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YouTube won’t disclose what percent of ad revenue it plans to set aside for Shorts creators

YouTube won’t disclose what percent of ad revenue it plans to set aside for Shorts creators

When asked what percent of Shorts ad revenue will be in this creator pool, a YouTube spokesperson did not address the question. When pressed in a follow-up email, the spokesperson replied, “we don’t have further detail to share beyond what’s here,” referring to a blog post by YouTube announcing the new plan, which also does […]

YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is unresponsive to user feedback, according to Mozilla

YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is unresponsive to user feedback, according to Mozilla

Mozilla researchers analyzed seven months of YouTube activity from over 20,000 participants to evaluate four ways that YouTube says people can “tune their recommendations”—hitting Dislike, Not interested, Remove from history, or Don’t recommend this channel. They wanted to see how effective these controls really are.  Every participant installed a browser extension that added a Stop […]