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At more than one point in the video he says that the spread of this kind of automatically generated content was not YouTubes fault, but in a way I think it is.
by encypruon 7y ago
At more than one point in the video he says that the spread of this kind of automatically generated content was not YouTubes fault, but in a way I think it is.
It seems likely that the methods of manipulation shown in the video aim more at getting such a piece of content going and less at sustaining it.
If "the algorithms" goal is to maximize viewer retention and this kind of autogenerated content keeps some people glued to the screen, watching ads and writing comments, it's really doing an excellent job, it's just the goal itself that is unethical.
Edit: Typo
- dredmorbius 7y agoQuite. "YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant" The company spent years chasing one business goal above others: “Engagement,” a measure of the views, time spent and interactions with online videos. Conversations with over twenty people who work at, or recently left, YouTube reveal a corporate leadership unable or unwilling to act on these internal alarms for fear of throttling engagement. Wojcicki would “never put her fingers on the scale,” said one person who worked for her. “Her view was, ‘My job is to run the company, not deal with this.’” This person, like others who spoke to Bloomberg News, asked not to be identified because of a worry of retaliation.... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-02/youtube-executives-ignored-warnings-letting-toxic-videos-run-rampant https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-02/youtube-e...