YouTube’s P-Score Says More About the Platform than its Users

The recent revelations about YouTube’s ranking score reveal the priorities and strategy of the online video giant.

Stuart Mills
Nov 3 · 7 min read

This week, content creators received a brief glimpse at the belly of the beast which is the YouTube Algorithm.

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Behavioural Economist, PhD researcher. Rational actor on the weekends. twitter.com/stuart_mmills

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