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YouTubers have become more professional and post a large number of videos optimized for monetization (trendy videos, videos around 10 minutes long with addition

YouTubers have become more professional and post a large number of videos optimized for monetization (trendy videos, videos around 10 minutes long with additional ads inserted in the video, etc.). In addition, in order to maximize advertising revenue, YouTube tends to place more importance on new click-bait videos that have a rapid increase in views, rather than high quality videos that can be viewed over a long period of time. That is the reason why many of those clickbait-like videos are the third one on the right side of the screen when a particular video is played.

bluetomcat 4y ago
> YouTubers have become more professional and post a large number of videos optimized for monetization (trendy videos, videos around 10 minutes long with additional ads inserted in the video, etc.). That's how I feel about it, too. The quality of the content has gone down because of the incessant urge of popular YouTubers to produce a "clickable" stream of videos on a regular basis. In a way, it feels addictive like porn - you know what you are going to see, it's just that the reviewed product, or the shown environment is different in the new video.
lozenge 4y ago
Specifically, YouTube stops suggesting videos from your channel if you aren't posting weekly. They need to keep posting bad videos just to keep the revenue increasing on the good ones.
- badpun 4y ago
  Ooh, that explains so much I see in some of my favorite youtube channels...
- UncleMeat 4y ago
  I'm personally regularly suggested videos from content creators with infrequent posting schedules. Heck, I fairly frequently get suggested a video from a creator who hasn't posted a video in more than a year.
  - lozenge 4y ago
    Ah, but are they treating it as a business that needs to earn a reasonable amount of money.
rr888 4y ago
> YouTube tends to place more importance on new click-bait videos that have a rapid increase in views This sounds like TikTok, and likely trying to compete with them.
solarkraft 4y ago
> trendy videos, videos around 10 minutes long with additional ads inserted in the video, etc This is why we need user-controlled recommendations. I want that shit blocked.

bluetomcat 4y ago

> YouTubers have become more professional and post a large number of videos optimized for monetization (trendy videos, videos around 10 minutes long with additional ads inserted in the video, etc.). That's how I feel about it, too. The quality of the content has gone down because of the incessant urge of popular YouTubers to produce a "clickable" stream of videos on a regular basis. In a way, it feels addictive like porn - you know what you are going to see, it's just that the reviewed product, or the shown environment is different in the new video.

lozenge 4y ago

Specifically, YouTube stops suggesting videos from your channel if you aren't posting weekly. They need to keep posting bad videos just to keep the revenue increasing on the good ones.

badpun 4y ago
Ooh, that explains so much I see in some of my favorite youtube channels...
UncleMeat 4y ago
I'm personally regularly suggested videos from content creators with infrequent posting schedules. Heck, I fairly frequently get suggested a video from a creator who hasn't posted a video in more than a year.
- lozenge 4y ago
  Ah, but are they treating it as a business that needs to earn a reasonable amount of money.

rr888 4y ago

> YouTube tends to place more importance on new click-bait videos that have a rapid increase in views This sounds like TikTok, and likely trying to compete with them.

solarkraft 4y ago

> trendy videos, videos around 10 minutes long with additional ads inserted in the video, etc This is why we need user-controlled recommendations. I want that shit blocked.