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Youtube personalization is eerily well-tuned from a tech perspective, and has undoubtedly been good for their business. But one of the least expected side-effe
by firasd 9y ago
Youtube personalization is eerily well-tuned from a tech perspective, and has undoubtedly been good for their business. But one of the least expected side-effects of new technology has to be the fact that Youtube’s ‘related videos’ algorithm has given rise to a generation of Flat Earth believers.
Despite that, I gotta say, I'm uncomfortable about the series of media 'hits' on Youtube over the past year. It is based on self interest as a tech professional (I want to be able to create a social network without having to highly moderate everything!) but also, everytime it happens, a bunch of Youtubers who are innocent of what the media is alleging (objectionable content, etc.) lose their ad revenue. It's true that the 2016 US election has prompted the Anglosphere to subject social networks to more scrutiny, but when clamping down on user-generated content (or how it's displayed and monetized) we gotta look at the collateral damage, too.
- pulisse 9y agoI want to be able to create a social network without having to highly moderate everything! No one (in the context of this debate) is asking YouTube to ban videos.
- CandidlyFake 9y ago> Youtube’s ‘related videos’ algorithm has given rise to a generation of Flat Earth believers. That's nonsense. There have been flat earthers long before youtube and there will be flat earthers long after. Also, the amount of flat earthers is so insignificant, but of course the media has to exploit that to push their agenda. The guardian and the news media caused far more damage with their fake campus rape culture nonsense than silly flat earth videos. > Despite that, I gotta say, I'm uncomfortable about the series of media 'hits' on Youtube over the past year. The media has been attacking youtube, facebook and social media because it is marginalizing their effectiveness. The news industry was used to having a captive audience to whom it force fed propaganda. What to read, what to think, how to vote, who to believe, etc were their domain. Social media is allowing people to co-opt that system and seek out what they want to read, watch, etc. I'm awestruck at how coordinated the supposed "independent" and disparate news companies are working together in this propaganda campaign. And how british media and our media are working in tandem. Also, if anyone has the time, it would be interesting to see how many "anti social media" stories have been on HN. I'm guessing we've had an anti social media story on the frontpage of HN everyday for the past year. It's ridiculous.