YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admits humans reviewers check whether content “makes sense” to be on Trending

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[–]Tiwaking 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Well. This explains why videos from TV stars which get pitifully low views get put on the 'trending' page.

No Free Market of Ideas

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"makes sense" given past history with google I wonder what that actually means....

[–]thefadd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think we all know exactly what “makes sense” mean at this point...

[–]proc0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Obviously. I doubt any company will risk their front page to an algorithm. The problem is their process which is bias and often has agenda.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I mean saidit's front page is an algorithm...

I do understand where they're coming from, as the front page can be gamed by faking views and votes, especially on sites like YouTube. However in practice this becomes another excuse for them to censor whatever they like. It's already been a long-time problem that some of the hottest new videos don't appear on trending because youtube doesn't like the content. This has happened to a few of H3H3's videos

[–]AnarchySpeach 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is evil and disgusting. Money wise, it makes sense, but damn, does it put morality in the trash in exchange for profit.