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by chakerb 1931 days ago
Money? Doesn't hiding videos leads to less views which leads to less revenue for Youtube?
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szszrk 1931 days ago
It's a way to create purely advertisement friendly content. You train your users on how to be attractive for those who pay for ads, not for users who watch content.
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thitcanh 1931 days ago
By looking at the YouTube homepage when logged out, you get a better idea of what kind of content wins on YouTube.

Hint: It’s not high quality.

YouTube couldn't care less about random creators like this one that don’t optimize for eyeballs.

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