Comment by UncleOxidant
5 days ago
This is similar to what Vlad Vexler refers to as "being captured by the algorithm". That there are people on YouTube (and other platforms) that begin to mold themselves to fit into the algorithm's dictates so as to increase views and engagement. This means they may drift from their original political stance, for example, in order to please the algorithm. And this drift isn't always conscious - in fact it likely isn't conscious most of the time.
If you want to be a content creator on these platforms and you don't want to be captured by the algorithms you have to be very conscious that algorithmic capture is a constant danger. You have to be willing to lose algorithmic points and give up income that you're getting from the platform if push comes to shove. You have to constantly be on your guard.
I guess this just comes down to people losing themselves in the pursuit of money and power and status etc. That is the reason they please the algorithm. They lost touch with themselves, who they really are and their true passions and interests. Usually because of a trauma in the past they're trying to compensate for.