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I really liked Odysee until I start to really see it for what it was. A place where right-wing extremists can peddle their bullshit without the threat of being shut down for their vile rhetoric.
What ultimately clued me into this was when I decided to see how Odysee was doing and I noticed on the front page was a featured creator, the one and only Lauren Southern. If you don't know who she is, I don't really know how to describe other than right wing grifter.
I then started to see some other creators and what they were doing. Conspiracy theorists and bigots, lots and lots of bigots.
I didn't like how it was setup either because Odysee rewards groupthink and echo chambers. You have to have credits to post videos and there are some free ways to get these credits but like everything with crypto, you can buy the credits and these credits allow you to post videos.
If people like your videos, they might throw some credits your way but watching the video itself is helpful. So your own videos end up being a financial investment that you need a return on. Time and effort might not see a return so you're encouraged to put together low-effort drivel that you know will make a return. The best way is to make videos that cater to your audience. If your audience is right-wingers, guess what your videos will be about. If you diversify or change your views, your audience won't like that and they won't watch it so you don't get paid.
Well, thankfully, I've been told that since Lemmy is federated, any instances promoting hate are isolated, like those chuds over at Exploding Heads.
Yeah, I took a look at the front page there once and that's all i needed to know.