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> Either fix it to stop promoting "popular" garbage (which is "popular" because it is auto-recommended and auto-played), or turn if off by default. Or maybe pe
by cameronbrown 7y ago
> Either fix it to stop promoting "popular" garbage (which is "popular" because it is auto-recommended and auto-played), or turn if off by default.
Or maybe people like content that you don't? People aren't drones who watch something because it was shovelled into their watch next. Chances are it was decent content. For them.
If you consider this a dark pattern then you probably need to get a better perspective. There are far worse actors online.
- xg15 7y ago> People aren't drones who watch something because it was shovelled into their watch next. Actually, in this context, they are. If YouTube were content with people using recommendations as you describe, they could simply keep the sidebar list where you could click on one if you're interested. (or the recommendations that pop up after a video is played, or the home screen or the seemingly half dozen other places they show recommendations) Instead, they implemented Autoplay mode, which basically works exactly like the force-fed drone model you described.
- yakshaving_jgt 7y agoThis is a reasonable thought, but how do you explain the new meme comment along the lines of "What the hell was this doing in my recommended?"
- cameronbrown 7y agoMaybe I'm in some weird minima on an algorithm but my recommendations have always been rock solid. All I can really share is my own data point though.
- golergka 7y agoEasy: survivor bias. A lot of people are using youtube, and people who get good recommendations don't have any fuel to do memes. So, even if the amount of people who get bad recommendations is minimal, the meme would still exist.