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This is an example of the tragedy of the commons: the watch time effect is tracked by YouTube, which maximises for it, but the drop off of visitors to the site
by estebank 2y ago
This is an example of the tragedy of the commons: the watch time effect is tracked by YouTube, which maximises for it, but the drop off of visitors to the site is something YouTube doesn't "care" about (doesn't track it directly, doesn't optimize for it, etc.).
- crabmusket 2y agoIn this scenario, what is the "commons"?
- paulmd 2y agoeveryone else’s engagement except Google’s will be degraded by the increased page load times