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Originally Posted by kesha1
nah..., I don't think this is necessary the case..., some videos on a first pages are pretty crappy, and a lot of them are simply stolen...
There is something else out there...
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You'll go down a rabbit hole if you believe this conspiracy theory.
As little as 3 years ago, 1st page content was heavily manually curated, but it's mostly auto now, because of the sheer volume of content submissions that come in.
Aside from a handful of tubes, most "stolen" content does not get featured on the first page.
What you see as crappy videos, are most-likely content the tubes have licensed, which consists of a lot of older material. They get it cheap, and it looks good posting full scenes/movies
The rest are submissions from content partner programs.
It's easy enough to test. Simply upload some videos as a normal user. Then upload the same videos as a content partner. You will notice your normal user uploads do not get as many plays.
That's not to say the pirated stuff can never get featured. It just happens less.
So the tube algo's basically prefer CPP, mix in their own content, and once in a while, puts up a user upload.
YES, there is a manual override where the tube webmaster can feature your content more, but they'll do that not so much that you are friends, but your content is good. <--- this is critical. Think about it: you work at a tube and start featuring your buddy's crappy content on the mainpage, and get a bunch of complaining visitors. Your boss is not going to like that/