 10 great indie games that deserve your attention. YouTube even has an “AI search” that, while it is tools of the enemy, may let you be more explicit about what you’re looking for.

    The secondary benefit of finding these videos is that anyone putting them out is probably aware negativity and outrage manufactures more views, and is instead choosing to better their content for its own sake.

    Some other search options to curate your feed: Animations by hobbyists and college students, zoologists giving introductions to animals together with their name/location (NOT out-of-context 5 second clips of funny animals stolen without permission), any decent animations in Garry’s Mod / SFM, Machinima…

    Heck, if someone wants a specific pointer and has a spare day, look up the Clear Skies trilogy. Yes…trilogy