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X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad (mashable.com)

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X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad::undefined

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[–] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He also was one of the first to master the YouTube algorithm and perfected the video format to engage viewers the most.

[–] Maven@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I agree but in a way where I absolutely hate that he did this. Mr Beast is one of the worst things to happen to YouTube.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Double edge sword. We now know better than before about how the algorithm works thanks to him. Unfortunately, that also means that others are now equipped with similar spam knowledge.