How YouTube Rewards Weird Children's Videos

Folding Ideas · Commentary · YouTube title: Weird Kids' Videos and Gaming the Algorithm

Why it's here

HN people cite it as an eye-opening summary of Elsagate and the manipulation of YouTube's algorithm in threads about bot-made and kids' content.

What it covers

Folding Ideas examines weird, algorithm-gamed children's content on YouTube, from automated toddler videos and educational spam to exploitative prank channels. It looks at how autoplay and recommendation systems reward this material.