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I was honestly kind of shocked to find out a coworker watched a couple of the same YouTubers I do. It's probably just because my interests are obscure but my a

by donatj 3y ago

I was honestly kind of shocked to find out a coworker watched a couple of the same YouTubers I do. It's probably just because my interests are obscure but my assumption has always been I live in my own bubble. Even my friends don't consume anything like the same media I do, going back to the early aughts. About once a month I'll be watching a YouTube Short and my wife will yell out "Hey, I saw that on Tiktok"

Borrible 3y ago
You'll be even more shocked when you find out you're coworkers because an HR AI calculated you were a good team fit because of the same preferences. You think, that's just a joke? Just wait until you're married...
- MrVandemar 3y ago
  Relevant: Maneki Neko, a short story by Bruce Sterling. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/
  - aspenmayer 3y ago
    This story was amazing last time I read it and holds up amazingly well considering the age. This could be a Black Mirror episode.
happytiger 3y ago
Media makes you feel isolated and utterly unique. This is personalization deployed at scale. I worked on the first personalization systems and been involved in their implantation for decades. It’s fascinating how they’ve affected culture to the point where people don’t even see them anymore. Personalization is profoundly powerful technology at scale. Do not underestimate their influence. What you talk about is the ever present concern of people who know you will talk, and almost everyone talks.
BrandoElFollito 3y ago
Same here. I recently discussed YouTube with a friend and I was really surprised we had lots of channels in common. I honestly thought that what I casually watch wild be more or less unique (as a set) Cow hoof trimming (a Scottish guy Hoof GP and a US one someone the hoof guy), painting restoration (complicated name Beaumsometing), cooking (an Aussie guy Andy, and a British one who dances at the end of the preparation) and science (Veritaserum, Numberphile etc.) I skipped the French channels about cooking (grolandiers) and science. I now realize that I am really bad with the names of the channels :)
Ccecil 3y ago
If you share internet wifi you will get similar recommendations based on what others on the network have watched...not just based on "your" suggestions. Could be that. Metaphorically...Both of you were offered "the same meal at the cafeteria" so to speak. Based on what "others" who visited that particular cafeteria had eaten in the past. This happens all the time to me when I visit friends. I realize the reason I have a suggestion on my youtube was because that was what the person who I was just visiting would want to watch. Linkedin does this too with suggested contacts. I would imagine spotify and others do as well. I said one day to a friend of mine how it was "getting creepy" and his response was "Isn't this what we have been asking for though?"

by donatj 3y ago

Borrible 3y ago

You'll be even more shocked when you find out you're coworkers because an HR AI calculated you were a good team fit because of the same preferences. You think, that's just a joke? Just wait until you're married...

MrVandemar 3y ago
Relevant: Maneki Neko, a short story by Bruce Sterling. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/
- aspenmayer 3y ago
  This story was amazing last time I read it and holds up amazingly well considering the age. This could be a Black Mirror episode.

happytiger 3y ago

Media makes you feel isolated and utterly unique. This is personalization deployed at scale. I worked on the first personalization systems and been involved in their implantation for decades. It’s fascinating how they’ve affected culture to the point where people don’t even see them anymore. Personalization is profoundly powerful technology at scale. Do not underestimate their influence. What you talk about is the ever present concern of people who know you will talk, and almost everyone talks.

BrandoElFollito 3y ago

Same here. I recently discussed YouTube with a friend and I was really surprised we had lots of channels in common. I honestly thought that what I casually watch wild be more or less unique (as a set) Cow hoof trimming (a Scottish guy Hoof GP and a US one someone the hoof guy), painting restoration (complicated name Beaumsometing), cooking (an Aussie guy Andy, and a British one who dances at the end of the preparation) and science (Veritaserum, Numberphile etc.) I skipped the French channels about cooking (grolandiers) and science. I now realize that I am really bad with the names of the channels :)

Ccecil 3y ago

If you share internet wifi you will get similar recommendations based on what others on the network have watched...not just based on "your" suggestions. Could be that. Metaphorically...Both of you were offered "the same meal at the cafeteria" so to speak. Based on what "others" who visited that particular cafeteria had eaten in the past. This happens all the time to me when I visit friends. I realize the reason I have a suggestion on my youtube was because that was what the person who I was just visiting would want to watch. Linkedin does this too with suggested contacts. I would imagine spotify and others do as well. I said one day to a friend of mine how it was "getting creepy" and his response was "Isn't this what we have been asking for though?"