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It's not automatic, channels opt into it. It's in fact a great way to identify spammy channels, because

1. They know YouTube's algorithm rewards them for it

2. They know it makes their stuff objectively worse

and the only channels who know that and still opt into it, are channels which have no shame and are pure view-bait trash.

So when I see a bork-Norwegian video title like "Du gjetter aldri hva som skjedde neste!" I hit "never recommend this channel".




#1 is the crux. People have come to expect high quality videos that require teams of sometimes dozens of people, and creators are held hostage by YouTube's algorithm that keeps on changing and is an effective black box.




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