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I'd like to see them address videos that game the system. I'll see videos structured so that the beginning is very slow, and so you must wait to get to the meat
by bitshiftfaced 5y ago
I'd like to see them address videos that game the system. I'll see videos structured so that the beginning is very slow, and so you must wait to get to the meat of the content. People do wait, and so the video is algorithmically rewarded, but that doesn't mean the video is good. Some videos even have a "fake glitch" effect where the first few frames are from later in the video. It's as if to say "here's what the video's about, but first wait through this boring part so that my video gets rewarded for engagement."
I once watched a video over several times because I couldn't make out what was supposed to be "off" about it at the end. I finally realized that there was nothing strange or anything, but the video led you to believe there was. Therefore many people, like me, stupidly rewatched it in order to figure out that there was nothing interesting. And that's why it had a boosted signal!