>Attracting peoples content with the promise of publicity only to sabotage it is straight bait and switch. I'm sure it's all very narrowly legal, but post-election lawsuits in 2022 will be ones to watch.
Youtube doesn't promise anyone publicity. Any ranking algorithm or suggested content list by its very design "deranks" everything else, and most content on the platform is probably never watched, or barely watched.
Youtube's current default of biasing recommendations towards extremist content "deranks" less extremist content, yet that doesn't appear to be a problem for people who are suddenly up in arms that the site is changing the bias of an already biased system.
There is no bait-and-switch here, nor is there sabotage.
Youtube doesn't promise anyone publicity. Any ranking algorithm or suggested content list by its very design "deranks" everything else, and most content on the platform is probably never watched, or barely watched.
Youtube's current default of biasing recommendations towards extremist content "deranks" less extremist content, yet that doesn't appear to be a problem for people who are suddenly up in arms that the site is changing the bias of an already biased system.
There is no bait-and-switch here, nor is there sabotage.