Re:Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm [video]
by stcredzero on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:17PM
(#19607104)
Discernment is a skill that can be learned when we are cognizant and vigilant and conscientious about paying attention.
Google, YouTube, and much of the current web is very easily manipulated by small but sizable and highly motivated fractions of the population acting together. It greatly over-represents the opinions of the extremes, particularly the voices which generate the most outrage.
Fear is the mind-killer. But we never knew the extent to which this could reach until it was combined with viral outrage. (Monetized and politicized viral outrage, to be precise.)
Google, YouTube, and much of the current web is very easily manipulated by small but sizable and highly motivated fractions of the population acting together. It greatly over-represents the opinions of the extremes, particularly the voices which generate the most outrage.
Fear is the mind-killer. But we never knew the extent to which this could reach until it was combined with viral outrage. (Monetized and politicized viral outrage, to be precise.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc