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Never fails to amaze me how shortsighted the algorithms can be. "Oh you didn't skip this video on a topic you usually don't watch? How about we make that topic
by rkomorn 1y ago
Never fails to amaze me how shortsighted the algorithms can be.
"Oh you didn't skip this video on a topic you usually don't watch? How about we make that topic 50% of your next however many videos?!"
- Nextgrid 1y agoThey're not short-sighted; there's science behind it. The science of getting people to waste as much time as possible generating "engagement". All of this is A/B tested to hell and people's careers live and die by it.
- rkomorn 1y agoYes, maybe shortsighted is not the right word, but regardless, they misunderstand signal constantly. I go out of my way to block accounts that post stuff I don't want in my feed and pretty much all of them see that as an invitation to give me more of the same content. Likely because I "interact" longer with the content since it takes clicks to block the account.