moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYouTube is cracking down on clickbaitwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareSapphironZA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up123·edit-21 month agoOr, you can bring back the dislike button and stop promoting videos with high dislike ratios.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoDo comments first. There’s so much spam that almost looks legit because of how many upvotes they have.
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoAnd actual scams with 300+ upvotes. Not just copied comments that get edited layer, but entire chains directing people to whatsapp numbers.
minus-squarespacecadet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoI’d still take scam comments over “who is still listening in 2024?!” For a super popular song that came out in 2023 or for a timeless classic like Michael Jackson’s thriller
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoThose and “First!!!1!!” are obnoxious, but not actively harmful.
minus-squareSapphironZA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI am not referring to a like to dislike ration, I am referring to a dislike to view ratio. YouTube should bury those from recommendations.
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoAnd maybe stop making comments help the video get more popular
Or, you can bring back the dislike button and stop promoting videos with high dislike ratios.
Do comments first. There’s so much spam that almost looks legit because of how many upvotes they have.
And actual scams with 300+ upvotes. Not just copied comments that get edited layer, but entire chains directing people to whatsapp numbers.
I’d still take scam comments over “who is still listening in 2024?!” For a super popular song that came out in 2023 or for a timeless classic like Michael Jackson’s thriller
Those and “First!!!1!!” are obnoxious, but not actively harmful.
I am not referring to a like to dislike ration, I am referring to a dislike to view ratio. YouTube should bury those from recommendations.
And maybe stop making comments help the video get more popular