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I'm not saying this is what's happening here, but here's a playbook I could see behind it: 1. Automatic/ML/AI/buzzword filtering that is, in blunt terms, kinda

I'm not saying this is what's happening here, but here's a playbook I could see behind it: 1. Automatic/ML/AI/buzzword filtering that is, in blunt terms, kinda crappy 2. Preemptively and diligently correct for any such crappy decisions that would result in PR nightmares or credible lawsuits 3. Apply some portion of your effort to reviewing some portion of the cases that appeal. Hope (nudge nudge, wink wink) that those cases that you couldn't review, because you simply don't have the resources to review everything in depth, are those of your "enemies." You're not suppressing them; you just didn't have the resources to help them. Result: The system punishes your enemies by design and you and your enemies can just blame the AI and your front line support, which everyone already loves to do. People who are suspicious can be painted as nutjobs, because it's obviously just the unfortunate but classic case of the little guy against the giant indifferent bureaucracy. Thus any sufficiently influential entity can wield Hanlon's Razor as a weapon. You don't event need to plan for this; it is bound to happen. Parts 1. and 2. happening are foregone conclusions. When the opportunity for part 3. arises, I think people in all levels of the organization would quickly and tacitly realize that uneven review is in their best interest, if they don't just do it automatically out of laziness or tribal thinking.

larrydag 5y ago
If this were the practices of a startup, new biz, or small org and tried something like this they would not make it at all. Is this because of monopolistic practices? Why do they believe this behavior is good for business? My question is the creator content video space in need of competitors? Some other products are making options available such as Rumble and Vimeo.
- lamontcg 5y ago
  Google basically owns all the advertising space now so they're restricted in their growth to the overall growth of the segment. So they squeeze out their overhead wherever they can. This is how managers protect their numbers. Anyone who suggests spending the money on customer support for creators is going to get laughed out of the room when they run the numbers on the cost and what it'll do to the quarterly numbers. Meanwhile there's no viable competitor to do it because they're such a monopoly due to network effects.

larrydag 5y ago

If this were the practices of a startup, new biz, or small org and tried something like this they would not make it at all. Is this because of monopolistic practices? Why do they believe this behavior is good for business? My question is the creator content video space in need of competitors? Some other products are making options available such as Rumble and Vimeo.

lamontcg 5y ago
Google basically owns all the advertising space now so they're restricted in their growth to the overall growth of the segment. So they squeeze out their overhead wherever they can. This is how managers protect their numbers. Anyone who suggests spending the money on customer support for creators is going to get laughed out of the room when they run the numbers on the cost and what it'll do to the quarterly numbers. Meanwhile there's no viable competitor to do it because they're such a monopoly due to network effects.