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Youtube never recommends me something and instead prefers to keep repeating old videos. Probably because people re-watch a lot. Is there any way as a consumer

Youtube never recommends me something and instead prefers to keep repeating old videos. Probably because people re-watch a lot. Is there any way as a consumer to discover new content (matching my taste) on Youtube. Seems like newer channels struggle a lot with this problem.

ebiester 3y ago
Like and subscribe to active channels that connect to what you want.
hyperhopper 3y ago
I'm not subscribed to this user and have never seen one of their videos, this was #1 on my YouTube home page last night. YouTube home page despite popular opinion is my best way to find new deep interesting content.
throw0101a 3y ago
Stay logged out of Google account(s), clear your cookies, and go to the channels you already like to (re)build your 'preference profile' associated with the new cookie that Google sends you. Perhaps use browser profiles to separate your logged-in and logged-out 'personas'. If you want to watch a video, but don't want it to contaminate your current preferences, watch it in a private browser window.
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2143 3y ago
I have always felt this is where recommendation engines go wrong. If I watch a cat video, it'll think all I like are cats. I may like content about Foo — something entirely unrelated to cats — if I watch it. But since I have never watched anything about Foo before (perhaps because I didn't know about its existence), it won't recommend me Foo. Therefore I wouldn't know it exists. Hence I never see it, even though if I had seen it I may (or may not) have liked it. Meanwhile, after a point I get tired of all the cat videos, and stop using the service. I want recommendation engines to occasionally recommend totally fresh content unrelated to anything I ever watched.
- numpad0 3y ago
  I wonder if this is actually a small problem, or, reflection of the reality at this moment, that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. "___ is recommending ___ even after I'm done with it" seems too common of a complaint for recommendation engines to be a small simple oversight.

ebiester 3y ago

Like and subscribe to active channels that connect to what you want.

hyperhopper 3y ago

I'm not subscribed to this user and have never seen one of their videos, this was #1 on my YouTube home page last night. YouTube home page despite popular opinion is my best way to find new deep interesting content.

throw0101a 3y ago

Stay logged out of Google account(s), clear your cookies, and go to the channels you already like to (re)build your 'preference profile' associated with the new cookie that Google sends you. Perhaps use browser profiles to separate your logged-in and logged-out 'personas'. If you want to watch a video, but don't want it to contaminate your current preferences, watch it in a private browser window.

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2143 3y ago

I have always felt this is where recommendation engines go wrong. If I watch a cat video, it'll think all I like are cats. I may like content about Foo — something entirely unrelated to cats — if I watch it. But since I have never watched anything about Foo before (perhaps because I didn't know about its existence), it won't recommend me Foo. Therefore I wouldn't know it exists. Hence I never see it, even though if I had seen it I may (or may not) have liked it. Meanwhile, after a point I get tired of all the cat videos, and stop using the service. I want recommendation engines to occasionally recommend totally fresh content unrelated to anything I ever watched.

numpad0 3y ago
I wonder if this is actually a small problem, or, reflection of the reality at this moment, that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. "___ is recommending ___ even after I'm done with it" seems too common of a complaint for recommendation engines to be a small simple oversight.