Comment by nottorp

The web article title doesn't mention any disaster. I don't see the embedded youtube video - probably have to many privacy options on.

If Jeff wants to maintain his job of making Youtube videos, youtube itself forces him to make clickbait thumbnails and titles.

They have A/B testing infrastructure available to creators for exactly that purpose.

If you say "Oh but he doesn't have to use that" you are wrong. If a creator's videos get low enough click through and "engagement", youtube just stops showing it to people.

Jeff, like every creator on youtube, is in an antagonistic deathmatch for your attention with people like Mr. Beast, and Youtube would rather five Mr Beasts than a thousand Jeffs. Youtube builds their platform to empower and enrich Mr Beast, and to force everyone else to adopt more of Mr Beasts methods to stay getting views, and getting their paycheck

It does not matter if you are "subscribed" to a channel for example. Youtube will still fail to show you new videos from your subscriptions if you don't play the stupid game enough.

Stop blaming the people who did not at all make this choice. Blame Youtube. Support platforms, like nebula and whatever that guntube service is called, with real money.

Did you know this video existed before it was posted to HN? I did, because it showed up in my feed even though I am not subscribed to jeff, because he plays the game well. I watched it too because I had no idea that weather was causing such a problem in Colorado and love hearing about NIST and the people who basically run the infrastructure of the internet that everyone takes for granted.