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> The non-English speaking world is most affected, with the rate of regrettable videos being 60% higher in countries that do not have English as a primary langu
by lucb1e 5y ago
> The non-English speaking world is most affected, with the rate of regrettable videos being 60% higher in countries that do not have English as a primary language
My first assumption was that YouTube trains better on English-language stuff and so the recommendations are better. However, downloading the paper and scrolling to the actual data on page 22, it turns out: yes, some of the top bad countries (Brazil, Germany, France) are worse than all English-speaking countries, but also, all English speaking countries are worse than the lowest two (Denmark, Austria) and only Canada does better than Bangladesh and Czechia. So it's a bit more nuanced than "non-english is 60% worse", hidden behind an "on average".