YouTube is experimenting with Notes, a crowdsourced feature that lets users add context to videos | TechCrunch
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YouTube is testing a new experimental feature that will allow viewers to add "Notes" to provide more context and information on videos.
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I give this about two weeks before they realize that it’s as effective at helping their advertising as having dislike buttons are.

I am not condoning poisoning of this well of information, but I will laugh my ass off when it inevitably occurs.

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It really is unfortunate as it COULD be a really good feature if it were being implemented by someone who wasn’t just trying to crowdsource AI training data that will go into commercial products without compensation to anyone. It could be a great tool for professionals and experts to expand on what creators say, a way to call out falsehoods and Hypocrites, and a way to find your people in a world that is growing ever bleaker. But no, it is just being done to force more ads down our throats and harvest more money from us.

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