Too hard to manipulate the algorithm with ai spam, disguised ads and propaganda if users can see all the videos at the top of their recommended feed have 20 views.
You must only view what the Corporation approves.
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dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s already really difficult to engage with the content you want to see, but now they’re also taking away the only immediately noticeable metric of a successful video? Genuinely just why
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
They want to decide what you like and don’t like. You WILL watch what THEY show you.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
some internal metric and testibg said this increases engagement by 2.1% so now we are stuck with it.
Cheesus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To hope you find new content. YouTube had been putting random low watch count videos in my feed. I never click on them because of their low view count. The thumbsnails make them look like they’re high quality videos. Without the view count I have no idea if they have 1,000 views or millions. They’re hoping I will click on them, subscribe, and spend more time in the app.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Personally I find the highest viewed videos on YT to be the absolute shittiest ones.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s kinda the problem too
atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m curious how this will affect things like sub-a-thons where people stream for charity and so on.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
The data will have to be there for sorting reasons and such, so this is just an extra nod to using an app like Grayjay, which will almost assuredly still pull the data and display it for you to see.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They removed the star system a long time ago. They removed the down votes again a few years back.
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
That’ll work excellent for all those people trying to find tutorial videos for ‘XYZ’ when you have no verification data to determine whether it’s even a legit tutorial.
calabast@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
People who watch tutorial videos only get on, watch the video and then leave. How are they supposed to make tons of advertising revenue from that? No, we must sacrifice that class of video from the platform, in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean you joke, but they’re literally doing that to reaction video channels. MXRPlays had his entire channel deleted, despite having millions of subscribers. It was clear for years that someone at youtube had a grudge against them.
Especially since they deleted their channel. Gave strikes to all their videos, and took the videos down. Buuuuuuut, someone ELSE illegally reuploaded their content, and they can’t even report the video because their channel is deleted. The illegal re-uploads have no strikes, no issues, the content stay up, and some OTHER person makes money off of MXRPlays years old content.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
LOL. You clearly have never heard of G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome). You get on YouTube to learn how to play guitar and next thing you know you’ve bought three guitars, a closet full of pedals, amps, amp modelers, etc., and you still don’t know how to play.
LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Just trust the algorithm, bro!
SuperIce@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To be fair, the star system was garbage. I agree with the rest though