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This is an oversimplification of the issue. Some videos to illustrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn46t8NksX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn46t8NksX0
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
This is an oversimplification of the issue.
Some videos to illustrate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn46t8NksX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn46t8NksX0 - h3h3 "We're at an Important Crossroad"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03dTJ4nXkXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03dTJ4nXkXw - 2veritasium "Why YouTube Used to Prefer Quality"
In particular, consider the thought experiment presented in the second video: If YouTube's algorithm solely promoted car videos, then car videos would be all that are uploaded to YouTube. The algorithm is the content.
Even though it happens to align with what you like right now, the bias should be concerning.
- simias 9y ago>If YouTube's algorithm solely promoted car videos, then car videos would be all that are uploaded to YouTube. That's assuming that people only upload videos on Youtube to monetize them. Given that uploading videos is basically free I'm sure there'd be no shortage of non-car videos. Actually if I recall correctly youtube didn't have any monetization for many years when it started? What you'd probably lose is high production value original content, although I suspect that many of those content producers might still break even if they have other ways to monetize their content.