Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Over the past week I have noticed a marked decline in the quality of offerings sent to me in the YouTube app on my phone. Many are less and less tied to my previous viewings, and I wonder if this is something that is happening at YouTube right now and I'm just unaware of these changes, or am I imagining them?
Lots more inline advertisements. I guess that I need to subscribe to more channels that I regularly watch instead of counting on YouTube to know to push them at me. Anyway, I'm just curious. These things change over time and I wasn't sure if I was noting any real change in the way that platform works. ... |
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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Yeah. I rarely ever click through anything on there. I'm target searching information when I do use YouTube. That or someone specifically linked me to something. Like this one! I love this and will likely do something like it for my network stack or even my entertainment gear. If you don't want to click, it shows you how to user marine batteries for your UPS so it lasts WAY longer than with the default batteries.
Oh, but more specific to the OP, this is something I haven't noticed. I'm seeing the same general people/channels in my YouTube feed. There are more weird things, but by far my feed is filled with my "normal" recommendations. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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I never look at YouTube on my phone unless I have a very specific video or playlist that I've clicked on from elsewhere.
I also loathe the recent Twitter/TikTok-ification of YouTube. Regarding the desktop experience, me, in another thread five weeks ago… Quote:
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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My recommended content is about evenly split between:
I accept that my viewing habits are probably outliers that the algorithm doesn't know what to do with. Lots of STEM and general longer-form educational content. Various indie instrumental music and covers. Occasional old-world-YouTube gamers. checking the homepage now for some new ideas No, I don't want to watch Minions. No, I don't want to see "5 ramen taboos". No, I don't want to see Dave Chappelle going on another transphobic rant. No, I don't want to meal-prep a crate of breakfast burritos for a morning "life hack". No, I don't want to watch some guy cook bacon on a steam engine. No, for gods sake, I don't want to see anything Trump has to say. [okay.jpg] What really bothers me is when recommendations are clearly paid partnership promotions that have even less to do with my interests. I will never watch professional sports on YouTube, for example, but that's something that seasonally crops up for no good reason. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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