| ▲ | barbazoo 7 hours ago | |||||||
Unrelated but I went to the linked website, then a while later to Youtube and now I'm getting videos recommended about the Gemini protocol that I have never heard of before today. I'm on Arc and use uBlock Origin Lite, NextDNS, if I had searched I would have used Kagi. How do they (Google) know? EDIT: I'm not implying that the gemini project is doing anything wrong here | ||||||||
| ▲ | meowkit 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
The prediction algorithms are so good that indirect behaviors and data can be informative. You might also be profiled by Google and bucketed into a group of similar people who leak their data. They also went to this website and their YT recommendations became a signal to inform your own. Not claiming any certainty here just possible ideas. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | cfiggers 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
They aren't necessarily tracking you personally. Gemini Protocol hitting the front page of HN means a spike in interest generally, which the YouTube algorithm could be reacting to in aggregate. | ||||||||