• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Tell you a problem I’ve had with it recently: search.

    Used to be, you’d search Youtube for something like 'how to make a zero clearance throat plate for table saw" and you’d get pages of useful results, then some not so great results, then things that make you say “no not that kind of throat.” and by then it’s just giving you results with at least one of the search terms in it.

    Now, you’ll get maybe ten relevant results, then about ten results that have absolutely nothing to do with your search, just…stuff it would clutter your home page with. Like you’re not trying to find information. You can feel that “increase watch time at all costs” shit.

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      1 month ago

      When you search for something that doesn’t give tons of results with decent or above views, they keep injecting sections of 3 “other videos you might like”. Which makes it really annoying to find something less popular.

  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The algorithm is a combination of things they think you want to watch and things they want you to watch. The latter are things that tend to keep people watching, increasing ad revenue for youtube.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I watch so much niche stuff that it’s hard for YouTube to sneak their suggestions in.

    • someone nerding out about history
    • someone nerding out about science
    • someone nerding out about Star Trek
    • ✅ EPIC FAIL COMPILATION ✅
  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    You’re spending too much time on YouTube if you have the opportunity to yell at it 10 times in one day.

  • HollowNaught@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It has been 0 days since I last recommended freetube as a youtube frontend without their bullshit