The destructive effect of youtube bullying on language learning

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00:00 Summary of this video
00:30 The influence of bullying on language learning
01:10 Case study 1 - criticizing an influencer
02:15 The notion of thin slicing
03:09 Fans defending the language guru
03:50 Automatic response by viewers
04:24 Small youtubers attack the most
05:12 We don't know who is attacking us!
05:52 Why this is important to you
06:20 The lost educators due to bullying
07:05 The majority don't like nuance
07:39 Advice to language educators

It's no secret that youtube is its own language which reacts positively to provocative videos. The largest common denominator makes the popularity of a certain video. Amid all of this, there is a very real risk of deep ideas getting drowned out to the point of erasure. Since the shallow thinkers also happen to be a majority who treat knowledge as an article of faith, they will be quick to shut down any view contrary to theirs. We must ask ourselves how much of this influences your language learning. If counter-current ideas are indeed being wiped out, how does one know whether their own beliefs about language learning aren't due to a filtration process?

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