Nate Cull (.social)

You can't spell 'engagement! rah!' without 'enragement, gah'

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/youtubes-recommendation-algorithm-has-a-dark-side/

<< YouTube's algorithms will push whatever they deem engaging, and it appears they have figured out that wild claims, as well as hate speech and outrage peddling, can be particularly so. >>

YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side

It leads users down rabbit holes

Jun 3, 2019 at 9:49pmWeb
Show threadnukelheadJun 3, 2019
@natecull
Exactly, they are just pushing user "engagement" with no concern for anything other than their own means. Whatever gets the most clicks gets pushed, then whatever gets the most from that, and so on. Self-feeding, almost like a feedback loop.