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Assertion Supported
Political actors use traditional SEO tactics to game Google and YouTube
“We're seeing a lot more gaming of the algorithms as well, and more of these kind of sophisticated techniques. So not just liking and sharing, but using specific keywords to get content trending, to try to get things at the top of Google's search algorithm, try…”
Samantha Bradshaw Jan 23, 2019 ▶ 5:02 Tracking Political Manipulation Through Social Media - Samantha Bradshaw · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Ravisankar: Surveyed CS graduates report learning significantly from YouTube
“Even though you had a CS degree, a lot of developers said they actually learned a lot from YouTube over books or sites like HackerRank.”
Vivek Ravisankar Mar 30, 2018 ▶ 36:07 Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Ralston: Almost all US schools now have adequate broadband connectivity
“In 20 11, when you wrote that post, the fact is that most schools were not connected with reasonable internet access. Today, almost all of them in the United States are Connected with, you know, enough bandwidth for more than one person could run YouTube at th…”
Geoff Ralston Apr 6, 2018 ▶ 14:45 Cost vs Quality in Edtech – Keith Schacht, Avichal Garg, and Geoff Ralston · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Johnson: YouTube channel reached 300,000–400,000 subscribers in about a month
“My YouTube had gone from a thing that like I could just like take a month off if I really needed to something where like I had like 300 or 400,000 subscribers, not overnight, but like over a month.”
Jarvis Johnson May 1, 2019 ▶ 25:20 Software Engineer Turned Youtuber - Jarvis Johnson · Y Combinator
Assertion Contradicted
Emily Weiss: Beauty is YouTube's second-largest category after tech unboxing
“Really, YouTube, you know, it's like the number one or two category after, like, tech unboxing, or unboxing of other things, which I didn't know.”
Emily Weiss Jul 26, 2017 ▶ 8:01 Emily Weiss on the Insights That Grew Glossier - With Amy Buechler at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Cheng: Initial dance challenge video achieved three million views
“Well, I guess our test for it is my video, which has three million views and was shared widely.”
Karen X. Cheng Oct 26, 2013 ▶ 14:03 Office Hours at Startup School 2013 with Paul Graham and Sam Altman · Y Combinator
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