If you find the youtube algorithm interesting, you may like this interview with the guy in charge of the team who works on it (warning, hour plus video that wil

If you find the youtube algorithm interesting, you may like this interview with the guy in charge of the team who works on it (warning, hour plus video that will fill your recommendations with Lex Fridman!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWmiNRPU-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWmiNRPU-c I suspect that "sticky content" like conspiracy videos is just as difficult for Google as it is for us -- certain content is just magnetic, for one psychological reason or another. The big takeaway from that interview for me was that "time watched" is the biggest metric, not likes, clicks, subscriptions, etc. I guess that makes sense, given that time is a bit like currency. But sometimes what people think they like doesn't line up 1:1 with what they actually like.