Tell me about your research

I’m seeing more and more people claiming to have “done the research” to support some kind of claim, and I suspect most of the “research” there is rather dubious. In most cases, they’re simply saying “I believe the views of person x instead of person y” — and that’s mostly ok. If you trust one source more than another source, there’s nothing wrong with that; just say “I watched a video” rather than “I did my research”.