YouTube’s Algorithm Incentivizes the Wrong Behavior

Re:YouTube’s Algorithm Incentivizes the Wrong Behavior by verall on Friday June 14, 2019 @03:38PM (#20186039)

Uh, they don't have view counts, but they certainly tell you when things are popular. These are bad examples because all of these have very public "view counter"-alikes. First-weekend box office for ""popular"" movies is reported in news media. TV stations have ratings. Pop music has Billboard. In fact we have a local "Top 50" station which only plays ""popular"" music.

View counts ~= box office take ~= TV ratings ~= Billboard.

Every type of media you list has gatekeepers, kingmakers, and counters, and other things influencing your to or not to consume.

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Re:YouTube’s Algorithm Incentivizes the Wrong Behavior by smt88 on Saturday June 15, 2019 @11:55AM (#20190559)

I have never met anyone who chooses their movies based on box office, nor have I met anyone who chooses TV shows based on their ratings. Those are all after-the-fact consumption stats, unlike YouTube view counts, which are shown to you upfront (without you looking for them).

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