Unethical growth hacks: A look into the growing Youtube news bot epidemic
https://hackernoon.com/unethical-growth-hacks-a-look-into-the-growing-youtube-news-bot-epidemic-e1ef8c98b605
Someone has effectively created a fully automated process
running 24/7 that is taking and stripping recent articles,
converting them into video format, and posting it on Youtube
as their own. And while doing so, they take credit for it and
reap all the rewards -- such as revenue and influence -- that
come with it. Some videos, especially the ones that gain
momentum and get popular, even feature a large juicy ad on the
bottom, in which Google displays and shares profits with.
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