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YouTube did something extremely bizarre with their search. They limit the results to like 5-10 videos and then replace the rest of the results with irrelevant
by ManlyBread 4y ago
YouTube did something extremely bizarre with their search.
They limit the results to like 5-10 videos and then replace the rest of the results with irrelevant videos under the "People also watched" tab where the results are the combined list of random words from the search query and "From related searches" tab where it's just random videos that belong to the same category of videos. This means that unless you're extremely blessed by the algorithm your video has basically no chance to show up in the search results, even if is relevant!
The weirdest thing is that the old search isn't even gone! You can still get relevant results after clicking "Filters" and then "Videos" in the "Type" column.
Who is this feature even for and what was the motivation for doing it? From the perspective of an actual user it makes no sense.
- xg15 4y agoSounds like ongoing ticktockification to me. I think from the perspective of a social media company, the ideal UI would not allow the user any kind of agency in what content is shown and would be 100% driven by the algorithm. Of course users don't want that, so what we have in practice is social media companies testing how close they can get to their ideal without upsetting too many users.
- wsostt 4y agoThese sections can be blocked on a desktop browser with AdBlock.