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Technically correctly, although there is a subtle nuance here. What you want to see is not necessarily the same as what you will end up watching. Just because
by Ferret7446 4y ago
Technically correctly, although there is a subtle nuance here.
What you want to see is not necessarily the same as what you will end up watching. Just because you dislike a video doesn't mean you wouldn't watch it.
Or put another way, you can tell YouTube what you want (to be perceived socially as wanting) to see, but the algorithm knows what you actually want to see.
- JohnFen 4y ago> Or put another way, you can tell YouTube what you want (to be perceived socially as wanting) to see, but the algorithm knows what you actually want to see. Except the algorithm doesn't know what I actually want to see. Nobody but YouTube knows what I tell YouTube I like or dislike, so there's not even a theoretical pressure to lie about by wants in order to present an appearance to others.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoIsn't it more like YouTube can condition you to get obsessed and practically addicted, that's better for revenue so they do their best to do that?
- vineyardmike 4y agoWell yea, but that’s the wrong conclusion. By definition, clicking on a a dislike button means you watched at least part of the video. It’s a signal that “I started watching this and it wasn’t a good match”. That should send the message that it’s appealing from the title/thumbnail but a bad video. I don’t think the “socially be seen as wanting” plays too much here… because starting to watch already. You already sent a different signal.