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A few months ago YouTube was flighting a feature I liked a lot. The homepage would group my interest into named categories "Cute dog videos", "Strangeloop", "De
by srean 6y ago
A few months ago YouTube was flighting a feature I liked a lot. The homepage would group my interest into named categories "Cute dog videos", "Strangeloop", "Debussy", "PyData", "Algebraic Topology" and so on. I really liked that because I could choose which deep end to sink into. Not just that it would also serve as a reminder on what I had been interested in, but have become too distracted to remember.
They seem to have stopped this and now the recommendations featured on my homepage are all over the place.
- deelowe 6y agoSame. It was refreshing to see options for computer science, electrical engineering, etc... instead of the usual stuff. Found a few new channels the day or so that feature was up.
- jw1224 6y agoI still see these category groupings on the YouTube Apple TV app today. I agree, they’re a really good way to browse.
- duskwuff 6y agoI'm pretty sure they're still testing that feature. I see it show up occasionally. Interestingly, I think there are a couple of variants for the number of videos to display on the home page, too.
- srean 6y agoHow can I get myself on the better side of their A/B test ?
- duskwuff 6y agoUnfortunately, I don't think there's any (public?) way to force it. I've seen the feature disappear or reappear on a reload -- it's not consistent across a session, let alone on a user-by-user basis. Try refreshing the home page until it shows up, maybe?
- gundmc 6y agoAt youtube.com/new, they say you can opt-in to experiments if you have premium, but I don't have premium and am not sure if that is one of the options.