The Atlantic: Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore. Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world.::undefined

    • drphungky@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I can’t remember what channel, but somebody did an experiment with not doing the ridiculous thumbnails and got way fewer views. Which sort of gets at the point of this article: the are huge swaths of people that are clicking on them and that sounds super foreign to a lot of us.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      That seems to be the only kind of trash content that Google is interested in pushing these days.

      Youtube “pushes” whatever gets more views and longer watch time.

      If trashy crap is being suggested, that means other people are watching it in increased numbers.

    • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Google pushes what you click. Stop watching this kind of content and it’ll probably stop being recommended to you

        • foxbat@lemmings.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          they are not optimizing for your enjoyment, they’'re optimizing for your engagement. they don’t give a fuck if you hate what you’re watching as long as you watch it for longer.

        • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          14·
          1 year ago

          Well I practically never see these kinds of thumbnails, it’s absolutely influenced by your behaviour whatever it may be.