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

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    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!

      • drphungky@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        I can’t remember what channel, but somebody did an experiment with not doing the ridiculous thumbnails and got way fewer views. Which sort of gets at the point of this article: the are huge swaths of people that are clicking on them and that sounds super foreign to a lot of us.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

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

        Youtube “pushes” whatever gets more views and longer watch time.

        If trashy crap is being suggested, that means other people are watching it in increased numbers.

      • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        11 months ago

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

          • foxbat@lemmings.worldEnglish
            11·
            11 months ago

            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.

          • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            14·
            11 months ago

            Well I practically never see these kinds of thumbnails, it’s absolutely influenced by your behaviour whatever it may be.