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I see the push to publish frequently has turned YouTube into a perfect hamster wheel :D Another funny consequence of algorithmic optimization. Seems like peopl

by bitL 8y ago

I see the push to publish frequently has turned YouTube into a perfect hamster wheel :D Another funny consequence of algorithmic optimization. Seems like people that came up with it weren't as smart as they thought. Hint: if 99.99% of your users are consumers and 0.01% are creative producers, from whose only 1/1000 can consistently perform, you wouldn't want to drive them to the ground. Also, pushing increased frequency inevitable lowers quality and increases noise of your platform and prevents unique but occasional hits from being properly rewarded. Is that really good for advertisement?

ozim 8y ago
Ideally people would create content and ones that create more often would have more relevant, better videos because they are committed and professional. It all looks like it went "Cobra effect" where algo incentives are right but people are gaming system so they get profits. The same with SEO, more links to your site better ranking -> people invent link farms. While idea was great in practice all turns out you got bunch of people breeding cobras, links, videos.