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I feel like the unfortunate part is that the most visibility-optimised content isn't often the same thing as the best content. So if you just set out to make a
by Nition 9y ago
I feel like the unfortunate part is that the most visibility-optimised content isn't often the same thing as the best content. So if you just set out to make a Good Thing it gets lost, unless you also do other things that are seemingly unnecessary (like adding a silly face to your YouTube preview).
- killjoywashere 9y agoI feel like the unfortunate part is that my kids are far more certain that "YouTuber" is a viable career than "physicist".
- kaplun 9y agoThey are probably right. After a PhD, and 2-3 postdocs you end up being 40, out of the domain, and the most probable job available will be data analytics for a bank, when your real dream was the Nobel prize...
- PeanutNore 9y ago"Mechanical Engineer" is going to remain a viable career for any kid interested in physics for the foreseeable future.
- jackgolding 9y agothis is my point exactly - I find the same thing with the arts (people optimising for grants or to get on a label rather than their best work)
- ksk 9y ago>So if you just set out to make a Good Thing it gets lost, unless you also do other things that are seemingly unnecessary (like adding a silly face to your YouTube preview). Right, so you can boost the signal (curators, youtube face, clickbait title) or reduce the noise (lesser crappy content). Reducing the noise seems to be harder when so many people have this false confidence that their half-baked ideas are worth sharing.