Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm (Part 1/3) - Smarter Every Day 213
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Renée Diresta is a Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust, where she researches unintended consequences of algorithms and works towards helping machines make better decisions. Renee also writes about disinformation and the changing face of information war — check out her essay “The Digital Maginot Line” (https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/the-digital-maginot-line) — and is a contributor to Wired Ideas (https://www.wired.com/author/renee-diresta).
Here are examples of some of the videos in question
(Open these videos in incognito mode so you don’t mess up your algorithm.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bfkZNh-NOE - 298k views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvA6fmfazCs 8k views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q72JmckZM8M
To say this presentation style is shady is an understatement. Quite interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-5_XJxJrPA - 107k views
Here’s one of the channels: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0Rc8yD14JXkZUdZvOBgow
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Comments
This is why I love and support you. Keep it up my friend! :-)
Eric Kennedy
2019-04-04 19:35:44 +0000 UTCUnfortunately, I think you're preaching to the choir here, Destin. BUT Here's hoping your videos continue to get views, and exposure, especially THIS series.
Cousin Vinnie
2019-04-01 21:06:24 +0000 UTCUmm.... Didn't Trump coin the term "fake news" to use against people who said things he didn't like (true or otherwise)? Credit where it's due. This should be researched. Where did "fake news" actually come from?
Cousin Vinnie
2019-04-01 21:03:49 +0000 UTCThe example where they have the snow should be relatively easy to discard in some ways if you use like Gaussian blurs and stuff like that is about the only comment I have about the video. Blurring is very common technique to do matching in computer vision.
2019-04-01 04:56:15 +0000 UTCThis is why I subscribe and support. You actually take the time to go and visit the problems directly at the source instead of searching all over the internet and grabbing a bunch of (probably doctored) images and cramming them all as tight as you can it a video where you sit in front of a green screen and display said images while monologging about them. Also, you do it from the perspective of an engineer, not a journalist. This is how media and news should be, directly from the source and from a person with knowledge in the field. Thank you for trying to make the world a better place while perfectly juggling your personal and professional life.
2019-04-01 02:39:10 +0000 UTCEspecially with your previous video of what you do for a day job and your interview with the General providing backdrop, this is one of your Best videos yet. I can't wait for the rest of the series. This video struck a very deep nerve in my head... Like a mental viking's ax right through the left/right sides of the brain. You have made me question my life choices down to the core, Thanks.... (It's not a bad thing lol) -Clif the Welder (that maybe should have been/become a programmer...)
Clifton Ballad
2019-04-01 01:11:54 +0000 UTCDefinitely the most important video series you've made. Thank you for taking on such a difficult topic.
Andrew Young
2019-04-01 00:46:30 +0000 UTCThis is fantastic, Destin. Upping my support tier.
Phil Moyer
2019-03-31 22:50:16 +0000 UTCI LOVE this! Great idea.
evistre
2019-03-31 22:42:08 +0000 UTCThank you so much for working on this series Destin! This is incredibly valuable work you're doing here. It is scary, it is difficult and it is happening all over the world. But we must fight it. We must promote compassion, empathy and critical thinking. That is, I believe, the only way to fight this. And to all engineers losing sleep over these issues, I am sorry!
João Gouveia
2019-03-31 21:18:37 +0000 UTCThank you, Destin! I will add this series to a tutorial on information literacy that I am putting together for my grandson (12 yrs). Yeah, I know how to make a kid happy on summer break!
Kristy
2019-03-31 20:01:05 +0000 UTC
