It was my understanding from years ago. If it changed in between, I stand corrected.
Touhoppai founder, a touhou-oriented doujin group focusing on French adaptations.
It was my understanding from years ago. If it changed in between, I stand corrected.
Actually, it seems like engagement is through any kind of interaction, commenting, upvoting, even downvoting, are used to boost a video visibility, because, as you say, their ultimate goal is maximizing money from ads.
OP is right to support creators via comments.
Note also that YouTube has automatic filters for comments, which will remain visible for its author only, but the creator can also shadowban someone from their channel.
15 years and almost went to a stop going there (I setup a RSS feed for 3 subs, but I actually manually check them twice a week to make sure I’m not missing on important news)
The fediverse as a whole is getting more and more interesting this year. Sure, it’s still lacking in amount of content, but it brings me “good enough” content to avoid feeling like I’m missing something.
Which viable alternative could work to mitigate ddos?
Out of my head, I think OVH offers such a service (but without free tier).
Thanks for your efforts! The only sound conclusions on their side would be to shut off unauthenticated endpoints returning valuable data.