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Youtube suffers from the same bias in their algorithm. I bet it's just a bias setting or a single falloff that would help things. It reminds me of Cronenberg's

Youtube suffers from the same bias in their algorithm. I bet it's just a bias setting or a single falloff that would help things. It reminds me of Cronenberg's "The Fly" where Brundle had to teach his teleporting pod to reproduce living tissue rather than interpret it.

strbean 6y ago
At least with Youtube, you can go through your watch history and delete videos, which makes it as if you never watched it as far as recommendations are concerned.
- mathisonturing 6y ago
  You can also reject a recommendation. Click on the Options button for that video (three vertical dots), select "Not interested"
  - NoodleIncident 6y ago
    Removing the source of the recommendation from your history works a lot more reliably. Sometimes the "Not interested" button will allow you to say "I don't want recommendations based on <X> videos", but they're in denial about how that's the only thing their recommendation engine does, so the option isn't always there.
    - wolco 6y ago
      Browsing in private mode always works.
      - strbean 6y ago
        You mean like incognito mode on Chrome? Unfortunately I like most of the bubble I've built for myself of Youtube. It sucks when my recommendation stream of mostly educational videos from smart, quality-driven DIYers and educators gets overwhelmed with 5 Minute Crafts type garbage because I put on one "oddly satisfying compilation" to run in the background while playing boardgames with friends or something.
OzzyB 6y ago
YouTube however lets you create multiple (sub)accounts that you can easily switch to. Just create one for "sleeping", one for "animals", "news" etc. This is what's perhaps missing from Spotify, an easy way to namespace your account activity.
- kleer001 6y ago
  Whaaaa?! This I did not know. I will have to look into it. Thank you so much. Still, I think the future is in human hand crafted recommendations like Stephenson sketched out in "Fall: or Dodge in Hell".
cheeew 6y ago
@kleer001, click on the options button (the three dots) for any video you’re uninterested in on YouTube and select “not interested.” This should help your generated feed.
tekno45 6y ago
I've never had this issue with youtube for more than 2 days. My friends send me weird stuff pretty ooften too. How many channels are you subbed to? I also have youtube premium, i wonder if that affects it?
eastbayjake 6y ago
This is why YouTube for me, despite containing billions of hours of content, has become just a glorified vehicle for ASMR and Norm Macdonald clips
- dcbadacd 6y ago
  You need to counter-train the algorithm to get useful results out of it basically. Keep ignoring those videos, mark them as boring, refresh the page, etc. do content discovery the old-timey way.
dcbadacd 6y ago
With the music playlists I just really really want a button that would mark certain songs as "I like them, but not so often". Disliking makes certain artists and styles fall totally out of my playlists, not disliking makes it repeat like a broken record.

strbean 6y ago

At least with Youtube, you can go through your watch history and delete videos, which makes it as if you never watched it as far as recommendations are concerned.

mathisonturing 6y ago
You can also reject a recommendation. Click on the Options button for that video (three vertical dots), select "Not interested"
- NoodleIncident 6y ago
  Removing the source of the recommendation from your history works a lot more reliably. Sometimes the "Not interested" button will allow you to say "I don't want recommendations based on <X> videos", but they're in denial about how that's the only thing their recommendation engine does, so the option isn't always there.
  - wolco 6y ago
    Browsing in private mode always works.
    - strbean 6y ago
      You mean like incognito mode on Chrome? Unfortunately I like most of the bubble I've built for myself of Youtube. It sucks when my recommendation stream of mostly educational videos from smart, quality-driven DIYers and educators gets overwhelmed with 5 Minute Crafts type garbage because I put on one "oddly satisfying compilation" to run in the background while playing boardgames with friends or something.

OzzyB 6y ago

YouTube however lets you create multiple (sub)accounts that you can easily switch to. Just create one for "sleeping", one for "animals", "news" etc. This is what's perhaps missing from Spotify, an easy way to namespace your account activity.

kleer001 6y ago
Whaaaa?! This I did not know. I will have to look into it. Thank you so much. Still, I think the future is in human hand crafted recommendations like Stephenson sketched out in "Fall: or Dodge in Hell".

cheeew 6y ago

@kleer001, click on the options button (the three dots) for any video you’re uninterested in on YouTube and select “not interested.” This should help your generated feed.

tekno45 6y ago

I've never had this issue with youtube for more than 2 days. My friends send me weird stuff pretty ooften too. How many channels are you subbed to? I also have youtube premium, i wonder if that affects it?

eastbayjake 6y ago

This is why YouTube for me, despite containing billions of hours of content, has become just a glorified vehicle for ASMR and Norm Macdonald clips

dcbadacd 6y ago
You need to counter-train the algorithm to get useful results out of it basically. Keep ignoring those videos, mark them as boring, refresh the page, etc. do content discovery the old-timey way.

dcbadacd 6y ago

With the music playlists I just really really want a button that would mark certain songs as "I like them, but not so often". Disliking makes certain artists and styles fall totally out of my playlists, not disliking makes it repeat like a broken record.