moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoYouTube is cracking down on clickbaitwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down120cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@zerobytes.monster
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minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down2·30 days 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.
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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.