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Increase in "clickbait" videos on YouTube?

Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 08:26
by Rich-Allen1976
Above.

There appears to be a significant increase in clickbait footage on YouTube saying certain wrestlers have passed away, yet when I Google it, there's no reports of them being deceased?

I've reported the videos for being misleading at best, but they keep appearing.

 

Increase in "clickbait" videos on YouTube?

Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 20:56
by Ojisama
Viewer beware.

Increase in "clickbait" videos on YouTube?

Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 21:45
by lolin
the algorithm prefers things that outrage or shock, thus your home page is going to always have some kind of trash on it

basically those videos make youtube money, so they get pushed to the top

furthermore, clickbait has been THE algorithm mover for like a decade now