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My explanation would be fairly trivial: those videos were currently being pushed more broadly by the YT algorithm (propably based on some rough demographics tha
by t_mann 4y ago
My explanation would be fairly trivial: those videos were currently being pushed more broadly by the YT algorithm (propably based on some rough demographics that you two share - age, gender, location, broad interests...). You two probably saw a lot more of the same videos that you didn't talk about.
PS: my understanding is that a lot of social media sites use a strategy where they somewhat randomly push single posts by reliable creators, to make sure that those stay hooked as well. So that could be an explanation why you'd suddenly see something a bit more niche.
- quanto 4y agoIndeed, this is my guess although it means I am having considering my colleague as an unreliable narrator (he is not "randomly recalling" as he claims. He is just regurgitating what he saw on his phone earlier in the day). On the other hand, the obscurity of the feed subject makes me think YT/Google wouldn't be pushing those on a broader audience, but maybe the algorithm is just that good at nerdsniping us.