[hansvm]

How did that work mechanically though? At YT we were banned from doing basically anything with pre-18yo data, even if we only suspected they might possibly not be an adult -- no A/B tests, no ML, no ad targeting, no nada. Did leadership design a system where those sorts of things would happen anyway? Were there just enough rogue teams to cause problems?

[jacquesm]

Because the product is made to appeal to that particular demographic. The data doesn't really matter if you have that kind of reach.

[worik]

> At YT we were banned from doing basically anything with pre-18yo data

I guess things are different at Google now.

[iwontberude]

For business, government, and religion: achieving scale and centralization necessarily leads to corrupt outcomes. This is also where Marx’s legitimate criticisms of capitalism turn into a solution which is essentially its doppelgänger, a scaled system of corruption with absolute authority with the rhetorical veneer of democracy.