Saul Hansell, Blogger, Bits, The New York Times

How YouTube Broadcasts Your Taste in Videos

December 8, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

The slogan of YouTube is “Broadcast Yourself.” I’ve got to wonder if many YouTube users are broadcasting information about their tastes in video far more widely than they understand.

Google’s (GOOG) video site lets you subscribe to a “channel”–a collection of videos from one person or company–so you can get reminders about new clips from sources that interest you. When you do this, your user name and photo are usually listed on the page of the channel you are subscribing to. And there is no way for you to keep your subscription private.

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