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Speculating it's because (previously) the recommendation system was heavily tuned towards novelty. Once you watch a video (or channel) which opens up a new part

Speculating it's because (previously) the recommendation system was heavily tuned towards novelty. Once you watch a video (or channel) which opens up a new part of the network it gleefully pushes a disproportionate number of videos your way. So I watched a few videos from Derek of "More Plates More Dates" about body building/steroid use and sure enough I was getting various Jordan Peterson videos, some "why x woke thing is killing hollywood" and even some repackaged Andrew Tate stuff. It's like an excited friend who hears you enjoyed Watchmen and has hundreds of comics to recommend. Except it's much less pleasant. The novelty bias occurs outside of YouTube as well. I was walking in London a few years ago and an old guy asked me for directions to the local mosque. I had to look it up on my phone for him and for a couple of days I had recommendations about other mosques/muslim bookshops I might want to check out.

Kuinox 3y ago
My problem is that it never recommend me good stuff. I never found Not Just Bikes videos on YouTube, but through reddit. The same way the ai news channel I found made by someone that isn't someone who don't know anything they are talking about, was found also through reddit. The only good thing YouTube recommended me this year are uscsb videos.
- SxC97 3y ago
  I’ve been on YouTube daily for ~15 years and my experience is totally different. I found NJB via the YT algorithm and I don’t get any recommendations for AI spam channels. In fact, I get a pretty steady flow of high quality channels. Periodically, I have to hit them 3 dots on the recommended video and click don’t recommend this anymore. This does a pretty good job of filtering out crazy political videos and low quality reactionary content.