The recommendation engine does tend to hover around recommending more of the same topics you like, because it looks like it's mostly driven off "people who like

The recommendation engine does tend to hover around recommending more of the same topics you like, because it looks like it's mostly driven off "people who like the stuff you like also liked this other stuff". The solution to that is to bootstrap the engine with a variety of topics. I'm subscribed to channels about game design, film critics, engineering, urban planning, math, sudoku, beat saber, figure skating, history, and stand ups. This much does mean the homepage gets pretty diverse and once in a while new topics do show up.