Weird Kids' Videos and Gaming the Algorithm

Clickbait Title: Video Criticism YouTube Exploitation Meta Commentary Pregnant Algorithm Educational Spam Fidget Spinner Buried Alive For Kids Very late in the process of making this I decided to change the name, largely because the moment I made the original title "YouTube and the Business of Exploiting Children" public in a promotional Tweet I realized that there was an entire constellation of related issues that I wanted to talk about. From channels that exist to get kids hooked on gambling to parents subjecting their children to abusive conditions as "pranks", there's a lot of shady stuff going on. In that context, weird spam and unsettling videos about poop didn't rank high enough to warrant burning a title that good. References: James Bridle "Something is Wrong on the Internet"   / something-is-wrong-on-the-internet   H3H3 "Toy Channels are Ruining Society"    • Toy Channels are Ruining Society   Down the Rabbit Hole "Finger Family Videos"    • Finger Family Videos | Down the Rabbit Hole   Retsupurae "Joker Mouse Lethal Injection"    • Video   Written and performed by Dan Olson Twitter:   / foldablehuman