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Yeah, that is what I meant when I said it is optimizing for engagement i.e. view time. Early youtube algo did take dilikes into accound and tried to optimize fo
by cardanome 2y ago
Yeah, that is what I meant when I said it is optimizing for engagement i.e. view time. Early youtube algo did take dilikes into accound and tried to optimize for quality. Dislikes are effectively disabled.
A high dislike count isn't something content creators need to worry about, hence the more extrem content.
- hhh 2y agoIt is something they need to worry about. It’s just less effective for brigading videos. Except now those people over-focus on the chrome extension that records the like:dislike ratio of videos (of extension users only) and they end up filtering themselves by thinking it’s authoritative for the overall view population.