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I 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
by kodapoda 3y ago
I 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.