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Some explanations in an article published yesterday:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/#how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess
Basically, YT twiddles the algorithm to only show what is useful to their business. They can lower your rating. "You work for weeks or months, spend thousands of dollars to make a video, then the algorithm decides that no one – not your own subscribers, not searchers who type in the exact name of your video – will see it."
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