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Re:Demetrification: Removing the numbers of likes and retwee... by raxxorrax on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:20AM (#20523358)
They will surely offer "promoted content" and claim it to be popular. Honestly, while I don't like point/karma systems very much, I think the development to even more artificially placed content will not be in favor of platforms in the long term.

Advertisers encroach on every platform and it really sucks. Youtube for example didn't really develop anything worthwhile for users. 5 years ago the platform was so much more interesting. It still is, but navigating content was made really difficult with "adjusted" search results.

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Re:Demetrification: Removing the numbers of likes and retwee... by dewey on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:53AM (#20524006)
I’m glad YouTube didn’t develop a lot. Right now it does the job, supports everything I want as a user and mostly stays out of my way.

Sites that constantly evolve and try to reinvent themselves annoy me way more.

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Re:Demetrification: Removing the numbers of likes and retwee... by mtgx on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:01AM (#20524318)
They still adjust the algorithm all the time and that tends to piss off a lot of people, too.
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Re:Demetrification: Removing the numbers of likes and retwee... by microcolonel on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:37AM (#20525236)
That alone would probably be okay if they weren't so quick to bend to pressure from a handful of squeaky wheels who happen to think of themselves as competitors to YouTube. ;- )
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