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Re:Moving Away from Algorithmic Curation by astrange on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:50PM (#35723098)
> YouTube optimizes for engagement and time on site. If that leads you to a bunch of conspiracy videos and radicalizing content then it thinks it did its job well.

It doesn't seem to do that anymore though. The amount of complaints about this is significantly down in the last few years and the comment section isn't hell like it used to be.

Re:Moving Away from Algorithmic Curation by schneems on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:37AM (#35723382)
Anecdotes are meaningful but they’re not everything. Especially when talking about a systemic, emergent problem.

One of the larger problems in this space is: since we cannot view the inputs that created the problem, we cannot verify that the problem is actually gone (rather than, say, shifted somewhere else less visible but just as harmful).

If this effect was achieved by a word denylist for example: then I expect new slang and code words to pop up to combat the filter.

We should ask for independent review and high standards rather than declaring the problem gone when we individually are no longer impacted by it.