Conversation equals 'engagement', aka watching vid. if people are conversing, then they're watching vids. The more engagement in the comments, the more the oligarchic guillotine bait supporting algorithm values the video, regardless of content. That's why fucking awful shit can thrive without actual human moderation, so long as the viewers are commenting, engaging. That's also why the thumbs up helps. Similar metric.
Idk how comments that boost the Al Gore Rhythm work but i gotta say, this is fire!
Absolute fire
Conversation equals 'engagement', aka watching vid. if people are conversing, then they're watching vids. The more engagement in the comments, the more the oligarchic guillotine bait supporting algorithm values the video, regardless of content. That's why fucking awful shit can thrive without actual human moderation, so long as the viewers are commenting, engaging. That's also why the thumbs up helps. Similar metric.