> I could also complain about the incentives Youtube gives creators to make phenomenally irritating thumbnails, video structures (everything is 20 goddam minute

> I could also complain about the incentives Youtube gives creators to make phenomenally irritating thumbnails, video structures (everything is 20 goddam minutes long now), the list goes on. Totally agreed, the whole thing is a mess. Many creators know exactly what rituals they need to perform to please God that It will bestow them with wealth and are pretty transparent about doing so. ("Make sure to turn on notifications and watch this video the second it comes out, because we get rewarded more for that" is a particularly insane one. Very few things I could want notifications for less than 10+ minute videos on quantum physics.)