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> Controversy is inferred from like/dislike ratios and/or content reports, all of which is user-driven. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't think it
by cr0sh 7y ago
> Controversy is inferred from like/dislike ratios and/or content reports, all of which is user-driven.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't think it will be as simple as you think.
For instance, it's possible for a community to develop that thinks certain content is just fine, while another community does not, but is unaware of the first community or its content.
Then they suddenly through some mechanism become aware - and brigade the other community, stirring up controversy.
Heck, they could do this even if they weren't against the content, all for the purpose of having the content removed or otherwise censored, in order to drive their own narrative (which they may not be followers of either - ie, imposing some fake narrative or content on a community they don't believe in, in order to remove content they have no problem with, because of the lulz - seriously, there are some very weird, very toxic people out there who have found each other and do this all the time).
That's just one example I've thought of - the ways to game the system and cause problems with it are innumerable. I don't think this problem is something we will be able to fix as easily as that.
- naasking 7y ago> Heck, they could do this even if they weren't against the content, all for the purpose of having the content removed or otherwise censored But that's just it, I'm suggesting that legal content is never censored, merely that the monetization is proportional to the controversy, because advertiser skittishness is the real problem causing censorship on these free platforms. So brigading to raise the controversy score would move its ad revenue to a lower tier, but it wouldn't get removed. Perhaps brigading would become a problem, but you leave it to the person whose channel was impacted to request a manual review if they suspect brigading. The review requirements have now shrunk dramatically. There may be ways to abuse this too, but I think the spirit of this approach is right.