> If the content creator chooses to optimize the money-making persona, it eventually leads to sensationalized content to generate the maximum possible number of

> If the content creator chooses to optimize the money-making persona, it eventually leads to sensationalized content to generate the maximum possible number of views. In the past brand prestige protected the media from this to happen. A backslash on a TV will make all advertisers to flee. YouTube does not suffer from this. They host radical, xenophobic, and misogynistic content without consequences. Because they label themselves as a tech company, a middleman that has no responsibility on their own content. But are they? Meanwhile we buy what YouTube advertisements show they have no reason to stop. When you optimize society to generate money instead of generate value you get to this weird situation.