M.S. Bellows, Jr. on Nostr: npub1zdp33…2vqv8 In post #3 you describe bosses who give rewards or punishments ...

npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 (npub1zdp…vqv8) In post #3 you describe bosses who give rewards or punishments unpredictably as "the worst," But behavioral scientists have learned that unpredictable reinforcements actually are the most effective at driving behavior. In other words, the very unpredictability of YouTube's reward algorithm probably is a feature, not a bug (and the proof is, as you say, the fact that creators work themselves to death posting new content to YouTube): https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201311/use-unpredictable-rewards-to-keep-behavior-going