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[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 122 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They don't want you knowing what other people think of the video. It's just about what you think of the video. Much easier to have an algorithmically perfect echo chamber if everyone is privately rating things and has no idea what others think about them.

[–] relic__@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wouldn't the simplest solution be to only expose the other ratings after you rate?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Well it isn't beneficial for the company because people might realize they hold unpopular opinions and the company wants to be able to control the people's opinions regardless of popularity, that way they can keep users on the site engaging with that content for longer.

[–] Koarnine@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

But then how do you stop people clicking to see first, locking them in? But then how do you deal with missclicks?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Advertisers forgetting that every person is an accumulation of other pelople influencing their behavior