I have to question how many of those shorts are actually being watched and how many are just playing in the background while the "viewer" does something else: 200 billion videos served does not equate to 200 billion views. One of the stats I discovered today during the course of my day job is that on a laptop/desktop, 75% of YouTube videos are playing in a tab that's not visible.
That just makes me sad about how much energy is being used to deliver videos that nobody is even watching.
Can you share the source of that stat (I think that refers more to longer videos but just in case)? But anyway, does it matter? YouTube shorts, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook reels... It's hard to see how qualifying that a view is not actually a view makes it any less critical that we stop doing this at once. It's the intention behind not the actual number that's the problem. They have the world addicted. The stats (not just this one) are terrible (e.g. the anti-social century)
Thank you for reminding those of us who continue to write that which has already been written that the project is to keep the echo alive. I write about ethics--nothing much new to be said. Yet, people still wonder how to live authentically as they build a community where all can thrive. I will continue contributing to the echo.
I have to question how many of those shorts are actually being watched and how many are just playing in the background while the "viewer" does something else: 200 billion videos served does not equate to 200 billion views. One of the stats I discovered today during the course of my day job is that on a laptop/desktop, 75% of YouTube videos are playing in a tab that's not visible.
That just makes me sad about how much energy is being used to deliver videos that nobody is even watching.
Can you share the source of that stat (I think that refers more to longer videos but just in case)? But anyway, does it matter? YouTube shorts, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook reels... It's hard to see how qualifying that a view is not actually a view makes it any less critical that we stop doing this at once. It's the intention behind not the actual number that's the problem. They have the world addicted. The stats (not just this one) are terrible (e.g. the anti-social century)
Preach and never stop preaching.
Thank you for reminding those of us who continue to write that which has already been written that the project is to keep the echo alive. I write about ethics--nothing much new to be said. Yet, people still wonder how to live authentically as they build a community where all can thrive. I will continue contributing to the echo.