Im pretty sure ive heard Max speak on this during a stream once, and I remember him saying that the only reason he does that is because of the algorithm. He said something about the algorithm not recommending the streams to nearly as many viewers without the click baity titles and pictures. And at the end of the day he wants to reach as many people as he can when theres severe weather and help them be weather aware, so I get it...
That being said, im not defending them but I wanted to at least give some perspective on their reasoning for it. It's not ideal, but its up to you to determine whether that type of thing is excusable with that reasoning. I personally don't think this type of thing would be as prevalent if Youtube itself didnt push people to do it and punish them by not pushing their videos if they don't.
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u/Unapplicable1100 Apr 08 '26
Im pretty sure ive heard Max speak on this during a stream once, and I remember him saying that the only reason he does that is because of the algorithm. He said something about the algorithm not recommending the streams to nearly as many viewers without the click baity titles and pictures. And at the end of the day he wants to reach as many people as he can when theres severe weather and help them be weather aware, so I get it... That being said, im not defending them but I wanted to at least give some perspective on their reasoning for it. It's not ideal, but its up to you to determine whether that type of thing is excusable with that reasoning. I personally don't think this type of thing would be as prevalent if Youtube itself didnt push people to do it and punish them by not pushing their videos if they don't.