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Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap (youtu.be)
submitted 1 week ago by foggenbooty@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A video essay on what we give up in exchange for the convenience that social media and algorithms provide.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is true of the overwhelming majority of YouTube videos I see submitted here. The information density is just abysmal compared to a page of text.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Harder to monetize a page of text

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, there's certainly that. But even then, I'd think that a lot of videos could be made to be more concise. I was actually wondering whether YouTube creators get paid based on the amount of time they have people watch, since that'd explain drawing things out. My impression, from what I could dig up in a brief skim, is that they're indirectly linked

apparently, YouTube shows ads periodically, and the more ads shown, the more revenue the creator gets. So there would be some level of incentive to stretch videos out.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

There absolutely is and there has been for a long time. But YouTube cracks down on that as well by watch %. So you have to keep them engaged as well.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And that is why I don't click on or watch YouTube videos from here. Either I've seen the video already (as is the case with a lot of gamers nexxus vids), or I am not willing to give the amount of time it takes to watch the video when I could read a distilled version of it in a minute or so. I don't care about your greeting (hey, this is [channel] here, back with another video. Today we'll be talking about [insert topic], but first ...[mindless garbage]).

I know that newer gens love video format and want it for all the things but I do not.