eevBLAB 117 - The Youtube Porn Bot Comment Problem

[MathWizard]

A while back I was searching something on youtube and there was a bunch of video's about hot teen girls shoplifting and being detained, and I thought they might have been comedy sketches, and I never watched any. But someone told me it was from porn sites.

[Bud]

Then the whole "community engagement" metric is a moot point.

Not at all. It really helps with the algorithm. But it's just a fact that very small percentage of people actually engage with videos.
A 10% view/thumbs ratio for example is considered exceptional for popular channels.

I mean there is no *real community engagement, that metric is a fake indicator.

[wilfred]

I mean there is no *real community engagement, that metric is a fake indicator.

It depends on the channel. Some channels are friendly social places and others stir controversy and comments are a place to vent opinions. They are both community engagement. But whether it is real is a value judgement.

[SiliconWizard]

Ah well. When one wonders how YT can let all that crap slip while deleting legit stuff for ideological reasons, and noticing that the same is increasingly happening even in Google search...

Money has no smell, as they say.

We advise users to remain diligent on the internet. In particular it is best to never click Sponsored Links in Google Search results as the KiCad team does not spend money on advertising.

https://www.kicad.org/blog/2023/11/Malicious-Site-Warning/