YouTube's recommendations gets you glued!

Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 4 a.m.

b'

The truth about YouTube\\u2019s recommendations

\\n

Think twice before clicking on any recommended YouTube videos. You\\u2019ll thank yourself later.

\\n

Users engage more on such borderline contents, meaning more views. The number of views is also a determinant for YouTube\\u2019s AI to recommend the category to its other viewers. But more views also mean that content creators get the impression that they should create such type of content to get popular. Basically, the more grotesque content you make, the more likely it\\u2019ll keep people on YouTube\\u2014for creators and YouTube, it is a revenue opportunity. Hence, the cycle or loop goes on.

\\n

Source: https://kathmandupost.com/science-technology/2019/08/13/the-truth-about-youtube-s-recommendations

\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techsansar/message'