The Atlantic: Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore. Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world.::undefined

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    10 months ago

    That seems to be the only kind of trash content that Google is interested in pushing these days.

    Youtube “pushes” whatever gets more views and longer watch time.

    If trashy crap is being suggested, that means other people are watching it in increased numbers.

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      10 months ago

      Youtube “pushes” whatever gets more views and longer watch time.

      No YouTube pushes what people will click on. They don’t care about the quality of the content, whether the people who watch it actually enjoy it (dislike = “engagement”), or what kind of content people are actually subscribed to because the ads come first.

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        10 months ago

        Youtube “pushes” whatever gets more views and longer watch time.

        No YouTube pushes what people will click on.

        That’s pretty much what I said.

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          10 months ago

          No it’s not what you said. You specifically mentioned “longer watch time” where clickbait titles and thumbnails result in the opposite, but also plenty of ad views.