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I started to write a script for a video about how clickbait have really damaged the platform, clickbait taking it to the point the make the creators says “it’s okay, we need monetize, we need to catch your attention somehow, this is the only and the good way”, and I need to make some field research gathering some people opinions about it (I going to ask to some people IRL too). So what do you think? Feel free to answer any of the questions below, and add whatever come to your mind, everything it’s appreciated.

  • Do you use youtube mainly?
  • Do you care about clickbait?
  • Did clickbait make you stop seeing some creator?
  • Did you use youtube but clickbait (among other things) made you to stop using it’s platform?
  • Do you think clickbait is the major of the YouTube’s problems?
  • Do you see something good in clickbait among the bad things? Like, which ones?
  • Could we see clickbait as a necessary evil?

Thanks again! Have a nice day.

Edit: format added to the questions.

  • Alsjemenou@lemy.nlNederlands
    3·
    3 days ago

    The connection between attention and economic value has been around for a long time. It didn’t come about by YouTube creators. The headlines sells papers. Commercials sells products. Titles sell views.

    The problem is that there is no punishment for falsehoods, you can say that you have the first, the biggest, the most, the craziest and it doesn’t need to have any bearing on reality. While in other media there are often some safeguards, code of conducts, or whatever. Since most other media has competitors, keeping eachother somewhat honest or straight up have an oversight committe. While platforms like TikTok, YouTube, etc. are exploiting content creators and care only about their short term growth. There will constantly be a stream of new content creators who will have to compete for views on the same platform, with the same algorithms.

    • GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 days ago

      I agree in part, but the YouTube recommendation system is really broken. Even if you told YouTube several times that you don’t want to see content from that clickbait channel, YouTube will keep on showing it to you in the main page.