moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYouTube is cracking down on clickbaitwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1328
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minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 months agoYouTube is the one pushing them to clickbait. Their metrics are designed such that if you don’t bait clicks a huge percentage of the time you’re shown, you won’t even show up in the feeds of your actual subscribers.
YouTube is the one pushing them to clickbait. Their metrics are designed such that if you don’t bait clicks a huge percentage of the time you’re shown, you won’t even show up in the feeds of your actual subscribers.