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Unsure if you're referring to me, but I assure you it's not the case. I've never even watched shorts! I rarely use YouTube, mainly for tool reviews and an occ

• O__________O 4y ago
  You don’t have to watch shorts to get recommended shorts based on a Google profile which includes content-viewing, searches, etc — and may or may not be based on a device, user-login, IP, region, persona-profile, etc. Basically, regardless if the recommendation was valid, there’s a reason content that niche was suggested.