No, clicking videos like this fed to you by the algorithm is what rewards risky prank content. The algorithm has no idea what its feeding you because it just feeds you popular content similar to what you're already watching.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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I think platform holders have a responsibility here to intentionally augment the algorithm.
YouTube already does it with other content. Look into what they did years ago about videos that children upload of themselves. I’ve always suspected that action years ago is what ruined their original pure “people who like this video like these videos” algorithm.