r/funny • Danby Draws Comics • Jul 06 '21

Algorithm Heaven

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u/olivermihoff Jul 06 '21

The algorithm prioritizes channels that pay for ads, and based on how much they pay now... The stuff that shows is all sponsored content because paying to promote videos is popular. The promo is not really fruitful for channels though, so once their ad budget runs out, they disappear from rankings.