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YouTube is cracking down on clickbait (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Smells like PR copy parading as news, what click bait was actually removed vs what they said they would? What's the criteria to qualify as click bait?

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

YouTube says the policy will combat “egregious” clickbait that misleads viewers, with a particular focus on videos related to “breaking news” or “current events.” The company’s examples of egregious clickbait include a video with the title “the president resigned!” that doesn’t actually address a resignation or a “top political news” thumbnail attached to a video with no news content.

sounds like anything that says it's one thing but does a whole different thing

Sadly it's only in India atm, and doesn't result in a strike(yet) so I doubt many are going to care.

[–] graff@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Writing (not clickbait) in the title obviously