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Re:Ask HN: Video recommendation platform as a way to compete... by jasode on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:05AM (#24579282)
>To circumvent the fake title/bait & switch practices, you could allow users to flag videos as misleading, vote them as spam, etc.

And now you've re-created the "Amazon 1-star ratings left by competitors instead of real buyers" and/or the "false DMCA takedown claims of public domain or original music".

E.g. an honest person creates a "How to sew a mask at home to protect from COVID" which is the real content but a bunch of coronavirus deniers falsely flag that video as "child pornography".

Game theory is hard and everybody has to think through all the future chess moves that adversaries will use.

Re:Ask HN: Video recommendation platform as a way to compete... by tylerdinner on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:54PM (#24580708)
Damn you're totally right. You'd have to have a subscription fee and a team of mods to fix that.