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It was not possible to suit everyone's taste in a TV, after all you had a limited amount of airtime and you needed a few figures. It would help that these figur

by csomar 6y ago

It was not possible to suit everyone's taste in a TV, after all you had a limited amount of airtime and you needed a few figures. It would help that these figures are brainless and sexy so that you can get everyone on board. Youtube changed that. Now you can watch what you are interested in, instead of that single thing being fed on TV. You like a particular animal? (Otters), there is a person in Japan dedicated to his otter and makes frequent high-quality videos about it. Hollywood lost control of the narrative, but not because of their sloppy work. Internet and high-bandwidth changed the game and they are unable to adapt.

ergot_vacation 6y ago
"You like a particular animal? (Otters), there is a person in Japan dedicated to his otter and makes frequent high-quality videos about it." Ah, so you've fallen down the Aty rabbit-hole as well eh? Stuff like that makes me wonder though: everyone has this assumption that their experience on the web, and Youtube especially, is highly specific to them and what they watch, ie the "Filter Bubbles" concept. And yet over the past couple years, on and offline, I keep hearing that other people are ending up on the same videos and channels I am. Aty is a good example: everyone seems to have seen a HUGE surge in cute animal videos being recommended over the past few months. It seems highly likely that Youtube isn't as organic as it seems, and that those running it are deliberately tilting the recommendation algo in favor of certain kinds of videos at certain times. This has some pretty insidious implications, as it's a kind of influence so subtle as to be almost imperceptible.
- FredPret 6y ago
  Maybe it’s a bubble effect, and the algo is matching you and your friends/contacts to the cute animals you have in common. My youtube is all slow-mo videos and that Kerbal Space Program guy. No otters in sight
- csomar 6y ago
  Youtube has 2.4bn users. Aty has 0.5m subscribers and the videos get 20-100k views. So the numbers disagree. Aty is very niche.

by csomar 6y ago

ergot_vacation 6y ago

"You like a particular animal? (Otters), there is a person in Japan dedicated to his otter and makes frequent high-quality videos about it." Ah, so you've fallen down the Aty rabbit-hole as well eh? Stuff like that makes me wonder though: everyone has this assumption that their experience on the web, and Youtube especially, is highly specific to them and what they watch, ie the "Filter Bubbles" concept. And yet over the past couple years, on and offline, I keep hearing that other people are ending up on the same videos and channels I am. Aty is a good example: everyone seems to have seen a HUGE surge in cute animal videos being recommended over the past few months. It seems highly likely that Youtube isn't as organic as it seems, and that those running it are deliberately tilting the recommendation algo in favor of certain kinds of videos at certain times. This has some pretty insidious implications, as it's a kind of influence so subtle as to be almost imperceptible.

FredPret 6y ago
Maybe it’s a bubble effect, and the algo is matching you and your friends/contacts to the cute animals you have in common. My youtube is all slow-mo videos and that Kerbal Space Program guy. No otters in sight
csomar 6y ago
Youtube has 2.4bn users. Aty has 0.5m subscribers and the videos get 20-100k views. So the numbers disagree. Aty is very niche.