Comment on YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 days agoI feel like the issue people her take with this is rather “great, even more Nazi content” then “I want censorship”. YouTube already has an issue with demonetizing content it deems risky for its ad business, like curse words or the mention of violence while allowing inflammatory content that drives engagement
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 days ago
I’d imagine that the inflammatory content in question mostly gets demonetized just the same, so I don’t really see what the issue is. It’s not like a specific kind of content is being treated differently, or is it?
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 days ago
It does not, because demonetized content is also no longer pushed by the algorithm. Since the right wing stuff still gets pushed to the front page and recommendations, it p4obably eid not get demonetized
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 days ago
I find this hard to believe since it goes against my decades long personal experience using YouTube. The moment I click on a “Ben Shapiro destroys” video, sure - I get plenty more in my feed. But they also go away when I stop engaging. In my experience, YouTube does a great job of recommending me the kind of content I actually like to watch.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Uh huh. Which means they’re being pushed to people they think will engage, which means they’re being monetized or are at least considered monetizable if the creator isn’t eligible. Like they said.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 days ago
Your personal experience validated their claim, what are you talking about
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Yes. That’s the algorithm.