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Who is Karlaplan? And why choose Google Docs to share information which Google may dislike and remove?

• deleted 9y ago
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• flgr 9y ago
  I was wondering if they might not be baiting Google into doing that. If they start removing content critical of them from Google Docs that's another big story.
  • Theodores 9y ago
    Google should monetize Google Docs in situations like this, i.e. more than a dozen viewing, all with the same referer URL. Regarding the thesis, it seems to me that unless you have read the advertiser guidelines then you are always going to have your viewing manipulated in ways you do not understand. The recommendations are really 'how best to monetize you'. So with music you may end up with mainstream artist recommends, not because the songs are inherently popular, it is just that they can be monetized. Therefore, the best way to explore the back catalogue of an artist is to upload your own video and to then see what tracks by your favourite musicians you can set to it. So even within normal YouTube there is a 'better' search engine, better for you but maybe not so monetizable even though that is what the widget is about.
• Phlarp 9y ago
  Solid game theory on both sides. The Demonitization bot and its shenanigans are well known in the Youtube content creator community. They know they aren't fooling anyone and this data is going to be "out there" along with countless anecdotes from content creators who reliably upload content only to have it get "demonetized" during the most profitable portion of a video's lifespan. (the first 48 hours) If Google pulled the doc they'd likely get a lesson in the Streisand effect, and they likely know not to try. Posting it on Google docs is actually smart bait by the author in my opinion-- intentional or otherwise.