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I started to write a script for a video about how clickbait have really damaged the platform, clickbait taking it to the point the make the creators says "it's okay, we need monetize, we need to catch your attention somehow, this is the only and the good way", and I need to make some field research gathering some people opinions about it (I going to ask to some people IRL too). So what do you think? Feel free to answer any of the questions below, and add whatever come to your mind, everything it's appreciated.

  • Do you use youtube mainly?
  • Do you care about clickbait?
  • Did clickbait make you stop seeing some creator?
  • Did you use youtube but clickbait (among other things) made you to stop using it's platform?
  • Do you think clickbait is the major of the YouTube's problems?
  • Do you see something good in clickbait among the bad things? Like, which ones?
  • Could we see clickbait as a necessary evil?

Thanks again! Have a nice day.

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[-] SuperDuperKitten 2 points 10 hours ago

Do you use youtube mainly?

I mean, we are talking about the most biggest video sharing platform. So yes, I still use it despite how much I hate YouTube and that's just because the sort of videos I watch is on YouTube and not on places like PeerTube. Personally, I wish more YouTubers, Content Creators (or whatever word as I know people have the pet peeve with the word "Content Creators") would try other alternative video site like PeerTube, even if it as a mirror.

Do you care about clickbait?

This may be controversial but I think especially as YouTube is driven by the algorithm, you had to do bit of clickbait to make your videos pop from the rest. That being said, I don't like it when it is both ragebait and it feels insulting to my intelligences. It is an instant no for me and I block the channel with BlockTube as even pressing "Don't recommend this channel", YouTube still recommends them.

Do you think clickbait is the major of the YouTube's problems?

It's one of the issue but I think Google's trying to make YouTube as advertiser friendly as possible is the biggest issue. A lot of the issue stem from Google doing that and YouTubers are still trying to adapt and walking on eggshells to still create video while getting monetise. It has got so bad, we are censoring "died", "kill themself" to "unaliving" or otherwise, they would get demonetise which from what I heard, their video won't be push out. Those sort of video are talking about some serious subject matters and I know they have good intent but it makes it goofy rather than something serious. I could rant about it but it be off-topic about YouTube clickbait.

But yes, clickbait is the problem and some would make ragebait videos as they know how thin-skinned people are online. I'm thin-skinned as well and I try my very best to avoid them as I know some are just both hateful and low-effort so they are not worth my time.

Do you see something good in clickbait among the bad things? Like, which ones?

My understanding is that clickbait is making some sort of topic or subject matter more clickable. A lot of YouTubers and even journalist online are doing this whether it quote whatever someone said as their headline or whatever. Lot of people associate clickbait as whatever the hell is happening in Mr Beast's Thumbnails.

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