this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2023
150 points (89.9% liked)

Technology

58173 readers
4033 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The Atlantic: Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore. Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world.::undefined

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are tons of young millionaire youtubers who I've never heard of. It's pretty cool actually that there are so many niches to fill.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And plenty of poor low-subscriber channels that are actually really good and could blow up at some point.

I’ve certainly watched some people from before they were big and from memory their content was more or less just as good in the “early” days. Which all up makes for a pile of stuff!

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

And plenty of poor low-subscriber channels that are actually really good and could blow up at some point.

Probably doing stupid things like posting with useful titles and thumbnails without agape mouths...

That seems to be the only kind of trash content that Google is interested in pushing these days.

[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Google pushes what you click. Stop watching this kind of content and it'll probably stop being recommended to you

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Not true. I don't watch it.

And even if I did, it doesn't mean that I liked it. None of these tech companies' algorithms seem to account for that little fact, even when I directly express otherwise.

[–] foxbat@lemmings.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

they are not optimizing for your enjoyment, they''re optimizing for your engagement. they don't give a fuck if you hate what you're watching as long as you watch it for longer.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

they are not optimizing for your enjoyment, they''re optimizing for your engagement.

Yes that's my point.

they don't give a fuck if you hate what you're watching as long as you watch it for longer.

Don't know about you but I don't spend my free time torturing myself.