"We are not removing the ability to create your custom channel, but we hope to gain insights on auto-generated channels for the future."

"oh we're going to improve our copyright detection algorithm" false DMCA and revenue claims out the ass on everyone, "oh we're going to work on our advertising algorithm" everyone starts getting demonetized, "oh we're going to work on our featured algorithm" nothing but mainstream media channels getting featured

Hey, I'm just speculating what they're gonna do with the data. But right now, all they're doing is collecting data.

No need to be worried

you're going to see really stupid shit happening, I will bet my ass on it

They already blacklist channels they don't like. LITERALLY ANYTHING is well within the realm of possibility

Remember leafy? His channel didn't die, it was murdered.

Not by idubbz

By YouTube

He was a test bed for their demonization algorithm

Who is leafy?

Guys, Guys, they're simply checking response rates to randomly generated thumbnails as opposed to custom ones

stop defending YouTube

@Deleted User ***HISSSSSSSSSS***

If I were to venture a guess, they are going to use the data to create ways of demonetizing/restricting videos based on their thumbnail

Idgaf what they claim

@malice936 They have that already lol

if people report it

not automatically

Try it, take a video of puppies, upload it with a gun in the thumbnail

instant demonitization

They have image recog software, they don't need to check response rates for it

yeah, but I'm talking more along the lines of thumbnails generated from the video

They have that too though....

That does not require response rate data between randomly generated thumbnails and custom thumbnails

most of the shit they "test out" ends up being implemented

But they aren't testing out anything...

I don't like youtube, I think the people who are working their are aidspigs. But if we are gonna be worried about mundane things like what they're doing now, no one with any credibility is gonna take us seriously.

By 'us' I mean people who complain about youtube

they said they are running an experiment, how is that not testing something out?

They aren't testing any feature. Let me explain

Leafy still making videos?

They recommend videos with randomly generated thumbnails tkaen from the video. They see the number of clicks the random videos get

Next, the videos are recommended again, but with custom creator made thumbnails. They check the clicks

And then, youtube compares the data.

That's it. This isn't a new feature or anything, it's just a study

No leafy is dead channel

@Fulcrum010 Leafy is in court apparently

Did he steal your fan art?

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