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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Aug 11, 2018 18:05:15 GMT -5
A different kind of Payola. Not really shocking. "Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos' popularity and making the social media giant vulnerable to manipulation." The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views |
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Post by Libra on Aug 13, 2018 4:13:24 GMT -5
"Entirely computer-based metrics are susceptible to manipulation? You don't say!"
Which is just a sarcastic way of saying that any kind of viewing/streaming metric being so readily manipulated so regularly is very UN-surprising.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 19:07:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I mean... social media followings/views in general can be bought and sold. Like, easily. I guess the big difference is the pay-per-view payout associated with YouTube?
Honestly, civilization is on the decline at this point. We've already peaked. We can't quite get our act together to respect technology and not abuse it.
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Post by His Holiness on Aug 18, 2018 13:11:58 GMT -5
Well, using supposed popularity to get people to purchase certain products is one of the oldest persuaive tricks in the books...
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