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Besides the ads I really like all of those things. You make them sound so nefarious with no useful purpose. I find new channels all the time from my recommendat
by Sargos 8y ago
Besides the ads I really like all of those things. You make them sound so nefarious with no useful purpose. I find new channels all the time from my recommendations and if I didn't have autoplay then I wouldn't be able to coast on a topic I want to learn about passively.
It's immensely useful to me and just because you don't like it doesn't make it some evil plot to control our minds. Remember that TV has had autoplay since its inception. It's just a natural way to consume media passively.
- ImSkeptical 8y agoAlso, there's an option to turn autoplay off. It's a special kind of nefarious that lets you opt out at any time.
- plankers 8y agoPerhaps part of the problem is that exact "coasting" mentality that you mention. Autoplay disincentivizes users to seek out their own content, which would help build the skills which are useful for finding new, interesting information on the internet. The deeper philosophical question seems to be whether it's more desirable for people to have the skills to control their own education or whether it's more desirable to optimize tools for bringing educational resources to people. You can go a bit deeper than that and ask whether it's more desirable to have a population of independent thinkers or like-minded thinkers. We'd probably be better off with a bit of both. I prefer to frame these kinds of arguments in terms of educational materials, which you can kinda loosely call most forms of media.
- hobofan 8y agoAlso on Youtube, you can easily toggle autoplay at any time, and in contrast to FB & Twitter there still _is_ a page for subscription videos in chronological order. Yes, "bad" (who is to judge?) defaults might be slightly immoral, but they are at least giving users the option to not use them.