I made sure to remove cookies and not sign in so I think these are the base suggestions made by youtube.

  • @octoperson
    19•11 months ago

    most people that search for videos of protestors, are looking to see them get owned.

    Not necessarily so. YouTube are after engagement. As the mantra goes; comment, like, share, and subscribe. Sometimes that means showing people what they want to see, sometimes it means getting them hooked on a short term dopamine loop, and sometimes it means making them fight

    • @[email protected]
      4•11 months ago

      They’re after views, that’s always the end goal. More views=more revenue. It’s the youtubers that are after engagement, because engagement is a good measure of something that will get a lot of views and thus gets pushed by the algorithm.

      Google wants money. Views get them money. Engagement helps predict an offering that will get more views, and thus they should feed it to more people. They’re right also, it is an accurate predictor. If we don’t want them to do what makes them the most money, that is our responsibility to fix, not theirs.