DannyTS
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DannyTS - I am not commenting on countries where I do not have direct access to information or folks I am working with on the ground in country. And, I do not judge what is happening in any country on the basis of YouTube videos or FaceBook or Instagram. We know from data in our country people post what they want and do not post what they don't want to share publicly. That means the filter used for decision-making of what is posted and what is not is inconsistent and non-representative of life events in context. If I hang a picture on the wall, looking at it, what do you know about the context surrounding the photograph or drawing? Just because you see movement, does that fill in what is happening in the household, community, region, state, country, or world? No. Just as I decide what to hang on the wall, people post on social platforms what they want others to see.
I think you are giving some of these videos a lot less credit than they deserve, especially those from large weddings, events that have continued to be organized in these countries. You can clearly see whole families, people of all ages that are not afraid to be with others, you can even assess their weight if you want. I tried to share less nightlife videos, those are obviously more skewed towards the younger generation. To me, the way people interact at a wedding offers more raw information that some articles that can be a lot more filtered than this, especialy when I already know that their publishers have a certain bias.
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