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It all seems precarious and a bit shady
by paulryanrogers 3y ago
It all seems precarious and a bit shady
- musicale 3y agoGaming the algorithm can probably work for a while, at least until the algorithm or platform changes. Consider how successful a number of shady SEO practices were until Google shut them down. Then Google stopped caring and simply pushed everything below the fold of Google promotions and advertisements.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoHere's my question then, let us assume I have some algo to churn out content [1]; is there any reason I shouldn't do some genetic programming and optimize the process based on income to chase the algo? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcF9H6ZzWu8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcF9H6ZzWu8
- adolph 3y agoThat video is kind of hilarious in that he kept rewriting things he wasn’t happy with instead of focusing on the pipeline. That is the opposite of just letting genetic programming perform the fitting function.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoI am saying, if I can create a pipeline - which for shorts and simple stuff is fairly trivial - why not let GP deal with algo chasing?
- adolph 3y agoOk, yes, more fortunes made by selling shovels than digging for gold. Good luck!
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- kodapoda 3y agoI used to feel more triggered by these practices, until I mentally decoupled art and creativity from whatever this is ("content" I guess). This is just its own world of gaming "engagement" and getting paid for churning out "content". The incentives are aligned and even encourage the practices described in the article. In that environment it's an expected course of action, not necessarily shady.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> In that environment it's an expected course of action, not necessarily shady. It isn't shady to the participants, in the same way that the activities of an organized fraud group aren't particularly shady to the members of that fraud group. They are to their victims, though.
- kodapoda 3y agoThe victims in this environment are people who will watch a minute long workout video featuring background music from X "three folders of content" vs Y "three folders of content". The algorithms have been manipulated, sure, but the actual negative impact is close to zero.
- twic 3y agoAs i understand it, the fame industry always has been.
- kodapoda 3y agoDefinitely. Recording companies used to pay radio stations to feature some artists more frequently - until this practice was made illegal.