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Drunk dialing Youtube
They Blinded Me With Science
Researchers have developed a method to estimate the size of YouTube by "drunk dialing" random video URLs, revealing insights into the platform's vastness and content distribution. The article underscores the importance of innovative data collection methods in understanding digital ecosystems. https://ethanzuckerman.com/2023/12/22/how-big-is-youtube/
Newsletter operators are grappling with inflated click metrics due to bot activity, which varies widely across different email platforms and poses challenges for accurately measuring reader engagement and ad strategy effectiveness. Open rates have always been unreliable though. https://inboxcollective.com/why-bots-are-clicking-on-your-newsletters/
Brands are encouraged to engage in sustainability discourse and be transparent about their environmental efforts, regardless of how advanced those efforts are. Gotta wonder, though, how much sustainability matters to a busy mom with sick kids who just wants to get the damn shopping done, and how many buyers are in some very similar mindset when buying (vs. filling out a social desirability bias-influenced survey). https://digitalagencynetwork.com/why-brands-should-embrace-sustainability-discourse-regardless-of-credentials/