Ugh. If they can detect when people say that in videos, I'd prefer that they used it to penalize the video in the algorithm, rather than leaning into this irrit

Ugh. If they can detect when people say that in videos, I'd prefer that they used it to penalize the video in the algorithm, rather than leaning into this irritating gaming of the system. I don't blame creators for doing this: creators have to say this to compete (this is an example of Moloch[1]). The point isn't to hurt creators who do this, it's to remove the incentive so that creators no longer have to do this. So I think the proper way to do this is to announce that videos that ask for likes or subscribes will be penalized, and only penalize videos that come out after the announcement. But, YouTube serves advertisers, not viewers, so they'll never do anything that benefits viewers but hurts advertisers. [1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/