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> For long videos, you need social graphs to match videos to users who like them. YouTube is all about long videos and there is basically zero social graph on
by vecter 4y ago
> For long videos, you need social graphs to match videos to users who like them.
YouTube is all about long videos and there is basically zero social graph on there.
- anticensor 4y agoLike, subscribe and comment are all social interactions and they indeed are counted in recommendations.
- vecter 4y agoThat is not the traditional definition of a social graph, which is connecting people who know each other in real life.
- closedloop129 4y agoRight now, YT doesn't have competition, but they will have to improve once TikTok has the content. According to his parallel discussion [1], suggestions on YT were much better. [1] Ask HN: Why has quality of YouTube reduced drastically? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32328207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32328207
- mal-2 4y agoDoes YouTube organic discovery work for anyone besides toddlers? I can't remember a time I was suggested or autoplayed a video that I actually was interested in.