The nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle
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James Bridle shows children’s video titles stuffed with popular terms. Creators adapt supply in pursuit of visibility and revenue, so later viewing is measured against a catalogue already shaped by those incentives.
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So the main way people get views on their videos -- and remember, views mean money -- is that they stuff the titles of these videos with these popular terms.all of these words from other popular videos into your title, until you end up with this kind of meaningless mash of language that doesn't make sense to humans at all.