My own search in @YouTube app is same. Videos about @scrowder and @TheLaurenChen top the results, while videos by the Young Turks dominate that search. The algorithm is obviously not treating them the same.pic.twitter.com/K1f2gSPHDp
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more
Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more
By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.
| Country | Code | For customers of |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 40404 | (any) |
| Canada | 21212 | (any) |
| United Kingdom | 86444 | Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2 |
| Brazil | 40404 | Nextel, TIM |
| Haiti | 40404 | Digicel, Voila |
| Ireland | 51210 | Vodafone, O2 |
| India | 53000 | Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance |
| Indonesia | 89887 | AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata |
| Italy | 4880804 | Wind |
| 3424486444 | Vodafone | |
| » See SMS short codes for other countries | ||
This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.
Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.
When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.
The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.
Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.
Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.
Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.
See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.
Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.
My own search in @YouTube app is same. Videos about @scrowder and @TheLaurenChen top the results, while videos by the Young Turks dominate that search. The algorithm is obviously not treating them the same.pic.twitter.com/K1f2gSPHDp
Young Turks has almost 4x as many video views as Lauren Chen. That's probably the reason the algorithm is showing it so high- because it's more popular.
Could be. Now do Crowder, who’s subs is comparable to TYT, but the first video returned by the search is on a channel named“Earthling Ed.”
The search prioritizes videos with the search term in the title
Then what happened w/ TYT? None of the titles of the top returns has “Young” or “Turks” in the title, which was my search term.pic.twitter.com/TXHGmFR4Kc
I'd imagine the algorithm's pretty complicated, and absolutely optimized for engagement. Searches for some channels, eg TYT or Achievement Hunter, presumably more likely to engage w/ channel's videos than w/ others talking about them. Maybe not, but hardly evidence of conspiracy.
Or maybe it's a feature YT offers to big channels, letting big engagement-drivers ensure their videos fill the searches. Still not a sign of "censorship".
You are offering a lot of “maybes” to judge the observed differences as benign, but there are other data that counters them. For example, @RubinReport has a pretty big YT footprint, but his frustration with being unable to discuss demonized videos w/ a person is well known.
My point is that there are repeatable differences in what the search engine returns, and there seems to be correlation between the anomalous behavior and the politics of the channel searched. I don’t see how this observation can be denied. (cont)
That hypothesis is not supported by the evidence. It happily serves you other channels supporting his material.
Occam's Razor here: is it more likely, in the grand scheme of things, that YouTube is running a vast, yet ineffectual, conspiracy to lightly depress the views on their 2046th-most-popular channel, or that TYT has good SEO?
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.