Well, you made a wrong claim that I merely corrected. Watch whatever wherever you want. Doesn’t change the fact that the documentary creators I follow for the vast majority only upload to YouTube and those that also upload to Nebula offer a worse experience there.
Lets put it another way: it really is not the youtube that was interesting 20 years ago, and you gotta think that yes, most of it is mindless shit. Or “content” which is just as bad.
Sure I could dig around and waste time trying to find gold in the sea of crap but why bother.
And yes, the algorithms do work against you, that is well documented, no matter what you click on.
Yes somewhat related, but the algorithm is not trying to help you find related or interesting things. It is trying to find ways to keep you engaged. That is a very different thing.
It will slowly try to direct you to outrage, polarization, addiction loops, sensationalism and clickbaity videos. It amplifys misinformation because either people fall into believing it OR are so outraged by it they want to comment or rage at it.
Youtube has an incentive to do these things: more watch time = more ads served = more revenue.
So people will tell you: just curate what you watch! That fixes it!
If you are going to curate what you watch, you don’t need an algorithm!
Didn’t think about and I guess it’s kind of true, happens all the time where I get suggestions that are very bias. But the algorithm has also helped me find good creators, those who’s main goal is not to become milliners and good music too. I do spent a lot of time watching YouTube so the engagement thing works, but I don’t watch adds so jokes on YouTube.
I just avoid algorithms. If I want documentaries there are places for those.
Well, you made a wrong claim that I merely corrected. Watch whatever wherever you want. Doesn’t change the fact that the documentary creators I follow for the vast majority only upload to YouTube and those that also upload to Nebula offer a worse experience there.
Lets put it another way: it really is not the youtube that was interesting 20 years ago, and you gotta think that yes, most of it is mindless shit. Or “content” which is just as bad.
Sure I could dig around and waste time trying to find gold in the sea of crap but why bother.
And yes, the algorithms do work against you, that is well documented, no matter what you click on.
What I like about the algorithm is that it suggest you related content (usually).
Yes somewhat related, but the algorithm is not trying to help you find related or interesting things. It is trying to find ways to keep you engaged. That is a very different thing.
It will slowly try to direct you to outrage, polarization, addiction loops, sensationalism and clickbaity videos. It amplifys misinformation because either people fall into believing it OR are so outraged by it they want to comment or rage at it.
Youtube has an incentive to do these things: more watch time = more ads served = more revenue.
So people will tell you: just curate what you watch! That fixes it!
If you are going to curate what you watch, you don’t need an algorithm!
Didn’t think about and I guess it’s kind of true, happens all the time where I get suggestions that are very bias. But the algorithm has also helped me find good creators, those who’s main goal is not to become milliners and good music too. I do spent a lot of time watching YouTube so the engagement thing works, but I don’t watch adds so jokes on YouTube.