> This is the same problem with YouTube. If you've recently subscribed to a user, or watched one of their videos for the first time, and then make a search for

> This is the same problem with YouTube. If you've recently subscribed to a user, or watched one of their videos for the first time, and then make a search for something completely different, one of a first few results will be a video of the user you initially interacted with. It is SUCH a bonkers user experience for me and I want to never give YouTube any information about myself for recommendations just because of that. YouTube's recommendation system has been terribly broken for me for years. I used to occasionally watch Lex Fridman's show casually, but now I despise it because it's all that YouTube's autoplay and homepage steers me towards. I guaran-fooking-tee you that I can fall asleep to Spongebob Squarepants clips and wake up in the morning to Lex's monotone voice... every single time. Worst yet, it doesn't even do much to show me episodes I haven't watched yet. It replays the same ones countless numbers of times. Thing is, I do want to watch some of Lex's episodes when they come out, so unsubscribing isn't a good answer. I've tried telling YouTube to "show me less of this" or whatever the equivalent option is, and it doesn't get the clue that it's overwhelming me. People wonder why I'm such a pessimist about Silicon Valley and the world of software engineering despite that I'm a programmer. UX patterns such as those found on YouTube and The Google are the opposite of excellence. Either they lack competence or they are specifically designed to waste your time. I don't even buy the notion that "most users don't care." People in my life who aren't technologists complain about tech all the time.