The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube's algorithm
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There's a secret side of YouTube, just beyond the guiding hand of the algorithm – and it’s nothing like what you know.

There’s a secret side of YouTube, just beyond the guiding hand of the algorithm – and it’s nothing like what you know. The vast majority of YouTube’s estimated 14.8 billion videos have almost never been seen. Until now.

  • penquin@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    This article made me rethink my decisions about abandoning my tiny channel. I was thinking about it all wrong. I wanted to make money. I loved making videos, but got discouraged when I couldn’t make any money. I need to get back to it and do what I love doing.

    • TeaOPEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      I just wanted to encourage you to upload your videos to PeerTube.

  • aviationeast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I wonder how many of those videos were actually a human watching vs a machine calling the api, and how long did they watch for?