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It’s probably a unsolveable computer science problem to add a filter that says “how many times does this user rewatch content, or dismiss recommended content sh

It’s probably a unsolveable computer science problem to add a filter that says “how many times does this user rewatch content, or dismiss recommended content she has already seen” and then not serving stale content. Personally, unless I’m quering something that’s fairly narrow, for recommendations you push to me please never show me anything older than 36 months. No, I don’t want an 8 year old video on this topic.

watwut 4y ago
Yeah, but normal people watch/listen the same music video 300 times, but then see the comedy video or documentary video only once. And for age, it is also fairly normal to listen to music older then 36 months. And to watch educational videos older then that. Or crafting videos older then that. Or tutorial videos older then that. Most of time, I am cool with old videos.
- texasbigdata 4y ago
  Yeah fair. I meant as a default (either) on/off filter but your point totally render mine moot :)
yourusername 4y ago
For many of the topics i'm interested in videos made in the last 36 months are not better (if anything they are worse). If i'm looking up correct excercise form, how to cook a certain dish or perform a repair video's made 10 years ago are as good as video's made yesterday.
- viraptor 4y ago
  5 years, likely. 10 years is before 720p became common. Videos that came after 480p are actually better for things like repair videos. Also the speech sound quality is way better these days.
  - hn_user2 4y ago
    YouTube is helping me build my house step by step. For framing, the first thing everyone recommends is “Framing Walls with Larry Haun” (1992). You even get the VHS tracking blips now and then from the video capture. To be fair it’s also good advice to then supplement Larry Haun’s videos with modern framing techniques but his videos are the first one should watch. Might just be a single example but it’s the first counterpoint that popped in my head. https://youtu.be/IQmt27qN6AI https://youtu.be/IQmt27qN6AI
- aulin 4y ago
  > if anything they are worse They are. People that started with the genuine intent of sharing their knowledge gradually turned into professional youtubers, and now it's all about hacking the algorithm, diluting content in multiple videos, selling you to their sponsors. Older videos are almost always better.
tomrod 4y ago
Solution to the unsolvable problem: have one swim lane of "watch again", another swim lane of "watch similar", then only subs+discovery. These are easy and solved already. Apply exponential weighted average for length since watch for sorting, with two peaks of a month ago and a year ago. I fear the YT folks have a hot mess and it will be twitterized at some point (the new tech lobotomized).

watwut 4y ago

Yeah, but normal people watch/listen the same music video 300 times, but then see the comedy video or documentary video only once. And for age, it is also fairly normal to listen to music older then 36 months. And to watch educational videos older then that. Or crafting videos older then that. Or tutorial videos older then that. Most of time, I am cool with old videos.

texasbigdata 4y ago
Yeah fair. I meant as a default (either) on/off filter but your point totally render mine moot :)

yourusername 4y ago

For many of the topics i'm interested in videos made in the last 36 months are not better (if anything they are worse). If i'm looking up correct excercise form, how to cook a certain dish or perform a repair video's made 10 years ago are as good as video's made yesterday.

viraptor 4y ago
5 years, likely. 10 years is before 720p became common. Videos that came after 480p are actually better for things like repair videos. Also the speech sound quality is way better these days.
- hn_user2 4y ago
  YouTube is helping me build my house step by step. For framing, the first thing everyone recommends is “Framing Walls with Larry Haun” (1992). You even get the VHS tracking blips now and then from the video capture. To be fair it’s also good advice to then supplement Larry Haun’s videos with modern framing techniques but his videos are the first one should watch. Might just be a single example but it’s the first counterpoint that popped in my head. https://youtu.be/IQmt27qN6AI https://youtu.be/IQmt27qN6AI
aulin 4y ago
> if anything they are worse They are. People that started with the genuine intent of sharing their knowledge gradually turned into professional youtubers, and now it's all about hacking the algorithm, diluting content in multiple videos, selling you to their sponsors. Older videos are almost always better.

tomrod 4y ago

Solution to the unsolvable problem: have one swim lane of "watch again", another swim lane of "watch similar", then only subs+discovery. These are easy and solved already. Apply exponential weighted average for length since watch for sorting, with two peaks of a month ago and a year ago. I fear the YT folks have a hot mess and it will be twitterized at some point (the new tech lobotomized).