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interesting theory but i assume YT simply changed their recommendation algos eg i see more random no-name channels now in my recommendations
by andreasklinger 10y ago
interesting theory
but i assume YT simply changed their recommendation algos
eg i see more random no-name channels now in my recommendations
- elif 10y agoThis did happen. Previously, "Recommended" was primarily your subscriptions and you got notifications when someone you follow posted. Now recommendations are mostly channels you are not subscribed to, and you need to "double subscribe" by pushing the bell icon on the side of the subscription button to get those notifications. H3h3 did a pretty good summary: https://youtu.be/YMOLmbgAmsY https://youtu.be/YMOLmbgAmsY Also this year they started quietly "demonetizing" videos that had bad words/topics or were not advertiser friendly, so some YouTubers pivoted to inane child content. I am pretty sure these demonetizing videos get particularly burried by the Algo.
- guitarbill 10y ago"Recommended" and "Trending" are pretty much useless for me. The "Up next" thing works well for episodic videos, but otherwise, meh. Finding relevant stuff is actually really hard. The best way to find new stuff is when a channel recommends another. And that does scale, but isn't immediate. So I see the point of algorithms, but don't rely on them or force them on me.
- rasz_pl 10y agoNo, you dont have to click any bells. In order to watch videos from creators you subscribe to you need to ... view your SUBSCRIPTION page. But people are mostly brainless sheep clicking randomly on the shiny, and "subscribing" to them mean liking something double plus good. What all the 10m sub assholes are crying about is Google no longer pushing their shit into peoples recommendations. Thats what Subscription is for, why recommend something you already subscribed to?