Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine
by rnd0 on Sunday February 10, 2019 @04:08PM
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> Look at all the Comcast ads that celebrate binge watching.
I think it's more insidious than that -at least the ads I've noticed.
There's a lot of normalizing of binge watching. Of making it a "given". When I say "normalizing" I mean things like "Since you're going to be gorging on your favorite shows, use our phone/our service/our devices to do them on the because they're the best".
It's not even a question in many ads; the assumption is that you're going to be binging already. Celebrating would be closer to beer commercials ("it's been a hard week, now it's netflix time!").
Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine
by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Monday February 11, 2019 @08:25AM
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I totally agree. I see billboards frequently or messaging on the side of businesses “now you can binge better.”
When did binge ever become appropriate to use as something to be encouraged?Feels insane. I mean even binge eating vegetables probably shows a problem, it should just be part of a balanced diet.
The effects of binging television are less clear, especially when it’s accepted in advertising that binging television is OK. Look at all the Comcast ads that celebrate binge watching.
At least with food advertising it’s been tamped down a bit. Lays potato chips used to have “bet you can’t eat just one” like it was some sort of a drug pusher.