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> I know there's supposed to be a bunch of clickbait garbage on YouTube but I just wouldn't know, because I literally never see it. Just sort by view count for

> I know there's supposed to be a bunch of clickbait garbage on YouTube but I just wouldn't know, because I literally never see it. Just sort by view count for any common english word and filter out the music videos. Well, even including music videos there appear to be several dozen or hundred accounts dedicated to reposting the exact same Indian music videos, film trailers, clips, etc... Not even small variations of the same content, the exact same video. Some of the accounts look like plausible media distributors/producers in India but quite a large fraction seem to be bots or individuals spamming.

flangola7 4y ago
Why is anything with India content so... spammy? Endless cheap reposts with low res text and memes (or the India flag) pasted on top. Page after page of what I can only call video garbage. I have the feeling it is a cultural difference I am ignorant of.
- MichaelZuo 4y ago
  Perhaps there is a way to game the youtube algorithm such that they still pay out on what seems like obvious spam. But considering there are literally thousands of such videos with millions of views each, this could not possibly have escaped the attention of youtube engineers. Though maybe there is a fix in the pipeline?
- hydrok9 4y ago
  probably lower quality recording and playback devices on average, plus a big incentive to make money off the videos.
- sundarurfriend 4y ago
  How are you coming across this content? I'm in India and when I see Indian content recommended it's generally one of: a. Movie clips and songs b. Religious stuff like prayer songs c. Local channels that mostly do comedy (kinda like CollegeHumor used to) d. Nerdy channels like solving math puzzles or doing Geoguessr I can't really visualize what you're describing, though a sibling reply says there's "literally thousands of such videos with millions of views each" so there must be a lot of these out there. Do you get these recommended to you, or how are you searching them up?

flangola7 4y ago

Why is anything with India content so... spammy? Endless cheap reposts with low res text and memes (or the India flag) pasted on top. Page after page of what I can only call video garbage. I have the feeling it is a cultural difference I am ignorant of.

MichaelZuo 4y ago
Perhaps there is a way to game the youtube algorithm such that they still pay out on what seems like obvious spam. But considering there are literally thousands of such videos with millions of views each, this could not possibly have escaped the attention of youtube engineers. Though maybe there is a fix in the pipeline?
hydrok9 4y ago
probably lower quality recording and playback devices on average, plus a big incentive to make money off the videos.
sundarurfriend 4y ago
How are you coming across this content? I'm in India and when I see Indian content recommended it's generally one of: a. Movie clips and songs b. Religious stuff like prayer songs c. Local channels that mostly do comedy (kinda like CollegeHumor used to) d. Nerdy channels like solving math puzzles or doing Geoguessr I can't really visualize what you're describing, though a sibling reply says there's "literally thousands of such videos with millions of views each" so there must be a lot of these out there. Do you get these recommended to you, or how are you searching them up?