I notice that most AI slop videos on my YouTube Shorts feed have very clickbaity thumbnails.  Could it just be that?

Take a look at this paragraph I wrote for my SN research paper, explaining why tips (zaps), when enabled, may be a better measure of engagement than views:

The exchange of value between content creator and content consumer tends to be mediated through indirect mechanisms, such as ad revenue, visibility, and reputation---often referred to as "clout"---which may indirectly benefit the content creator's endeavors outside the discussion platform proper. The indirect nature of these mechanisms may result in misaligned incentives between content creators and content consumers. For example, content creators may be more incentivized to create content that readers will 

, rather than content that readers will actually read, digest, and ex-post appreciate the creator for producing.

What if the people like slop?

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I notice that most AI slop videos on my YouTube Shorts feed have very clickbaity thumbnails.  Could it just be that?

Take a look at this paragraph I wrote for my SN research paper, explaining why tips (zaps), when enabled, may be a better measure of engagement than views:

> The exchange of value between content creator and content consumer tends to be mediated through indirect mechanisms, such as ad revenue, visibility, and reputation---often referred to as "clout"---which may indirectly benefit the content creator's endeavors outside the discussion platform proper. The indirect nature of these mechanisms may result in misaligned incentives between content creators and content consumers. For example, content creators may be more incentivized to create content that readers will *click*, rather than content that readers will actually read, digest, and ex-post appreciate the creator for producing.

