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How YouTube Became a Perpetual Nazi Machine

Behind the Bastards

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YouTube's Recommendation Engine

YouTube's recommendation engine was not always a core part of the site's functionality. In 2012, YouTube started basing recommendations on how long people spent watching videos. According to the Verge, creators who had profited for misleading headlines and thumbnails saw their view counts plummet. Higher quality videos, which are strongly associated with longer watch times, surged.

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