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Youtube needs a metric to not promote low quality videos with low intentionality. No one searches for Mr beast videos with intent to watch them. The audience is primarily children who will watch whatever slop the algorithm puts in front of them. We need something like china where algorithms push quality educational content.

>>throwa+(OP)
> The audience is primarily children

Ask me how I know you didn’t read the handbook! Over 50% of the audience is >=25

>>forres+ka
Sure, but a lot of people are besides brain-dead slop-consumers.

That doesn't really challenge the proposal about regulating content.

(I personally recoil at the proposition of China-like content moderation but whatever.)

>>throwa+(OP)
> The audience is primarily children who will watch whatever slop the algorithm puts in front of them.

low quality consumption doesn't have an age range. Sometimes you just want to watch a cozy cat video, so I get it.

>We need something like china where algorithms push quality educational content.

that sounds horrible for multiple reasons that could be a post in and of itself. I'll just point out the obvious one from the post itself:

>Your goal here is to make the best YOUTUBE videos possible.

If the algorithm shifts, they will shift and I'm sure something goodhearted like "make the best educational videos" will find some loophole to slip in clickbait or any other engagement metric.

Ultimately, let me curate my own filters. I can't save everyone else but let me make sure I never see that stuff if I don' want to.

>>forres+ka
The brain isn't full developed until 25-30 years old. I changed a lot, mentally, in my late 20's to early 30's. 25 is still a borderline child.

>>Wolfen+tA1
Algorithm moderation is not content moderation. A recent court case found that algorithmic recommendations don't fall under section 230 protection.

>>forres+ka
Because of COPPA <=13 year olds aren't allowed on youtube so they lie about their age. These youtubers perpetuate this lie because >=25 is a more valuable ad targeting demographic.