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The YouTube Effect

Part of me is scaredabout what impacts these algorithmswill have on the future because the...

Part of me is scared
about what impacts these algorithms
will have on the future because the algorithm
is a beast that really can't
be tamed once it's been unleashed
and it's already been unleashed

Full Transcript

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Part of me is scared about what impacts
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these algorithms will have on the future
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because the algorithm is a beast that really can't be tamed
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once it's been unleashed and it's already been unleashed.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:16
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
We have some really big projects, we got Food Battle, of course, coming up, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
We have some really big projects, we got Food Battle, of cou...
You step away from YouTube for a little while as a content creator - The YouTube Effect 00:06
You step away from YouTube for a little while as a content c...
What, are people gonna forget about me - The YouTube Effect 00:06
What, are people gonna forget about me
Is the algorithm not going to show my content to anyone again? - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Is the algorithm not going to show my content to anyone agai...
It makes you feel obligated to continue your momentum. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
It makes you feel obligated to continue your momentum.
[eerie music] - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[eerie music]
And the way they make money is by keeping you on the platform - The YouTube Effect 00:10
And the way they make money is by keeping you on the platfor...
Your newsfeed is 100% curated for you - The YouTube Effect 00:11
Your newsfeed is 100% curated for you
YouTube, it's a little bit less obvious, - The YouTube Effect 00:24
YouTube, it's a little bit less obvious,
So of course, part of that algorithm is, - The YouTube Effect 00:14
So of course, part of that algorithm is,
So for example, if you go on to YouTube today - The YouTube Effect 00:12
So for example, if you go on to YouTube today
A full 10% of recommendations were conspiratorial. - The YouTube Effect 00:07
A full 10% of recommendations were conspiratorial.
Well, I just got kicked out of Starbucks for asking - The YouTube Effect 00:08
Well, I just got kicked out of Starbucks for asking
[Hany] So it's not just that these platforms are neutral. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
[Hany] So it's not just that these platforms are neutra...
You know, it'd be one thing to say, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
You know, it'd be one thing to say,
And what we know is that the more conspiratorial, the more hateful, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
And what we know is that the more conspiratorial, the more h...
[calm music] - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[calm music]
Because it's not just that, I had video games for escapism. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Because it's not just that, I had video games for escap...
I had, you know, going out with my friends for escapism. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
I had, you know, going out with my friends for escapism.
But what the Internet had was, - The YouTube Effect 00:11
But what the Internet had was,