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submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

YouTube will now direct you to the right first-aid videos during an emergency | Searching YouTube for advice on CPR, heart attacks, or other critical health emergencies will now highlight authorita...::A YouTube shelf of first-aid advice for acute health emergencies from legit sources is now set up to provide advice on topics like heart attack, CPR, choking, or stroke.

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[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 101 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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ALRIGHT YOUTUBERS its time for CPR step 1:

Don't waste any time in ensuring the victim's airway is not obstructed...

[-] Guest_User@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

Step 2: compressions. Don't forget to push that like button like the chest of the victim!

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 24 points 10 months ago

Step 3: Breath into the mouth, just like everyone breathing life into that comment section!

[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

Also exactly what I would expect from a YouTube video with 8 billion views on this topic at this point, bravo!

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 10 months ago

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Meanwhile the video shows animation made by AI, looking like the Will Smith eating spaghetti ones.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Before we really begin here are the 10 most dangerous anti-patterns in first aid. Number 3 will shock you with a defibrillator.

[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

Fucking gold, perfect.

[-] J12@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Make sure you like and subscribe if you saved a life today.

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You forgot about a background about CPR, it's uses then proceed a whole essay about its history, then eventually reaching to the main point but explained in the most vague way possible. It's also probably narrated by an AI.

[-] hefty4871@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Hey guys! It's me EverydayCPRTips back again with an exciting video on how to perform life saving CPR. Before we get started, don't forget to compress that like button and breathe some love into that bell so you can be notified anytime I release a new video. Leave a comment below if you'd like to see any other life saving techniques!

[-] Trashboat 95 points 10 months ago

If only there could’ve been a way to know if a video is helpful and worthwhile or not at a glance…

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I mean could we sort the results by likes/dislikes? I don't remember that being a thing but maybe I am misremembering. Like usually it was "relevancy" whatever is that or views.

So yeah you could ignore from the result the ones with a lot of disliked but I don't think we had other than that.

Of course they could have implemented that as well.

[-] madis@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Dislikes are no longer publicly visible, unless you use an extension (which would use mostly crowdsourced or interpolated data). There are extensions that show the likes/dislikes before clicking the video, but you cannot sort by it.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I know I meant when they were visible. That I don't think sorting by it was a thing.

[-] PastyWaterSnake@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

A long time ago when they used the 1-5 star system, I think it was

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah the star system I forgot about that.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Remember that Youtube works specifically on engagement, which is why everyone gets thrown down the right-wing rabbit hole automatically. They disabled the downvote because it meant less ad revenue for Google since there were videos that people weren't watching.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago

But will it still play an ad before the video?

[-] bbkpr@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago
  • 2 unskippable pre rolls that advertise drugs to treat the causes of the emergency condition
  • 5 minute long explanation of the creator's life story
  • 1 minute long subscription beg
  • 2 extended sponsor breaks with awkward segues
  • first 30 seconds of content
  • patient is dead
[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

SMASH LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE AND HIT THE BELL

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 20 points 10 months ago

I’m laughing out loud imagining someone trying to give CPR and having to watch two Crest commercials and an ad for the new F150

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Put yourself in the dark mind of an unethical marketer:

"Sure, the Ford F-150 may be pricey, but you may be coming into an inheritance soon. Your loved one would want you to have the best. Come down to your local Ford dealer and check out the new F-150 Lariat."

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 10 months ago

And if you're on Firefox, will it still add that forced 5-second delay while loading the page?

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah one of those 30 minutes ads there used to be (not sure any more I have premium & ad block).

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 10 months ago

Which you can watch after 5 ads /s

[-] Candybar121@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 17 points 10 months ago

It's kind of funny how the enshittification of YouTube (and Google searches) is so bad, and so widely recognized, that YouTube giving the results you asked for—IF you're having a medical emergency—is considered newsworthy.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Also consider how long YouTube has been around and under the control of Google. And this is just happening. Why wasn't this done 10 years ago...

[-] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm not sure how I feel about the authorities being alerted. What if someone is kinda bored and is looking for videos for educational use.

Edit: ok I read the headline wrong. Oops

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

I may be reading it wrong but this is just not what the article says.

By "highlight authoritative sources" they mean display credible videos made by the authorities at the very top of the search results.

And within the article you'll read that one of the first instructions given in said videos is to call an emergency service, and not that youtube is going to do it for you

[-] madis@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Where does it say that? The article only mentions authoritative videos, which means they have been made or approved by authorities, not that watching the videos will interact with them in any way.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago
[-] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Nothing 911 could tell you on the phone and would be faster...

[-] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Visual video reference. 911 could also tell me how to change my oil but a video is a lot easier

[-] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

i mean yeah for sure, take your time in an emergency and watch the video first

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Baby steps towards a return of curated truthful content? Nah, just CYA so they don't get sued.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Guess it's better than making me sit through an ad first, but is this really that big of news otherwise?

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What? The free market doesn’t just work?

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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