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Yeah, Kevin Munger's book skillfully dissects what he calls "The YouTube Apparatus" [0] The creators aren't really tuning their output based on consumer feedba
by disqard 2y ago
Yeah, Kevin Munger's book skillfully dissects what he calls "The YouTube Apparatus" [0]
The creators aren't really tuning their output based on consumer feedback, they're actually optimizing for the platform's metrics, so it's the (algorithmic) machine incentivizing humans to essentially feed it money.
[0] https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/in-the-belly-of-the-mrbeast https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/in-the-belly-of-the-mrbea...
- marginalia_nu 2y agoYeah I've explored similar ideas before as well: https://www.marginalia.nu/log/98_youtube-crabs/ https://www.marginalia.nu/log/98_youtube-crabs/