I wish their algorithm would show me videos with my actual interests, instead of some kind of repeat material click maximization

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smusamashah 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I get good recommendations. They key is to not getting distracted by videos you don't really want to see in the feed. Its very tempting some times and watching just one video can mess up the feed. Takes a while to get back.

Same with twitter.

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kouteiheika 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you tried clicking on the the dot dropdown menu and selecting "Not interested" or "Don't recomment channel"?

	▲	hightrix 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I've found that "Not Interested" does either nothing or sends an engagement signal to show me more of the same. "Don't recommend channel" does seem to work with that channel, at least.

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pndy 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm seeing abundance channels with generated content - doesn't matter if it's official page, "proxy" services or apps. It's always heartbreaking stories about poor senior women whose lives are hell because of their families or homeless girls who want to eat leftovers from the plates of the rich, or supposed death of celebrities.

Considering I have zero interest in this stuff it seems their algorithm pushes such trash by cross-referencing with the closest thing possible - even by a digital picometer distance.

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grues-dinner 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm getting videos with under 10 views in my recommendations now. They're AI generated "educational" videos, but sound like interesting documentaries. Considering how many users YouTube had the chances that I could be in the first 10 viewers for a listed video are tiny unless I personally know the creator or the place is absolutely flooded in AI shit and there is O(users/10) of these videos being uploaded regularly.